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

It's Wednesday, January 28th, and we have a 9-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Per usual, there is plenty of injury news we are waiting on before we can make final roster decisions. Cooper Flagg, Josh Hart, and Jusuf Nurkic are among the most impactful names carrying a questionable tag into the late afternoon hours. 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 28th

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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

6:50 PM ET UPDATE 

• Sam Merrill will start
• De'Andre Hunter - AVAILABLE
• Cooper Flagg - OUT
• Klay Thompson - OUT 

6:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Jalen Brunson - Questionable (downgrade)
• Jarace Walker - AVAILABLE
• Norman Powell - AVAILABLE
• Davion Mitchell - OUT 
• Kel'el Ware - AVAILABLE
• Collin Murray-Boyles - AVAILABLE
• Cody Williams - OUT

4:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Draymond Green - AVAILABLE 
• Jusuf Nurkic - Questionable
• Cody Williams - Questionable
• Kevin Love - OUT 

2:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Neemias Queta - OUT
• Luka Garza - AVAILABLE
• Mitchell Robinson - OUT
• Josh Hart - Questionable
• Miles McBride - OUT
• Klay Thompson - Questionable
• Davion Mitchell - Doubtful (downgrade)
• Norman Powell - Probable (upgrade) 
• Anthony Edwards - AVAILABLE 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/28

• CHI:
  Tre Jones - Out
  Zach Collins - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
• IND:
  Jarace Walker - Questionable
  Obi Toppin - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• LAL:
  Austin Reaves - Out
• CLE:
  Sam Merrill - Probable
  De'Andre Hunter - Probable
  Evan Mobley - Out
  Darius Garland - Out
  Max Strus - Out
• ATL:
  Kristaps Porzingis - Out
  Zaccharie Risacher - Out
• BOS:
  Luka Garza - Questionable
  Neemias Queta - Doubtful
  Jayson Tatum - Out
• NYK:
  Yet to submit
• TOR:
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable
  Jakob Poeltl - Out
• ORL:
  Franz Wagner - Out
• MIA:
  Norman Powell - Questionable
  Davion Mitchell - Questionable
  Kel'el Ware - Questionable
  Tyler Herro - Out
• CHA:
  Mason Plumlee - Out
• MEM:
  Ja Morant - Out
  Brandon Clarke - Out
  Zach Edey - Out
  Ty Jerome - Out
  Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
• MIN:
  Anthony Edwards - Questionable
  Terrence Shannon Jr. - Out
• DAL:
  Cooper Flagg - Questionable
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
  Dante Exum - Out
• GSW:
  Stephen Curry - Probable
  Draymond Green - Probable
  Gary Payton - Probable
  Jonathan Kuminga - Out
  Seth Curry - Out
  Jimmy Butler - Out
• UTA:
  Yet to submit
• SAS:
  Jeremy Sochan - Questionable
• HOU:
  Steven Adams - Out
  Fred VanVleet - 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

• Luka Doncic, Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Johnson, Jaylen Brown, Donovan Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, Alperen Sengun, Stephen Curry 

Mid

• Josh Giddey, Nikola Vucevic, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Josh Hart, Rudy Gobert, Miles Bridges, Jarrett Allen, Jalen Suggs, Kon Knueppel, Draymond Green

Value

• Jarace Walker, Brandon Williams, Moussa Diabate, Jake LaRavia, T.J. McConnell, Al Horford, Luka Garza, Dru Smith, Amari Williams 

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