FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks: Mercury vs. Valkyries 7/14/25
Phoenix Mercury vs. Golden State Valkyries
July 14, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Phoenix Mercury and the Golden State Valkyries. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Phoenix Mercury vs. Golden State Valkyries game let’s review the rules for the FanDuel single game showdown contest.
FanDuel Single Game Contest Rules
Here are the FanDuel single game contest rules. You have $60,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team MVP. The MVP accumulates 1.5x times the standard FanDuel fantasy points value. Additionally, the MVP is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.
The remaining five players in your lineup will be flex plays. The five flex positions will receive the standard FanDuel points value. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your MVP position if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) FanDuel single game contest.
If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game contest, I highly recommend that you check out the FanDuel 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 FanDuel picks for tomorrow night’s Mercury vs. Valkyries matchup.
FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks
MVP-Alyssa Thomas, Forward, Pheonix Mercury $13,400
Talented forward Alyssa Thomas has certainly been a solid performer for the Phoenix Mercury this season. Let’s review Thomas’s relevant player data from the 2025 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran forward’s overall contributions to her team.
In the 15 games that forward Alyssa Thomas played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thomas is averaging a rather impressive 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 0.4 blocks a game.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the 15 games that Alyssa Thomas has played for the Mercury in 2025, Thomas has compiled a 53.8% field goal percentage and a 68.8% free throw percentage.
Last month, in the Phoenix Mercury’s 106-91 win over the New York Liberty, Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas played exceptionally well. More specifically, Thomas amassed 17 points, nine rebounds and 15 assists in the Mercury’s defeat of the Liberty.
What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Alyssa Thomas can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in tomorrow night’s matchup with the Golden State Valkyries.
Earlier today, the Phoenix Mercury announced the talented forward Satou Sabally will miss tomorrow’s game due to an ankle injury. I think the absence of Sabally in the Mercury’s lineup should open up more offensive opportunities for Alyssa Thomas.
In my view, Alyssa Thomas is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Kayla Thornton, Forward, Golden State Valkyries $10,800
Talented forward Kayla Thornton has been a key contributor for the Golden State Valkyries in 2025. In the 20 games that Thornton has played for the Valkyries in the 2025 WNBA regular season, Thornton is averaging a robust 14.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.2 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 20 games that forward Kayla Thornton has played for Golden State this season, Thornton has compiled a 38% field goal percentage and a 28.8% three-point percentage.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Sami Whitcomb, Guard (Phoenix Mercury) $7,600: Tiffany Hayes, Guard (Golden State Valkyries) $7,200.
