NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Friday Playbook
Published: Dec 27, 2024
TGIF! We've hit the end of the holiday week and with it comes an eight game main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.
It wouldn't be an NBA slate without a long list of injuries which will impact how we go about our roster construction for today.
So, let's have some fun, build some winning lineups and dive into today's NBA DFS playbook!
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, December 27th
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Pre-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.
The biggest names we are waiting on for today are Kristaps Porzingis of the Boston Celtics, Cameron Johnson of the Brooklyn Nets and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors.
UPDATES - 5:42PM ET
- Andrew Nehmbard - OUT
- Cam Johnson - OUT
- Jordan Hawkins - IN
UPDATES - 6:02PM ET
- Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
- Jrue Holiday - OUT
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/26
- Luka Doncic - OUT
- Stephen Curry - OUT
- Devin Booker - OUT
- Brandon Ingram - OUT
- Ben Simmons - OUT
- Aaron Gordon - OUT
- Santi Aldama - OUT
- Dillon Brooks - OUT
- Cameron Johnson - Questionable
- Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable
- Draymond Green - Questionable
- Dereck Lively - Questionable
- Tari Eason - Questionable
- Jrue Holiday - Questionable
- Jordan Hawkins - Questionable
- Kevin Porter - Questionable
NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews
We've got a lot of games with either lower game totals or spreads suggesting blowout for tonight's matchups. That said we do have a handful of games where we are expecting close, competitive and high scoring which is where the majority of the ownership tonight is going when building out our DFS lineups and those games are below.
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Houston Rockets
- Total: 214.5
- Spread: HOU -1
Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns
- Total: 225.5
- Spread: PHO -1
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Denver Nuggets
- Total: 237.5
- Spread: CLE -3
Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Clippers
- Total: 212.5
- Spread: LAC -4.5
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
- Donovan Mitchell, Kyrie Irving, Evan Mobley, Ivica Zubac, Bradley Beal, Norman Powell, Jaylen Brown, Darius Garland, Trey Murphy, Josh Hart, Amen Thompson, Jeremy Sochan, OG Anunoby, Andrew Wiggins,Jonathan Kuminga, Klay Thompson, Dennis Schroder
Value
- Zach Edey, Caris LeVert, Quentin Grimes, Noah Clowney, Spencer Dinwiddie, Tristan Da Silvla, Trevelin Queen, Cam Whitmore, Shake Milton, Jake LaRavia, Brandin Podziemski, Kris Dunn, Tyrese Martin
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