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

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!

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

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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 - 4:10 pm ET
• Daniel Gafford & Dereck Lively are OUT
• The Mavs are 14-point dogs on the 2nd leg of a back-to-back. Moussa Cisse is interesting at 1.1 FP/min.
• Update - 6:30 pm ET
• Cade Cunningham & Ausar Thompson are OUT. Jalen Duren is IN.
• Daniss Jenkins is an elite option. 24% USG, 1.17 FP/min.
• Bennedict Mathurin starting at 6.2K is…interesting. Especially because they're just watching him to see how he reacts. That could mean full minutes. GPPs.
• Update - 7:10 pm ET
• Zion Williamson & Saddiq Bey are OUT.
• What makes Derik Queen incredibly interesting is because he started and closed in a blowout yesterday.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/17

• Nikola Jokic - PROB
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - IN
• Cade Cunningham - OUT
• Anthony Davis - OUT
• Jalen Brunson - OUT
• Kawhi Leonard - OUT
• Zion Williamson - OUT
• Tyler Herro - OUT
• Bam Adebayo - OUT
• Jalen Duren - IN
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Coby White - OUT
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Paul George - IN
• Brandon Miller - OUT
• OG Anunoby - OUT
• Ausar Thompson - OUT
• Aaron Nesmith - OUT
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• Jordan Poole - OUT
• Bennedict Mathurin - IN
• Tre Jones - DOUBT
• Christian Braun - OUT
• Cameron Johnson - QUEST
• Julian Strawther - QUEST
• Aaron Wiggins - OUT
• Tobias Harris - OUT
• Quenton Jackson - OUT
• Obi Toppin - OUT
• Alex Caruso - IN
• Miles McBride - IN
• Derrick Jones - OUT
• Adem Bona - OUT
• Jordan Miller - OUT
• Daniel Gafford - OUT
• Dereck Lively - OUT
• Bogdan Bogdanovic - IN
• Saddiq Bey - 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

• Giannis Antetokounmpo, Karl-Anthony Towns, James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Anthony Edwards

Mid

• Julius Randle, Jalen Duren, Evan Mobley, Josh Hart, Jakob Poeltl, Kel'el Ware, Matas Buzelis (FD), Aaron Gordon (FD GPP), Daniss Jenkins, Jalen Duren

Value

• De'Andre Hunter (DK), Jordan Clarkson, Kobe Sanders, Naz Reid, Moussa Cisse, Caris LeVert (FD), Derik Queen

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