FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 31

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Jan 29, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) dunks Washington Wizards forward Jason Smith (14) during the second half of a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Wizards defeated the Pelicans 107-94. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) is in today’s FanDuel Daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /

Check out FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks as we finish out the month of January with a fun night of DFS fantasy basketball based on tonight’s six NBA games..

The NBA is ready to close out the first month of 2017 with a dozen teams on the floor tonight. The six games lined up for tonight are spread throughout the evening and give us a solid pool of players to choose from for DFS fantasy basketball. Check out FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks on the following slides to see the players you need to take a look at for your roster on this Tuesday, January 31.

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The action starts tonight with a pair of games tipping off at 7:00. The Pelicans are traveling north of the border to Toronto to face the Raptors and the Wizards host the Knicks in the early games. At 8:00, we get a matchup of stars as Boogie Cousins and the Kings visit James Harden and the Rockets. The Spurs host Russell Westbrook and the Thunder at 8:30 while the Blazers welcome the Hornets later tonight at 10:00. In the final game of the day, the banged-up Nuggets won’t have rising star Nikola Jokic as they head to LA to take on the Lakers. Of the 12 teams in action tonight none are on the second night of back-to-back games so there should be fairly typical rotations although the Hornets, Nuggets, Pelicans, Knicks, Thunder, and Raptors do all have another game on tap tomorrow.

With all the star power in play tonight, you can build your roster a number of different ways. To see who I think makes sense and why, scroll through today’s FanDuel daily picks. Each day in order to offer a variety of price points at each position, you can find find two slides for each position. The first slide is for high-salary options, and the second features high-value options. Each pick is ranked on a scale of 1-5 stars to indicate the confidence in the pick. The final slide of this post has more detail on what each level means, but in short, more stars means more confidence in the selection on a points-per-dollar basis.

Just one other note, every day the goal of this post is to provide information so that you can make your own decisions. I include my personal lineup on the final slide, but I do not intend to give you a copy-and-paste lineup. Instead, I think you should customize your own lineup for yourself. Normally, my lineups are designed for the more predictable, lower-risk cash games instead of than the highly volatile, high-risk GPP contests.

If you find this info helpful today, you can drop a bookmark on the fantasy basketball hub to find this kind of post about FanDuel every day along with a similar one for DraftKings. In this post, all references to fantasy points and salary post refer to FanDuel scoring and salaries, but if you want to give DraftKings a try, head over to the hub and find that post for today. If you have any other questions or thoughts or are looking for any updates as the games get closer, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my personal account @ZT_sports where I’ll be happy to answer any questions you have and help you get your lineup set.

Let’s jump right into tonight’s FanDuel daily picks starting with the big-ticket PG who are primed to produce tonight.