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

It's Tuesday, April 7th, and we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

As one might expect in the final week of the regular season, there is a ton of injury news to deal with. Josh Giddey, Anthony Edwards, Dejounte Murray, Pascal Siakam, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are some of the impactful players who have already been ruled out. 

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, April 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 6:40 PM  ET

• Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, and Herbert Jones are available but unlikely to play
• Yves Missi - OUT 
  • Removed Williamson and Bey from Core Plays
  • Added Derik Queen, Micah Peavy, and Jordan Hawkins to Core Plays

UPDATE 6:30 PM  ET

• Tre Johnson - OUT
• Jaden Hardy - OUT
• Jarace Walker - Available
• Ben Sheppard - OUT
• Tyler Herro - Available 
• Obi Toppin - Available
• Ben Saraf - Available 
• Collin Sexton - Available
• Patrick Williams - Available 
• Lachlan Olbrich - Available 
• Ace Bailey - OUT
• Kyle Filipowski - Available
• Collin Murray-Boyles - Probable (upgrade)
• Sandro Mamukelashvili - Probable (upgrade)

UPDATE 2:00 PM  ET

• Norman Powell - Available
• Dejounte Murray - OUT
• Yves Missi - Questionable (downgrade)
• Karlo Matkovic - OUT
• Jordan Hawkins - Questionable (downgrade)
• Bilal Coulibaly - Available 
• Tristan Vukcevic - OUT 
• Justin Champagnie - Available
• Ace Bailey - Doubtful (downgrade)
• Kyle Filipowski - Probable (upgrade)
• Coby White - Questionable (downgrade)
• Patrick Williams - Probable (downgrade)
• Jaden Hardy - Questionable (downgrade)

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/7

• CHI:
  Collin Sexton - Available
  Lachlan Olbrich - Probable
  Anfernee Simons - Out
  Josh Giddey - Out
  Matas Buzelis - Out
  Nick Richards - Out
  Jalen Smith - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
  Zach Collins - Out
• WAS:
  Bilal Coulibaly - Available
  Justin Champagnie - Available
  Tre Johnson - Out
  Tristan Vukcevic - Out
  Alex Sarr - Out
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Trae Young - Out
  Cam Whitmore - Out
  Kyshawn George - Out
• MIN:
  Anthony Edwards - Out
  Jaden McDaniels - Out
• IND:
  Ben Sheppard - Out
  Jarace Walker - Available
  Obi Toppin - Available
  Aaron Nesmith - Out
  Andrew Nembhard - Out
  Pascal Siakam - Out
  T.J. McConnell - Out
  Ivica Zubac - Out
  Johnny Furphy - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• MIA:
  Andrew Wiggins - Available
  Norman Powell - Available
  Tyler Herro - Available
  Nikola Jovic - Out
• TOR:
  Immanuel Quickley - Questionable
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Probable
  Sandro Mamukelashvili - Probable
• MIL:
  Myles Turner - Out
  Gary Trent - Out
  Bobby Portis - Out
  Ryan Rollins - Out
  Kyle Kuzma - Out
  Giannis Antetokounmpo - Out
  Kevin Porter - Out
• BKN:
  Ben Saraf - Available
  Noah Clowney - Out
  Nic Claxton - Out
  Ziaire Williams - Out
  Terance Mann - Out
  Egor Demin - Out
  Michael Porter - Out
  Danny Wolf - Out
  Day'Ron Sharpe - Out
• CHA:
  Coby White - Questionable
• UTA:
  Ace Bailey - Out
  Kyle Filipowski - Available
  Elijah Harkless - Out
  Isaiah Collier - Out
  Jaren Jackson - Out
  Lauri Markkanen - Out
  Keyonte George - Out
  Jusuf Nurkic - Out
  Walker Kessler - Out
• NOP:
  Dejounte Murray - Out
  Karlo Matkovic - Out
  Trey Murphy - Out
  Bryce McGowens - 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

• Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Scottie Barnes

Mid

• LaMelo Ball, Julius Randle, Brandon Miller, Kyle Filipowski, Ayo Dosunmu, Tre Jones, Will Riley, Collin Sexton, Jeremiah Fears, Naz Reid, Neemias Queta, Bones Hyland, Leonard Miller

Value

• Cormac Ryan, Quenton Jackson, Kobe Brown, Obi Toppin, Oscar Tshiebwe, Jalen Slawson, Micah Potter, E.J. Liddell, Derik Queen, Micah Peavy, Jordan Hawkins

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