Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks: Liberty vs. Valkyries 6/25/25
New York Liberty vs. Golden State Valkyries
June 25, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the New York Liberty and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the New York Liberty vs. Golden State Valkyries 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 Liberty vs. Valkyries matchup.
Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Breanna Stewart, Forward, New York Liberty $10,400
Talented forward Breanna Stewart has been a standout performer for the New York Liberty this season. Let’s review Stewart’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on Stewart’s overall contributions to her team.
In the 13 games that Breanna Stewart has played for the New York Liberty in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Stewart averaged 20.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 13 games that Breanna Stewart played for the Liberty this season, Stewart is averaging a rather impressive 37.5 Draftkings points a contest.
Earlier this month, in the New York Liberty’s 86-81 win over the Atlanta Dream, New York forward Breanna Stewart certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Stewart amassed 23 points, six rebounds, four assists and one block in the Liberty’s defeat of the Dream.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Breanna Stewart can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in this evening’s matchup with the Atlanta Dream.
In my view, New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this WNBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Breanna Stewart at the captain position for this one game Draftkings WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Sabrina Ionescu, Guard, New York Liberty $9,800
In addition to forward Breanna Stewart, guard Sabrina Ionescu has been a key contributor for the New York Liberty in 2025.
In the 12 games that Sabrina Ionescu has played for the New York Liberty in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Ionescu is averaging 20.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 12 games that Sabrina Ionescu has played for the Liberty this season, Ionescu has compiled a 43.4% field goal percentage, a 33% three-point percentage and a 91.5% free throw percentage.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in tonight’s WNBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Kayla Thornton, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $9,200: Chloe Bibby, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $5,400.
