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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/5/20 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
1Damian
Lillard
James
Harden
Danilo
Gallinari
Daniel
Theis
Rudy
Gobert
2Chris
Paul
Jimmy
Butler
Derrick
Jones
Nerlens
Noel
Hassan
Whiteside
3Luka
Doncic
Norman
Powell
Gordon
Hayward
Christian
Wood
Chris
Boucher
4Seth
Curry
Delon
Wright
T.J.
Warren
Brandon
Clarke
Steven
Adams
5Kyle
Lowry
Duncan
Robinson
OG
Anunoby
Bam
Adebayo
Jonas
Valanciunas
6Ben
Simmons
Terence
Davis
Tobias
Harris
Richaun
Holmes
Enes
Kanter
7Kemba
Walker
Devin
Booker
Pascal
Siakam
Domantas
Sabonis
Tony
Bradley
8Trae
Young
Fred
VanVleet
Jaylen
Brown
Jayson
Tatum
Joel
Embiid
9Shake
Milton
Shai
Gilgeous-
Alexander
Doug
McDermott
John
Collins
Dwight
Powell
10De'Aaron
Fox
Donovan
Mitchell
Tim
Hardaway
Rondae
Hollis-
Jefferson
Clint
Capela
11Tyus
Jones
Bradley
Beal
Justin
Holiday
Maxi
Kleber
Thomas
Bryant
12Russell
Westbrook
Jordan
Clarkson
Dorian
Finney-
Smith
Serge
Ibaka
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.