Draftkings Best NBA Showdown Picks: Bulls vs. Hornets 4/6/25
Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets
April 6, 2025 1:00 pm EDT
Tomorrow afternoon, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Charlotte Hornets and the Chicago Bulls. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets 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 Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Nikola Vucevic, Center, Chicago Bulls $9,400
Veteran center Nikola Vucevic has been the leader in the paint that the Chicago Bulls have needed to win games this season. Let’s review Vucevic’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 69 games that center Nikola Vucevic has played for the Chicago Bulls in the 2024 NBA regular season, Vucevic has averaged an impressive 18.7 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.7 blocks and 0.8 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 69 games that Nikola Vucevic has played for the Chicago Bulls this season, Vucevic has compiled a 53.2% field goal percentage, a 40.3% three-point percentage and an 81.1% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Chicago Bulls dominant 128-116 win over the Sacramento Kings earlier this month, Bulls center Nikola Vucevic accumulated a robust 24 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists and one block. It has to be said, those are the type of DFS numbers that I need to see from a player that I select at the captain position.
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.
In my view, Nikola Vucevic is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Josh Giddey, Point Guard, Chicago Bulls $11,400
In addition to center Nikola Vucevic, point guard Josh Giddey has been a key contributor for the Chicago Bulls this season.
In the 68 games that point guard Josh Giddey has played for the Chicago Bulls in the 2024 NBA regular season, Giddey has averaged 14.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.6 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Miles Bridges, Power Forward (Charlotte Hornets) $10,600: Coby White, Guard (Chicago Bulls) $10,000: KJ Simpson, Point Guard (Charlotte Hornets) $6,400.
