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

It's Tuesday, January 27th, and we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and seven games on FanDuel. 

We have a day in which DraftKings and FanDuel can not agree on slate size as FanDuel includes the 10 pm game and DraftKings doesn't. We have a BOATLOAD of injuries on today's slate and plenty of stars including Cade Cunningham, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joel Embiid, and Deni Avdija.

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 27th

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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

• Adding Cole Anthony to player pool
• With Cason Wallace out, Kenrich Williams & Isaiah Joe are even more appealing than they were before. Both should play mid-to-high 20s minutes.
• Collin Gillespie is OUT
• W/o him, Jalen Green & Devin Booker, big bumps to Jordan Goodwin & Jamaree Bouyea

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/27

• Nikola Jokic - OUT
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Jamal Murray - IN
• Joel Embiid - IN
• Deni Avdija - IN
• Devin Booker - OUT
• Trae Young - OUT
• Kevin Porter - OUT
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Peyton Watson - IN
• Jalen Green - OUT
• Paul George - IN
• Zach LaVine - OUT
• Scoot Henderson - OUT
• Isaiah Hartenstein - OUT
• Cameron Johnson - OUT
• Noah Clowney - OUT
• Bilal Coulibaly - IN
• Ajay Mitchell - OUT
• Christian Braun - OUT
• Malik Monk - OUT
• Cam Thomas - IN
• Khris Middleton - IN
• Cason Wallace - OUT
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Tristan Vukcevic - OUT
• Alex Caruso - OUT
• Nolan Traore - IN
• Caris LeVert - OUT
• Robert Williams - OUT
• Tyrese Martin - OUT
• Jusuf Nurkic - OUT
• Keyonte George - OUT
• Kawhi Leonard - QUEST
• Collin Gillespie - OUT
• Quentin Grimes - 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

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Joel Embiid, Deni Avdija, James Harden (FD)

Mid

• Domantas Sabonis, Zion Williamson, Alex Sarr, Ryan Rollins, Collin Gillespie, Kyshawn George, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Bobby Portis, Kyle Kuzma, Ivica Zubac (FD), Kyle Filipowski (FD)

Value

• Myles Turner, Royce O'Neale, Tre Johnson, Aaron Wiggins, Luguentz Dort, Jaylin Williams, Jordan Goodwin, Dennis Schroder, Nique Clifford, Isaiah Collier (FD), Walter Clayton Jr. (FD), Cole Anthony, Jamaree Bouyea

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