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

It's Saturday, March 7th, and we have a 5-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Detroit dropped the biggest news of the day, ruling out Cade Cunningham. That opens up a few elite value options and allows us to spend up for studs like Tyrese Maxey, Jalen Johnson, and Kawhi Leonard. 

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, March 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.

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UPDATE 4:00 PM ET

• Jonathan Kuminga - OUT

UPDATE 3:00 PM ET

• Chet Holmgren - OUT
  • Added Jaylin Williams and Aaron Wiggins to Core Plays
• De'Anthony Melton - OUT
• Seth Curry - OUT

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET

• Cade Cunningham - OUT
• Kyle Anderson - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/7

• BKN:
  Egor Demin - Out
• DET:
  Cade Cunningham - Out
  Jalen Duren - Probable
  Ausar Thompson - Out
• PHI:
  VJ Edgecombe - Out
  Joel Embiid - Out
  Paul George - Suspended
• ATL:
  Jonathan Kuminga - Out
• LAC:
  Yet to submit
• MEM:
  Brandon Clarke - Out
  Ja Morant - Out
  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - Out
  Santi Aldama - Out
  Taj Gibson - Out
  Zach Edey - Out
• UTA:
  Isaiah Collier - Out
  Jaren Jackson - Out
  Jusuf Nurkic - Out
  Lauri Markkanen - Out
  Vince Williams - Out
  Walker Kessler - Out
• MIL:
  Kevin Porter - Out
  Taurean Prince - Out
• GSW:
  De'Anthony Melton - Out
  Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable
  Seth Curry - Out
  Will Richard - Questionable
  Gary Payton - Probable
  Jimmy Butler - Out
  Moses Moody - Out
  Stephen Curry - Out
• OKC:
  Ajay Mitchell - Out
  Alex Caruso - Out
  Isaiah Hartenstein - Out
  Jalen Williams - Out
  Thomas Sorber - 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

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Maxey, Jalen Johnson, Kawhi Leonard

Mid

• Jalen Duren, Ryan Rollins, Keyonte George, Gui Santos, Ty Jerome, Dyson Daniels, Kelly Oubre, Al Horford, Draymond Green, Jaylin Williams, Brook Lopez

Value

• Quentin Grimes, Derrick Jones, Noah Clowney, Isaiah Stewart, Aaron Wiggins, Ousmane Dieng, Kenrich Williams, Daniss Jenkins, Terance Mann, Isaiah Jackson, Mo Bamba, Marcus Sasser 

Stacks

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