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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 6/30/20 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. This includes only players with at least 15.0 FanDuel points per game in the simulated formats so far.

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
Christian
Wood
Chris
Boucher
2Kyle
Lowry
Khris
Middleton
OG
Anunoby
Rondae
Hollis-Jefferson
Nikola
Jokic
3Eric
Bledsoe
Donte
DiVincenzo
Pascal
Siakam
Paul
Millsap
Jaxson
Hayes
4Shaquille
Harrison
Norman
Powell
Brandon
Ingram
Serge
Ibaka
Derrick
Favors
5Monte
Morris
JJ
Redick
Will
Barton
Michael
Porter
Mason
Plumlee
6Jamal
Murray
Terence
Davis
Mikal
Bridges
Jerami
Grant
Brook
Lopez
7Russell
Westbrook
Devin
Booker
Luke
Kennard
Daniel
Gafford
Wendell
Carter
8Ricky
Rubio
Fred
VanVleet
Kelly
Oubre
Isaiah
Hartenstein
Marc
Gasol
9Derrick
Rose
Jrue
Holiday
Danuel
House
Zion
Williamson
Deandre
Ayton
10Kris
Dunn
Zach
LaVine
Cameron
Johnson
Cheick
Diallo
Aron
Baynes
11Tomas
Satoransky
Torrey
Craig
Chandler
Hutchison
Jeff
Green
John
Henson
12Austin
Rivers
Wesley
Matthews
Denzel
Valentine
Frank
Kaminsky
Tyson
Chandler




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.