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

It's Wednesday, January 14th, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

There are lots of moving parts on this slate, including questionable tags for Jamal Murray, Kawhi Leonard, Ivica Zubac, and Immanuel Quickley. Let's break it all down. 

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 14th

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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

6:30 PM ET UPDATE 

• VJ Edgecombe - AVAILABLE
• Joel Embiid - AVAILABLE
• Paul George - AVAILABLE 
• Kelly Oubre - AVAILABLE 
• Tari Eason - OUT 
• Julian Phillips - OUT 
• Coby White remains on a restriction (28-30 minutes) 

6:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Immanuel Quickley - OUT 
• Sandro Mamukelashvili - OUT 
  • Jamal Shead and Scottie Barnes were already Core Plays and now get a significant boost. The absence of Mamu virtually locks Collin Murray-Boyles into 30+ minutes, with upside for upper-30s. He is also a Core Play.  

4:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Lauri Markkanen - OUT 
• Herbert Jones - OUT 
• Ariel Hukporti - Questionable (downgrade) 
• Ivica Zubac - OUT 

2:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Lauri Markkanen - Doubtful (downgrade)
• Immanuel Quickley - Questionable (downgrade) 
• Kelly Oubre - Probable (downgrade) 
• Julian Phillips - Questionable
• DEN: 
  • Christian Braun - OUT
  • Bruce Brown - Questionable 
  • Aaron Gordon - Probable
  • Spencer Jones - Probable 
  • Jamal Murray - Questionable

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/14

• CLE:
  Dean Wade - Out
  Max Strus - Out
• PHI:
  Joel Embiid - Probable
  Paul George - Probable
  VJ Edgecombe - Probable
• TOR:
  Sandro Mamukelashvili - Questionable
  RJ Barrett - Out
  Ja'Kobe Walter - Out
  Jakob Poeltl - Out
• IND:
  Bennedict Mathurin - Out
  Isaiah Jackson - Out
  Obi Toppin - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• BKN:
  Ziaire Williams - Out
  Haywood Highsmith - Out
• NOP:
  Yet to submit
• UTA:
  Kevin Love - Out
  Georges Niang - Out
  Walker Kessler - Out
• CHI:
  Yet to submit
• DEN:
  Yet to submit
• DAL:
  P.J. Washington - Questionable
  Brandon Williams - Questionable
  Max Christie - Doubtful
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
  Dante Exum - Out
• NYK:
  Landry Shamet - Out
• SAC:
  Dennis Schroder - Suspended
  Keegan Murray - Out
  Domantas Sabonis - Out
• WAS:
  Trae Young - Out
  Cam Whitmore - Out
• LAC:
  Kawhi Leonard - Questionable
  Ivica Zubac - Questionable
  Derrick Jones - Out
  Bogdan Bogdanovic - Out
  Bradley Beal - 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

• Jamal Murray, Tyrese Maxey, James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard, Jalen Brunson

Mid

• Michael Porter, Scottie Barnes, Keyonte George, Nikola Vucevic, Brandon Ingram, Jusuf Nurkic, Paul George, Jarrett Allen, Nic Claxton, Coby White, Tre Jones, Jalen Smith, Collin Murray-Boyles

Value

• Malik Monk, Brandon Williams, Jay Huff, Jamal Shead, Tim Hardaway, Precious Achiuwa, Mitchell Robinson, Brook Lopez, Alijah Martin, A.J. Lawson 

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