FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks: Valkyries vs. Mercury 6/5/25
Golden State Valkyries vs. Phoenix Mercury
June 5, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Golden State Valkyries and the Phoenix Mercury. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Golden State Valkyries vs. Phoenix Mercury game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel website for more details.
*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one game slate.
Here are my FanDuel picks for this evening’s Valkyries vs. Mercury matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Satou Sabally, Forward, Phoenix Mercury $12,400
Veteran forward Satou Sabally has been the leader in the paint that the Phoenix Mercury have needed to win games this season. Let’s review Sabally’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the talented forward’s overall contributions to her team.
In the seven games that forward Satou Sabally has played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Sabally is averaging a robust 20.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the seven games that Satou Sabally has played for the Mercury in 2025, Sabally has compiled a 40% field goal percentage, a 23.4% three-point percentage and an 80.4% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Phoenix Mercury’s 85-80 win over the Los Angeles Sparks three days ago, Phoenix forward Satou Sabally certainly played at a high level. Sabally amassed 24 points, nine rebounds, two assists, four steals and one block in the Phoenix Mercury’s victory over the Sparks. It is also noteworthy that in the Mercury’s defeat of the Sparks, Sabally tallied a massive 39.06 FanDuel points.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Satou Sabally can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tonight’s matchup with the Golden State Valkyries.
In my view, Satou Sabally is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Kathyrn Westbeld, Forward, Phoenix Mercury $7,200
In addition to forward Satou Sabbally, forward Kathyrn Westbeld has been a key contributor for the Phoenix Mercury this season. With that said, how has Westbeld performed from a statistical perspective in 2025? Let’s examine Westbeld’s game data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the seven games that forward Kathyrn Westbeld has played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Westbeld is averaging 20.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the seven games that Kathyrn Westbeld has played for the Mercury in 2025, Westbeld is averaging 19.88 FanDuel points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Veronica Burton, Guard (Golden State Valkyries) $9,600: Kayla Thornton, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $10,000.
