NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/18/20 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 | Luka Doncic | James Harden | Derrick Jones | Daniel Theis | Ivica Zubac |
| 2 | Seth Curry | Jimmy Butler | Gordon Hayward | Jarrett Allen | Rudy Gobert |
| 3 | Ben Simmons | Delon Wright | Tobias Harris | Brandon Clarke | Mitchell Robinson |
| 4 | Kemba Walker | DeMar DeRozan | Jaylen Brown | Kawhi Leonard | Montrezl Harrell |
| 5 | Spencer Dinwiddie | Duncan Robinson | Paul George | Bam Adebayo | DeAndre Jordan |
| 6 | Kyrie Irving | Devin Booker | Tim Hardaway | Jayson Tatum | Jonas Valanciunas |
| 7 | Trae Young | Donovan Mitchell | Dorian Finney-Smith | John Collins | Enes Kanter |
| 8 | Shake Milton | Bradley Beal | Mikal Bridges | Maxi Kleber | Joel Embiid |
| 9 | Patrick Beverley | Jordan Clarkson | Bojan Bogdanovic | Al Horford | Dwight Powell |
| 10 | Tyus Jones | Evan Fournier | Jonathan Isaac | Kristaps Porzingis | Clint Capela |
| 11 | Jordan McLaughlin | Marcus Smart | Joe Ingles | Larry Nance | Karl-Anthony Towns |
| 12 | Russell Westbrook | Lou Williams | Cedi Osman | LaMarcus Aldridge | Jakob Poeltl |
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.
