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It’s fun to play DraftKings and FanDuel and hope to win six or even seven figures, but sims have broken the experience. Some DFS sites, a few of which are run by very sketchy characters, charge upwards of $400 or $500 per month for their sims. This creates a heavy imbalance between the sharks and the casual players.
I’ve created a program that spits out analysis of what these sims provide. I can’t give you full lineups because DraftKings will ban me, but I can give you the thought process behind the sims lineup generation and a partial lineup to go with it.
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Lineup 1 — Wemby CPT / Spurs secondary ceiling
| Slot | Player | Team | Salary | Proj | Own |
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| CPT | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | $18,900 | 89.30 | 48% |
| UTIL | Karl-Anthony Towns | NYK | $10,200 | 47.16 | 70% |
| UTIL | De’Aaron Fox | SAS | $7,600 | 36.35 | 63% |
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| UTIL | Carter Bryant | SAS | $1,200 | 4.46 | 5% |
Projection: 232.94
Lineup 2 — Castle CPT / Spurs upset script
| Slot | Player | Team | Salary | Proj | Own |
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| CPT | Stephon Castle | SAS | $12,900 | 55.61 | 27% |
| UTIL | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | $12,600 | 59.53 | 48% |
| UTIL | Karl-Anthony Towns | NYK | $10,200 | 47.16 | 70% |
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| UTIL | Carter Bryant | SAS | $1,200 | 4.46 | 5% |
Projection: 226.73
Lineup 3 — Shamet CPT / KAT-fail shooting script
| Slot | Player | Team | Salary | Proj | Own |
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| CPT | Landry Shamet | NYK | $7,200 | 21.38 | 3% |
| UTIL | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | $12,600 | 59.53 | 48% |
| UTIL | Jalen Brunson | NYK | $10,600 | 45.58 | 54% |
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| UTIL | Devin Vassell | SAS | $6,200 | 27.69 | 43% |
Projection: 218.50
Lineup 4 — Bridges CPT / Knicks wing path
| Slot | Player | Team | Salary | Proj | Own |
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| CPT | Mikal Bridges | NYK | $9,900 | 43.88 | 52% |
| UTIL | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | $12,600 | 59.53 | 48% |
| UTIL | Karl-Anthony Towns | NYK | $10,200 | 47.16 | 70% |
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| UTIL | Harrison Barnes | SAS | $1,000 | 3.58 | 6% |
Projection: 227.56
Lineup 5 — Harper CPT / Spurs secondary usage spike
| Slot | Player | Team | Salary | Proj | Own |
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| CPT | Dylan Harper | SAS | $8,100 | 32.22 | 19% |
| UTIL | Victor Wembanyama | SAS | $12,600 | 59.53 | 48% |
| UTIL | Stephon Castle | SAS | $8,600 | 37.07 | 27% |
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| UTIL | Julian Champagnie | SAS | $5,800 | 27.98 | 41% |
Projection: 225.14
Analysis
Lineup 1 is the closest to a strong projection build, but it gets leverage by using Carter Bryant and fading Brunson. It assumes Wemby breaks the slate and the Spurs secondary pieces all benefit.
Lineup 2 is the Spurs upset script: Castle CPT, Wemby still elite, and KAT as the Knicks bring-back. This is less optimizer-like because Castle CPT is the slate-breaking assumption.
Lineup 3 is the role-player shooting script. Shamet CPT is uncomfortable, but that is the point. It assumes KAT fails while Brunson/Wemby/Fox still produce and Shamet spikes from three.
Lineup 4 bets on Bridges beating his median through minutes, steals, and transition scoring while still keeping Wemby/KAT/Fox. Barnes is the thin uniqueness piece.
Lineup 5 is the Spurs secondary-usage build. Harper CPT is unlikely, but it gives a very different first-place path if he becomes the unexpected scorer/creator while the Spurs core succeeds.
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