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

It's Saturday, December 6th, and we have a six-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

Nine of the 12 teams on the slate are also on a back-to-back, so there is going to be a whole lot of injury news to sort through. Golden State and Washington have already put out lengthy reports, and there are sure to be several more lengthy reports as we approach roster lock. We will likely be waiting a while for it all to trickle 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, December 6th

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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 6:55 PM ET 

• Dru Smith - AVAILABLE 
• Daniel Gafford - OUT
• Klay Thompson - OUT 

UPDATE 6:45 PM ET 

• MIA: 
  • Tyler Herro - OUT 
  • Pelle Larsson - OUT
  • Davion Mitchell - OUT 
  • Norman Powell - AVAILABLE 
  • Dru Smith - Probable (downgrade) 
• Tobias Harris - OUT
• Marcus Sasser - AVAILABLE 
• AJ Green - OUT 

UPDATE 5:00 PM ET 

• GSW: 
  • Jimmy Butler - OUT 
  • Seth Curry - OUT 
  • Draymond Green - OUT 
  • De'Anthony Melton - OUT 
• WAS: 
  • Khris Middleton - OUT
  • Tristan Vukcevic - AVAILABLE
  • Cam Whitmore - AVAILABLE  
• Klay Thompson - Doubtful 
• GS news opens up some significant value. It is somewhat dependent on the starting lineup, but they are even more shorthanded than they were last game. It's going to take some guesswork to figure out Kerr's rotation, but there are likely to be several players who exceed value. 

UPDATE 3:00 PM ET 

• DAL: 
  • Anthony Davis - AVAILABLE
  • Daniel Gafford - Doubtful
  • P.J. Washington - Questionable 
• Alperen Sengun - Doubtful 

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET 

• DET: 
  • Tobias Harris - Questionable 
  • Marcus Sasser - Probable 
• CLE: 
  • Lonzo Ball - OUT
  • Sam Merrill - OUT
  • Tyrese Proctor - OUT
• LAC: 
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic - Probable 
  • Jordan Miller - OUT

UPDATE 1:00 PM ET 

• Draymond Green participated in shootaround
• AJ Green - Questionable 
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT 
• MIA:  
  • Tyler Herro - Doubtful 
  • Davion Mitchell - Questionable 
  • Pelle Larsson - Questionable
  • Norman Powell - Probable 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/6

• Yet to submit: ATL, CLE, MIL, DET, LAC, MIN, MIA, HOU, DAL
• WAS:
  Khris Middleton - Questionable
  Cam Whitmore - Questionable
  Tristan Vukcevic - Questionable
  Bilal Coulibaly - Out
  Alex Sarr - Out
  Corey Kispert - Out
  Tre Johnson - Out
• GSW:
  Jimmy Butler - Questionable
  Draymond Green - Questionable
  De'Anthony Melton - Questionable
  Seth Curry - Questionable
  Stephen Curry - Out
  Al Horford - Out
• SAC:
  Dennis Schroder - Out
  Domantas Sabonis - 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

• Cade Cunningham, Jalen Johnson, Anthony Edwards, Donovan Mitchell, James Harden  

Mid

• Evan Mobley, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Amen Thompson, Bam Adebayo, Norman Powell, Kevin Porter, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Smith, Reed Sheppard 

Value

• Malik Monk, Tristan Vukcevic, Buddy Hield, Gary Payton, Pat Spencer, Will Richard, Clint Capela, Will Riley 

Stacks

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