Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks: Valkyries vs. Aces 7/12/25

The WNBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Golden State Valkyries and the Las Vegas Aces. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Golden State Valkyries vs. Las Vegas Aces game let’s review the rules for the Draftkings single game showdown contest.

Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules

You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.

The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings 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 Draftkings picks for tomorrow afternoon’s Valkyries vs. Aces matchup.

Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Jackie Young, Guard, Las Vegas Aces $9,600

Veteran guard Jackie Young has been the leader in the backcourt that the Las Vegas Aces have needed to win games this season. Let’s review Young’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on Young’s overall contributions to her team.

In the 20 games that guard Jackie Young has played for the Las Vegas Aces in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Young is averaging 17.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 20 games that Jackie Young has played this season, Young is averaging 30.3 Draftkings points a game.

More recently, In the Las Vegas Aces dominant 86-68 win over the Connecticut Sun four days ago, Las Vegas guard Jackie Young played exceptionally well. More specifically, in the Aces defeat of the Sun, Young amassed 14 points, three rebounds, six assists and one steal in only 21 minutes of play.

What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Jackie Young can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow’s matchup with the Golden State Valkyries.

In my view, Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Jackie Young at the captain position for this one game Draftkings WNBA single game contest.

Flex Plays

Kayla Thornton, Forward, Golden State Valkyries $9,200

Talented forward Kayla Thornton has been a key contributor for the Golden State Valkyries in 2025. In the 19 games that Thornton has played for the Valkyries in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thornton is averaging a rather impressive 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 19 games that forward Kayla Thornton has played for Golden State this season, Thornton has compiled a 38.2% field goal percentage and a 28.9% three-point percentage.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in tomorrow afternoon’s WNBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): A’ja Wilson, Forward (Las Vegas Aces) $11,800: Dana Evans, Guard (Las Vegas Aces) $4,800.