NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of April 19th and Final Grades
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
Wow! What a race to the finish we had in our NBA grading. DFS Army’s Full Court Press made a comeback in the last week to overcome Awesemo’s Building Blocks to take the top spot by .02! Our Consensus Cash plays finished the season in 6th place after spending a good chunk of the year in the top-3. We’ll be back for the 1st round of the playoffs with some Consensus action. 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
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyRoto | 7.77 | 8 | 7.69 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.73 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 10.00 | 1 | 7.67 | 12 | – | – | 2.50 | 27 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.54 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 10.00 | 1 | 4.75 | 31 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.50 | 7 | 8.00 | 2 | 7.45 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 7.50 | 10 | 7.60 | 13 | 7.75 | 3 | 6.00 | 2 | 5.92 | 14 | 6.95 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.80 | 5 | 6.80 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 7.80 | 7 | 7.36 | 17 | 6.20 | 13 | 4.50 | 7 | 6.92 | 4 | 6.56 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 7.33 | 12 | 8.89 | 3 | 5.20 | 19 | 4.78 | 5 | 6.44 | 8 | 6.53 |
| Rotogrinders Core Plays | – | – | 10.00 | 1 | – | – | 2.50 | 27 | 7.00 | 3 | 6.50 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 8.14 | 5 | 6.33 | 27 | 7.88 | 2 | 4.44 | 10 | 4.64 | 24 | 6.29 |
| FantasyLabs | 7.33 | 12 | 8.30 | 6 | 3.89 | 29 | 5.10 | 4 | 6.80 | 5 | 6.28 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 8.14 | 5 | 6.00 | 28 | 6.71 | 7 | 3.63 | 19 | 6.63 | 7 | 6.22 |
| Awesemo – Building Blocks | 6.00 | 17 | 6.50 | 24 | 5.33 | 18 | 7.33 | 1 | 5.67 | 15 | 6.17 |
| RunPureSports | 6.93 | 14 | 7.92 | 9 | 6.59 | 8 | 4.00 | 13 | 5.17 | 18 | 6.12 |
| Sportsline | 7.67 | 9 | 8.33 | 5 | 6.50 | 9 | 2.50 | 27 | 5.33 | 16 | 6.07 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 8.86 | 4 | 7.50 | 15 | 4.50 | 24 | 4.38 | 11 | 4.75 | 21 | 6.00 |
| Rotowire | 6.88 | 15 | 6.92 | 22 | 6.50 | 9 | 3.17 | 22 | 6.00 | 12 | 5.89 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 7.50 | 10 | 8.25 | 7 | 4.57 | 23 | 2.71 | 25 | 6.13 | 10 | 5.83 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 9.29 | 3 | 5.88 | 30 | 4.80 | 21 | 2.75 | 24 | 6.00 | 12 | 5.74 |
| Awesemo – Cheat Sheet | 4.93 | 26 | 7.53 | 14 | 6.79 | 5 | 3.79 | 16 | 5.21 | 17 | 5.65 |
| DFSKarma – Game Theory | 6.00 | 17 | 7.00 | 19 | 5.60 | 16 | 4.69 | 6 | 4.67 | 22 | 5.59 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.00 | 17 | 7.00 | 19 | 4.29 | 28 | 4.50 | 7 | 6.13 | 10 | 5.58 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 6.20 | 16 | 7.79 | 10 | 4.94 | 20 | 3.85 | 15 | 4.79 | 20 | 5.51 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 5.92 | 22 | 8.35 | 4 | 6.24 | 12 | 3.00 | 23 | 3.47 | 31 | 5.40 |
| FantasyPros | 6.00 | 17 | 7.32 | 18 | 5.56 | 17 | 3.74 | 17 | 3.83 | 30 | 5.29 |
| Rotoworld – Pivots | 5.00 | 25 | 7.50 | 15 | 6.75 | 6 | – | – | 1.14 | 33 | 5.10 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 4.38 | 27 | 6.00 | 28 | 6.25 | 11 | 3.89 | 14 | 4.90 | 19 | 5.08 |
| EliteFantasy | 5.07 | 24 | 6.93 | 21 | 4.58 | 22 | 3.48 | 20 | 4.66 | 23 | 4.94 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.43 | 30 | 8.20 | 8 | 4.33 | 26 | 4.33 | 12 | 4.36 | 27 | 4.93 |
| Rotoballer | 6.00 | 17 | 4.50 | 32 | 5.80 | 14 | 3.67 | 18 | 4.64 | 24 | 4.92 |
| Rotoworld | 3.43 | 30 | 6.38 | 26 | 5.75 | 15 | 2.57 | 26 | 6.38 | 9 | 4.90 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 3.50 | 29 | 6.50 | 24 | 4.50 | 24 | 5.25 | 3 | 4.25 | 28 | 4.80 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 5.28 | 23 | 6.75 | 23 | 4.32 | 27 | 3.39 | 21 | 4.06 | 29 | 4.76 |
| SportsGamblingPodcast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.50 | 26 | 4.50 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 4.00 | 28 | – | – | 7.00 | 4 | – | – | 1.33 | 32 | 4.11 |
