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 |
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1 | George Hill | Khris Middleton | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Anthony Davis | Rudy Gobert |
2 | Damian Lillard | Jimmy Butler | LeBron James | Jarrett Allen | Mitchell Robinson |
3 | Luka Doncic | Donte DiVincenzo | Derrick Jones | Christian Wood | JaVale McGee |
4 | Seth Curry | Norman Powell | T.J. Warren | Brandon Clarke | Dwight Howard |
5 | Kyle Lowry | Delon Wright | OG Anunoby | Bam Adebayo | Hassan Whiteside |
6 | Eric Bledsoe | Duncan Robinson | Pascal Siakam | Richaun Holmes | Chris Boucher |
7 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Terence Davis | Doug McDermott | Domantas Sabonis | DeAndre Jordan |
8 | Kyrie Irving | Fred VanVleet | Tim Hardaway | John Collins | Nikola Jokic |
9 | Trae Young | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Justin Holiday | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Jonas Valanciunas |
10 | Monte Morris | Donovan Mitchell | Dorian Finney-Smith | Maxi Kleber | Tony Bradley |
11 | Jamal Murray | Bradley Beal | Will Barton | Paul Millsap | Dwight Powell |
12 | De'Aaron Fox | Jordan Clarkson | Bojan Bogdanovic | Serge Ibaka | Clint Capela |
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.