DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-October 26

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The NBA has a monster ten-game schedule as 20 teams get their regular season underway in tonight’s DFS action. Build your lineup with my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.

While last night’s three-game Tip-Off special was fun, tonight is the really start to the DFS fantasy basketball season with 20 teams starting their NBA seasons across the country tonight. There is plenty of star power tonight on the DFS slate as Russell Westbrook, James Harden, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, and Karl-Anthony Towns all get their season started. As the first week plays out, we’ll have more statistical data to go on, but for now there are some solid DraftKings daily picks to consider for your lineup in tonight’s ten-game NBA bonanza on this Wednesday, October 26.

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Don’t forget to get all your DraftKings daily picks locked into place before the action starts tonight since the site no longer supports late-swapping of players. The first games tip at 7:00 PM ET, and your whole lineup will lock at that point.

The first two games are the Mavericks visiting the Pacers and the Magic taking on their in-state rivals from Miami. At 7:30, the Celtics and Nets meet at TD Garden while the Raptors and Pistons face off North of the border in Toronto. Three more games get rolling at 8:00 including our first look at Tom Thibodeau’s Minnesota Timberwolves as they travel to Memphis to take on the banged-up Grizzlies. The other 8:00 tips including the Pelicans hosting Denver and the Thunder without Kevin Durant starting their season in Philadelphia against the 76ers. There are just a pair of later starts out West as we wind down with the Suns hosting the Kings and the Lakers taking on the Rockets.

With 20 teams tipping off their season tonight, there is definitely no shortage of options for today’s DraftKings daily picks. Before we start, here’s just a reminder of what you can expect. My goal throughout the season will be to give you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win. In order to help you find the position and price-point that you need, you’ll find two slides per position in this post. The first slide will feature the best high-salary options followed by some high-value options which cost less but still offer solid returns. Each slide contains at least two options with extras thrown in where possible.

I rank my picks for each contest using stars after each selection to show the relative strength of the pick. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a point-per-dollar basis). Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how I’m putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for today’s competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to check out my lineup and use it as a place to get started.

In my DraftKings daily picks, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to DraftKings pricing and scoring. If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on the fantasy basketball hub.

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With that pregame festivity out of the way, let’s jump right in to tonight’s 20-team pool with tons of great options in today’s DraftKings daily picks:

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