FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 11

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) tries to overcome the only team to slow him down all season as he faces the Grizzlies in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports /

A dozen NBA teams are on the floor tonight for DFS fantasy basketball. You can find the best options to target in our FanDuel daily picks for Wednesday, January 11.

The NBA has some interesting matchups in tonight’s six-game schedule including plenty of rematches of games from earlier this season. ESPN has a nice double-header featuring Russell Westbrook (above) and LeBron James who are just two of the stars in action tonight. To see the stars, starters, and sleepers who I think can help your DFS fantasy basketball roxter, check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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As is normal for a midweek competition, lineups tonight will lock at 7:00 PM ET. There’s just one game tipping before 8:00 tonight featuring the Knicks visiting the 76ers in Philadelphia. Half of tonight’s schedule all starts at 8:00 when the Celtics welcome the Wizards to the TD Garden, the Grizzlies visit OKC to take on the Thunder, and the Rockets travel to Minnesota. There are no more games getting started until 10:30 when the last two games of the night get started featuring the Magic in LA to face the Clippers while the Cavs are in Portland to face the Trail Blazers. As you put your roster together, remember that the Celtics, Cavs, Rockets, Blazers, and Wizards are playing for the second night in a row while the Knicks are the only team in action tonight who turn around and play again tomorrow. The other six teams in action had a day off yesterday and a day off tomorrow.

With 12 teams to take a look at tonight, there are plenty of players to choose from. To see who I think are the top stars and sleepers based on form and matchup, scroll through my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides. My goal each day is to give you the information you need to build your own customized lineup to get you a win however you participate in DFS contests. In order to help you find what you need, I’ve separated my picks by position and price. You’ll find two slides per position–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 explanation to show my relative confidence in 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 personal lineup for today’s competition. This post isn’t a place to find a copy-and-paste lineup since there are plenty of places that will sell you access to their picks. In this free daily post, I suggest you build your own customized team with the players that you like the most. As always, you’re welcome to check out my lineup and use it as a place to get started.

Just one more quick reminder that each day in my FanDuel daily picks, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to FanDuel pricing and scoring. If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for DraftKings, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on the fantasy basketball hub. If you have any questions or are looking for any updates as the games get closer, follow @FansidedFantasy on Twitter. I’ll also use that account to tweet out links when we add new stories to the fantasy basketball hub.

With those pregame ceremonies out of the way, let’s tip off our FanDuel daily picks for this Wednesday, January 11.