NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/4/20 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 | George Hill | James Harden | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Anthony Davis | Mitchell Robinson |
| 2 | Damian Lillard | Khris Middleton | LeBron James | Al Horford | JaVale McGee |
| 3 | Eric Bledsoe | Donte DiVincenzo | Tobias Harris | Daniel Gafford | Dwight Howard |
| 4 | Ben Simmons | DeMar DeRozan | Brandon Ingram | LaMarcus Aldridge | Hassan Whiteside |
| 5 | Shaquille Harrison | JJ Redick | Jonathan Isaac | Isaiah Hartenstein | Jaxson Hayes |
| 6 | Shake Milton | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Rodney Hood | Zion Williamson | Joel Embiid |
| 7 | Russell Westbrook | Evan Fournier | Danuel House | Taj Gibson | Derrick Favors |
| 8 | Michael Carter-Williams | Danny Green | Maurice Harkless | Jeff Green | Jakob Poeltl |
| 9 | Derrick White | Jrue Holiday | Chandler Hutchison | Nicolo Melli | Brook Lopez |
| 10 | Alex Caruso | Zach LaVine | Matisse Thybulle | Luke Kornet | Nikola Vucevic |
| 11 | D.J. Augustin | Alec Burks | Denzel Valentine | Lauri Markkanen | Wendell Carter |
| 12 | Dejounte Murray | Wesley Matthews | Trevor Ariza | Khem Birch | Tyson Chandler |
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.
