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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 6/5/20 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.

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
Norman
Powell
LeBron
James
Anthony
Davis
Mitchell
Robinson
2Chris
Paul
Terence
Davis
Danilo
Gallinari
Nerlens
Noel
JaVale
McGee
3Kyle
Lowry
Devin
Booker
OG
Anunoby
Jarrett
Allen
Dwight
Howard
4Spencer
Dinwiddie
Fred
VanVleet
Pascal
Siakam
Christian
Wood
Hassan
Whiteside
5Kyrie
Irving
Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander
Mikal
Bridges
Brandon
Clarke
Chris
Boucher
6De'Aaron
Fox
Kentavious
Caldwell-Pope
Luke
Kennard
Richaun
Holmes
DeAndre
Jordan
7Tyus
Jones
Matt
Thomas
Cedi
Osman
Rondae
Hollis-Jefferson
Steven
Adams
8Jordan
McLaughlin
Danny
Green
Kent
Bazemore
Serge
Ibaka
Jonas
Valanciunas
9Ricky
Rubio
Dillon
Brooks
Jared
Dudley
Nemanja
Bjelica
Karl-Anthony
Towns
10Alex
Caruso
Allonzo
Trier
Kelly
Oubre
Larry
Nance
Gorgui
Dieng
11Darius
Garland
Dennis
Schroder
Rodney
Hood
Cheick
Diallo
Marc
Gasol
12Derrick
Rose
Justin
James
Joe
Harris
Taj
Gibson
Alex
Len



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.