FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – April 10

The NBA has a five-game slate for tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.

The NBA has five games on Tuesday night in the main DFS fantasy basketball contests, the last Tuesday of the regular season. Line-ups lock on Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET with the Hornets at the Hawks, followed in half-hour intervals by the Thunder at the Timberwolves and the Nuggets at the Mavericks, respectively. There are two late games at 10:30 PM ET, the Pelicans at the Lakers and the Suns at the Kings.

We are at the very end of the season, which means that all expectations of normalcy are out of the window. None of the teams playing on Tuesday, with the possible exception of the Hawks, have any postseason positioning to play for. The Hawks are guaranteed a playoff spot and may be able to move between the five and six seeds, but for a veteran-laden team that may not be enough to keep them from resting guys. In big letters, you HAVE to check your favorite player update source and/or Twitter all the way up to line-up lock for news on players that might be sitting on Tuesday. On the other side of the coin, there are eight lottery teams among the 10 playing, and several of them have been out of the playoffs hunt for a while and giving their young players more run. These teams would be expected to look more similar on Tuesday night, since there’s no real motivation for them to sit the young guys when they have a chance to see what they can do. And in these lottery-vs-lottery games full of no defense, fast-paced offense and young guys trying to make their names, the recipe could very easily be right for some massively explosive games. We’ll see.

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.