| DFSKarma – GPP Plays | 0.00 | 32 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 30 | 1.00 | 30 | 1.00 | 34 | 3.00 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Talen Horton-Tucker (DailyRoto)
- Grayson Allen (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Danny Green (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Will Barton (EliteFantasy)
- Tyler Cook (FantasyPros)
- Ja Morant (RunPureSports)
Tuesday
- Miles Bridges (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Moe Harkless (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Jeff Green (EliteFantasy)
- Jaden McDaniels (RG Lineup Builder)
- Taj Gibson (Rotoworld Pivots)
- D’Angelo Russell (RunPureSports)
Wednesday
- Kent Bazemore (Awesemo Cheat Sheet)
- De’Aaron Fox (DFS Army Full Court Press)
- Luke Kennard (DFS Army Cheat Sheet)
- Danny Green (DK Playbook Values)
- Cory Joseph (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Nerlens Noel (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Derrick Rose (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Buddy Hield (EliteFantasy)
- Immanuel Quickley (FantasyPros)
- Kelly Oubre (Rotowire)
- Reggie Bullock (Rotoworld)
- Kenrich Williams (Rotoworld Pivots)
Thursday
- Dennis Schroder (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Shake Milton (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Bobby Portis (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Tyrese Maxey (Rotoballer)
- Derrick White (RG Grind Down)
Friday
- Payton Pritchard (Rotoworld)
Overall Leaderboard
And that is that! What a tight race for most all of the season. Our top-3 for the season is below. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) DFS Army Full Court Press (Score: 5.69)
#2) Awesemo Building Blocks (Score: 5.67)
#3) Sportsline (Score: 5.60)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.52) dropped a couple spots to finish in 6th place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.62) finishes the season in 25th place.
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 |
| 26 | 76.6% | N/A | N/A | 45.1% |
| 25 | 87.0% | 77.0% | 78.8% | 91.6% |
| 24 | 74.5% | 82.9% | N/A | 84.4% |
| 23 | 69.4% | 81.5% | 55.1% | 73.4% |
| 22 | 60.6% | 81.6% | 78.3% | 71.2% |
| 21 | 67.2% | 63.2% | 33.3% | 63.8% |
| 20 | 60.8% | N/A | 41.9% | 70.8% |
| 19 | 56.9% | 56.4% | 57.0% | 58.3% |
| 18 | 60.3% | 66.2% | 37.6% | 70.2% |
| 17 | 47.9% | 55.5% | 51.8% | 63.9% |
| 16 | 38.5% | 50.5% | 42.1% | 69.8% |
| 15 | 44.4% | 41.1% | 50.7% | 41.5% |
| 14 | 32.6% | 38.8% | 38.5% | 42.1% |
| 13 | 31.8% | 34.3% | 36.5% | 60.4% |
| 12 | 19.2% | 29.2% | 32.1% | 42.3% |
| 11 | 21.8% | 26.6% | 31.0% | 43.2% |
| 10 | 17.2% | 21.4% | 25.9% | 37.2% |
| 9 | 13.7% | 15.7% | 18.1% | 28.5% |
| 8 | 10.2% | 16.1% | 19.8% | 30.0% |
| 7 | 6.2% | 8.3% | 13.5% | 20.7% |
| 6 | 5.2% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 18.6% |
| 5 | 4.9% | 6.4% | 10.4% | 16.3% |
| 4 | 3.7% | 5.7% | 7.1% | 11.7% |
| 3 | 3.2% | 3.8% | 5.1% | 10.0% |
| 2 | 1.9% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| 1 | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 26 | 43.2% | N/A | N/A | 33.6% |
| 25 | 60.8% | 51.9% | 40.2% | 70.0% |
| 24 | 43.0% | 47.7% | N/A | 55.8% |
| 23 | 39.5% | 46.2% | 41.6% | 51.0% |
| 22 | 42.8% | 55.7% | 52.6% | 53.3% |
| 21 | 40.2% | 37.8% | 29.2% | 44.4% |
| 20 | 38.0% | N/A | 31.4% | 44.9% |
| 19 | 34.7% | 32.8% | 39.5% | 36.8% |
| 18 | 36.7% | 37.4% | 33.2% | 45.1% |
| 17 | 35.5% | 35.7% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| 16 | 29.0% | 32.0% | 30.5% | 47.4% |
| 15 | 29.4% | 29.2% | 32.1% | 29.1% |
| 14 | 25.4% | 28.2% | 27.1% | 30.7% |
| 13 | 23.3% | 23.0% | 26.8% | 41.7% |
| 12 | 17.4% | 21.8% | 24.9% | 27.1% |
| 11 | 19.5% | 20.9% | 24.3% | 29.1% |
| 10 | 15.2% | 18.2% | 20.0% | 24.9% |
| 9 | 14.3% | 15.0% | 17.1% | 20.1% |
| 8 | 11.3% | 14.3% | 17.8% | 19.9% |
| 7 | 9.3% | 10.7% | 13.2% | 16.2% |
| 6 | 7.9% | 10.9% | 11.5% | 14.4% |
| 5 | 7.1% | 8.6% | 11.0% | 13.9% |
| 4 | 5.9% | 7.7% | 9.4% | 10.1% |
| 3 | 4.9% | 6.0% | 7.6% | 8.9% |
| 2 | 3.6% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| 1 | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 3.2% |
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.
