Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Nets vs. Pistons 3/1/25
Draftkings picks for tonight's Brooklyn Nets vs. Detroit Pistons matchup.
Brooklyn Nets vs. Detroit Pistons
March 1, 2025 7:00 pm EDT
The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Brooklyn Nets and the Detroit Pistons. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Brooklyn Nets vs. Detroit Pistons 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 tonight’s Brooklyn Nets vs. Detroit Pistons matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Cade Cunningham, Point Guard, Detroit Pistons $12,200
Point guard Cade Cunningham has been a standout performer for the Detroit Pistons 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 55 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2024 NBA regular season, Cunningham has averaged 25.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 55 games that Cade Cunningham has played for the Detroit Pistons this season, Cunningham is averaging a massive 50.9 Draftkings points a game.
More recently, in the Detroit Pistons impressive 117-97 upset win over the Boston Celtics five days ago, Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Cunningham amassed 21 points, four rebounds, 11 assists and three steals Detroit Pistons victory over the Boston Celtics.
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 for this one game DFS slate.
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
Tobias Harris, Power Forward, Detroit Pistons $7,400
In addition to point guard Cade Cunningham, veteran power forward Tobias Harris has been a contributor for the Detroit Pistons this season. Let’s dive into Harris’s game data from this season to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 58 games that Tobias Harris has played for the Detroit Pistons in the 2024 NBA regular season, Harris has averaged 13.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in today’s NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Duren, Center (Detroit Pistons) $8,400: Cameron Johnson, Forward (Brooklyn Nets) $8,200: Ausar Thompson, Small Forward (Detroit Pistons) $6,600.
