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

Without Chet Holmgren on the floor this year, SGA has a 37.7% USG and is averaging 1.6 FP/min. I'd say that's pretty elite stuff. If you land on SGA in this spot, he just showed us there is 70+ FP upside.

Everything about this game just screams points at the highest volume. After opening at 236.5 it's been bet up to 241 and I doubt it stops there. Top-five teams in pace and bottom-five in defense. Young has a 30% USG and is averaging 1.3 FP/min.

With or without Jaden Ivey on the floor, Cade Cunningham has a 30%+ USG rate, so as nice as it is with Ivey out, Cunningham is just still that dude for Detriot no matter what. He has four double or triple-doubles over his last six games and in the two he missed he fell one assist shy in both. This is a great matchup.

FD ONLY - There continues to be no reason whatsoever that Curry's price is where it is. He's nuking slate after slate and continues to play big minutes in competitive games against top-tier opponents. Tonight will be no different with the Grizzlies on the schedule.

FD ONLY - In theory, this is a tough spot, but Minnesota's defense has not been the same this year as it was last year. With DeMar DeRozan doubtful, Fox is in a great spot to dominate. He has a near 5% USG spike up to 34% and is averaging 1.3 FP/min. With a lot of other elite PG options, Fox might slip through the cracks.

He was 1% the other day and that just won't be the case if he's in the starting lineup again. He topped 30 DK & FD points and played 30 minutes. He is not a high usage rate player, but he's very solid in a lot of different areas and is averaging nearly .9 FP/min on the year.

I prefer the price on FD and hate that he took just two shots last game, but Mitchell's been typically solid in the starting lineup for Toronto this season. Without Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley this year, Mitchell's right around .9 FP/min and will play 30+ minutes.

The price on DK makes me more comfortable about playing Wallace who has a very low floor but is solid in a lot of different areas. He is pretty safely playing mid-20's minutes as a floor with Alex Caruso and Chet Holmgren out and depending on how he's playing could dictate if he reaches 30 or not. He fluctuates between starting and coming off the bench and we would prefer if he starts.

We have the Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal injuries already confirmed and Jusuf Nurkic and Grayson Allen are questionable. This could be an extremely short-handed Suns' team and although Lu Dort defense is looming, Devin Booker has to be great to keep the Suns in it. He has a near 30% USG without KD and Beal while averaging 1.2 FP/min. His FD price is more appealing than DK.

This game environment is elite as the Bulls are the top team in the league in pace and bottom-10 defensively. Mitchell is the team leader in FP/min (1.26) and USG (30.3%) and could be without Evan Mobley here as he's been listed Q with an illness.

From the outset, this has looked like Tyler Herro's team. Bam Adebayo has struggled and once again, Jimmy Butler's been hurt. Butler's out and without him this year, Herro's usage spikes from 27.6% to 30%. He's also averaging 1.4 DKP/min without Butler. This is a big pace-up spot against a team that lost their best two perimeter defenders.

I'm not chasing here because LaVine's just been really good this year when not impacted by an injury. The last two games are a prime example where he played 36 minutes in each and scored 26+ points as well. LaVine leads the team with a 25% USG rate too.

This man is just so good at basketball. Without Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith this year, Mathurin has a team-leading 25.7% USG and is averaging north of 1 FP/min. Mathurin's put up 37+ DKP in four straight games, has two double-doubles over that span and has failed to put up lower than 31 DKP over his last seven games. Mathurin is averaging nearly 15 potential rebounds per game during that seven-game stretch as well.

FD ONLY - Twice in the last three games we've seen Kevin Huerter go for 40 FD points and now the Kings are likely without DeMar DeRozan. Huerter's minutes are as safe as they come with both DeRozan and Malik Monk out.

Even if Jaden Ivey plays, I expect Beasley to be the starting SF with THJ out. He's put up 31+ DKP in back-to-back games without THJ in/leaving early and has a good spot against a bad Raptors defense.

