NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Sunday Playbook
Published: Dec 15, 2024
Happy Sunday! We have matching six-game slates on both DraftKings and FanDuel for our NBA DFS action today. As usual, we have multiple injury situations to monitor, including LeBron James and Stephen Curry both being listed as questionable.
Let’s break down the top plays, value options, and game scripts to help you build winning lineups!
NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, December 15th
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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.
Biggest news of the day is with the two superstars, LeBron James and Stephen Curry, being listed questionable. Bradley Beal, Andrew Wiggins, Stephon Castle, and Marcus Smart are some of the other bigger names also on the injury report.
UPDATE 5:20 PM ET
- Zach Collins and Tre Jones have been ruled out for the Spurs. Stephon Castle is available to play. No impact for DFS.
Key NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/15
- Al Horford - OUT
- Malcolm Brogdon - OUT
- Corey Kispert - OUT
- Kyshawn George - OUT
- Kyle Kuzma - OUT
- Franz Wagner - OUT
- Paolo Banchero - OUT
- Gary Harris - Q
- Stephon Castle - Q
- Keldon Johnson - OUT
- Tre Jones - Q
- Zach Collins - D
- Deandre Ayton - OUT
- Robert Williams - Q
- Bradley Beal - Q
- Naji Marshall - OUT
- Maxi Kleber - OUT
- Stephen Curry - Q
- Andrew Wiggins - Q
- Moses Moody - OUT
- Zach Edey - Q
- Jay Huff - Q
- Marcus Smart - Q
- LeBron James - Q
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.
Boston Celtics vs. Washington Wizards
- Spread: Celtics -17.5
- Game Total: 234
New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic
- Spread: Knicks -4.5
- Game Total: 214
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio Spurs
- Spread: Timberwolves -4.5
- Game Total: 214.5
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Phoenix Suns
- Spread: Suns -11.5
- Game Total: 231
Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State Warriors
- Spread: Mavericks -3
- Game Total: 227
Memphis Grizzlies vs. Los Angeles Lakers
- Spread: Grizzlies -4.5
- Game Total: 235
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
Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis, Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum, Ja Morant, Kevin Durant
Mid
Kristaps Porzingis, Jalen Suggs, Derrick White, Jonathan Kuminga, Goga Bitadze, Dereck Lively
Value
Justin Champagnie, Buddy Hield, Mike Conley, Brandon Clarke, Jaden McDaniels
Stacks
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