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

It's Saturday, February 7th, and we have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and seven games on FanDuel. 

There are stars all over an injury report headlined by Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, and Onyeka Okongwu, who are all carrying questionable tags. There is also some trade deadline fallout that still needs to be sorted out. 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 7th

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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 6:30 PM ET

• Jalen Smith - OUT 
  • Guerschon Yabusele is now a Core Play 
  • Bump for Nick Richards also 
• Malik Monk - OUT 

UPDATE 6:00 PM ET

• Keyonte George - AVAILABLE (24-minute restriction)
  • Removed from Core Plays due to restriction
• Kevin Love - AVAILABLE
• Onyeka Okongwu - AVAILABLE

UPDATE 4:30 PM ET

• Buddy Hield - AVAILABLE
• Dean Wade - Doubtful
• POR: 
  • Deni Avdija - Questionable
  • Scoot Henderson - OUT
  • Shaedon Sharpe - OUT
  • Robert Williams - OUT
• MEM: 
  • Santi Aldama - OUT
  • Cedric Coward - Doubtful
  • Jaylen Wells - Doubtful
  • Cam Spencer - Questinable 
  • Scotty Pippen - OUT
• SAC: 
  • De'Andre Hunter - OUT
  • Zach LaVine - OUT
  • Domantas Sabonis - OUT 

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET

• Gabe Vincent - AVAILABLE
• Keyonte George - Probable (upgrade) 
• Kevin Love - Probable (upgrade)
• Tidjane Salaun - AVAILABLE 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/7

• UTA:
  Keyonte George - Questionable
  Kevin Love - Questionable
  Walker Kessler - Out
• ORL:
  Franz Wagner - Out
• CHA:
  Tidjane Salaun - Questionable
  Coby White - Out
• ATL:
  Onyeka Okongwu - Questionable
  Buddy Hield - Questionable
  Gabe Vincent - Questionable
  Jonathan Kuminga - Out
• DEN:
  Nikola Jokic - Questionable
  Cameron Johnson - Questionable
  Christian Braun - Probable
  Spencer Jones - Out
  Aaron Gordon - Out
  Peyton Watson - Out
• CHI:
  Jalen Smith - Questionable
  Tre Jones - Out
  Josh Giddey - Out
  Zach Collins - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
• GSW:
  Brandin Podziemski - Probable
  Stephen Curry - Out
  Kristaps Porzingis - Out
  Seth Curry - Out
  Jimmy Butler - Out
• LAL:
  Luke Kennard - Questionable
  Luka Doncic - Out
• PHI:
  Joel Embiid - Questionable
  Paul George - Suspended
• PHX:
  Devin Booker - Questionable
  Jalen Green - Questionable
  Grayson Allen - Out
  Isaiah Livers - Out
• CLE:
  James Harden - Expected to play
  Dean Wade - Questionable
  Evan Mobley - Out
  Max Strus - Out
• SAC:
  Yet to submit
• MEM:
  Yet to submit
• POR:
  Yet to submit

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

• Nikola Jokic, Jalen Johnson, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray

Mid

• LeBron James, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Desmond Bane, Matas Buzelis, Kon Knueppel, Jalen Suggs, Miles Bridges, Jrue Holiday (FD), Anfernee Simons, Moussa Diabate, Jerami Grant (FD) 

Value

• Jaden Ivey, Moses Moody, Gui Santos, Al Horford, Pat Spencer, Wendell Carter, Will Richard, Jarred Vanderbilt, Dylan Cardwell (FD), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (FD), Guerschon Yabusele  

Stacks

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