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

It's Saturday, November 15th, and we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

There has never been a more star-studded 4-game slate in the history of NBA DFS (no idea if that's actually true, but it sounds right). All of Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Anthony Edwards potentially play basketball this evening. I say potentially because Luka, Giannis, and Ant each played massive minutes in an NBA Cup game last night, and we could have a rest situation pop-up. Let's dive into the main slate.

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, November 15th

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6:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Ochai Agbaji - OUT 
• Collin Murray-Boyles - AVAILABLE 
• Marcus Smart - OUT 

3:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Lu Dort - AVAILABLE
• Jaylin Williams - OUT 

2:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• LAL
  • Rui Hachimura - OUT
  • Marcus Smart - QUESTIONABLE 
• CHA 
  • LaMelo Ball - OUT (expected but now official) 
  • Ryan Kalkbrenner - AVAILABLE (not listed on injury report) 
  • Liam McNeeley - OUT
  • KJ Simpson - AVAILABLE 
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - PROBABLE (not safe yet)  

Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

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

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/15

• OKC:
  Lu Dort - Questionable
  Jalen Williams - Out
  Aaron Wiggins - Out
  Kenrich Williams - Out
  Nikola Topic - Out
  Thomas Sorber - Out
• CHA:
  Yet to submit
• TOR:
  Ochai Agbaji - Questionable
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable
• IND:
  Aaron Nesmith - Out
  Johnny Furphy - Out
  Quenton Jackson - Out
  Bennedict Mathurin - Out
  Obi Toppin - Out
  Kam Jones - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• DEN:
  Nikola Jokic - Questionable
  Cameron Johnson - Out
  Christian Braun - Out
• MIN:
  Yet to submit
• LAL:
  Yet to submit
• MIL:
  Yet to submit

h/t @UnderdogNBA 

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, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 

Mid

• Anthony Edwards, Austin Reaves, Julius Randle, Jamal Murray, Immanuel Quickley, Andrew Nembhard, Kon Knueppel, Ryan Rollins, Jakob Poeltl

Value

• Ryan Kalkbrenner, Moussa Diabate, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Tim Hardaway, Bruce Brown, Tony Bradley 

Stacks

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