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DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-April 1

By Zachary Thompson

Mar 30, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) dunks the ball against the Washington Wizards during the third quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Sacramento Kings defeated the Washington Wizards 120-111. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 30, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) dunks the ball against the Washington Wizards during the third quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Sacramento Kings defeated the Washington Wizards 120-111. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tonight, the NBA has ten games on the schedule giving DFS fantasy basketball players plenty of options, so check out my DraftKings daily picks as you build your lineup.

Mar 29, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Nicolas Batum (5) controls the ball against Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington (33) during the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 29, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Charlotte Hornets guard Nicolas Batum (5) controls the ball against Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington (33) during the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

While the two NCAA Tournament games in Houston are sure to be the focus of much of the sports world on this Friday, April 1, the NBA isn’t joking around with its full ten-game slate. As the season finishes up, DFS fantasy basketball is a ever-changing rapid-response landscape where players values are tricky to predict and hard to break down.  To help you sort through the options on tonight’s 100-starter schedule, check out my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.

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The Hornets and 76ers get tonight’s action underway at 7:00 PM ET in Charlotte in a rematch of the game the Hornets won on Tuesday.  At 7:30, the Knicks and Nets tangle again in a crosstown rivalry while the Pistons host an inter-conference game against the Mavericks.  The ESPN coverage starts at 8:00 with the Hawks and Cavs while at the same time the Grizz host the Raptors and the Bucks welcome in the Magic. As we move to the West, the Jazz host Minnesota at 9:00 followed but the Kings and Heat at 10:00. There are a pair of 10:30 tip-offs tonight as the Suns welcome back Markieff Morris and Washington to the desert while the Celtics try to knock off the Warriors in Golden State.

There are a ton of players to pick from in those ten games tonight, so to see the options that I think can help you to a big fantasy night, check out my DraftKings 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. In order to help you find the position and price-point that you need, you’ll find two slides per position in this post–one with high-salary options and one with high-value options. Each slide contains at least two options 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 DraftKings pricing and scoring.  If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on our new-look 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 will do my best to keep you up to date on any changes to availability throughout the day, and let you know if I need to tweak my lineups at all before tonight’s games get going.

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 DraftKings 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 get going with my DraftKings daily picks for this busy Friday night in the NBA.

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