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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-March 6

By Zachary Thompson

Feb 28, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) and center Andre Drummond (0) react after a play during the third quarter against the Toronto Raptors at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Pistons win 114-101. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 28, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5) and center Andre Drummond (0) react after a play during the third quarter against the Toronto Raptors at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Pistons win 114-101. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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The DFS fantasy basketball starts early this Sunday, so check out my FanDuel daily picks and get your lineups built for today’s seven games.

January 14, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, left) dribbles the basketball against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the first quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Lakers 116-98. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
January 14, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, left) dribbles the basketball against Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) during the first quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Lakers 116-98. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

Today’s NBA schedule is an early one with seven games making up the main competition window on FanDuel.  Rosters will lock at 3:30 PM ET, so get your lineups together early with the help of my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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At 3:30 PM ET, there are two games tipping off as the Warriors and Lakers meet on ABC, and in a matchup with more intrigue the Bucks host the Thunder. At 4:00, the Grizzlies host the Suns in Memphis while at the same time the Nuggets and Mavericks clash in Denver.  At 6:00, two more games get underway featuring the Heat and 76ers completing their home-and-home in Miami and the Blazers in the Motor City to meet the Pistons on NBATV. In the “late” game, the Raptors and Rockets close out today’s games with a 6:30 tip time in Toronto.

With those 14 teams taking the floor, there’s a nice balance of value plays and big name stars.  To see the players I think are the best options for tonight, check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides. My goal is to give you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win for your team tonight. To help you realize that goal, you’ll find two slides per position in this post–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two selections with extras thrown in where possible.  I base each pick on the current form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonight’s game.

At the beginning of 2016, I  started to rank my picks using stars after each selection to show the 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). On the final slide of the post, you can see my recent results at each level of confidence. 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 tonight’s competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to see my lineups and use them as a place to get started.

In this post, 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 our fantasy basketball hub.

If you have any questions about my picks for today or any of our FanSided fantasy coverage, you can leave them at the bottom of the page in the comments section.  For an even quicker response, you can find me throughout the day on Twitter @FansidedFantasy. I’ll do my best to get you the latest on any injury or availability news since we’re now in the part of the season where who rests and who is hurt can totally change the whole fantasy basketball night.  Last night, that’s exactly what happened as the Spurs and Nets changed everything by resting some players and LaMarcus Aldridge had a migraine and was unable to play.  While some of that burn is unavoidable, I’ll do my best to update you throughout the day to let you adjust your lineup as needed

If you find my picks and analysis helpful and would like to check out my DFS fantasy basketball posts each morning, the easiest way to find the FanDuel daily picks is to drop a bookmark on our fantasy basketball hub or follow on Twitter where I’ll tweet out the links each day when my picks go live.

Let’s tip off today’s FanDuel daily picks with some high-salary PG.

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