DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 18

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The Warriors and Thunder’s head-to-head matchup is the marquee game in tonight’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA has a jam-packed nine-game slate tonight, so get your DFS fantasy basketball team ready with FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks.

With a fun MLK Day celebration this past weekend behind us, the NBA gets ready for the final month before the All Star break with nine games on tap for a busy Wednesday night. DraftKings is ready with lots of competitions at four different starting windows tonight. For the purposes of this post, we’ll look at the main competition including all nine games, so check out FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks on the following slides can help you find the best options to target no matter how you decide to play fantasy basketball tonight..

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The nationally televised ESPN double-header doesn’t start until 8:00, but DraftKings rosters in the main window lock in place at 7:00 PM ET with the first wave of three games. In the early contests, the Raptors head to Philadelphia to face the 76ers, the Blazers take on the Hornets in Charlotte, and the Grizzlies are in DC to face the Wizards. At 7:30, the Celtics and Knicks join the action from TD Garden before the next trio of games get started at 8:00. The ESPN focus is on Bucks @ Rockets but there are also two other games at that slot featuring the Magic @ Pelicans and the Hawks @ Pistons. The last two games of the night tip off at 10:30 on the West Cost with the marquee game featuring the Warriors and Kevin Durant hosting his former team from Oklahoma City while at the same time the Kings take on the Pacers up in Sacramento. It’s important to remember as you build your lineup that the Raptors and Rockets are playing on the second night of back-to-back games while the Knicks and Wizards both play tonight and then take on each other tomorrow as the only two teams on the front half of back-to-back games.

There are a lot of good stars and sleepers to take a look at tonight from the 18 teams taking the floor. To see who I think you should consider based on current form and tonight’s matchup, scroll through today’s DraftKings 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 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, you can always 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 reminders aside, it’s time to dive into tonight’s DraftKings daily picks starting with some PG worth a look.