DraftKings and FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (11/9/22): NBA DFS Lineups

NBA DFS sleepers and values plays for DraftKings and FanDuel on November 9, 2022. Juan Carlos Blanco gives you his top NBA DFS picks and lineup targets.

After a day off Tuesday due to Election Day, the NBA is back at near full strength Wednesday night with a 13-game slate that naturally features plenty of stars in action.

If playing the full slate, you'll have plenty of decisions and choices to make them with, and we'll aim to highlight one option at each position at the high, mid-range, and value portion of the salary cap that can serve you well in either cash games or tournaments.

This article will provide you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 11/9/22. Remember to monitor the NBA injury report as the slate can completely change before lineups lock, which is at 7:00 pm ET tonight. Good luck, RotoBallers.

DraftKings and FanDuel Guards - NBA DFS Lineup Picks

Ja Morant - PG, MEM at SAS ($10,100 DK; $9,800 FD)    

Morant is coming off yet another spectacular performance, having posted 60 DK/58.1 FD points against the normally stingy Celtics defense in a performance that saw him sink five threes. The elite guard is shooting a career-best 45.7 percent from behind the arc overall and draining a career-high 80.9 percent of his free-throw tries as well, and he has another appealing matchup on tap Wednesday night.

The Spurs are allowing the fourth-highest offensive efficiency rating to point guards (30.1), along with the fourth-most assists (10.4) to the position. San Antonio is also yielding over 50 fantasy points per game on either site to the position, along with Western Conference-high 44.2 percent three-point shooting over the last three games.

Donovan Mitchell - PG/SG, CLE at SAC ($9,300 DK; $10,000 FD)

Mitchell has taken his game to another level since his move to Cleveland, putting up career-best averages of 31.2 points, 6.0 assists, 50.5 percent shooting, and 45.1 percent three-point shooting. The perennial All-Star has already eclipsed 50 DK points on five occasions and 50 FD points in three instances, making his current salaries, particularly his DK figure, reasonable.

The matchup against the Kings only plays to Mitchell's strengths, making him all the more appealing -- Sacramento is surrendering the third-highest three-point shooting at home overall (40.5 percent), and the Kings have also yielded a bottom-half-of-the-league 7.8 steals per home game, while Mitchell is putting up an impressive 1.3 thefts per contest.

Fred VanVleet - PG/SG, TOR vs. HOU ($8,100 DK; $8,500 FD)

VanVleet has averaged 28.5 points, 7.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 steal, and 1.0 block across 36.5 minutes in the first two games of Pascal Siakam's (groin) absence. With his salaries not seeing an inordinate jump over Monday, he's right back in play in a highly favorable matchup against a Rockets team that will bring a bump in pace to Toronto and is also vulnerable in several areas that VanVleet is seemingly well-equipped to exploit in the interconference clash. The Rockets are giving up the third-most assists per game to point guards (10.5), along with the second-most DK (56.7) and FD (55.3) points per game to ones.

ALSO CONSIDER: Luka Doncic - PG, DAL at ORL ($12,500 DK; $11,800 FD); Jalen Green, HOU at TOR ($6,100 DK; $5,900 FD)

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DraftKings and FanDuel Forwards - NBA DFS Lineup Picks

Jayson Tatum - PF, BOS vs. DET ($10,300 DK, $10,300 FD)

Tatum put together another eye-popping performance Monday night in the narrow win over the Grizzlies, racking up 39 points over 40 minutes while producing 50.3 DK/49.6 FD points. The early MVP candidate has now cleared 50 DK points on six occasions and eclipsed that mark on FD in four instances overall. Tatum continues to also boast career-best averages in shooting (49.8 percent), scoring (31.2 points), and blocks (1.5), and Wednesday, he'll tangle with a Pistons team that's been vulnerable to power forwards since the start of the season.

Detroit is surrendering an Eastern Conference-high 33.7 offensive efficiency rating to fours, along with over 54 fantasy points per game to the position on either site. The Pistons rank in the bottom 1o in points, rebounds, assists, and blocks per game surrendered to power forwards as well, giving the versatile Tatum no shortage of paths to fantasy success.

