NBA DFS Core Plays & Top Picks for Monday, November 2nd

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Well, hello! And happy Monday. Here’s hoping you had a lovely Halloween weekend. I woke up at 5:00 AM this morning because, apparently, my body didn’t get the memo about falling back yesterday, so that’s cool. Fortunately, since it’ll be dark by 4:50 this afternoon, it’ll be easy to get to bed nice and early. And then repeat the exact same cycle every day until, oh, March or so.

There’s a whole lot of basketball being played tonight, so I reckon we should get to that.

Slate Overview

DraftKings’ main slate is an 11-gamer. FanDuel has 12 games on the board. Apparently, keeping the 8:30 PM ET games was acceptable for DK, but including that 9:00 tip would’ve been a bridge too far. So, on FD, we’ll have to consider Nikola Jokic and friends.

As always, I’ll be here throughout the day providing news updates as they come in. I’ll also be on Grinders Live at 5:40 PM ET to try and sort through the mayhem.

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Based in Southern California, Taylor Smith (aka tcsmith031) has been working for RotoGrinders since 2018 in a number of different capacities. In addition to contributing written content for NBA, MLB, and NFL, Taylor is also a member of the projections/alerts team and makes regular appearances as an analyst on NBA Crunch Time. Follow Taylor on Twitter – @TayeBojangles