NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Saturday Playbook

It's Saturday, February 21st, and we have a 5-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

It's another slate with a bunch of injury news to digest. Joel Embiid and Trey Murphy are among the biggest names that have been ruled out, and Memphis is dealing with numerous injuries again. Let's break it all down. 

Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.

• News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
• Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
• Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
• NBA DFS Projections
• Lineup Generator
• NBA Ownership

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, February 21st

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock. 

Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET 

• MIA: 
  • Tyler Herro - Probable 
  • Nikola Jovic - Questionable
  • Davion Mitchell - Doubtful
  • Norman Powell - Probable 
  • Terry Rozier - OUT
  • Dru Smith - Questionable 
• NOP: 
  • Yves Missi - OUT
  • Trey Murphy - OUT
  • Dejounte Murray - Doubtful
  • Micah Peavy - OUT
• MEM: 
  • Santi Aldama - OUT
  • Kyle Anderson - Questionable 
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - OUT
  • Brandon Clarke - OUT
  • Walter Clayton - Questionable 
  • Cedric Coward - OUT
  • Zach Edey - OUT
  • Ja Morant - OUT 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/21

• PHI:
  Joel Embiid - Out
  Paul George - Suspended
• NOP:
  Yet to submit
• DET:
  Tolu Smith - Questionable
  Isaiah Stewart - Suspended
• CHI:
  Jaden Ivey - Out
  Guerschon Yabusele - Probable
  Zach Collins - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
• MEM:
  Yet to submit
• MIA:
  Yet to submit
• SAC:
  De'Andre Hunter - Out
  Dylan Cardwell - Out
  Domantas Sabonis - Out
  Zach LaVine - Out
• SAS:
  Mason Plumlee - Out
• HOU:
  Steven Adams - Out
  Fred VanVleet - Out
• NYK:
  Miles McBride - Out

h/t @UnderdogNBA 

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.

NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks

Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.

High

• Victor Wembanyama, Cade Cunningham, Tyrese Maxey, Alperen Sengun 

Mid

• Jalen Brunson, Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson, Jalen Duren, VJ Edgecombe, Saddiq Bey, Derik Queen, Maxime Raynaud, Ty Jerome, GG Jackson, Devin Carter 

Value

• Dylan Harper, Jeremiah Fears, Andre Drummond (if starting), Herbert Jones, Quentin Grimes, Precious Achiuwa, Taylor Hendricks, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Bryce McGowens 

Stacks

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