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

It's Thursday, November 20th, and we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

Although it's only four games, there is a lot to like as two games on the board has at least 231 implied points and all four games have spreads within 5.5 points of one another. There are two teams on the second leg of a back-to-back but nobody is playing the front leg. Tyrese Maxey, Jalen Johnson, and James Harden head the slate tonight from a price perspective. Lets dive into the 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 20th

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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

• Update - 3:55 pm ET
• Domantas Sabonis is OUT. Keegan Murray is IN
• Interest level for Kings: Russell Westbrook; (192 mins w/o Sabonis) 22.9% USG & 1.29 FP/min, Dennis Schroder (182 mins w/o Sabonis) 26% USG (+4.7%) 1.07 FP/min, Malik Monk (204 mins w/o Sabonis) 20.2% USG, .91 FP/min
• Joel Embiid is OUT, Paul George is IN
• W/o Embiid & Oubre this year; Tyrese Maxey; (161 mins) 30.8% USG, 1.3 FP/min, VJ Edgecombe; (174 mins) 23.7% USG, 1.03 FP/min, Andre Drummond; (136 mins) 1 FP/min

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/20

• Victor Wembanyama - OUT
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Paolo Banchero - OUT
• Kawhi Leonard - OUT
• Domantas Sabonis - OUT
• Jaren Jackson - OUT
• Ja Morant - OUT
• Stephon Castle - OUT
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - IN
• Paul George - IN
• Keegan Murray - IN
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• Dylan Harper - OUT
• Zaccharie Risacher - IN
• Derrick Jones - OUT
• Jordan Miller - OUT
• Jared McCain - IN

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

• James Harden, Jalen Johnson, De'Aaron Fox, Franz Wagner

Mid

• Desmond Bane, Russell Westbrook, Ryan Rollins, Ivica Zubac, Andre Drummond, Cedric Coward, VJ Edgecombe, Jalen Suggs, Santi Aldama, Dennis Schroder

Value

• Keldon Johnson, Wendell Carter, Vince Williams, Harrison Barnes (FD), Cam Spencer, Kobe Sanders, Bogdan Bogdanovic (GPP), Kelly Olynyk (GPP)

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