FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 21

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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) is in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports /

Check out FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks for this Saturday, January 21, which is filled up with nine NBA games tipping off at 7:00 PM ET or later.

If you are looking to get in on some DFS fantasy basketball action this Saturday night, the NBA has plenty of teams taking the floor in a full nine-game slate tipping off at the usual 7:00 PM ET. To help you find the best options from the 90 starting options and a few important players coming off the bench, check out FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.

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Since the NBA has a slow Sunday tomorrow, the action is fast and furious tonight, there are actually 11 games if you play the “All Day” fantasy contests starting at 5:00, but for today’s post we’ll focus on the nine games starting at 7:00 or later. Two games tip off right at 7:00 as the Hornets host the Nets and the Hawks take on the Sixers. At 7:30, the Heat host the Bucks and the Knicks welcome the Suns to MSG. There’s just one game at 8:00 which features the Grizzlies and the Rockets followed at 8:30 by the marquee matchup of the night between LeBron’s Cavs and Kawhi Leonard’s Spurs. The last three games of the night all tip off at 9:00 when the Kings are in Chicago to face the Bulls, the Pacers head to Salt Lake City to face teh Jass, and the Clippers take on the Nuggets in the Mile High City.

With back-to-back busy slates, there are lots of teams on the second night of their back-to-back set. The Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Bulls, Rockets, Pacers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Sixers, Kings, and Jazz are all playing for the second night in a row while the Nuggets and Suns are on the front have of their back-to-back since both teams are scheduled to lace it up again on Sunday.

Which teams are in back-to-back sets is just one factor to consider as you build your lineup. Each day here on FanSided, my goal is to help you know what risk factors are in play and which players make the best FanDuel daily picks. I try to provide you the information needed for you to make your own lineup with the players you like the most and a risk level you are comfortable with. While this isn’t a post designed to give you a “copy-and-paste” lineup, you can see how I’m assembling my picks into my personal lineup on the final slide of the post. I enter my lineup in mostly double-up or head-to-head competitions since I prefer lower risk than the high-risk lineups needed to compete in GPP contests.

In my picks on the following slides, you’ll find two slides per positions-one focused on high-salary options and one on high-value options. You should be able to find good plays at any price point or position you need them for tonight. You’ll also notice that I rank each with with stars on a scale of 1-5. The final slide has more details on what each level means, but the short version is more stars means more confidence.

If you find this information helpful, make sure to drop a bookmark on the fantasy basketball hub where every day you can find this kind of post for FanDuel as well as one for DraftKings. Remember, all references to salaries and fantasy points in this post refer to FanDuel scoring and spending, but the general comments apply no matter what site you’re playing on this Saturday. If you have any furtherquestions or are looking for any updates as the games get closer, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my account @ZT_sports.

There are lots of picks to get to, so let’s get started with FanSided’s FanDuel Daily picks for Saturday.