DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 23

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Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) and Sacramento Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins (15) go head to head again tonight in FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA has a jam-packed, nine-game schedule tonight, and you can start building your DFS fantasy basketball lineup with FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks.

It’s going to be a wild night in the NBA tonight as the Association returns from a slow day on Sunday with a massive nine-game slate. Most of tonight’s matchup are teams from the Western Conference coming east to face Eastern Conference foes. As a result, tonight’s schedule is front-loaded and will result in fast and furious action early in the evening before narrowing to just one game that tips off at 9:00 as the final game of the night. If you’re ready to take on the challenge of building your DFS fantasy basketball lineup for tonight’s slate, check out FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks on the following slides to see who you need to consider for your lineup tonight.

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Tonight’s DraftKings contests tip off at 7:00 PM ET when in one of only two all-Eastern Conference matchup the Wizards visit the Hornets. At 7:30 the major part of the schedule gets underway with the Spurs visiting the Nets, the Clippers in Atlanta to face the Hawks, the Warriors trying to beat the Heat in Miami, and the Kings rolling into Detroit to take on the Pistons. At 8:00, three more games join the fray as the Rockets visit the Bucks in Milwaukee, the Cavs head to New Orleans, and the Knicks visit the Pacers in the TNT-featured game of the night. After all that action starts to die down, the final game of the night will still be going on since the Thunder and Jazz have a 9:00 start in the only all-Western Conference matchup of the day.

One thing to always check when building your team is what teams are playing either the first or second half of back-to-back sets. For today, only the Warriors are playing for the second consecutive day, but the Clippers, Spurs, Jazz, and Wizards will need to keep in mind that they do also have another game tomorrow.

We’ll start our DraftKings daily picks on the next slide, but here’s a couple of reminders of what to expect or a quick intro if this is your first time finding this post. There are two slides per position with a group of high-salary options followed by a group of high-value options at each of the five positions. I rank each selection from 1-5 stars based on my level of confidence in the pick with more stars meaning more confidence (on a points-per-dollar basis).

This post is designed to help you have the info you need to build your own lineup and not a place to just find a copy-and-paste lineup from someone else. However, you are welcome to see how I’m assembling my favorite picks into my personal lineup on the final slide of this post. I use my lineup mostly for head-to-head or double-up style competitions since I prefer lower-risk contests that allow me to cash more often even though there isn’t one huge mega-prize.

If you find today’s DraftKings daily picks and information helpful, drop a bookmark on the fantasy basketball hub where every day of the season you can find this kind of post for DraftKings in addition to one just like it designed for FanDuel. In this DraftKings post, all salary and “fantasy points” references are to DraftKings scoring system. If you have any additional questions or thoughts or are looking for updates as we approach tipoff, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my account @ZT_sports. I enjoy hearing your opinions and look forward to connecting with you on either of those Twitter accounts. You and your fellow-readers are a wealth of info yourself, so feel free to share your knowledge as well!

With 18 teams to cover tonight, there are lots .of ways to play, so let’s tip off tonight’s DraftKings daily picks by looking at an absolutely stacked PG position.