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

It's Tuesday, December 30th, and we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Despite it being only four games, we have stars everywhere as Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham, Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, and James Harden are all taking the floor. With Keyonte George and Joel Embiid listed as questionable, things could drastically change from now until roster lock.

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, December 30th

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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

• Utah News
• IF Keyonte George were to sit out (Ace Bailey, Kevin Love & Walker Kessler OUT);
• Jusuf Nurkic (84 mins); 21.7% USG, 1.7 FP/min // Lauri Markkanen (146 mins); 27.7% USG, 1.27 FP/min // Isaiah Collier (66 mins); 20.3% USG, .9 FP/min // Walter Clayton Jr. (88 mins); 18.9% USG, 1.05 FP/min // Brice Sensabaugh (84 mins); 20% USG, .8 FP/min
• Philadelphia News
• IF Joel Embiid were to sit (Kelly Oubre & Trendon Watford OUT);
• Tyrese Maxey (472 mins); 30.5% USG, 1.22 FP/min // Paul George (248 mins); 25.7% USG, 1.04 FP/min // VJ Edgecombe (351 mins); 22.4% USG, .92 FP/min // Andre Dummond (343); 1.01 FP/min

BOTH JOEL EMBIID AND KEYONTE GEORGE ARE IN

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/30

• Austin Reaves - OUT
• Domantas Sabonis - OUT
• Ivica Zubac - OUT
• Joel Embiid - IN
• Keyonte George - IN
• Keegan Murray - IN
• Zach Edey - OUT
• Zach LaVine - OUT
• John Collins - QUEST
• Jock Landale - IN
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• Ace Bailey - OUT
• Vince Williams - OUT
• Rui Hachimura - OUT
• Kevin Love - OUT
• Trendon Watford - OUT
• Caris LeVert - OUT
• Gabe Vincent - OUT
• Bogdan Bogdanovic - OUT
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 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

• Cade Cunningham, Kawhi Leonard, Jaylen Brown, James Harden

Mid

• Joel Embiid, Lauri Markkanen, Derrick White, Jaren Jackson (GPP), Jalen Duren, Payton Pritchard, Jusuf Nurkic

Value

• Brook Lopez, Jake LaRavia, Brice Sensabaugh, Anfernee Simons, Jaden Ivey, GG Jackson

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