NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Wednesday Playbook
Published: Feb 12, 2025
Boy do we have a day today! Wednesday, February 12th, brings us a 14-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.
We are just two days away from the start of the NBA All-Star break and there are plenty of players already ruled out or ruled questionable for tonight's monster slate.
Let's dive in and make some money tonight?
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, February 12th
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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.
6:30 PM ET
Tyrese Maxey - OUT
- Jared Butler should start
- Paul George and Quentin Grimes get bumps
Damian Lillard - OUT
- Kevin Porter Jr. or Ryan Rollins likely starting
Elf Payton starting for Hornets
Anthony Edwards is ACTIVE
Duncan Robinson & Terry Rozier are OUT
Tyler Herro Game Time Decision
Jaylen Brown is OUT
- Boost to Payton Pritchard & Jayson Tatum
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/12
- Luka Doncic - Probable
- LaMelo Ball - OUT
- Trae Young - Probable
- Anthony Edwards - Questionable
- Damian Lillard - Questionable
- Devin Booker - OUT
- Joel Embiid - OUT
- Alperen Sengun - Questionable
- Austin Reaves - Probable
- Zion Williamson - Questionable
- Tyler Herro - Questionable
- Jaylen Brown - Questionable
- Chet Holmgren - OUT
- Daniel Gafford - OUT
- P.J. Washington - Questionable
- Michael Porter - Questionable
- Deandre Ayton - OUT
- Bradley Beal - OUT
- Collin Sexton - OUT
- Jakob Poeltl - OUT
- OG Anunoby - Questionable
- Scoot Henderson - OUT
- Myles Turner - OUT
- Nic Claxton - Questionable
- Jerami Grant - Questionable
- Grayson Allen - OUT
- Moussa Diabate - Questionable
- Terry Rozier - Questionable
- Aaron Gordon - Questionable
- Mike Conley - Questionable
- Max Strus - Questionable
- Ty Jerome - Questionable
- Jrue Holiday - OUT
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
- Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Maxey, Cade Cunningham, Trae Young, Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry
Mid
- Franz Wagner, Jalen Brunson, Trey Murphy, De'Aaron Fox, CJ McCollum, Jimmy Butler, Pascal Siakam, Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein, Jordan Poole, Naz Reid, Dyson Daniels, John Collins, Kelly Oubre, Deni Avdija, Bilal Coulibaly, Anfernee Simons, Kyle Kuzma, Michael Porter Christian Braun
Value
- Jared Butler, Kevin Porter Jr. Malik Beasley, Alexander Sarr, Shaedon Sharpe, Carlton Carrington, Nikola Jovic, DeAndre Hunter, Caris LeVert, Thomas Bryant, Matas Buzelis, Nick Smith Jr., KJ Simpson, Bol Bol, Kylor Kelley, Moses Moody, Gary Trent
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