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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Paul | James Harden | Danilo Gallinari | Nerlens Noel | Rudy Gobert |
| 2 | Luka Doncic | Jimmy Butler | Derrick Jones | Christian Wood | Steven Adams |
| 3 | Seth Curry | Delon Wright | Tim Hardaway | Bam Adebayo | Tony Bradley |
| 4 | Shaquille Harrison | DeMar DeRozan | Dorian Finney-Smith | Richaun Holmes | Dwight Powell |
| 5 | De'Aaron Fox | Duncan Robinson | Bojan Bogdanovic | Maxi Kleber | Karl-Anthony Towns |
| 6 | Jordan McLaughlin | Shai Gilgeous- Alexander | Jonathan Isaac | Nemanja Bjelica | Jakob Poeltl |
| 7 | Russell Westbrook | Donovan Mitchell | Joe Ingles | Daniel Gafford | Kelly Olynyk |
| 8 | Michael Carter- Williams | Jordan Clarkson | Luke Kennard | Kristaps Porzingis | Nikol Vucevic |
| 9 | Derrick White | Evan Fournier | James Ennis | Larry Nance | Mo Bamba |
| 10 | Jalen Brunson | Ben McLemore | Bruno Caboclo | LaMarcus Aldridge | Boban Marjanovic |
| 11 | Derrick Rose | Courtney Lee | Danuel House | Isaiah Hartenstein | Willie Cauley-Stein |
| 12 | D.J. Augustin | Zach LaVine | Jae Crowder | Chris Silva | 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.