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

Happy Sunday, January 11th, we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and eight games on FanDuel.

We have the 6 pm ET games on FanDuel and not on DraftKings. We have star power everywhere we turn as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jalen Johnson, and Victor Wembanyama take the floor. We have four games on tonight's slate that have at least 230 implied points tonight.

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, January 11th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update

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 – 4:40 pm ET
• Brandon Ingram is OUT. Scottie Barnes is IN.
• Scottie Barnes looks incredible here. Without Ingram/Barrett/Poeltl: 27.8% USG, 1.54 FP/min. Immanuel Quickley looks great too; 25.2% USG, .9 FP/min
• Collin Murray-Boyles; 22.75% USG, 1.25 FP/min, Sandro Mamukelashvili; 22.2% USG, 1/1 FP/min, Ja'Kobe Walter; 15.2% USG, .89 FP/min, Jamal Shead; 18.8%, .88 FP/min
• UPDATE – 6:40 pm ET
• Norman Powell is OUT
• I really like some of the Heat (tough matchup) but Pelle Larsson is starting. Nikola Jovic is 22.8% USG, .98 FP/min. Tyler Herro has a 29% USG & 1.24 FP/min. Bam Adebayo has a 24.8% USG & 1.2 FP/min.
• Adding Pelle Larsson to player pool.
• UPDATE – 7:20 pm ET
• Jamal Murray & Christian Braun are OUT
• Peyton Watson has a 30% USG, 1.04 FP/min w/o Jokic, Murray, Brain, Johnson & Valanciunas
• Jalen Pickett should start, play 30+ minutes

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/11

• Jamal Murray - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - IN
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Alperen Sengun - QUEST
• Kevin Porter - IN
• Brandon Ingram - OUT
• Trae Young - OUT
• RJ Barrett - OUT
• Tari Eason - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - IN
• Jrue Holiday - IN (limited minutes)
• CJ McCollum - IN
• Josh Hart - IN
• Isaiah Hartenstein - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Dennis Schroder - OUT
• Corey Kispert - IN
• Jalen Green - OUT
• Keegan Murray - OUT
• Spencer Jones - IN
• Devin Vassell - OUT
• Zaccharie Risacher - OUT
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Christian Braun - OUT
• Kris Murray - OUT
• Robert Williams - IN
• Anthony Edwards - IN
• Tyler Herro - IN
• Victor Wembanyama - IN
• Norman Powell - OUT
• Paul George - OUT

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

• Jalen Johnson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama (GPP), Stephen Curry, Tyrese Maxey (FD), Scottie Barnes (FD)

Mid

• Devin Booker, Chet Holmgren, Amen Thompson, DeMar DeRozan (GPP), VJ Edgecombe (FD), Dillon Brooks. Draymond Green, Keldon Johnson, Immanuel Quickley (FD), Peyton Watson

Value

• Reed Sheppard, Mark Williams, Royce O'Neale, Andre Drummond (FD), Ja'Kobe Walter (FD), Sandro Mamukelashvili (FD), Jamal Shead (FD), Collin Murray-Boyles (FD), Pelle Larsson, Jalen Pickett

Stacks

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