Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Hawks vs. Suns 11/16/25

The NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Atlanta Hawks and the Phoenix Suns. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Atlanta Hawks vs. Phoenix Suns 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 tonight’s Atlanta Hawks vs. Phoenix Suns matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-Devin Booker, Point Guard, Phoenix Suns $10,000

Point guard Devin Booker has been a solid performer for the Phoenix Suns this season. To evaluate his performance from a statistical perspective, let’s examine Booker’s relevant game data from the 2025 NBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran point guard’s overall contributions to his team.

In the 13 games that point guard Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2025 NBA regular season, Booker has averaged 28.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 13 games that Devin Booker has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2025 NBA regular season, Booker has compiled a 50% field goal percentage, a 36.8% three point percentage and an 89% free throw percentage.

More recently, in the Phoenix Suns dominant 133-98 win over the Indiana Pacers three days ago, Phoenix point guard Devin Booker played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Suns defeat of the Pacers, Booker amassed 33 points, five rebounds, seven assists and one steal in only 29 minutes of play.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Phoenix Suns victory over the Pacers, Devin Booker tallied a rather impressive 50.8 Draftkings points.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA DFS 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, Devin Booker is the player most likely to accumulate the highest number of DraftKings points in this NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker at the captain position for this one game DFS NBA Showdown contest slate.

Flex Plays

Mark Williams, Center, Phoenix Suns $7,200

In the 11 games that center Mark Williams has played for the Phoenix Suns in the 2025 NBA regular season, Williams has averaged 11.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 1.4 steals a game.

Examining the data just presented more closely, in the 11 games that Mark Williams has played this season, Williams is averaging a robust 29.1 Draftkings points a game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Johnson, Forward (Atlanta Hawks) $9,800: Dyson Daniels, Guard (Atlanta Hawks) $8,200: Collin Gillespie, Guard (Phoenix Suns) $6,000.