Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks: Storm vs. Valkyries 6/14/25
Seattle Storm vs. Golden State Valkyries
June 14, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
The WNBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Seattle Storm and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Seattle Storm 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 tonight’s Storm vs. Valkyries matchup.
Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Sklyar Diggins, Guard, Seattle Storm $9,200
Talented guard Skylar Diggins has been the leader in the backcourt that the Seattle Storm have needed to win games this season. Let’s review Diggins relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran guard’s overall contributions to her team.
In the ten games that guard Skylar Diggins has played for the Seattle Storm in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Diggins is averaging a robust 17.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.4 steals a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the ten games that Skylar Diggins has played for the Storm in 2025, Diggins has compiled a 44.6% field goal percentage, a 38.2% three-point percentage and an 81.7% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Seattle Storm’s 89-77 win over the Phoenix Mercury one week ago, Seattle guard Skylar Diggins certainly played at a high level. More specifically, Diggins amassed 26 points, three rebounds, seven assists and two steals in the Storm’s defeat of the Phoenix Mercury.
As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings WNBA 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 summary, I think Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Skylar Diggins at the captain position for this one game Draftkings WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Gabby Williams, Forward, Seattle Storm $8,800
In addition to guard Skylar Diggins, forward Gabby Williams has been a key contributor for the Seattle Storm this season.
In the ten games that forward Gabby Williams has played for the Seattle Storm this season, Williams has averaged 14.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the ten games that Gabby Williams has played for the Storm in 2025, Williams is averaging 31.6 Draftkings points a contest.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Nneka Ogwumike, Forward (Seattle Storm) $9,800: Kayla Thornton, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $7,600.
