The top expert is sewn up for the year as RotoGrinder’s Core Plays continues to dominate the competition. We do have some fairly hotly contested races for the remaining top-5 slots though. Our NBA coverage is winding down as MLB will ramp up next week. A full, five-day week is recapped below. Enjoy!
In this article, I will give a brief recap of each day we gathered and graded the experts, including how the Industry Consensus picks performed, highlighting which experts were at the top for the day and which players were only called out by one expert, but produced an “A+” grade. I also list the top DraftKings Points per $1000 experts for each day. Finally, I will also review the overall standings and highlight the top experts so far this season. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
As a reminder, we are currently gathering selections and publishing the NBA Industry Consensus articles on all weekdays that feature at least four games during the NBA season, so be sure to check back about an hour or so before the first game tips off to get a look at the industry expert’s consensus picks for the day.
On to the grades!
Week in Review
Monday (March 11th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.10 (11th of 19)
Total Plays – 29
A+ – Ten of the 29 plays scored an A+ grade
F – Marquese Chriss
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.67) scored two “A+” grades and a “B” with their three plays.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.63) scored “B” or better with all eight of their plays including five “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyNerd, RG Core Plays (5.98 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Harry Giles (DailyRoto)
A+ – Lou Williams (RG Consensus)
A+ – Guillermo Hernangomez (RG Consensus)
A+ – Kenneth Faried (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Dennis Schroder (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (March 12th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 6.22 (6th of 19)
Total Plays – 23
A+ – Eleven of the 23 plays scored an A+ grade
F – Moritz Wagner, Lauri Markkanen
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.50) scored an “A+” and “A” grades with their two selections.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.13) found the top-2 again with half of their eight plays scoring an “A+” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (7.54 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – David Nwaba (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jamal Murray (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Ivica Zubac (RG Grind Down)
A+ – DeAndre Jordan (Sportsline)
A+ – Brandon Knight (FantasyCPR)
A+ – JaMychal Green (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (March 13th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.73 (8th of 21)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – Nine of the 30 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Avery Bradley, Bobby Portis
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.09) hauled in “A” or better grades with eight of their 11 plays including five “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.37) scored “A” or better with eleven of their 19 plays including seven “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Sportsline (5.21 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Derrick Favors (DailyRoto)
A+ – Derrick Jones Jr (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – CJ Miles (FantasyLabs)
A+ – Spencer Dinwiddie (DFS Army)
Thursday (March 14th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.38 (6th of 20)
Total Plays – 29
A+ – Ten of the 29 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Bogdan Bogdanovic
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 6.92) scored an “A” or better with nine of their 13 plays including seven “A+” scores.
#2) Rotowire (Score: 6.38) scored “B” or better with all eight of their plays on Thursday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotowire (6.12 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Norman Powell (DailyRoto)
A+ – Harrison Barnes (RG Grind Down)
A+ – De’Aaron Fox (Sportsline)
A+ – Willie Cauley-Stein (FantasyPros)
Friday (March 15th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.70 (4th of 18)
Total Plays – 23
A+ – Andre Drummond, James Harden, Joel Embiid, Bradley Beal, Elfrid Payton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Julius Randle
F – Bobby Portis
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 5.40) capped off another stellar week with their 3rd appearance atop the expert list.
#2) Rotowire (Score: 4.88) scored an “A+” with three of their eight plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (7.24 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Alex Caruso (DailyRoto)
A+ – Zach Collins (DailyRoto)
A+ – JaVale McGee (DailyRoto)
A+ – Robin Lopez (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Rotoballer)
Overall Leaderboard
RG Core Plays is closing it out strong! You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.09)
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.54)
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.47)
#4) RG Consensus (Score: 5.26)
#5) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.20)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 5.04) jumped .01 in score. The Consensus is now in 8th place for the season.
Ownership Percentage Tracking
A part of daily fantasy sports strategy is understanding ownership percentages and being able to predict ownership percentages prior to entering contests especially for GPP tournaments where you might want to be contrarian by selecting lower owned players or fading highly owned players depending on the payout structure and size of the contest.
Below are the tables showing the actual data collected so far this season. Results are using a DraftKings Double-Up for Cash and single entry tournament for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a player was selected by the experts for a given day. The salary columns show the average ownership percentages for all players that were recommended by the given number of experts for the salary range provided.
Cash
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 18 | 87.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | 57.60% | N/A | 84.70% | N/A |
| 16 | 70.30% | N/A | 84.70% | 79.25% |
| 15 | 75.40% | 76.40% | 64.65% | 53.28% |
| 14 | 64.96% | 67.65% | 52.70% | 70.74% |
| 13 | 41.59% | 46.46% | 56.77% | 75.64% |
| 12 | 39.92% | 46.83% | 51.17% | 63.77% |
| 11 | 35.76% | 33.77% | 44.56% | 46.25% |
| 10 | 28.28% | 31.16% | 37.72% | 46.62% |
| 9 | 17.03% | 19.17% | 32.13% | 46.46% |
| 8 | 13.84% | 19.30% | 25.82% | 32.96% |
| 7 | 11.34% | 17.80% | 20.52% | 29.82% |
| 6 | 9.11% | 14.43% | 14.54% | 23.05% |
| 5 | 7.45% | 8.35% | 11.05% | 14.45% |
| 4 | 4.48% | 5.89% | 8.01% | 13.28% |
| 3 | 3.32% | 4.80% | 4.87% | 7.03% |
| 2 | 1.86% | 2.50% | 3.38% | 4.18% |
| 1 | 1.70% | 1.56% | 2.12% | 1.59% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 18 | 57.90% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | 39.80% | N/A | 53.87% | N/A |
| 16 | 45.33% | N/A | 56.70% | 54.88% |
| 15 | 47.90% | 47.10% | 38.70% | 34.40% |
| 14 | 43.12% | 41.00% | 37.70% | 49.57% |
| 13 | 29.28% | 33.53% | 36.23% | 48.61% |
| 12 | 27.98% | 35.35% | 34.03% | 41.08% |
| 11 | 26.40% | 26.63% | 32.45% | 31.69% |
| 10 | 22.76% | 23.19% | 25.93% | 28.96% |
| 9 | 16.44% | 18.71% | 24.69% | 30.05% |
| 8 | 14.99% | 17.79% | 22.15% | 23.75% |
| 7 | 13.67% | 16.07% | 17.27% | 21.01% |
| 6 | 11.02% | 13.54% | 14.79% | 16.86% |
| 5 | 9.80% | 9.64% | 11.57% | 12.15% |
| 4 | 7.55% | 7.92% | 9.22% | 10.43% |
| 3 | 6.14% | 6.82% | 7.07% | 7.38% |
| 2 | 5.59% | 4.53% | 5.24% | 4.56% |
| 1 | 3.27% | 3.17% | 3.72% | 2.28% |
We continue to track this over the course of the season as we provide projected ownership percentages for players on each slate in our NBA Weighted Consensus article.
