
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Hawks vs. Pistons 2/3/25
Draftkings picks for tomorrow night's Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons matchup.
Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons
February 3, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
Tomorrow night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Detroit Pistons and the Atlanta Hawks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Detroit Pistons vs. Atlanta Hawks game let’s review the rules for 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 evening’s Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Cade Cunningham, Point Guard, Detroit Pistons $12,400
Point guard Cade Cunningham has been an essential part of the Detroit Pistons starting lineup this season. Having stated that, how has the talented point guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s dive into Cunningham’s game data from this season to answer that question.
In the 45 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2024 NBA regular season, Cunningham has averaged 25.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 45 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons this season, Cunningham is averaging a massive 50.5 Draftkings points a game.
Last month, in the Orlando Magic’s 121-113 win over the Detroit Pistons, Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Cunningham amassed 35 points, five rebounds, 11 assists, two steals and one block in the Orlando Magic’s victory over the Detroit Pistons.
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.
In my view, Cade Cunningham is the most likely player to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am rolling with Detroit Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham at the captain position for this single game DraftKings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Trae Young, Point Guard, Atlanta Hawks $11,600
In the 45 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Young has averaged 22.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 11.5 assists, and 1.3 steals a game.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 45 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks this season, Young is averaging a robust 47.3 Draftkings points a game.
It is noteworthy that the Atlanta Hawks have listed point guard Trae Young as questionable for tomorrow night’s game. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.
Additional flex plays I like to play well this evening (Draftkings price noted): Dyson Daniels, Shooting Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $9,200: Tobias Harris, Power Forward (Detroit Pistons) $7,400.