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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/18/20 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
1George
Hill
James
Harden
Giannis
Antetokounmpo
Anthony
Davis
Ivica
Zubac
2Eric
Bledsoe
Khris
Middleton
LeBron
James
Jarrett
Allen
Rudy
Gobert
3Spencer
Dinwiddie
Donte
DiVincenzo
Paul
George
Kawhi
Leonard
JaVale
McGee
4Kyrie
Irving
DeMar
DeRozan
Bojan
Bogdanovic
Ersan
Ilyasova
Montrezl
Harrell
5Trae
Young
Pat
Connaughton
Joe
Ingles
John
Collins
Dwight
Howard
6Patrick
Beverley
Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope
Jared
Dudley
LaMarcus
Aldridge
DeAndre
Jordan
7Russell
Westbrook
Kyle
Korver
Bruno
Caboclo
Isaiah
Hartenstein
Tony
Bradley
8Derrick
White
Donovan
Mitchell
Joe
Harris
Patrick
Patterson
Clint
Capela



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.