DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 20

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) is in today's DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports — Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) is in today’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA starts the weekend with nine games on tap for this Friday, and you can build your fantasy lineup with FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks.

Tonight should be a fun one for DFS fantasy basketball with nine games set up on the NBA schedule. There are some interesting matchups throughout the night, but the schedule is early-loaded with just one late game. The big matchup of the night is James Harden and the Rockets trying to take down the Warriors in Houston, but there are other good games to keep an eye on as well. While that game is definitely packed with fantasy basketball stars, there are a lot of players to consider for your lineup tonight, so check out the best in FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.

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Things get rolling tonight at the usually 7:00 PM ET tip-off time, but tonight there are more games than usual that get started right away. The Sixers host the Blazers, the Raptors visit the Hornets, and the Bucks take on the Magic in Orlando all in games starting at 7:00. At 8:00, four more games get started including ESPN’s first game of the night which features the Warriors visiting the Rockets. The other three games are the Kings at the Grizzlies, the Nets visiting New Orleans, and the Hawks hosting Chicago. At 8:30, the Mavericks complete their back-to-back as they host Utah, and in the final game of the day the Lakers play the Pacers at 10:30 to close out ESPN’s double-dip. Of all the teams in action tonight, only the Mavs are playing on the second night of a back-to-back, but the Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Rockets, Pacers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Sixers, Blazers, Kings, and Jazz are all scheduled to play both tonight and tomorrow as part of a busy 11-game Saturday slate.

With so many games to take a look at for tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball contests, you’ll have to consider each matchup carefully. To see who I think you should consider based on current form and tonight’s matchup, scroll through today’s DraftKings 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 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.

With 18 teams taking the floor, there are lots of good players to take a look at, so let’s roll into FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks by Friday with a look at the best PG plays.