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

Happy Sunday, March 29th, we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel starting at 6:00 pm.

We have a fun six-gamer this evening and there is only one player on the main slate over $10K on DraftKings AND FanDuel and it's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. I don't know if you've heard of him. Other than SGA, Paolo Banchero, Alperen Sengun, Deni Avdija, and Scottie Barnes are all taking the floor as well.

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 29th

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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 Baylor Scheierman to player pool/core plays with Derrick White being downgraded
• Julian Reese is starting alongside Tristan Vukcevic. Reese is being added to player pool/core plays.
• UPDATE: Brandon Ingram is OUT. Jamal Shead is starting. I love all five members of the Raptors starting lineup today.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/29

• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Michael Porter - OUT
• Trae Young - OUT
• Brandon Ingram - OUT
• Trey Murphy - QUEST
• Dejounte Murray - QUEST
• Derrick White - OUT
• Franz Wagner - OUT
• Shaedon Sharpe - OUT
• Keyonte George - OUT
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Bilal Coulibaly - IN
• Alex Sarr - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Keegan Murray - OUT
• Anthony Black - OUT
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Danny Wolf - OUT
• Neemias Queta - IN
• Josh Minott - OUT
• Robert Williams - IN
• Collin Murray-Boyles - OUT
• Leaky Black - IN
• Tre Johnson - OUT
• Landry Shamet - OUT
• Vit Krejci - OUT
• RJ Barrett - IN
• Malik Monk - OUT
• DeMar DeRozan - 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

• Deni Avdija, Paolo Banchero, Jayson Tatum, Alperen Sengun

Mid

• Kevin Durant, Scottie Barnes, LaMelo Ball, Amen Thompson, Maxime Raynaud, Payton Pritchard, Reed Sheppard, Jabari Smith., Will Riley, Jakob Poeltl, Devin Carter

Value

• Leaky Black, Ja'Kobe Walter, DaQuan Jeffries, Robert Williams, Baylor Scheierman, Julian Reese

Stacks

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