NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Sunday Playbook
Published: Jan 05, 2025
Happy Sunday! We have a very interesting five game main slate to work with today with a number of top players being ruled out which has created some interesting value and some very obvious chalk plays in great matchups to build our lineups around.
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, January, 5th
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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.
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/5
- LaMelo Ball - Questionable
- Dejounte Murray - Questionable
- Brandon Miller - Questionable
- Stephen Curry - Questionable
- Brandon Miller - Questionable
- Jalen Suggs - OUT
- De'Aaron Fox - OUT
- Jordan Poole - OUT
- Lauri Markkanen - OUT
- John Collins - OUT
- Jordan Clarkson - OUT
- Keyonte George - OUT
- Jonathan Kuminga - OUT
- Bilal Coulibaly - Questionable
- Jabari Smith. - OUT
- Tari Eason - Questionable
- Keegan Murray - Questionable
- Anthony Black - Questionable
- Brandin Podziemski - Questionable
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.
Charlotte Hornets vs Cleveland Cavaliers
- Total: 223.5
- Spread: CLE -16.5
New Orleans Pelicans vs Washington Wizards
- Total: 232.5
- Spread: NO -5.5
- Total: 208.5
- Spread: ORL -8.5
Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets
- Total: 218.5
- Spread: HOU -4.5
Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors
- Total: 225.5
- Spread: GSW -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
- Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Alperen Sengun, Domantas Sabonis
Mid
- CJ McCollum, Trey Murphy, Austin Reaves, Goga Bitadze, DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk, Amen Thompson, Walker Kessler, Collin Sexton, Yves Missi, Kyle Kuzma, Andrew Wiggins
Value
- Cole Anthony, Tristan da Silva, Cam Whitmore, Max Christie, Keon Ellis, Brice Sensabaugh, Isaiah Collier, Johnny Juzang
Stacks
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