FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 19

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32, top) is in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

FanDuel has a handful of games ready to roll tonight, so let’s build a winning lineup for this Thursday with these FanDuel daily picks.

The NBA has a handful of good games on tap for Thursday night including a TNT double-header featuring the injury-depleted by always fascinating Knicks and the Clippers in their first game after losing Chris Paul (again) to injury. With ten teams taking the floor, there are lots of options to consider for DFS fantasy basketball and you can find the best in FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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The TNT action doesn’t tip off until 8:00, but the FanDuel contest gets underway at 7:00 when the Cavaliers welcome in the Suns. At 7:30, the Mavs are in Miami to face the Heat in the other pre-national-TV game. At 8:00, the first game on TNT features the Wizards and Knicks from Madison Square Garden in a matchup of the only two teams playing for the second night in a row. At 8:30, there is some nice value to check out in the Nuggets @ Spurs before the night closes out with the second TNT game which features the Timberwolves in LA to take on the Paul-less Clippers. While only the Knicks and Wizards are on the second night of a back-to-back, the Mavericks are the only team in action tonight who are scheduled to play again tomorrow.

With 50 starters and some important subs to take a look at tonight, there are plenty of ways to build a team for tonight. To see who I think you should consider based on current form and tonight’s matchup, scroll through today’s 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, 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 out of the way, it’s time to dive into our Thursday night FanDuel daily picks starting with some promising PG.