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

Published: Nov 21, 2025

It's Friday, November 21st, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 9 games on FanDuel.

We have a great seven game slate and there is a lot to like as two games on the board has at least 240 implied points and eight of the nine totals are up over 230 points. Nikola Jokic, Alperen Sengun, Donovan Mitchell, and Julius Randle 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 21st

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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 - 4:15 pm ET
Shaedon Sharpe & Jrue Holiday are OUT
Deni Avdija - 34.8% USG (+6.2%), 1.66 FP/min - Jerami Grant - 29.4% USG (+5.9%), 1.3 FP/min - Donovan Clingan - 17.1% USG, 1.43 FP/min
Update - 6:05 pm ET
Alex Sarr & Marvin Bagley are OUT. Tristan Vukcevic is the best value on the board. Not fading at his price points.
Update - 6:40 pm ET
Jaylon Tyson is STARTING. 3.1K on DK is great value. They said he'll be limited and the expectation is they keep him below 30 minutes.
D'Angelo Russell is OUT
Brandon Williams has a 25.6% USG and averages 1.07 FP/min without DLo & AD this year. Cooper Flagg at 24% USG & 1.1 FP/min.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/21

Anthony Davis - OUT
Tyler Herro - OUT
Jimmy Butler - PROB
Shaedon Sharpe - OUT
Jrue Holiday - OUT
Jerami Grant - PROB
Coby White - OUT
Cam Thomas - OUT
Grayson Allen - OUT
Andrew Wiggins - OUT
Alex Sarr - OUT
Darius Garland - IN
Aaron Gordon - PROB
Draymond Green - PROB
Jonathan Kuminga - OUT
Aaron Wiggins - OUT
Aaron Nesmith - OUT
Kyle Filipowski - IN
Jordan Poole - OUT
Tre Jones - IN (20-24 mins)
Jaden McDaniels - IN
Jarrett Allen - OUT
Jabari Smith. - QUEST
Quenton Jackson - OUT
Nikola Jovic - OUT
Steven Adams - QUEST
Jalen Smith - IN
Marvin Bagley - OUT
Sam Merrill - OUT
Jaylon Tyson - IN
Collin Murray-Boyles - OUT
D'Angelo Russell - QUEST (downgrade)

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.

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