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NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/6/20 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.

RankPGSGSFPFC
1George
Hill
Khris
Middleton
Giannis
Antetokounmpo
Anthony
Davis
Ivica
Zubac
2Luka
Doncic
Donte
DiVincenzo
LeBron
James
Jarrett
Allen
Mitchell
Robinson
3Seth
Curry
Norman
Powell
T.J.
Warren
Christian
Wood
JaVale
McGee
4Kyle
Lowry
Delon
Wright
OG
Anunoby
Kawhi
Leonard
Montrezl
Harrell
5Eric
Bledsoe
DeMar
DeRozan
Pascal
Siakam
Richaun
Holmes
Dwight
Howard
6Spencer
Dinwiddie
JJ
Redick
Paul
George
Domantas
Sabonis
Chris
Boucher
7Kyrie
Irving
Terence
Davis
Doug
McDermott
Rondae
Hollis-
Jefferson
DeAndre
Jordan
8Patrick
Beverley
Devin
Booker
Tim
Hardaway
Maxi
Kleber
Nikola
Jokic
9Monte
Morris
Fred
VanVleet
Justin
Holiday
Paul
Millsap
Jaxson
Hayes
10Jamal
Murray
Kentavious
Caldwell-
Pope
Brandon
Ingram
Serge
Ibaka
Dwight
Powell
11De'Aaron
Fox
Evan
Fournier
Dorian
Finney-
Smith
Michael
Porter
Karl-Anthony
Towns
12Jordan
McLaughlin
Lou
Williams
Will
Barton
Nemanja
Bjelica
Derrick
Favors




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.