FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – October 20, 2017

Here is everything you need to know to craft the best FanDuel line up on October 20.

TGIF! The first Friday of the NBA season is full of action, with storylines, must-sees and value plays all around. The biggest storyline of the day, to my mind, involves the King matching up with the Freak. LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo have both only played one game thus far this season, both were against the Celtics, and both tossed massive efforts out on the court. James is the king that is, while Antetokounmpo looks a lot like the king-in-waiting. Should be fun watching them lock horns.

The Celtics at the 76ers is another fun one, full of young talent getting the chance to produce in a big way. Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum were all top-3 picks in recent drafts, and all have already shown themselves to be DFS impact players for their teams.

Dwight Howard gets to host his most recent former team, the Hawks. D’Angelo Russell, fresh off a 30-point team debut, now gets to try to expand that in his first game without Linsanity. Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns lock horns. Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins have to deal with the defending champion Warriors. And, fresh off both taking blowout losses, the young Lakers and Suns get a chance to go at each other, and perhaps allow Lonzo Ball to learn what NBA life is like when not being guarded by Patrick Beverley.

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’s 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.