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

Happy Thursday, April 3rd! We have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

As you might expect, there are plenty of out, questionable, and doubtful designations on the injury report. Be sure to check out the 5 p.m. live show and check out our Discord before lineup lock. Let's dive into it.

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, April 3rd

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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

UPDATE 5:50 PM ET

• Scottie Barnes - Available 
• Duncan Robinson - Available 
• Jalen Wilson - OUT
• Richaun Holmes - OUT
• AJ Green - Available

UPDATE 6:40 PM ET

• Guerschon Yabusele - Available 
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Jared Rhoden - Available
• Anthony Gill - Available

UPDATE 6:45 PM ET

• Anfernee Simons - OUT
  • Shaedon Sharpe and Dalano Banton join Deni Avdija as a few of the best plays on the slate

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/3

• Damian Lillard - OUT
• AJ Green - Available
• Guerschon Yabusele - Available
• Kyle Lowry - OUT
• Jordan Poole - OUT
• Kyshawn George - OUT
• Khris Middleton - OUT
• Richaun Holmes - OUT
• Anthony Gill - Available
• Brandon Clarke - OUT
• Vince Williams - OUT
• Andrew Wiggins - OUT
• Duncan Robinson - Q
• Haywood Highsmith - Q
• Terry Rozier - Q
• Terrence Shannon - OUT
• Cameron Johnson - OUT
• Ziaire Williams - OUT
• Jalen Wilson - OUT
• Noah Clowney - OUT
• Day'Ron Sharpe - OUT
• Anfernee Simons - OUT
• Scoot Henderson - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - Q
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Jared Rhoden - Q
• Jonathan Kuminga - Q

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 

• Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Paolo Banchero, Stephen Curry

Mid

• Tyler Herro, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Carlton Carrington, Donovan Clingan, Wendell Carter 

Value

• Ryan Rollins, Jamal Shead, Zach Edey, Tristan Vukcevic, Dalano Banton, Ja'Kobe Walter 

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