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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/10/20 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 HillJames HardenGiannis AntetokounmpoAnthony DavisIvica Zubac
2Chris PaulKhris MiddletonLeBron JamesDaniel TheisRudy Gobert
3Kyle LowryDonte DiVincenzoDanilo GallinariNerlens NoelMitchell Robinson
4Eric BledsoeNorman PowellGordon HaywardJarrett AllenJaVale McGee
5Kemba WalkerJJ RedickT.J. WarrenBrandon ClarkeMontrezl Harrell
6Spencer DinwiddieTerence DavisOG AnunobyKawhi LeonardDwight Howard
7Kyrie IrvingDevin BookerPascal SiakamErsan IlyasovaChris Boucher
8Trae YoungFred VanVleetJaylen BrownRichaun HolmesDeAndre Jordan
9Shaquille HarrisonPat ConnaughtonPaul GeorgeDomantas SabonisSteven Adams
10Patrick BeverleyShai Gilgeous-AlexanderDoug McDermottJayson TatumJonas Valanciunas
11De'Aaron FoxKentavious Caldwell-PopeJustin HolidayJohn CollinsEnes Kanter
12Tyus JonesKyle KorverBrandon IngramRondae Hollis-JeffersonTony Bradley




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.