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

Happy Sunday, November 9th, we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 6-games on FanDuel.

Naturally, DraftKings and FanDuel have two different sized slates as DK has four games on their main and FD has six, including the Pacers/Warriors and Timberwolves/Kings. There are stars everywhere you turn as Shai Gilgeous Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Tyrese Maxey, and Paolo Banchero are taking the floor.

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 9th

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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.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

• Update - 3:15 pm ET
• Luguentz Dort has been ruled OUT. Expect Ajay Mitchell to stay in the starting lineup.
• Mitchell, w/o Dort/Wiggins, has averaged 1.2 FP/min and 23% USG
• Isaiah Hartenstein has a 23.8% USG and averages 1.6 FP/min without those two, but it's largely based on last game
• Update - 4:20 pm ET
• Pascal Siakam & Aaron Nesmith are OUT.
• Andrew Nembhard is one of the top FD plays of the day per dollar. Huge bump to Jarace Walker. Will have to see how the rest of the starting lineup looks, but Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Jay Huff, and Cody Martin are all options to join the starting lineup.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/9

• Domantas Sabonis - QUEST
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Stephen Curry - QUEST
• Cam Thomas - OUT
• Isaiah Stewart - OUT
• Tobias Harris - OUT
• Aaron Wiggins - OUT
• Santi Aldama - IN
• Zach Edey - OUT
• Luguentz Dort - OUT
• Al Horford - QUEST
• Caris LeVert - IN
• Terrence Shannon Jr. - OUT
• Pascal Siakam - OUT
• Aaron Nesmith - 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

• Cade Cunningham, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Maxey, Anthony Edwards (FD), Paolo Banchero (GPP)

Mid

• Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jaylen Brown, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, Payton Pritchard, Quentin Grimes, Ajay Mitchell

Value

• Josh Hart, Ron Holland, Trendon Watford, Egor Demin, Noah Clowney, Andrew Nembhard (FD), Jarace Walker (FD)

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