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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/20/20 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
Jarrett
Allen
Ivica
Zubac
2Damian
Lillard
Khris
Middleton
Tobias
Harris
Christian
Wood
Rudy
Gobert
3Eric
Bledsoe
Donte
DiVincenzo
Paul
George
Brandon
Clarke
Mitchell
Robinson
4Ben
Simmons
DeMar
DeRozan
Mikal
Bridges
Kawhi
Leonard
Montrezl
Harrell
5Spencer
Dinwiddie
Devin
Booker
Bojan
Bogdanovic
Ersan
Ilyasova
Hassan
Whiteside
6Kyrie
Irving
Pat
Connaughton
Joe
Ingles
Richaun
Holmes
DeAndre
Jordan
7Trae
Young
Kyle
Korver
Luke
Kennard
John
Collins
Jonas
Valanciunas
8Shaquille
Harrison
Donovan
Mitchell
Kelly
Oubre
Al
Horford
Tony
Bradley
9Shake
Milton
Bradley
Beal
Rodney
Hood
Nemanja
Bjelica
Joel
Embiid
10Patrick
Beverley
Jordan
Clarkson
Caleb
Martin
Daniel
Gafford
Clint
Capela
11De'Aaron
Fox
Lou
Williams
Bruno
Caboclo
LaMarcus
Aldridge
Karl-Anthony
Towns
12Tyus
Jones
Garrison
Mathews
Joe
Harris
Isaiah
Hartenstein
Jakob
Poeltl




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.