Happy Thanksgiving Eve, DFS grinders! We're feasting on a loaded 9-game slate this Wednesday, November 26th – the perfect pre-holiday buffet before tomorrow's turkey coma. Tonight's main course delivers mouthwatering matchups like  the Bucks invading Miami, the Wolves-Thunder clash of Western Conference beasts in OKC, and a late-night triple-header out West featuring Rockets-Warriors, Spurs-Blazers, and Suns-Kings. With NBA Cup group play in its final stretch, motivation is sky-high, injuries are shaking up value (keep eyes on the news), and pace-up spots abound for massive fantasy ceilings. Let's carve up DraftKings and FanDuel with the top plays, value opens, and tournament differentiators you need to stack cash tonight!

 

 

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 26th

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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

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  • Dylan Harper Will Play
  • Jovic, Wiggins, Jaquez, Smith upgraded to probable for Heat

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/26

Injuries 11/26 - 11:00 AM ET

DET:
Marcus Sasser - Out
Bobi Klintman - Out

BOS:
Neemias Queta - Out
Jayson Tatum - Out

NYK:
Landry Shamet - Out
OG Anunoby - Out

CHA:
Pat Connaughton - Out
Grant Williams - Out
Josh Green - Out

IND:
Aaron Nesmith - Out
Johnny Furphy - Out
Quenton Jackson - Out
Obi Toppin - Out
Kam Jones - Out
Tyrese Haliburton - Out

TOR:
RJ Barrett - Out

MIL:
Giannis Antetokounmpo - Questionable
Taurean Prince - Out
Kevin Porter - Out

MIA:
Norman Powell - Probable
Andrew Wiggins - Questionable
Nikola Jovic - Questionable
Jaime Jaquez. - Questionable
Dru Smith - Questionable

MIN:
None

OKC:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Questionable
Jalen Williams - Out
Aaron Wiggins - Out
Nikola Topic - Out
Thomas Sorber - Out

MEM:
Zach Edey - Questionable
Ja Morant - Out
Javon Small - Out
Ty Jerome - Out
Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
Brandon Clarke - Out

NOP:
Herbert Jones - Out
Karlo Matkovic - Out
Jordan Poole - Out
Dejounte Murray - Out

HOU:
Steven Adams - Out
Kevin Durant - Out
Tari Eason - Out
Dorian Finney-Smith - Out
Fred VanVleet - Out

GSW:
Draymond Green - Probable
Jonathan Kuminga - Out
De'Anthony Melton - Out
Al Horford - Out

PHX:
Ryan Dunn - Out
Grayson Allen - Out
Jalen Green - Out

SAC:
Dennis Schroder - Questionable
Domantas Sabonis - Out

SAS:
Dylan Harper - Questionable
Victor Wembanyama - Out
Stephon Castle - Out
Jordan McLaughlin - Out

POR:
Shaedon Sharpe - Questionable
Scoot Henderson - Out
Matisse Thybulle - Out
Blake Wesley - Out
Jrue Holiday - Out
Damian Lillard - Out

h/t UD

 

 

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.

Note: Players in BOLD designate “core building blocks

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