NBA DFS Picks: FanDuel Simulation Games for 4/3/20

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FanDuel NBA DFS Sim Sports Rules

  • Players are randomly assigned stats from a game they played during the 2019-2020 season.
  • Only players who have scored fantasy points in at least 15 games will be included in the pool.
  • The opponent matchups in each slate are irrelevant for the simulations.
  • Only games where players scored more than zero points will be available to be assigned stats, No DNPs or Late Scratches.
  • Scoring Example: LeBron James draws a 23 – he will get assigned the stats and Fantasy Points from the 23rd game he played this season: 65.4. Each player will be assigned a different random game.
  • Again listed matchups do not matter.

NBA DFS Picks: Top Tier

Karl-Anthony Towns

I have said it a lot, but it is often prudent to target low-sample players who put up big numbers. Towns fits that bill with only 35 games under his belt, 28 of which he scored at least 40 fantasy points. He averaged nearly 50 for the year and got to 50 in just under half his games. That makes him as close to a lock to produce as any on this slate, which helps because he is far and away the most expensive player on this slate.

Kyrie Irving

Sticking with the theme of high-production, low-sample picks, Irving has a strong chance of him hitting value. He only played in 20 games this year, just over the 15-game minimum, and averaged 46.1 fantasy points a game in that time. Six times Irving recorded at least 60 fantasy points, so he has a 30 percent chance of putting up a huge total, making him great value at sub-$10,000.

Devin Booker

Booker has exceeded 50 fantasy points in 14.3 percent of his games this season, giving him strong upside for a $8,000 price tag. His price has gone up a little, now $200 more expensive than Jrue Holiday, but he has a higher ceiling and is about as viable as Jimmy Butler at shooting guard, but $600 less expensive.


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NBA DFS Picks: Mid Tier

Ricky Rubio

Rubio has a fairly high ceiling for a player in the middle price range with a high of 68.1 fantasy points, the same as teammate Booker. Rubio got to 50 FanDuel points in 10.5 percent of games with an average of 34.4 points, making him solid value at $6,900.

Zion Williamson

Williamson has upper-middle-tier upside with firm mid-tier pricing. He hit at least 30 fantasy points in the overwhelming majority of games this season with a few ceiling games of 50-plus sprinkled in. With such a small sample size on his season, there is a stronger chance of hitting one of those ceiling games with him, and he is priced reasonably at $6,800.

Kelly Oubre

Oubre has the benefit of being reasonably priced at $6,500 while also providing a decent floor in a weak position group. With no top-tier players at small forward and middling value below him, Oubre is a safe play with a ceiling of 59.5 fantasy points.

NBA DFS Picks: Value Tier

Naz Reid

Reid rode the roller coaster with playing time and production this season, starting about a third of his 30 games. He was at or near 40 fantasy points in about 10 percent of those games, and he has a decent chance of multiplying his value sixfold, doing so in over a third of games.

Malik Beasley

Beasley is an outstanding boom/bust value play because he comes in at just $3,700 due largely to his time in Denver where he played limited minutes off the bench. Once he moved to Minnesota, however, he became a starter and averaged over 20 real-life points a game. He exceeded 30 fantasy points about a fifth of the time, so there is a decent chance of crushing value with Beasley tenfold. Of course, he also had fewer than 15 fantasy points in 43.6 percent of games, so he carries significant risk as well.


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Author
Sam Smith is a writer and editor with Stokastic and OddsShopper. He has been immersed in the world of professional sports data since 2015, while also writing extensively on the NFL for a multitude of blogs and websites. With Stokastic, Sam looks to blend his sports and editorial expertise with Stokastic's data to bring you the best fantasy information possible.

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