FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 2

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) is in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA gives us eight games for this Monday night of DFS fantasy basketball, so be sure to stock your roster with these FanDuel daily picks.

The NFL doesn’t have a Monday Night Football game in Week 17, so the NBA has the night to itself with eight games lined up and ready for launch. It’s a star-filled night tonight with Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and John Wall all ready to take the floor for their first game of 2017. You can get your work week off to a good start with a big night of DFS fantasy basketball, and the FanDuel daily picks on the next few slides are a great place to start.

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The action gets underway tonight at 7:00 PM ET which is when lineups will lock in for the evening. Two games start at 7:00 as the Cavs host the Pelicans and the Bucks take on the Thunder. At 7:30 the Knicks host the Magic and the Nets welcome in Utah followed at 8:00 by the Bulls welcoming in the Hornets and the Rockets hosting the Wizards. The night wraps up with a pair of 10:30 games as thew Warriors host the Nuggets and the Clippers come home after a rough, injury-plagued road trip to host the Suns. Of the 16 teams on the floor tonight only the Magic are playing for the second night in a row while the Nuggets, Suns, Jazz, and Wizards will complete their back-to-back tomorrow.

With eight games to pick from, there is a pretty solid pool of stars and sleepers to select your team from for tonight. To see who I think are the top options based on form and matchup, scroll through my FanDuel daily picks 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 my relative confidence in 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. This post isn’t a place to find a copy-and-paste lineup since there are plenty of places that will sell you access to their picks. In this free daily post, I suggest you build your own customized team with the players that you like the most. As always, you’re welcome to check out my lineup and use it as a place to get started.

Just one more quick reminder that each day 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.

Without any further fanfare or explanation, let’s get going with today’s FanDuel daily picks starting with the big-name (and big-price) PG to check out.