FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 6

Washington Wizards guard John Wall (2) is in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA has 8 games on tap to start the weekend, and you can start your DFS fantasy basketball roster construction with these FanDuel daily picks.

For the fourth time in the last five days, the NBA has exactly eight games set up for tonight. There’s plenty of star power in tonight’s competitions, and you’ll need to shop smartly for values in order to balance out the big-ticket players. To help you sort through all the options in every section of the salary spectrum, check out the FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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As has been the case every night this week, rosters for the main FanDuel competitions will lock down at 7:00. Tonight, there are two games tipping at 7:00 as the Wizards host the Timberwolves and the Magic welcome in the Rockets. At 7:30, two more games start in the Northeast where Boston will host the Sixers and the Nets finish their back-to-back by welcoming in the Cavaliers. At 8:00, the Knicks and Bucks meet again to complete their home-and-home in Milwaukee. Late tonight, there are three more games out West tipping off game at 10:30 when the Warriors take on the Grizzlies, the Kings host the Clippers and the Lakers take on the injury-depleted Miami Heat. Make sure you keep in mind that the Nets, Rockets, and Lakers are playing for the second night in a row while the Celtics, Knicks, and Timberwolves are on the front half of their sets of games on consecutive nights. The other ten teams playing tonight had a day off yesterday and will get a day off tomorrow.

While headliners like James Harden, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and LeBron James are obviously good plays, you’ll need to choose your roster carefully tonight. To see who I think are the top stars and sleepers 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.

Let’s jump right into today’s FanDuel daily picks with the best high-priced PG options for this Friday, January 6.