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

It's Saturday, November 29th, and we have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and six games on FanDuel.

Nine of the twelve teams on a main slate are coming off an NBA Cup game last night, so we are likely to be waiting on some news for this evening. We already know Anthony Davis is out on the back-to-back, and Kawhi Leonard intends to play, but there is surely much more news still to break. Let's dive in! 

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 29th

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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

7:15 PM ET UPDATE 

• Mark Williams - OUT 
• Ryan Dunn - OUT 

6:30 PM ET UPDATE 

• CHI: 
  • Ayo Dosunmu - AVAILABLE
  • Nikola Vucevic - AVAILABLE
  • Patrick Williams - AVAILABLE 
  • Coby White - OUT
    • Bump for Josh Giddey. Slight interest in Tre Jones, Ayo Dosunmu
• Kevin Porter - AVAILABLE 
• MIA: 
  • Jaime Jaquez - OUT
  • Norman Powell - AVAILABLE
  • Andrew Wiggins - AVAILABLE 

6:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Andrew Nembhard - AVAILABLE

4:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• PHX:
  • Grayson Allen - Questionable 
  • Ryan Dunn - Questionable 
  • Jordan Goodwin - Questionable
  • Isaiah Livers - OUT
  • Mark Williams - Questionable
• LAC: 
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic - OUT
  • Jordan Miller - OUT
  • Kawhi Leonard - AVAILABLE 

3:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• DEN: 
  • Bruce Brown - Questionable 
  • Nikola Jokic - Questionable 
• DAL: 
  • Daniel Gafford - OUT
  • Klay Thompson - AVAILABLE 

2:30 PM ET UPDATE 

• BKN: 
  • Egor Demin - OUT
  • Terance Mann - Questionable 
  • Michael Porter - OUT 

2:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• CHI: 
  • Zach Collins - OUT
  • Ayo Dosunmu - Probable
  • Noa Essengue - OUT
  • Isaac Okoro - OUT
  • Jalen Smith - OUT
  • Dalen Terry - OUT
  • Nikola Vucevic - Probable
  • Coby White - Questionable 
  • Patrick Williams - Probable
• DET: 
  • Jalen Duren - OUT
  • Caris LeVert - Questionable
• IND: 
  • Andrew Nembhard - Questionable 
• MIL: 
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - Questionable
  • Kevin Porter - Questionable

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/29

• Yet to submit: CHI, IND, BKN, MIL, DET, DEN, PHX
• MIA: 
  Norman Powell - Probable
  Andrew Wiggins - Probable
  Jaime Jaquez. - Questionable
• NOP:
  Trey Murphy - Questionable
  Jordan Hawkins - Out
  Karlo Matkovic - Out
  Herbert Jones - Out
  Jordan Poole - Out
  Dejounte Murray - Out
• GSW:
  Gary Payton - Probable
  Jonathan Kuminga - Questionable
  De'Anthony Melton - Out
  Al Horford - Out
  Stephen Curry - Out
• DAL:
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
  Dante Exum - Out
• LAC:
  Kawhi Leonard - Expects to play
  Bogdan Bogdanovic - TBD
  Jordan Miller - TBD
  Derrick Jones - Out
  Bradley Beal - Out

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, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Cade Cunningham, Josh Giddey

Mid

• Jimmy Butler, Pascal Siakam, Jamal Murray, Bam Adebayo, Bennedict Mathurin, Collin Gillespie, Andrew Nembhard, Noah Clowney, Saddiq Bey 

Value

• Isaiah Stewart, T.J. McConnell, Jarace Walker, Jay Huff, Terance Mann, Tyrese Martin, Spencer Jones  

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