Zion Williamson - PF, NOP at CHI  ($8,300 DK; $8,300 FD)

Williamson has put any lingering doubts about his health to rest early this season, producing averages of 23.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, and career-best figures of 4.1 assists and 1.3 steals per contest. Zion just crossed the 50-fantasy-point threshold on both DK and FD for the first time in his most recent game against the Pacers on Monday night, and he draws another premium matchup for power forwards in Wednesday's trip to the Windy City.

The Bulls are giving up 48.4 percent shooting to power forwards, including 43.0 percent from three-point range, on the way to surrendering the fourth-highest offensive efficiency rating to the position (31.4 percent). Chicago is also giving up over 48 DK and over 46 FD points per game to the position, furthering Zion's case at salaries he's proven amply capable of providing greater than a 5x return on.

Marcus Morris Sr. - PF, LAC vs. LAL ($6,000 DK; $5,300 FD)

Morris is off to a fantastic start while helping the Clippers make up for the ongoing absence of Kawhi Leonard (knee), shooting a career-best 48.7 percent while posting the second-highest rebound (5.7) and assist (2.4) totals of his career as well. The veteran has already tallied at least 30 DK points in five of nine games and has reached that mark on three occasions on FD while falling just short of a fourth (29.6).

The Lakers are allowing the ninth-highest offensive efficiency rating to power forwards (29.2), and they've also given up over 44 fantasy points per game on either site to the position. Morris is putting up a career-high 5.9 three-point attempts per game, giving him some extra upside if he gets hot at his very modest salaries.

ALSO CONSIDER: Michael Porter Jr. - SF/PF, DEN at IND ($6,500 DK; $6,700 FD)

DraftKings and FanDuel Centers - NBA DFS Lineup Picks

Jarrett Allen - CLE at SAC ($6,700 DK; $7,100 FD)

Allen is a second member of the Cavaliers that's certainly worth considering against the vulnerable Kings, especially with the big man coming off a mammoth 20-rebound performance and still sporting very modest salaries for his upside. Allen has already been over 30 DK points in eight of 10 games -- including a trio of tallies over 40 -- and he's done the same on FD while eclipsing the 30 threshold in three instances.

The Kings make for excellent targets, considering they've allowed over 50 fantasy points per game to either site to centers. Sacramento is also surrendering the sixth-most rebounds (53.7) over the last three games, along with the third-most points in the paint per contest (54.7). In turn, Allen has scored over 75% of his points in that part of the floor. Finally, considering the Cavs' stingy 44.5 percent shooting allowed on the road should create plenty of opportunities on the defensive glass for Allen.

Ivica Zubac- LAC vs. LAL ($6,600 DK; $7,000 FD) 

Zubac already racked up 45.8 DK/45.9 FD points against the Lakers back in the Clippers' first game of the season, and he should be in a good position to deliver handsomely on his mid-range salaries Wednesday. The Lakers are allowing over 61 fantasy points per game to fives on either site, as well as an NBA-high 58.5 rebounds per game overall.

Zubac is pulling down a career-high 11.1 boards per contest while logging a career-high 30.4 minutes per game, and he's flashed an excellent ceiling for his salaries by eclipsing 40 fantasy points on DK on five occasions and four times on FD over his first 11 games.

Brook Lopez - MIL at OKC ($5,900 DK; $6,300 FD)

Lopez has been a key figure in the Bucks' 9-1 start, helping make up for the ongoing absence of Khris Middleton (wrist) by averaging his highest point total (14.6) since the 2016-17 season, his most rebounds (6.1) since the 2015-16 campaign, and a career-best 2.5 blocks and 37.5 percent three-point shooting. The big man's average of 30.1 minutes is also his most robust since the 2015-16 season, and although he's turned in a couple of subpar efforts, he's averaging 31.2 FD points across his first 10 games.

The Thunder should facilitate another strong showing, as OKC is allowing the fourth-highest offensive efficiency rating to centers (35.8), along with NBA-high 65.4 DK/64.7 FD points per game to the position. The Thunder are also conceding the third-most blocks per game to fives (2.9), which should give Lopez plenty of opportunity to supplement his fantasy production through that avenue.

ALSO CONSIDER: Jusuf Nurkic, POR at CHA ($7,200 DK; $7,000 FD)

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