NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/9/20 on FanDuel
During this downtime in the sports calendar, FanDuel has been innovating a lot of different ways to get some daily fantasy sports action.
One of those includes NBA Sim Sports, a format that looks pretty much identical to the usual FanDuel offering. The only twist is that the games won't be played live. Players will instead be assigned a random game from one of their top 25 historical comparisons based on numberFire's algorithm.
Late-scratches and other games missed by players won't come into effect. Scores roll out throughout the slate for a bit of a sweat.
The best part? It's free to enter.
Here are some potential standout picks.
Best Values
Because player similarities are tied to numberFire's player evaluations, it makes sense to dig into those efficiency metrics to uncover possible value.
Here are the best positional values based on a player's given FanDuel salary versus his nERD score.
For the most part, this is going to be a list of studly, efficient players, but exercise caution with some lower-tier names who happen to pop in terms of efficiency.
Rank | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
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1 | Damian Lillard | Jimmy Butler | Derrick Jones | Bam Adebayo | Mitchell Robinson |
2 | Ben Simmons | Duncan Robinson | Tobias Harris | John Collins | Hassan Whiteside |
3 | Trae Young | Bradley Beal | Will Barton | Paul Millsap | Nikola Jokic |
4 | Shake Milton | Garrison Mathews | Rodney Hood | Al Horford | Joel Embiid |
5 | Monte Morris | Allonzo Trier | Caleb Martin | Michael Porter | Clint Capela |
6 | Jamal Murray | Torrey Craig | Keita Bates-Diop | Jerami Grant | Mason Plumlee |
7 | Goran Dragic | Alec Burks | Jae Crowder | Chris Silva | Kelly Olynyk |
8 | Raul Neto | Troy Daniels | Maurice Harkless | Taj Gibson | Damian Jones |
9 | Elfrid Payton | CJ McCollum | Matisse Thybulle | Davis Bertans | Thomas Bryant |
10 | Shabazz Napier | P.J. Dozier | Admiral Schofield | Noah Vonleh | Cody Zeller |
The author of this article has no involvement with the NBA Sim Sports simulations powered by numberFire and has no knowledge of the results of tonight’s contest.