Seattle Storm vs. Dallas Wings
May 19, 2025 8:00 pm EDT
The WNBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Seattle Storm and the Dallas Wings. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Seattle Storm vs. Dallas Wings 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 tomorrow night’s Seattle Storm vs. Dallas Wings matchup.
Draftkings WNBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Skylar Diggins, Guard, Seattle Storm $8,600
Veteran guard Skylar Diggins was a standout performer for the Seattle Storm last season. With that said how did Diggins perform from a statistical standpoint? Let’s review Diggins relevant player data from the 2024 WNBA regular season to answer that question.
In the 40 games that Skylar Diggins played for the Seattle Storm in the 2024 WNBA regular season, Diggins averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks a game.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 40 games that Skylar Diggins played for the Storm in 2024, Diggins averaged a robust 32.7 Draftkings points a contest.
More recently, in the Storm’s opening game of the 2025 WNBA regular season two days ago, Seattle guard Skylar Diggins 21 points, three rebounds, four assists, four steals and one block in the Las Vegas Aces 83-76 defeat of the Seattle Storm.
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 my view, 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 Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins at the captain position for this one game Draftkings WNBA single game contest.
Flex Plays
Nneka Ogwumike, Forward, Seattle Storm $9,400
In addition to guard Skylar Diggins, forward Nneka Ogwumike was a key contributor for the Seattle Storm last season. Let’s examine Ogwumike’s game data from 2024 to better shed light on my previous statement.
In the 37 games that forward Nneka Ogwumike played for the Seattle Storm in the 2024 WNBA regular season, Ogwumike averaged 16.6 points, 7.7 assists, 2.3 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.5 blocks a contest.
Looking closer at the data just presented, in the 37 games that Ogwumike played for the Storm in 2024, Ogwumike averaged a rather impressive 34.8 Draftkings points a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this WNBA regular season game (Draftkings price noted): Arika Ogunbowale, Guard (Dallas Wings) $9,600: Paige Bueckers, Guard (Dallas Wings) $9,000.
