Happy Sunday! There may be a LOT of football taking place today, but on Sunday, November 24th, I'm officially declaring it the NBAs day. If only, but there's content to be made and money to be won in the NBA DFS streets today and I'm going to help all of YOU do that! It's an interesting slate because FanDuel and DraftKings both have four games. Still, FanDuel includes the Wizards and Pacers while excluding the Nets and Kings, and DraftKings is flipped, including Nets and Kings while excluding Wizards and Pacers.

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.

12:30 pm ET

  • If Alex Sarr sits out (downgraded to QUEST), Jonas Valanciunas would be an immediate plug-and-play on FD.
  • The Heat likely roll out the S5 from the other day now that Terry Rozier is OUT (Herro, Robinson, Butler, Highsmith, Adebayo) but Jaime Jaquez. is active for this game, so it's tough to love Robinson at his price.

1:00 pm ET

  • Dorian Finney-Smith has been ruled OUT & Brooklyn has added both Dennis Schroder and Trendon Watford to their injury report. Something to keep track of. The two games that Finney-Smith sat out earlier were started by Williams and he played 22 & 24 minutes, scoring 30+ DKP in each.
     

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/24

 


NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

In the section below, I list the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads, pace-up and pace-down spots, and bad defensive teams we should take advantage of.

Washington Wizards vs. Indiana Pacers

  • Total: 241.5
  • Spread: IND -11.5
  • Wizards rank 4th in pace, Pacers rank 8th in pace
  • Wizards rank 30th in DRtg, Pacers rank 24th in DRtg

Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

  • Total: 234
  • Spread: CLE -12.5
  • Raptors rank 23rd in DRtg

Brooklyn Nets vs. Sacramento Kings

  • Total: 223
  • Spread: SAC -9.5
  • Kings rank 17th in pace, Nets rank 30th in pace
  • Nets rank 25th in DRtg

Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat

  • Total: 2225.5
  • Spread: MIA -3
  • Mavericks rank 13th in pace, Heat rank 24th in pace

Los Angeles Clippers vs. Philadelphia 76ers

  • Total: 210.5
  • Spread: LAC -1.5


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.

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