NBA DFS Picks 10 November: Fanteam, DraftKings, FanDuel & Yahoo

The Fanteam main slate has six games: NYK-MIL, PHI-BOS, PHX-LAC, POR-OKC, SAC-ORL and UTA-MIA. You build seven players (PG, SG, SF, PF, C and two UTIL) under an 86 cap, with at most seven from one team. Value here is projected points divided by salary, and about 3.0 is the line I use. Anything clearly above it is helping you, and anything clearly below is costing you.

Top plays

Giannis has the best projection on the slate by a wide margin, and Utah has nobody left who can guard him. According to the latest injury report he is probable with a right wrist sprain, so this is a game-time call. If he plays, I want him. The risk is a blowout that caps his workload, since Miami is a clear favorite with an implied total of 119.2.

I would rather have Tatum than pay for a Giannis-level price tag in every lineup. Boston and Philadelphia have the lowest total on the board, but I do not trust Philadelphia’s defense against him. According to the latest injury report Dominick Barlow, Adem Bona and Ariel Hukporti are all out for the Sixers, which leaves their frontcourt thin.

Towns is the best price-to-projection play among the stars. At 14.8 he projects 48.1 against a weak Milwaukee frontline, and his PF/C flexibility helps with roster building. I prefer him to Wagner. Orlando is missing Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac according to the latest injury report, so Wagner will carry a heavy load. But he is a pricey chalk piece at 2.91.

Brunson is the one I like for leverage. Milwaukee’s defense is poor and New York carries an implied total of 118.7. Josh Hart is doubtful, so more of the creation should land on Brunson. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is not on the injury report, so lineups are not final, but OKC has plenty of teammates listed out, which keeps his role huge.

Value plays

Utah is the obvious source of cheap points. According to the latest injury report Keyonte George, Lauri Markkanen, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic are all out. That leaves a lot of usage for Peterson and Collier. Peterson is the better play for me at 11.3. He projects 37.3 and carries a real scoring role, though I would not expect him to lead the slate.

Collier has the best value number on the page, but I am careful with him. The projection is good for the price, but I do not trust his role to hold if the game turns ugly. If I use him, it is as a salary saver, not a core piece.

Burries is a similar story. He is cheap, he projects well, and he will be popular. He is also a young guard on a team that could get run over by the Knicks. Tyler Herro is questionable according to the latest injury report, so Burries looks much better if Herro sits and much less attractive if he plays. Kuzma is the other Milwaukee cheap option, with the same blowout risk.

Lopez is my preferred cheap center. Bradley Beal and Brandon Ingram are both out for the Clippers according to the latest injury report, and the center pool is thin. Carter Jr. is not on the report, so lineups are not final, but he fits well in an Orlando team without its top forward and guards.

Fades

These are not bad players. They are badly priced tonight. Edgecombe and White ask for more salary than their projections support, and neither is cheap enough to be a punt.

Sabonis is the interesting one. He is listed as available according to the latest injury report and he projects 41.2, so he sits in the top plays. But at 15.7 he returns the least per unit of salary among the stars. Embiid is not on the injury report, so lineups are not final. If he plays, he is a thin-position option, but at 14.0 the price is too high for the projection. I would only take him as a contrarian swing in a tournament, since the Boston-Philadelphia game is not one many lineups will chase.

DraftKings uses eight players (PG, SG, SF, PF, C, G, F, UTIL) and a $50,000 cap. Value here is points per $1,000, and about 5.0 is the baseline. Towns at $8,900 projects 48.1 and is my favorite pricing on the site, with Tatum at $10,100 not far behind. The cheap Utah guards stand out, but I keep the same role warning on Collier.

FanDuel uses nine players (PG, SG, SF, PF, C, G/F, F/C and two UTIL) under a $60,000 cap. Value is again points per $1,000, around 5.0. Peterson at $6,000 is the best of the group, since he projects 35.8 on a team with so many players out. Ace Bailey is another Utah piece at a lower price. The Phoenix guards, Collin Gillespie and Jalen Green, are worth a look, but they are not on the injury report, so lineups are not final.

Yahoo uses eight players (PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, UTIL) with a $200 cap and at most six from one team. Here value is a plain ratio, and above 1.0 beats the price. The stars sit right around 1.0, with Towns at 1.12 the best of them. The better edge is in the cheaper range, where Jared McCain, Jaxson Hayes and Lopez project well above the price. McCain is not on the injury report, so lineups are not final.