NBA DFS · Friday, November 6, 2026

NBA DFS picks for Friday, November 6, 2026

This slate locked Fri 7:00 PM ET. These are the picks StatWarrior published before lock, kept unchanged. The Actual column is each player's DraftKings fantasy points from the official box scores.

DraftKings · Main slate · 7 games.

How these picks scored

  • Top values: 1 of 10 met or beat their projection; they averaged 37.0 DraftKings points against 48.6 projected.
  • Highest projections: 1 of 8 met or beat their projection; they averaged 40.6 DraftKings points against 51.3 projected.

One day is a small sample; the track record grades every slate over the last 30 days.

Top values (points per $1K)

Best projected points per $1,000 of salary, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjValueActual
RJ Barrett
SG/SF · TOR vs MIL
$7,30048.66.66x41.3
Evan Mobley
PF/C · CLE vs PHI
$8,00047.25.90x41.0
Tyrese Maxey
PG · PHI vs CLE
$8,90052.45.89x29.8
Donovan Mitchell
SG · CLE vs PHI
$8,30048.75.87x48.3
Joel Embiid
C · PHI vs CLE
$8,70049.35.67x19.3
Ty Jerome
PG/SG · MEM vs OKC
$8,40047.45.64x30.5
Cooper Flagg
SF · DAL vs UTA
$9,90055.05.56x52.5
LeBron James
PF · PHI vs CLE
$7,50041.45.52x24.3
Paul George
SF/PF · BOS vs CHA
$7,50041.35.50x21.3
Jayson Tatum
SF/PF · BOS vs CHA
$10,00055.05.50x62.0

Highest projections

Highest projected points on the slate, as published before lock
PlayerSalaryProjCeilingActual
Cooper Flagg
SF · DAL vs UTA
$9,90055.089.552.5
Jayson Tatum
SF/PF · BOS vs CHA
$10,00055.089.462.0
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
PG · OKC vs MEM
$10,20054.388.341.3
Tyrese Maxey
PG · PHI vs CLE
$8,90052.485.429.8
Joel Embiid
C · PHI vs CLE
$8,70049.380.519.3
Donovan Mitchell
SG · CLE vs PHI
$8,30048.779.848.3
RJ Barrett
SG/SF · TOR vs MIL
$7,30048.680.241.3
Ty Jerome
PG/SG · MEM vs OKC
$8,40047.477.530.5

Stack ideas

Teams whose top players projected the most points together
TeamProjectionImplied team total
PHI vs CLE145.1117.0
CLE vs PHI135.6114.4
BOS vs CHA127.8109.0
MEM vs OKC123.3109.6
DAL vs UTA121.2116.2

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