NBA Sim Sports Picks for 5/18/20 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.
Rank | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
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1 | George Hill | James Harden | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Anthony Davis | Ivica Zubac |
2 | Eric Bledsoe | Khris Middleton | LeBron James | Jarrett Allen | Rudy Gobert |
3 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Donte DiVincenzo | Paul George | Kawhi Leonard | JaVale McGee |
4 | Kyrie Irving | DeMar DeRozan | Bojan Bogdanovic | Ersan Ilyasova | Montrezl Harrell |
5 | Trae Young | Pat Connaughton | Joe Ingles | John Collins | Dwight Howard |
6 | Patrick Beverley | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Jared Dudley | LaMarcus Aldridge | DeAndre Jordan |
7 | Russell Westbrook | Kyle Korver | Bruno Caboclo | Isaiah Hartenstein | Tony Bradley |
8 | Derrick White | Donovan Mitchell | Joe Harris | Patrick Patterson | Clint Capela |
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.