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

It's Tuesday, January 20th, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

An entire slate! That starts at 7 and finally locks at 10 pm ET? Joy to the world! This is my kind of slate. THREE 10 pm ET start times. This is the good stuff. THIS is DFS. We have stars taking the floor everywhere we turn as Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic, Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray, and James Harden are all playing.

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 20th

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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

• Not really getting to much Philly outside of Tyrese Maxey. Taking a few shots on VJ Edgecombe & Kelly Oubre in tournaments is OK.
• Josh Giddey & Patrick Williams are OUT. Numbers w/o them & Collins: 
• Nikola Vucevic - 24.5% USG, 1.3 FP/min // Jalen Smith - 19.6% USG, 1.26 FP/min // Tre Jones - 17.9% USG, 1.1 FP/min // Coby White - 27.4% USG, 1.1 FP/min // Ayo Dosunmu - 21.7% USG, 1.07 FP/min // Matas Buzelis - 23.5% USG, 1.02 FP/min

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/20

• Nikola Jokic - OUT
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Jamal Murray - PROB
• Kawhi Leonard - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• Jimmy Butler - OUT
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Josh Green - IN
• Tyler Herro - OUT
• Paul George - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - PROB
• RJ Barrett - OUT
• Naz Reid - IN
• Tari Eason - IN
• Mark Williams - IN
• Collin Murray-Boyles - OUT
• Brice Sensabaugh - OUT
• Draymond Green - QUEST
• Devin Vassell - OUT
• Christian Braun - OUT
• Tim Hardaway - PROB
• De'Anthony Melton - IN
• Steven Adams - OUT
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Ja'Kobe Walter - OUT
• Zach Collins - OUT
• Patrick Williams - OUT
• Kevin Love - OUT
• Al Horford - OUT
• Will Richard - QUEST
• Gui Santos - QUEST

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

• Victor Wembanyama, James Harden, Tyrese Maxey, Jamal Murray, Anthony Edwards

Mid

• Stephen Curry, Keyonte George, Julius Randle, Russell Westbrook (GPP), Brandon Ingram, Bam Adebayo, Norman Powell, Aaron Gordon, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jalen Smith, Coby White

Value

• Jaime Jaquez., Sandro Mamukelashvili, Jordan Miller, Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody, Buddy Hield, Will Richard, Davion Mitchell (cash), Walter Clayton Jr., Quinten Post

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