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

Happy Monday, March 17th, we have a 10-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and nine on FanDuel.

The stars are out as Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham, and Domantas Sabonis are taking the floor. Some names that are questionable are Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Tyrese Haliburton, and Zion Williamson .

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 17th

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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.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

3:45 pm ET

• Jakob Poeltl & RJ Barrett have been ruled OUT
• Orlando Robinson (138 minutes) has a +4% USG bump up to 21.5% USG & 1.09 FP/min
• A.J. Lawson (108 minutes) 22.6% USG, .99 FP/min

7:15 pm ET

• The Pacers have ruled Tyrese Haliburton, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner.
• T.J. McConnell is 1.2 FP/min, 28.2% USG (120 minutes)
• Obi Toppin is 1.13 FP/min, 25% USG (150 minutes)
• Jarace Walker is .99 FP/min, 20% USG (150 minutes)
• Bennedict Mathurin is .97 FP/min, 29.4% USG (111 minutes)
• Thomas Bryant is .92 FP/min
• I like Andrew Nembhard. Numbers don't look great in a small sample, but he's VERY low owned and if this game is competitive, he's elite.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/17

• Nikola Jokic - QUEST
• Luka Doncic - PROB
• LeBron James - OUT
• Ja Morant - OUT
• Zion Williamson - IN
• Tyrese Maxey - OUT
• Stephen Curry - QUEST
• Jalen Brunson - OUT
• Tyrese Haliburton - OUT
• Pascal Siakam - OUT
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Paul George - OUT
• RJ Barrett - OUT
• Jamal Murray - QUEST
• Coby White - IN
• Keyonte George - IN
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• John Collins - OUT
• Immanuel Quickley - QUEST
• Santi Aldama - DOUBT
• Myles Turner - OUT
• Andrew Wiggins - OUT
• Jordan Clarkson - IN
• Bradley Beal - OUT
• Christian Braun - PROB
• Brandin Podziemski - OUT
• Rui Hachimura - OUT
• Andre Drummond - OUT
• Kelly Olynyk - IN
• Aaron Nesmith - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - QUEST
• Adem Bona - OUT
• Yves Missi - IN
• Malcolm Brogdon - OUT
• Scotty Pippen Jr. - QUEST
• Lonzo Ball - OUT
• Alec Burks - OUT
• Lonnie Walker - OUT
• Ja'Kobe Walter - OUT
• Quinten Post - QUEST
• Marcus Smart - QUEST
• Corey Kispert - OUT
• Jabari Walker - OUT
• Robert Williams - OUT
• Grayson Allen - OUT
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• KJ Martin - OUT
• Collin Sexton - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - IN
• Guerschon Yabusele - OUT
• Toumani Camara - QUEST

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

• Luka Doncic (DK), Nikola Jokic, Cade Cunningham, Devin Booker 

Mid

• Austin Reaves (DK), Jaren Jackson, Coby White, Jalen Green, Deni Avdija, Tari Eason, Draymond Green, Donovan Clingan, Tre Jones

Value

• Justin Champagnie, Orlando Robinson, Ryan Dunn, Scotty Pippen Jr., Luke Kennard, Obi Toppin, Thomas Bryant, Andrew Nembhard, Bennedict Mathurin, Jarace Walker, T.J. McConnell

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