I would not fault anyone if they landed on LeBron James tonight who's not getting much ownership love at all. He's working on three straight triple-doubles and four straight games of 59+ DKP. What am I missing here?

Wagner continues to dominate the usage in Orlando while Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr. are out. Wagner sits at a robust 32.9% USG while averaging nearly 1.3 FP/min. This isn't the best spot overall, but Philly ranks 21st in DRtg this year.

What really stands out to me is the FD price. I'm not really getting here on DK, but he's $900 less on FD and is off his minutes restriction. We'll see how this changes over time, but in the first game Embiid and George played together, George lead the team with a 33% USG rate.

Eason has a massive tournament ceiling and as he continues to play well, they're using him over Jabari Smith Jr. a LOT. Eason's at 1.18 FP/min on DK and 1.25 FP/min on FD. He causes havoc on both ends of the floor.

I think we're forgetting about Jaime Jaquez a little bit because he's coming back slowly from an illness but we saw him up at 25 minutes last game and played 33 minutes in a game earlier this year. With no Jimmy Butler, Jaquez has averaged 1.13 FP/min. He has a chance to start here, too.

With Grayson Allen going through shootaround this morning, he likely suits up but nothings official. He's going to play mid-20's minutes more than likely and the shots have started falling, which means he's too cheap at 3.7K.

We saw Johnson triple-double last time out and he's just barely off the floor. Johnson's second on the team in USG at 24% and FP/min at 1.2. This is a great game for the athletic Johnson to have a ceiling game in.

Not having Tim Hardaway Jr. on the floor makes a BIG difference for Harris. He's at .96 FP/min with Hardaway Jr. but his 1.16 FP/min average without him is elite. He's been a great fantasy producer all year and is super safe in this spot.

I'm not sure Watson will have as much offensive success playing without Nikola Jokic, but I like the minutes and the price on DraftKings. Both of those things have been elite. If he can find similar success offensively he'll continue to be a great value.

He just has an insanely high ceiling. There's not much else to say. It's not an easy spot against Anthony Davis, but Wemby's coming off back-to-back 70 bombs.

Knowing 20+ minutes IS on the table is definitely intriguing. He's also ALWAYS live to leave a game and not come back. That's the Jon Isaac experience. He's getting a lot of ownership, is a really good FP/min player, he's just always hurt and never playing enough minutes. But, the upside if he does play 20 again…

We're unsure if Towns plays, but it's incredibly hard to ignore him when he's posted a 29% USG and has averaged well north of 1.4 FP/min. Towns is coming off 71 DKP and has topped 50 in four of five and six of eight overall.

Bam Adebayo has put up 40+ DKP in five of six games and he's done so shooting the ball pretty poorly. He's a much better player than how he's played and is an elite rebounder and elite passer for a big man, he's a great mid-tier option without Jimmy Butler in the lineup.

We have no idea who's going to start for the Nuggets at center tonight but lately it's been Zeke Nnaji operating as the backup. DeAndre Jordan had his time under the sun and so did Dario Saric, so it's very hard to pinpoint who starts, but Saric is 3.3K and the other two are min salary at 3K on DK.

ADDED - With Nikola Jokic out, all eyes turn to Jamal Muray to pick up the slack. Dating back to the start of last year, Murray is a 1.2 FP/min player without Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon and has a team-leading 30.2% USG. His price is VERY low going up against a bad defense in NOLA ranking 29th.

ADDED - Since the start of last season, Michael Porter Jr. is right around 1 FP/min without Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon. Porter has been great this year, especially lately, and will need to turn in a bigger offensive performance without Jokic to help Denver get across the finish line.

ADDED - Nic Claxton has been ruled out for the next week and earlier in the year, we saw Simmons starting at center and that's what happened in the one game Claxton didn't play in. Simmons, without Claxton this year, is at 1 FP/min and at a sub 5K price on DK, he could be extended upwards of 27 minutes. The Knicks are not a good defensive team right now.