NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Sunday Playbook
Published: Mar 02, 2025
Happy Sunday, March 2nd, we have a six-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.
The stars are out as Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, James Harden, and Karl-Anthony Towns are taking the floor. It is worth noting we have a MASSIVE amounts of injury news as LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Anthony Edwards, and Austin Reaves are all on the injury report.
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 2nd
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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.
5:30 pm ET
- Adding Keyonte George into my player pool
- Alec Burks starting. Like him as a cheap value play. Added to core plays.
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/2
- Luka Doncic - QUEST
- LeBron James - QUEST
- Anthony Edwards - QUEST
- Josh Hart - IN
- Austin Reaves - OUT
- Chet Holmgren - OUT
- Norman Powell - PROB
- Lauri Markkanen - OUT
- Walker Kessler - OUT
- Bradley Beal - QUEST
- Jalen Suggs - OUT
- John Collins - OUT
- Andrew Wiggins - OUT
- Julius Randle - IN
- Rudy Gobert - OUT
- Jordan Clarkson - OUT
- Collin Sexton - OUT
- Rui Hachimura - OUT
- Charles Bassey - OUT
- Grayson Allen - PROB
- Derrick Jones - OUT
- Jaime Jaquez. - OUT
- Mitchell Robinson - IN
- Isaiah Joe - OUT
- Ochai Agbaji - OUT
- Jordan Goodwin - OUT
- Brandon Boston - OUT
- Ben Simmons - 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
Mid
- Zion Williamson, Tyler Herro, Paolo Banchero (GPP), Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein, Isaiah Collier
Value
- Devin Vassell (GPP), Bol Bol, Kyle Filipowski, Nick Richards, Brice Sensabaugh, Svi Mykhailiuk, Duncan Robinson (FD, GPP), Davion Mitchell, Alec Burks
Stacks
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