Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Thunder vs. Grizzlies 11/9/25
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies
November 9, 2025 6:00 pm EDT
Later today, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with an NBA regular season matchup featuring the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies 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 Thunder vs. Grizzlies matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $11,200
Talented point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been a solid performer for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season. With that said, how has Gilgeous-Alexander performed from a statistical standpoint in 2025? Let’s review the veteran point guard’s relevant player data from the 2025 NBA season to answer that question.
In the ten games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA regular season season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has averaged 33 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the ten games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, Gilgeous-Alexander compiled a 52.3% field goal percentage, a 35.1% three-point percentage and a 90.3% free throw percentage.
More recently, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s convincing 126-107 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers five days ago, Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played exceptionally well. Let me be more specific. In the Oklahoma City Thunder’s defeat of the Los Angeles Clippers, Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 30 points, four rebounds, 12 assists, three blocks and one steal in only 29 minutes of play.
Examining the data just presented more closely, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s win over the Clippers, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tallied a robust 61.5 Draftkings points.
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.
In my view, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA playoff game. For that specific reason, I am backing Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Isaiah Hartenstein, Center, Oklahoma City Thunder $7,400
In addition to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, center Isaiah Hartenstein has been a key contributor for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season.
Last month, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s convincing 117-100 win over the Atlanta Hawks, Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein played rather well. In the Thunder’s defeat of the Hawks, Hartenstein accumulated 14 points, ten rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this NBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Ja Morant, Point Guard (Memphis Grizzlies) $9,200: Alex Caruso, Guard (Oklahoma City Thunder) $4,400.
