NBA Sim Sports Picks for 6/29/20 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 | Damian Lillard | Jimmy Butler | LeBron James | Anthony Davis | Ivica Zubac |
| 2 | Luka Doncic | Delon Wright | Derrick Jones | Daniel Theis | Rudy Gobert |
| 3 | Seth Curry | Duncan Robinson | Gordon Hayward | Jarrett Allen | Mitchell Robinson |
| 4 | Ben Simmons | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | T.J. Warren | Kawhi Leonard | JaVale McGee |
| 5 | Kemba Walker | Donovan Mitchell | Tobias Harris | Bam Adebayo | Montrezl Harrell |
| 6 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Bradley Beal | Jaylen Brown | Richaun Holmes | Dwight Howard |
| 7 | Kyrie Irving | Jordan Clarkson | Paul George | Domantas Sabonis | Hassan Whiteside |
| 8 | Trae Young | Evan Fournier | Doug McDermott | Jayson Tatum | DeAndre Jordan |
| 9 | Shake Milton | Marcus Smart | Tim Hardaway | John Collins | Enes Kanter |
| 10 | Patrick Beverley | Lou Williams | Justin Holiday | Maxi Kleber | Tony Bradley |
| 11 | De'Aaron Fox | Danny Green | Dorian Finney-Smith | Al Horford | Joel Embiid |
| 12 | Jordan McLaughlin | Jeremy Lamb | Bojan Bogdanovic | Nemanja Bjelica | Dwight Powell |
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.
