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

It's Monday, December 15th, and we have a four-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and five games on FanDuel.

Nikola Jokic and Cade Cunningham headline the list of stars in action tonight, while Anthony Davis and James Harden are a pair of names to monitor on the injury report. Let's break it all down. 

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, December 15th

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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

5:30 PM ET UPDATE 

• Payton Pritchard - AVAILABLE 

3:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Payton Pritchard - Questionable (downgrade) 
• Anthony Davis and Daniel Gafford were present at shootaround
• Brandon Williams - Questionable (downgrade) 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/15

• DET:
  None
• BOS:
  Jayson Tatum - Out
• TOR:
  Jamison Battle - Probable
  RJ Barrett - Out
• MIA:
  Pelle Larsson - Out
• DAL:
  Anthony Davis - Questionable
  Daniel Gafford - Questionable
  D'Angelo Russell - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
  Dante Exum - Out
• UTA:
  Jusuf Nurkic - Out
  Georges Niang - Out
  Walker Kessler - Out
• HOU:
  Tari Eason - Questionable
  Dorian Finney-Smith - Out
  Fred VanVleet - Out
• DEN:
  Aaron Gordon - Out
  Christian Braun - Out
• MEM:
  Brandon Clarke - Doubtful
  Zach Edey - Out
  John Konchar - Out
  Javon Small - Out
  Ty Jerome - Out
  Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
• LAC:
  James Harden - Questionable
  Nicolas Batum - Questionable
  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, Cade Cunningham, Anthony Davis, Alperen Sengun, James Harden (FD) 

Mid

• Scottie Barnes, Kawhi Leonard (FD), Amen Thompson, Kevin Durant, Brandon Ingram, Keyonte George, Cooper Flagg, Ivica Zubac (FD), Norman Powell, Immanuel Quickley, Kyle Filipowski, Naji Marshall, Ausar Thompson 

Value

• Jordan Walsh, Tobias Harris, Ace Bailey, Ryan Nembhard, Brandon Williams, Kevin Love

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