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

Cunningham was seen at shootaround and this is a great spot for Detroit. It's a bad paced game, but Philly ranks 23rd in defensive rating. With Jaden Ivey out, Cunningham sees a +1.8% USG bump up to 35% USG and 1.5 FP/min to boot. He's low-owned, too.

The Hawks are short-handed here after all the deals they made at the deadline and are also banged up, too. With everyone traded or injured off the floor, Trae Young has a 30% USG and averages 1.16 FP/min

In his first game with the Spurs, Fox had a 24-point double-double and went for nearly 60 DKP. He had a 24% USG, which is very solid. This is a very good spot against a Hornets team that basically reset at the trade deadline.

This spot is, well, it's awful. Realistically, it's awful. It's a 17.5 point spread and Washington traded a LOT of pieces at the deadline and they're already historically bad. He has a 31.6% USG and 1.28 FP/min without Kuzma, Valanciunas, and Sarr.

It's a really good spot for Ty Jerome when you starting looking into what's available and what's not for Cleveland. They traded away Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, DeAndre Hunter is not making his debut, and Sam Merrill is out too. Without them, Wade and Okoro, Ty Jerome has a 1.1 FP/min mark and a 25.5% USG. He's going to operate as both guard spots backup and he could be well into the 20s, possibly high 20s in terms of minutes.

Since Jalen Johnson went down with an injury, Dyson Daniels has taken the next step offensively pouring in at least 19 points in three straight. In two of those games he's posted a 22% USG or better. On the year, with everyone out or traded, he has a 1.01 FP/min and 20.7% USG.

I hate the feeling about how much I like Keon Johnson here but alas, we're here. Brooklyn is really low owned but when you look at Johnson, he's been the team's best player. He's put up 33+ DKP in four straight games and in three of the four he's had a 27% USG or better, twice topping 30%. Without all those traded or hurt, Johnson has a 24.4% USG and averages 1.03 FP/min.

Toronto traded away a lot of pieces at the deadline and with all of those pieces out, plus Jakob Poeltl and RJ Barrett are out too. Dick averages 20.5% USG and 1.04 FP/min. This game is going to be, ya know, what it is. 19.5 point spreads aren't coming around too often.

Nobody on the team has a better bump on Washington than Coulibaly when Sarr, Valanciunas, and Kuzma are off the floor. Coulibaly sits at 1.15 FP/min and has a team-leading 5% USG and 23% USG overall.

At least on DK, Bub Carrington is a plug-and-play. Definitely debatable on FD at 4.5K, but would prefer Malcolm Brogdon not play there. Carrington is coming off a double-double and the moves the team made should have him play a lot in this spot while the new pieces aren't available.

He's not elite on a per-minute basis, but he's very solid sitting just below .9 FP/min with everyone who's out. There's not a better matchup on the board.

We likely see Kyshawn George starting again with the departure of Kyle Kuzma. He also should play in a blowout scenario as well. He's a better play on DK at the price because he has a VERY low floor.

We obviously need to know whether or not Giannis is going to play, but sign me the hell up if he does. This game has 243 implied totals and Giannis gets a massive pace up spot, too.

We're really getting an expanded usage rate out of Adebayo lately as he's posted a 26% or better in three straight. Adebayo's scoring in general has ticked up with 18+ points in five straight and twice over that span, when he has everything working. 

We just simply need to avoid a random low-20s minutes game that happens once in a while. Jovic has had back-to-back 20 point games and has played 28 minutes or more in fix of six. He faces a Brooklyn defense ranking 25th in the NBA too.

With all players traded, released, or are out, Risacher has a 22.8% USG and averages 1.05 FP/min. It would be interesting to see what their starting lineup looks like, but Risacher shouldn't be impacted here at all. He only benefits from the latest trades.

I'm in agreement with the field on what the Raptors do at the center spot tonight; Jonathan Mogbo starts. Mogbo, the talented rookie draft-pick, has been a baseline .9 FP/min guy and should have all the opportunity in the world in this spot.

Massive ceiling. That's what we're here for. Wemby has a massive ceiling. His debut showing with De'Aaron Fox was disappointing because of foul trouble, but Wemby's upside is as good as it gets.

Look, I know people are scared to play Joel Embiid because of everything that's happened with him this year and really his whole career. That said, he played 36 minutes in his first game after a month, had a 39.5% USG and posted a triple-double. Yeah, that's just kind of the player he is when he's on the floor.

Onyeka Okongwu has a very high ceiling. This isn't a great spot overall, but he's coming off a career-high, this game is the best on the board. He's averaging 1.2 FP/min with everyone out, too.

We heard that even with Jusuf Nurkic acquired, Moussa Diabate is the starting center. Nurkic is not available here and it's likely that Diabate starts, but even if he doesn't and Taj Gibson does, Diabate will play a majority of the minutes.

Look, I'm just going to be playing Vukcevic whether Richuan Holmes ultimately plays. This game has an 18-point spread and is going to be a bloodbath. Vukcevic, in a small sample, is a 1.08 FP/min player. He played 19 minutes last game, closed in a blowout, and had a 30% USG rate.