NBA Sim Sports Picks for 7/23/20 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 | George Hill | James Harden | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Brandon Clarke | Rudy Gobert |
| 2 | Damian Lillard | Khris Middleton | Derrick Jones | Bam Adebayo | Mitchell Robinson |
| 3 | Luka Doncic | Jimmy Butler | T.J. Warren | Domantas Sabonis | Hassan Whiteside |
| 4 | Seth Curry | Donte DiVincenzo | Doug McDermott | John Collins | Jonas Valanciunas |
| 5 | Eric Bledsoe | Delon Wright | Tim Hardaway | Maxi Kleber | Dwight Powell |
| 6 | Trae Young | DeMar DeRozan | Justin Holiday | Daniel Gafford | Clint Capela |
| 7 | Shaquille Harrison | Duncan Robinson | Dorian Finney-Smith | Kristaps Porzingis | Jakob Poeltl |
| 8 | Tyus Jones | Donovan Mitchell | Bojan Bogdanovic | Larry Nance | Brook Lopez |
| 9 | Russell Westbrook | Jordan Clarkson | Jonathan Isaac | LaMarcus Aldridge | Nikola Vucevic |
| 10 | Michael Carter-Williams | Evan Fournier | Joe Ingles | Isaiah Hartenstein | Boban Marjanovic |
| 11 | T.J. McConnell | Jeremy Lamb | Cedi Osman | Taj Gibson | Gorgui Dieng |
| 12 | Malcolm Brogdon | Dillon Brooks | Rodney Hood | Skal Labissiere | Wendell Carter |
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.
