FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – March 25

The NBA has five games on Saturday, but one is early, leaving four games for tonight’s main DFS fantasy basketball contests. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.

The NBA has a split schedule on Saturday, with one game tipping before the main schedule: the Jazz are at the Clippers at 3:30 PM ET. While FanDuel does have some “All Day” game options featuring this game, the majority of the games begin later and comprise the “Main” game options, and will thus be the main focus of this article.
The “Main” action tips at 7:30 PM ET with the Wizards at the Cavaliers. One hour later, the Raptors tip at the Mavericks and the Knicks are at the Spurs. Finally, the nightcap game is the Timberwolves at the Trail Blazers at 10:00.

For storylines, we’ve got the Cavs facing a Wizards team that’s trying to push them for the top seed in the Eastern Conference, with the Celtics also in the mix only a game behind Cleveland. Presumably, this would help ensure that the Cavs play their Big Three full minutes even on the second half of a back-to-back. The other game that most catches my eye is the Timberwolves at the Trail Blazers. The Timberwolves have faded from playoff competition, but have several extremely fantasy friendly options led by Karl-Anthony Towns and Ricky Rubio. Meanwhile, the Trail Blazers are only a game and a half out of the last playoff spot and have been playing some of their best basketball of late, led by Damian Lillard playing like an MVP. That seems likely to be the most fantasy-friendly game of the night.

My favorite plays of the day can be found on the following slides in FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks. Each day in order to offer a variety of price points at each position, you can find two slides for each position–one for high-salary options and one for 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.

Important note, every day the goal of this post is not to give you a copy-and-paste lineup. Instead, each selection is given while highlighting the factors you need to consider when building a customized lineup for yourself. If you want to see an example lineup, you can find it on the final slide of the post, but I suggest you adjust your lineup to fit your personal taste.

To keep up with all of FanSided’s DFS NBA coverage head over to the fantasy basketball hub where each day you can find a post like this tailored for FanDuel as well as one specifically designed for usage on DraftKings.  In this post, all salary and “fantasy points” references are to FanDuel scoring system and salaries. 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 @ProfessorDrz.

Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.