NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Friday Playbook
Published: Mar 14, 2025
Happy Friday, March 14th, we have a seven-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings, while FanDuel is rolling out the full ten games on the schedule. The presence of the Lakers game on FD makes that a completely different slate than the DK slate.
The injury report for today is quite lengthy, with Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Donovan Mitchell, De'Aaron Fox, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George all among the stars who have already been ruled out. Additionally, Boston has listed four of their five starters as questionable.
Be sure to join us for the live show at 5pm ET, and in Discord for all the news leading up to roster lock. Let's get into some of the top plays and best pivots for this smaller slate.
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, March 14th
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Pre/Post-Lock Update
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.
UPDATE 5:30 PM ET
- Quentin Grimes - OUT
UPDATE 6:00 PM ET
- Pascal Siakam - Available
- Kelly Oubre - OUT
- Andre Drummond - OUT
- Justin Edwards - OUT
- Alex Reese - Available
- Jayson Tatum - Available
- Jaylen Brown - OUT
- Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
- Derrick White - Available
- Al Horford - Available
UPDATE 6:35 PM ET
- Cole Anthony - OUT
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - OUT
- P.J. Washington - OUT
- Dante Exum - Available
- Brandon Williams - Available
- Kai Jones - OUT
All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/14
- Jayson Tatum - Available
- Jaylen Brown - OUT
- Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
- Derrick White - Available
- Alec Burks - OUT
- Pascal Siakam - Available
- Tyrese Maxey - OUT
- Paul George - OUT
- Quentin Grimes - OUT
- Kelly Oubre - OUT
- Andre Drummond - OUT
- Lonnie Walker - OUT
- Justin Edwards - OUT
- Alex Reese - Available
- Norman Powell - OUT
- Ben Simmons - Q
- Clint Capela - OUT
- De'Aaron Fox - OUT
- Charles Bassey - OUT
- Donovan Mitchell - OUT
- Jaren Jackson - Q
- Santi Aldama - OUT
- P.J. Washington - OUT
- Brandon Williams - Available
- Dante Exum - Available
- Kai Jones - OUT
- Amen Thompson - OUT
- Reed Sheppard - OUT
- Cole Anthony - OUT
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - OUT
- Luka Doncic - OUT
- LeBron James - OUT
- Jaxson Hayes - OUT
- Gabe Vincent - D
- Dorian Finney-Smith - D
- Trey Jemison - Q
- Aaron Gordon - Q
- Scottie Barnes - Q
- Jakob Poeltl - OUT
- Jonathan Mogbo - OUT
- Gradey Dick - OUT
- Ja'Kobe Walter - OUT
- Ochai Agbaji - Q
- John Collins - OUT
- Keyonte George - Q
- Domantas Sabonis - Q
- Trey Lyles - Q
- Nick Richards - Q
- Grayson Allen - D
- Cody Martin - Q
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
Mid
- Ivica Zubac, Evan Mobley, Austin Reaves (FD only), Darius Garland, Derrick White, Jarrett Allen, Devin Vassell, Stephon Castle
Value
- Guerschon Yabusele, Al Horford, Chris Paul, Ty Jerome, Keldon Johnson, Jared Butler, Dalton Knecht (FD only), Jordan Goodwin (FD only), Adem Bona, Ricky Council, Jeff Dowtin
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