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

Happy Sunday, March 1st, we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

Happy Sunday! It's March and it's officially spooky season across the NBA, which it's felt like for most of 2026 already. The stars are out as Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham, Shai Gilgeous Alexander, Jalen Johnson, and Tyrese Maxey take the floor. To be fair, the Kings are really the only tanking team tanking the floor tonight, so that's a good thing.

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 1st

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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

• Adding Klay Thompson & Caleb Martin to player pool / core plays

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/1

• Jalen Johnson - QUEST
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Cooper Flagg - OUT
• Zion Williamson - QUEST
• LeBron James - QUEST
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Jayson Tatum - OUT
• Trey Murphy - IN
• Nickeil Alexander-Walker - QUEST
• Franz Wagner - OUT
• Shaedon Sharpe - OUT
• Darius Garland - OUT
• Naji Marshall - DOUBT, downgrade
• P.J. Washington - DOUBT
• John Collins - QUEST
• Keegan Murray - OUT
• Dejounte Murray - IN
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Isaiah Stewart - OUT
• Ajay Mitchell - OUT
• Baylor Scheierman - QUEST
• Rui Hachimura - IN
• Caleb Martin - PROB, upgrade
• Deni Avdija - OUT
• Robert Williams - OUT
• Sidy Cissoko - QUEST
• Anthony Black - QUEST

Two-Way/G-League Statuses

• Asa Newell, Atlanta Hawks - DOUBT
• Miles Kelly, Dallas Mavericks - OUT
• Moussa Cisse, Dallas Mavericks - QUEST
• Justin Edwards, Philadelphia 76ers - IN, upgrade

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

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

Mid

• Jalen Duren, Donovan Clingan, Bennedict Mathurin (GPP), Jrue Holiday, VJ Edgecombe, Kelly Oubre, Saddiq Bey, Brandon Williams, Wendell Carter, Ausar Thompson, Jerami Grant, Dejounte Murray

Value

• Andre Drummond, Herbert Jones, Dominick Barlow, Adem Bona, Karlo Matkovic, Klay Thompson, Caleb Martin

Stacks

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