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

It's Wednesday, February 11th, and we have a massive 13-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 10 games on FanDuel. 

FanDuel has left off the games starting after the 8:00 pm ET window, which means we won't have Nikola Jokic or strong Kings' value on that particular site. There is still plenty to like all across the board, though, with Indiana, Detroit, Brooklyn, and Charlotte all offering varying levels of value. On top of that, there is still plenty of news we are waiting on. Strap in, we could be in for a wild one. 

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, February 11th

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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

UPDATE 6:30 PM ET 

• Noah Clowney - OUT 
• Alex Sarr - OUT 
• Micah Potter - AVAILABLE
• Jarace Walker - AVAILABLE

UPDATE 6:00 PM ET 

• Jalen Johnson - AVAILABLE
• Dyson Daniels - AVAILABLE
• Zaccharie Risacher - AVAILABLE
• Ryan Rollins - OUT 
• Pete Nance - AVAILABLE
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Tre Jones - OUT
• Jalen Smith - OUT
• Isaac Okoro - OUT
• Nic Claxton - OUT
• Noah Clowney - AVAILABLE
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Quentin Grimes - OUT 
• Dominick Barlow - AVAILABLE
• Jakob Poeltl - AVAILABLE (limited) 

Massive news coming down with Ryan Rollins and Joel Embiid being two huge names to get ruled out. Kevin Porter and Tyrese Maxey were already Core Plays and are now elite plays. Andre Drummond is also now a Core Play.  

UPDATE 4:00 PM ET 

• PHX: 
  • Devin Booker - Questionable 
  • Jalen Green - Questionable

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET 

• IND:
  • Pascal Siakam - OUT
  • Andrew Nembhard - OUT
  • Aaron Nesmith - OUT
  • T.J. McConnell - OUT
  • Jarace Walker - Questionable
  • Micah Potter - Questionable
• Sam Hauser - AVAILABLE
• Neemias Queta - AVAILABLE
• OG Anunoby - OUT
• Alex Sarr - Questionable (downgrade) 
• Tristan Vukcevic - OUT
• HOU: 
  • Alperen Sengun - Probable
  • Tari Eason - Questionable
  • Dorian Finney-Smith - OUT
• Nicolas Batum - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/11

• ATL:
  Jalen Johnson - Questionable
  Dyson Daniels - Questionable
  Zaccharie Risacher - Questionable
  Jonathan Kuminga - Out
• CHA:
  Coby White - Out
• MIL:
  Pete Nance - Questionable
  Giannis Antetokounmpo - Out
  Taurean Prince - Out
• ORL:
  None
• WAS:
  Bilal Coulibaly - Questionable
  Kyshawn George - Questionable
  Anthony Gill - Questionable
  Trae Young - Out
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Cam Whitmore - Out
• CLE:
  Dean Wade - Out
  Evan Mobley - Out
  Max Strus - Out
• CHI:
  Josh Giddey - Doubtful
  Jalen Smith - Doubtful
  Tre Jones - Doubtful
  Zach Collins - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
• BOS:
  Sam Hauser - Probable
  Neemias Queta - Probable
  Jayson Tatum - Out
• DET:
  Ron Holland - Out
• TOR:
  Jakob Poeltl - Questionable
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Out
• IND:
  Yet to submit
• BKN:
  Nic Claxton - Questionable
  Noah Clowney - Probable
  Michael Porter - Out
• NYK:
  Yet to submit
• PHI:
  Joel Embiid - Questionable
  Dominick Barlow - Questionable
  Quentin Grimes - Questionable
  Paul George - Suspended
• LAC:
  Yet to submit
• HOU:
  Yet to submit
• MIA:
  Andrew Wiggins - Questionable
  Norman Powell - Out
  Pelle Larsson - Out
  Tyler Herro - Out
• NOP:
  Dejounte Murray - Out
• POR:
  Shaedon Sharpe - Out
  Kris Murray - Out
  Matisse Thybulle - Out
  Damian Lillard - Out
• MIN:
  Anthony Edwards - Questionable
  Terrence Shannon Jr. - Out
• MEM:
  Cedric Coward - Doubtful
  Walter Clayton Jr. - Doubtful
  Santi Aldama - Out
  Ja Morant - Out
  Brandon Clarke - Out
  Zach Edey - Out
• DEN:
  Nikola Jokic - Probable
  Jamal Murray - Probable
  Christian Braun - Probable
  Spencer Jones - Questionable
  Aaron Gordon - Out
  Peyton Watson - Out
• OKC:
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Out
  Ajay Mitchell - Out
  Nikola Topic - Out
  Thomas Sorber - Out
• PHX:
  Yet to submit
• SAC:
  Domantas Sabonis - Out
  Zach LaVine - Out
  Russell Westbrook - Out
  Malik Monk - Out
  De'Andre Hunter - Out
  Keegan Murray - Out
• UTA:
  Keyonte George - Out
  Walker Kessler - 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

• Nikola Jokic (DK), Jalen Johnson, Cade Cunningham, Jaylen Brown, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Maxey, Donovan Mitchell, James Harden

Mid

• Jamal Murray (DK), Julius Randle, Trey Murphy, LaMelo Ball, Kevin Porter, Brandon Miller, Jarrett Allen, Jalen Suggs, Kon Knueppel, Jrue Holiday, Jarace Walker (if active), Ty Jerome, Nique Clifford (DK), Paul Reed, Dylan Cardwell (DK)

Value

• Day'Ron Sharpe, Jay Huff, Kel'el Ware, Collin Sexton, Maxime Raynaud (DK), Jeremiah Fears, Devin Carter (DK), Andre Drummond, Julian Strawther (DK), Quenton Jackson, Grant Williams, Micah Potter (if active), Kobe Brown, Taelon Peter 

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