NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Thursday Playbook
Published: Nov 13, 2025
It's Thursday, November 13th, and we have a 3-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.
Although it's only three games, there is a lot to like as every game on the board has at least 231 implied points. There are three teams on the second leg of a back-to-back but nobody is playing the front leg. Donovan Mitchell, Pascal Siakam, and Devin Booker head the slate tonight from a price perspective. Lets dive into the slate!
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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 13th
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- Update - 4:45 pm ET
- Adding Mouhamed Gueye to core plays but GPPs. He's played 23+ minutes in all three games Kristaps Porzingis has missed this year. Jalen Johnson missed two of them. Trae Young played, but Zaccharie Risacher didn't.
- Aaron Nesmith is a player I didn't mention in playbook, but the one fringe guy I'd be OK getting to. He was pacing for 40 minutes before the blowout.
- Update - 8:45 pm ET
- Nick Richards starting is an elite value play.
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/13
- Trae Young - OUT
- Jalen Green - OUT
- Darius Garland - OUT
- Bennedict Mathurin - OUT
- Obi Toppin - OUT
- Jaylon Tyson - OUT
- Collin Murray-Boyles - QUEST
- Sandro Mamukelashvili - QUEST
- Taylor Hendricks - OUT
- Kyle Anderson - OUT
- Ochai Agbaji - OUT
- Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
- Mark Williams - OUT
- Cody Martin - OUT
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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.
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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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- Jalen Johnson, Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, Immanuel Quickley, Andrew Nembhard, Onyeka Okongwu, Dillon Brooks (GPP), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (cash)
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