NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/14/20 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 | James Harden | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Jarrett Allen | Ivica Zubac |
| 2 | Luka Doncic | Khris Middleton | Derrick Jones | Kawhi Leonard | Rudy Gobert |
| 3 | Seth Curry | Jimmy Butler | Tobias Harris | Bam Adebayo | Montrezl Harrell |
| 4 | Eric Bledsoe | Donte DiVincenzo | Paul George | Richaun Holmes | DeAndre Jordan |
| 5 | Ben Simmons | Delon Wright | Tim Hardaway | John Collins | Tony Bradley |
| 6 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Duncan Robinson | Dorian Finney-Smith | Maxi Kleber | Joel Embiid |
| 7 | Kyrie Irving | Devin Booker | Mikal Bridges | Al Horford | Dwight Powell |
| 8 | Trae Young | Donovan Mitchell | Bojan Bogdanovic | Nemanja Bjelica | Clint Capela |
| 9 | Shaquille Harrison | Jordan Clarkson | Joe Ingles | Daniel Gafford | Brook Lopez |
| 10 | Shake Milton | Lou Williams | Cedi Osman | Kristaps Porzingis | Cody Zeller |
| 11 | Patrick Beverley | Zach LaVine | Kent Bazemore | Larry Nance | Boban Marjanovic |
| 12 | De'Aaron Fox | Alec Burks | Kelly Oubre | Isaiah Hartenstein | Wendell Carter |
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.
