NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/8/20 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.
| Rank | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hill | Khris Middleton | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Anthony Davis | Rudy Gobert |
| 2 | Luka Doncic | Jimmy Butler | LeBron James | Jarrett Allen | JaVale McGee |
| 3 | Seth Curry | Donte DiVincenzo | Derrick Jones | Christian Wood | Dwight Howard |
| 4 | Kyle Lowry | Norman Powell | T.J. Warren | Bam Adebayo | Chris Boucher |
| 5 | Eric Bledsoe | Delon Wright | OG Anunoby | Richaun Holmes | DeAndre Jordan |
| 6 | Spencer Dinwiddie | DeMar DeRozan | Pascal Siakam | Domantas Sabonis | Nikola Jokic |
| 7 | Kyrie Irving | Duncan Robinson | Doug McDermott | John Collins | Tony Bradley |
| 8 | Trae Young | Terence Davis | Tim Hardaway | Rondae Hollis- Jefferson | Dwight Powell |
| 9 | Monte Morris | Devin Booker | Justin Holiday | Maxi Kleber | Clint Capela |
| 10 | Jamal Murray | Fred VanVleet | Dorian Finney- Smith | Paul Millsap | Karl- Anthony Towns |
| 11 | De'Aaron Fox | Kentavious Caldwell- Pope | Will Barton | Serge Ibaka | Jakob Poeltl |
| 12 | Jordan McLaughlin | Donovan Mitchell | Mikal Bridges | Michael Porter | Mason Plumlee |
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.
