NBA DFS Expert Survey: NBA Finals Game 4 - Thunder vs. Pacers

by Andy Means (meansy53) Last Updated 2025-06-12 20:44:35 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

Our panel of experts is here to give you their NBA DFS advice for the upcoming featured slate by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know Noto’s favorite Captain? Or headChopper’s hot take? Find out below!

NBA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for NBA Finals Game 4 – Thunder vs. Pacers

DraftKings

Who are your three favorite Captains, ranked in order?

headChopper: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Pascal Siakam, Jalen Williams
tcsmith031: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Tyrese Haliburton
ncorfield8k: Jalen Williams, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren

FanDuel

Who are your three favorite MVPs, ranked in order?

headChopper: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Pascal Siakam, Jalen Williams
tcsmith031: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Obi Toppin, Chet Holmgren
ncorfield8k: Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

What’s one rule/setting that you’re going to use in our NBA DFS optimizer (LineupHQ) or NBA DFS Sims tool (SimLabs)?

headChopper: SimLabs > Settings > Contest Field: Large Field > Results Range: High > Lock: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – CPT/MVP > Advanced > Simulation Weight: Medium > Projection Weight, Ownership Weight, Upside Weight, Correlation Weight: Low > Get Lineups

Then I’m running lineups over and over and saving the ones that have different combos of bench players that I like, until I get 20 good lineups saved.

tcsmith031: LineupHQ > Player Pool > Jalen Williams – CPT/MVP > Mx%: 0

ncorfield8k: LineupHQ > Player Pool > Isaiah Hartenstein > Mn%: 30

What is your hottest take for this game?

headChopper: The defensive focus goes back on Tyrese Haliburton, and it’s Andrew Nembhard with his first breakout game of the Finals, with 40+ fantasy points.

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