Tuesday night features four NBA games for DFS Fantasy basketball, and my DraftKings daily picks can help you find the best players to get in your lineup.
The NBA had 20 teams on the floor last night in a busy ten-game basketball bonanza to start the week. Ā Tonight, things are a little more focused with four games on tap giving us a solid slate of options for DFS fantasy basketball. Ā To find the players I think are best set up for success, check out my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.
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Tonightās games get a little bit of a later start tipping at 8:00 PM ET instead of the typical 7:00. The Hawks and Knicks get things underway at 8:00 with the second half of their home-and-home set while at the same time the Bulls host the Bucks in another Eastern Conference matchup. Ā At 8:30, things shift to the West as the Mavericks and Kings face off in Dallas before the Lakers and Warriors wrap things up with a late game at 10:30 at Staples Center.
With those eightĀ teams in action, there are definitely some matchups to attack and others to avoid. The trickiest decision is how much the Warriors stars will play on the second night of back-to-back games in a contest that is likely to be a blowout pretty quickly.
As I do each morning, Iāve selected my favorite plays of the dayĀ for my DraftKingsĀ daily picks. On theĀ following slides you will findĀ a slide for high-salary options and a slide for high-value options at each position. On each slide, youāll find at leastĀ two playersĀ with a few extras thrown in wherever possible. I base my picksĀ on the currentĀ form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face. I also have started this year to rank my picks using stars after each selection. For a full explanation of the rating system check out the last slide of this post (spoiler alert-more stars=more confidence).Ā To see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into myĀ lineup for tonightāsĀ contests, scroll to the lastĀ slide of the post where youāll find my top lineup for tonight.
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With those ground rules in place, letās dive in to my DraftKings daily picks for thisĀ Tuesday, January 5.
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