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FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks: Valkyries vs. Sparks 5/23/25

Golden State Valkyries vs. Los Angeles Sparks
May 23, 2025 10:00 pm EDT

The WNBA presents FanDuel basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Golden State Valkyries and the Los Angeles Sparks. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.

Before we dive into the Golden State Valkyries vs. Los Angeles Sparks 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 this evening’s Valkyries vs. Sparks matchup.

FanDuel WNBA DFS Picks

MVP-Dearica Hamby, Forward, Los Angeles Sparks $12,600

Talented forward Dearica Hamby was a solid performer for the Los Angeles Sparks last season. Let’s review Hamby’s relevant player data from the 2024 WNBA regular season to better shed light on the veteran forward’s overall contributions to her team.

In the 40 games that Dearica Hamby played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2024 WNBA regular season, Hamby averaged a rather impressive 17.3 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.2 blocks a game.

How has Hamby played so far this season? In the three games that Dearica Hamby has played for the Sparks in 2025, Hamby has averaged 31.3 FanDuel points a game.

More recently, in the Minnesota Lynx’s 89-75 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks five days ago, Dearica Hamby amassed 20 points, ten rebounds and two assists.

What did we learn from the data just presented? Clearly, Dearica Hamby can post a high number of DFS points on any given night. With that said, I fully expect that trend to continue in tonight’s matchup with the Golden State Valkyries.

In my opinion, Dearica Hamby is the most likely player to post the most FanDuel points in this WNBA regular season game. For that specific reason, I am backing Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby at the MVP position for this one game FanDuel WNBA single game contest.

Flex Plays

Kelsey Plum, Guard, Los Angeles Sparks $13,200

Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum has been the driving force behind the team’s success on the offensive side of the basketball this season.

In the three games that guard Kelsey Plum has played for the Los Angeles Sparks this season, Plum has averaged a rather impressive 26.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 2.7 steals and 0.3 blocks a game.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the three games that Kelsey Plum has played for the Sparks in 2025, Plum is averaging 42.6 FanDuel points a contest.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s WNBA regular season game (FanDuel price noted): Azura Stevens, Forward (Los Angeles Sparks) $12,200: Veronica Burton, Guard (Golden State Valkyries) $8,600: Janelle Salaun, Forward (Golden State Valkyries) $3,600.

Hans Geevers's Free Pick: See Above

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Hans Geevers

I have been an avid fan of sports since I was a kid. Additionally, I have been betting on sports for the better part of the last two decades! I have been married to my wife Dawn for over 21 years. I am also the proud father of Hannah! These ladies provide me the inspiration to live each day to it's fullest.

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