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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/11/20 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.

RankPGSGSFPFC
1Damian
Lillard
Delon
Wright
Gordon
Hayward
Daniel
Theis
Hassan
Whiteside
2Luka
Doncic
DeMar
DeRozan
Tobias
Harris
Christian
Wood
Nikola
Jokic
3Seth
Curry
Marcus
Smart
Jaylen
Brown
Jayson
Tatum
Enes
Kanter
4Ben
Simmons
Javonte
Green
Tim
Hardaway
Maxi
Kleber
Joel
Embiid
5Kemba
Walker
Courtney
Lee
Dorian
Finney-Smith
Paul
Millsap
Dwight
Powell
6Shake
Milton
Torrey
Craig
Will
Barton
Al
Horford
Mason
Plumlee
7Monte
Morris
Alec
Burks
Luke
Kennard
Michael
Porter
Jakob
Poeltl
8Jamal
Murray
Troy
Daniels
Rodney
Hood
Jerami
Grant
Boban
Marjanovic




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.