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

Happy Sunday, November 16th, we have a 5-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 6-games on FanDuel.

Naturally, DraftKings and FanDuel have two different sized slates as DK has five games on their main and FD has six, including the the most exciting game of the day with the Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets. This is a very balanced main slate with no true spend up's as Josh Giddey, Devin Booker, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Johnson, and Stephen Curry 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 16th

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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 - 6:35 pm ET
• Jrue Holiday is OUT
• Boosts & top plays without Jrue: Shaedon Sharpe (+6.8% USG, 38.3% USG, 1.26 FP/min), Deni Avdija (+3.5% USG, 32% USG, 1.5 FP/min), Jerami Grant (+3.6% USG, 26.7% USG, 1.2 FP/min), Donovan Clingan (+2.8% USG, 16.2% USG, 1.2 FP/min)
• Kristaps Porzingis is OUT
• Boosts & top plays without Zinger: Jalen Johnson (27.3% USG, 1.6 FP/min), Onyeka Okongwu (20.9% USG, 1.16 FP/min), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (26.6% USG, 1.09 FP/min), Vit Krejci (19% USG, 1.05 FP/min)
• Zion Williamson is OUT
• Derik Queen is starting. Vaults into close to must-play territory.
• Boosts & top plays without Zion: Derik Queen (24.6% USG, 1.13 FP/min), Trey Murphy (+4.7% USG, 26.7% USG, 1.12 FP/min), Jeremiah Fears (27.3% USG, 1.01 FP/min), Saddiq Bey (20.2% USG, .98 FP/min)

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/16

• Anthony Davis - OUT
• Josh Giddey - IN
• Paolo Banchero - OUT
• Zion Williamson - OUT
• Jonathan Kuminga - OUT
• Coby White - IN
• Grayson Allen - OUT
• P.J. Washington - PROB
• Tre Jones - OUT
• Jordan Poole - OUT
• Bilal Coulibaly - IN
• Tari Eason - OUT
• Taylor Hendricks - OUT
• Jalen Suggs - OUT
• Jrue Holiday - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - 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

• Josh Giddey, Devin Booker, Alperen Sengun, Stephen Curry, Jalen Johnson, Deni Avdija

Mid

• Alex Sarr (FD), Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Michael Porter (FD), Jusuf Nurkic, Shaedon Sharpe Matas Buzelis, Onyeka Okongwu, Trey Murphy

Value

• Jabari Smith., Ace Bailey, Max Christie (cash), Tristan da Silva, Reed Sheppard, Noah Clowney (FD), Derik Queen, Jeremiah Fears, Donovan Clingan, Jerami Grant

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