NBA DFS Primer: Wednesday (11/3)

Tuesday’s card was pretty ugly. We had just five games in total, and many of them were hampered by injury reports. That will be a trend for the rest of the season, though, as the injury report shows later on.

After a meager five-game card on Tuesday, we’re back to a full 11-game ledger here. That makes the player pool massive, and there’s a lot to decipher with so many injuries out there. If that’s not enough, we also have five teams playing a back-to-back. Dallas, New Orleans, and Sacramento are in the back half while Atlanta and Boston start their B2B here. That’ll surely cause chaos as well, so let’s go ahead and get into it!

Check out today’s NBA Layup from FanDuel

Schedule and Odds

• POR at CLE (POR -3) O/U: 220
• NYK at IND (IND -2) O/U: 218
• BOS at ORL (BOS -6) O/U: 215.5
• CHI at PHI (PHI -1) O/U: 216
• TOR at WAS (WAS -3) O/U: 218
• ATL at BKN (BKN -4.5) O/U: 218
• LAC at MIN (LAC -) O/U: 217
• DEN at MEM (MEM -2) O/U: 213
• DAL at SAS (SAS -1) O/U: 216
• CHA at GSW (GSW -6) O/U: 225
• NOP at SAC (SAC -5) O/U: 218

Injury Report

• Trae Young (Knee) Probable
• Malcolm Brogdon (hammy) Questionable
• Kyrie Irving (vaccine) OUT
• Ben Simmons (personal) OUT
• Kawhi Leonard (knee) OUT
• D’Angelo Russell (ankle) OUT
• Devonte’ Graham (hip) Questionable
• Jamal Murray (knee) OUT
• Brandon Ingram (out) Questionable
• Scottie Barnes (thumb) OUT
• Tobias Harris (COVID) OUT
• Zion Williamson (leg) OUT
• Pascal Siakam (shoulder) OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis (back) Questionable
• John Collins (foot) Questionable

Core Plays

Nikola Jokic (C – DEN): $11,400 DraftKings, $11,200 FanDuel
Jokic will probably be in this section or the cash game section every day from here on out. The simple fact is, this is the most reliable player in fantasy basketball. The big man has a 42-point floor and a 60-point average dating back to last season. We also don’t mind that Memphis owns a 23rd OPRK against opposing centers, either.