If you’re starting your weekend with DFS fantasy basketball tonight, check out these DraftKings daily picks highlighting the best of tonight’s nine games.
The NBA is ready to start your weekend off right with nine games on tap for this evening. There is plenty of star power lined up to take the floor as well as some emerging options starting to get their chance. There are players from all across the spectrum tonight available for DFS fantasy basketball, and you can start putting together your lineup with the help of my DraftKings daily picks which you can find on the following slides.
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It’s going to be a busy night of basketball with four of the nine games all tipping off at 8:00 PM ET. The main DraftKings contests start an hour before that, though when the Hornets and 76ers get things going in Philadelphia. At 7:30, the Nets visit the Raptors in Toronto, and then things really get going at 8:00 when the Hawks host the Celtics, the Bucks welcome in the Heat, the Grizzlies are in Houston to face the Rockets, and the Thunder travel to Minnesota to face the T-Wolves. After that flurry of action, no other games tip until 10:00 when LeBron and the Cavs look to avoid their third straight loss as they visit the Kings in Sacramento and at the same time the Magic head to Portland to face the Blazers. The final game of the night tips at 10:30 and features the Jazz hosting the Pistons in Salt Lake City. It’s worth noting that the Pistons and the Nets are playing for the second night in a row while the Magic, Sixers, and Jazz are scheduled to complete their back-to-back tomorrow. Those teams may vary their rotation slightly as a result of their back-to-back sets especially if things get lopsided.
With that solid group of 18 teams to pick from, there are plenty of players to consider for your lineup tonight. To see who I think are the top stars and sleepers based on current form and matchup, scroll through my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides. My goal in this post 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.
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 points-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 DraftKings daily picks, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to DraftKings pricing and scoring. If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, you can always 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 explanation, let’s get right to tonight’s DraftKings daily picks by taking a look at the best big-money PG on the board.