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 | Damian Lillard | Norman Powell | LeBron James | Anthony Davis | Rudy Gobert |
2 | Chris Paul | Delon Wright | Danilo Gallinari | Daniel Theis | Mitchell Robinson |
3 | Luka Doncic | DeMar DeRozan | Gordon Hayward | Nerlens Noel | JaVale McGee |
4 | Seth Curry | JJ Redick | T.J. Warren | Brandon Clarke | Dwight Howard |
5 | Kyle Lowry | Terence Davis | OG Anunoby | Domantas Sabonis | Hassan Whiteside |
6 | Kemba Walker | Devin Booker | Pascal Siakam | Jayson Tatum | Chris Boucher |
7 | Monte Morris | Fred VanVleet | Jaylen Brown | Rondae Hollis- Jefferson | Nikola Jokic |
8 | Jamal Murray | Shai Gilgeous- Alexander | Doug McDermott | Maxi Kleber | Steven Adams |
9 | Tyus Jones | Kentavious Caldwell- Pope | Tim Hardaway | Paul Millsap | Jonas Valanciunas |
10 | Jordan McLaughlin | Donovan Mitchell | Justin Holiday | Serge Ibaka | Enes Kanter |
11 | Michael Carter- Williams | Bradley Beal | Brandon Ingram | Michael Porter | Tony Bradley |
12 | T.J. McConnell | Jordan Clarkson | Dorian Finney- Smith | Jerami Grant | Jaxson Hayes |
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.