FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-November 5

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Karl-Anthony Towns (32) is fired up for today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA has eight games on the schedule for this Saturday with the Thunder and T-Wolves starting the night early at 6:00 PM ET before a wave of four 7:00 starts. The whole schedule is relatively compressed with no game starting later than 8:30 PM ET. To see who you should have in your lineup for tonight’s express-type contest, check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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With the Minnesota-OKC game starting early, FanDuel lineups lock tonight at 6:00 PM ET. At 7:00 is when things really get going with four games including the Magic hosting Washington, the Pistons welcoming in the Nuggets, the Pacers facing the Bulls, and the 0-4 76ers looking for their firs win of the season as the 5-0 Cavaliers try to avoid their first loss of the season. At 7:30, the Rockets take on the Hawks in Atlanta followed at 8:00 by the road-weary Kings rolling into Milwaukee to face the Bucks. The final game of the night is on NBATV as the Spurs host the Clippers. Both San Antonio and LA played last night, and in fact, the Hawks, Bulls, Clippers, Spurs, and Wizards all are on the second night of back-to-back games. The Nuggets, Bucks, and Kings are on the front end of their back-to-back sets.

To help you sort through the players who make fantasy sense from those 16 teams taking the floor tonight, I’ve selected my top plays for my FanDuel daily picks for this Saturday 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 the relative 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). 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. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to check out my lineups and use them as a place to get started.

Just a reminder that 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, check the box above for related posts or 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.

There are a nice group of stars and sleepers in today’s FanDuel daily picks, so let’s get started.

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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-November 5

By Zachary Thompson | Nov 5, 2016

Saturday night brings a busy night of NBA action, and you can get your DFS fantasy basketball team set with the help of these FanDuel Daily picks.