I'm back! I hope everyone had a great extended holiday weekend. There is just a four-game slate on tap for tonight, but despite fewer teams to analyze than usual, there are about as many moving parts as possible. There are already a few key Celtics out, and a few more are questionable. Brooklyn keeps doing Brooklyn things, so a quarter of this slate is a mess! 

Who will be the difference makers for tonight's slate? Let’s start getting into what we’re going to be looking at on DraftKings and FanDuel for Monday, December 2nd. 

 

 

 

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, December 2nd

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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

 

 


Pre-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.

UPDATED: 6:35 p.m. ET

  • Sam Hauser - OUT
  • Cam Johnson - OUT
  • Austin Reaves- OUT
  • Coby White - OUT
  • Derrick White - IN
  • Jayson Tatum - IN

UPDATED: 6:48 p.m. ET

  • Brandon Ingram - OUT
  • Jaylen Brown - IN

Reaves out should give D-Lo another 5-ish minutes of court time. Nobody wants to make that click, and he's been pretty good lately. He's a nice GPP option now. 7%+ USG in 3 of his last 4 games, 27, 28, 34 FDP in no more than 28 mins in any of 'em.

Talen Horton-Tucker becomes a not-so-fun GPP click now on this slate without Coby White. He has massive upside if he gets hot. Without White, i'll have some shares of THT. Over the last 30 days, he actually leads the Bulls in DKP per minute (in a small sample size). The Nets are thin, not good defensively, and THT in a blowout-run candidate.

And without Cameron Johnson, you can make a case for almost any piece of BK value – and that's not fun. However, I would not be surprised to see Schroder with a 40% usage in this game. That being said, without much continuity and a bunch of young guys sharing the floor, the Nets may fall flat on their faces.

Key NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/2

  • Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
  • Jrue Holiday - OUT
  • Al Horford - OUT
  • Derick White - Q
  • Jayson Tatum - Q
  • Jaylen Brown- Q
  • Jimmy Butler - OUT
  • Kevin Love - OUT
  • Austin Reaves - Q
  • Coby White - Q
  • Cameron Johnson - Q
  • Ziaire Williams - OUT
  • Dorian Finney-Smith - OUT
  • Ben Simmons - OUT
  • Noah Clowney - OUT
  • Cam Thomas - (still) OUT
  • Brandon Ingram - Q
  • Jordan Hawkins - OUT

 

 

 

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

With the NBA season just kicking off we don't have data yet for teams regarding pace of play and defensive matchups. 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.

Atlanta Hawks vs. New Orleans Pelicans

  • Spread: Hawks -9.5
  • Game Total: 229.5

Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

  • Spread: Celtics - 8.5
  • Game Total: 218

Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets

  • Spread: Bulls -7.5
  • Game Total: 231.5

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers

  • Spread: Timberwolves -7.5
  • Game Total: 219

 

 

 

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.

UPDATED: 6:30 p.m. ET

High

  • Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum (GPP, if active), Jalen Johnson, Jaylen Brown (GPP, if active), Anthony Edwards

Mid

  • Dennis Schroder, Tyler Herro, Derrick White (GPP, if active), Payton Pritchard (GPP, pending news, possibly cash viable), Bam Adebayo, Nic Claxton, Nikola Vucevic (high floor), Dejounte Murray (GPP), CJ McCollum (GPP), Rudy Gobert (GPP)

Value

  • The Boston Starting C (either Luke Kornet or Neemias Queta), Keon Johnson, Mike Conley, Trendon Watford, Jaime Jaquez (GPP), Duncan Robinson (GPP), Jalen Wilson, Tyrese Martin (GPP), Shake Milton (GPP)

 

 

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