Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: 76ers vs. Pelicans 3/24/25
Draftkings picks for tonight's Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans matchup.
Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans
March 24, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
This Monday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Orleans Pelicans. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans 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 this evening’s Philadelphia 76ers vs. New Orleans Pelicans matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Jose Alvarado, Point Guard, New Orleans Pelicans $6,000
Veteran point guard Jose Alvarado has certainly been an essential part of the New Orleans Pelicans starting lineup this season. With that said, how has the talented point guard performed from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Alvarado’s relevant player data from the 2024 NBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 48 games that point guard Jose Alvarado has played for the New Orleans Pelicans in the 2024 NBA regular season, Alvarado is averaging a robust 9.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.3 blocks a game.
Looking the data just presented more closely, in the 48 games that Jose Alvarado has played for the New Orleans Pelicans this season, Alvarado has compiled a 40.2% field goal percentage, a 37.9% three-point percentage and an 80% free throw percentage.
Last night, in the Detroit Pistons 136-130 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, New Orleans point guard Jose Alvarado played exceptionally well. More specifically, Alvarado amassed 10 points, four rebounds, eight assists and two steals in the Detroit Pistons victory over the Pelicans.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.
In summary, I think Jose Alvarado’s low Draftkings price of only $6,000 presents the best fantasy value on this slate. For that specific reason, I am backing Jose Alvarado at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Kelly Olynyk, Forward, New Orleans Pelicans $7,200
In addition to point guard Jose Alvarado, forward Kelly Olynyk has been a key contributor for the New Orleans Pelicans this season.
In the 38 games that forward Kelly Olynyk has played in the 2024 NBA regular season, Olynyk has averaged 20.3 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Justin Edwards, Small Forward (Philadelphia 76ers) $7,000: Jeff Dowtin, Point Guard (Philadelphia 76ers) $6,600: Ricky Council IV, Forward (Philadelphia 76ers) $6,400.
