Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Saturday, November 9th

by Taylor Smith (tcsmith031) Last Updated 2024-11-09 23:03:19 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

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Congratulate yourself- you’ve made it to the weekend. What awaits you is a wee 3-game NBA slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel on the heels of last night’s 13-game bonanza. It’s a weird one too, as 2 of the games tip off at 7:30 ET, and we’ll then have to wait 3 dang hours for the nightcap at 10:30 ET.

We could also have some news to monitor to make it even more annoying. Immanuel Quickley is questionable to play in that last game of the night, but maybe the Raptors will do us a solid and give us some clarity on his status in their earlier injury reports. Regardless, this should be a relatively light day for news, so let’s get into it.

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Saturday, November 9th

• 3-game slate
  - 7:30 PM ET – Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers
  - 7:30 PM ET – Chicago Bulls at Atlanta Hawks
  - 10:30 PM ET – Toronto Raptors at Los Angeles Clippers
• Front end of a back-to-back: Raptors
• Back end of a back-to-back: Hawks, Nets, Cavaliers, Clippers
• NBA DFS Optimizer
• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
• Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays

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News Updates

Here’s where I’ll provide news updates as they come in.

Team Previews

Brooklyn Nets (at CLE)

We have 4 of the 6 teams playing on this slate that also played last night. That includes the Nets, who lost in overtime to Boston ahead of tonight’s clash with the unbeaten Cavs in Cleveland. Ben Simmons will sit the 2nd half of the back-to-back, while Trendon Watford, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Day’Ron Sharpe remain sidelined. Brooklyn is also a huge underdog in a game with a spread of 13 points. Simmons has been coming off the bench, but his absence will still open up 24-27 rotation minutes. Cam Thomas (+4%) has seen a nice usage boost in the Simmons-less minutes so far this season, while Dennis Schroder (1.2 DK FP/min.) has been terrific. Nic Claxton has yet to top 30 minutes in a game this season, but he projects decently for the dollar at $5,700 on both DraftKings and FanDuel.

I wouldn’t be interested in the Nets on a bigger slate, but some cheapies – Dorian Finney-Smith, Jalen Wilson, Ziaire Williams – are viable by default on a 3-gamer.

Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. BKN)

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