DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 24

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is in my DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is in my DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
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Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas (4) and Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (2) go head to head in tonight's DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas (4) and Washington Wizards point guard John Wall (2) go head to head in tonight’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports

Tuesday night is a good night for DFS fantasy basketball on DraftKings, so get your DraftKings daily picks for tonight’s six games and get your team in the game.

The NBA is back to work for a busy Tuesday night with six games on another East Coast heavy  schedule. Much like last night, the schedule is early-weighted with no games starting after 9:00 PM ET. As you get your team locked and loaded for tonight’s contests, check out FanSided’s DraftKings daily picks on the following slides to see the players you need to consider for your lineup tonight.

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Things get started quickly tonight with four games tipping off at 7:00 PM ET when lineups will lock in place for the night. The Clippers are in Philadelphia, the Celtics head to DC, the Spurs are up in Toronto, and the Bulls travel to Orlando to those four contests which will get the action off to a fast start right away. The only two other games on the schedule tonight both tip off at 9:00 when the Suns host the T-Wolves and the Nuggets try to tune out the Jazz in Denver.

Four of the teams on the floor tonight are on the second night of a back-to-back set–the Clippers, Spurs, Jazz, and Wizards. Four other teams will play again tomorrow–the Celtics, Bulls, Sixers, and Raptors.  The other four teams that have days off both yesterday and tomorrow should have more typical rotations, so focus on the Nuggets, Timberwolves, Magic, and Suns if you want to avoid the risk that back-to-back games brings.

Before we today’sDraftKings daily picks on the next slide, here’s a couple of quick reminders of what to expect. In 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 on DraftKings. I rank each of my picks 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).

Each day, 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 to use from someone else. I do include my lineup on the last slide of this post, but you can flex players in or out as you think best to build a team you can really enjoy cheering for. Just for your information, I typically use my lineup for head-to-head or double-up style competitions since I tend to go with lower-risk contests that allow me to cash more often.

To keep up with all our daily fantasy basketball coverage head over to the fantasy basketball hub where you can find this daily DraftKings post and one specifically designed for usage on FanDuel.  In this 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.

With a dozen teams taking the floor, let’s get tonight’s DraftKings daily picks rolling by looking at the PG who make the most sense from tonight’s slate.