Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Hawks vs. Nets 4/10/25
Atlanta Hawks vs. Brooklyn Nets
April 10, 2025 7:30 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Atlanta Hawks vs. Brooklyn Nets 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. Brooklyn Nets matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Trae Young, Point Guard, Atlanta Hawks $11,600
Atlanta point guard Trae Young has been the floor general that the Atlanta Hawks have needed to win games this season. With that said, let’s review the veteran point guard’s relevant player data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 74 games that point guard Trae Young has played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Young has averaged a rather impressive 24.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 11.6 assists 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 74 games that Trae Young has played for the Hawks this season, Young has compiled a 41% field goal percentage, a 33.7% three-point percentage and an 87.6% free throw percentage.
Last week, in the Atlanta Hawks convincing 147-134 win over the Utah Jazz, Atlanta point guard Trae Young tallied 23 points, five rebounds, 15 assists, one steal 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.
It should be noted that the Atlanta Hawks have listed point guard Trae Young as questionable for this evening’s game. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups.
In my view, Trae Young is the player most likely to score the highest Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am rolling with talented Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA DFS Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Dyson Daniels, Guard, Atlanta Hawks $9,400
In addition to point guard Trae Young, guard Dyson Daniels has been a key contributor to the Atlanta Hawks overall success on the basketball court this season. How has the veteran guard played from a statistical standpoint?
In the 74 games that guard Dyson Daniels has played for the Atlanta Hawks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Daniels has averaged a respectable 14.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, three steals and 0.7 blocks a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Nic Claxton, Center (Brooklyn Nets) $7,600: Keon Johnson, Guard (Brooklyn Nets) $7,400.
