FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-November 25

DFS fantasy basketball is back in a big way this Friday with a busy slate setting up a monster day for FanDuel Daily picks.

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love (0), forward LeBron James (23) and guard Kyrie Irving (2) are all in my FanDuel daily picks for today. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

After a rare midseason day off due to Thanksgiving, the NBA is back for a busy Black Friday with all 30 teams taking the floor at some point this Friday. The Celtics and Spurs meet in a matinee at TD Garden, but the other 28 teams are all in play for today’s DFS fantasy basketball. To see who I think you need to try to get in your lineup, check out my FanDuel dally picks on the following slides.

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The NBATV double-header starts at 7:30 with the Hornets at the Knicks, but the FanDuel competitions will lock your lineup in place at 7:00 PM ET when the Wizards welcome the Magic to DC. In one of the four 7:30 tipoffs, the 11-2 Cavs welcome in the 2-12 Mavs. Four more games get going at 8:00 followed by two more at 9:00 and another game at 10:00. The last two games of the day tip at 10:30 including the conclusion of the NBATV double-header as the Lakers and Warriors meet again to complete their home-and-home while the Rockets are in Sacramento to face the Kings. No one is on the second game of a back-to-back set, but the Knicks, Hornets, Pistons, Warriors, Grizzlies, Heat, Timberwolves, Thunder, and Wizards do have a game tomorrow to keep in mind.

There are lots of good matchups to attack on the board tonight, so I’ve put together my favorite fantasy plays on the next few slides in my FanDuel daily picks. 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 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.

Since there are 28 teams in action, we can be pretty choosy and pinpoint just the very best situations for our Blak Friday edition of the FanDuel daily picks.

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