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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/26/20 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
2Damian
Lillard
Khris
Middleton
LeBron
James
Daniel
Theis
Rudy
Gobert
3Luka
Doncic
Jimmy
Butler
Derrick
Jones
Jarrett
Allen
Mitchell
Robinson
4Seth
Curry
Donte
DiVincenzo
Gordon
Hayward
Christian
Wood
JaVale
McGee
5Kyle
Lowry
Norman
Powell
T.J.
Warren
Brandon
Clarke
Montrezl
Harrell
6Eric
Bledsoe
Delon
Wright
OG
Anunoby
Kawhi
Leonard
Dwight
Howard
7Ben
Simmons
DeMar
DeRozan
Tobias
Harris
Ersan
Ilyasova
Hassan
Whiteside
8Kemba
Walker
JJ
Redick
Pascal
Siakam
Bam
Adebayo
Chris
Boucher
9Spencer
Dinwiddie
Duncan
Robinson
Jaylen
Brown
Richaun
Holmes
DeAndre
Jordan
10Kyrie
Irving
Terence
Davis
Paul
George
Domantas
Sabonis
Nikola
Jokic
11Trae
Young
Devin
Booker
Doug
McDermott
Jayson
Tatum
Jonas
Valanciunas
12Shaquille
Harrison
Fred
VanVleet
Tim
Hardaway
John
Collins
Enes
Kanter




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.