NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/21/20 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 | Damian Lillard | James Harden | LeBron James | Anthony Davis | Mitchell Robinson |
| 2 | Kemba Walker | Jimmy Butler | Derrick Jones | Daniel Theis | JaVale McGee |
| 3 | Spencer Dinwiddie | DeMar DeRozan | Gordon Hayward | Jarrett Allen | Dwight Howard |
| 4 | Kyrie Irving | Duncan Robinson | T.J. Warren | Brandon Clarke | Hassan Whiteside |
| 5 | Trae Young | Devin Booker | Jaylen Brown | Bam Adebayo | DeAndre Jordan |
| 6 | Shaquille Harrison | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Doug McDermott | Domantas Sabonis | Jonas Valanciunas |
| 7 | Tyus Jones | Evan Fournier | Justin Holiday | Jayson Tatum | Enes Kanter |
| 8 | Russell Westbrook | Marcus Smart | Mikal Bridges | John Collins | Clint Capela |
| 9 | T.J. McConnell | Danny Green | Jonathan Isaac | Daniel Gafford | Jakob Poeltl |
| 10 | Michael Carter-Williams | Jeremy Lamb | Cedi Osman | Larry Nance | Nikola Vucevic |
| 11 | Malcolm Brogdon | Dillon Brooks | Kelly Oubre | LaMarcus Aldridge | Marquese Chriss |
| 12 | Derrick White | Zach LaVine | Rodney Hood | Isaiah Hartenstein | Robert Williams |
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.
