NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of February 10th
NBA Expert Recap and Grades for Week of February 10th
While things remain the same in the top-3, it’s getting really close. Our Consensus Cash plays continue to hold on to the #3 slot but there are several experts that could overtake that spot with a good week. Don’t forget that our Premium Content gets you all our PGA and NBA content along with our MLB content which will be kicking off shortly. A full, five slate 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 (February 10th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Cash DO Score – 4.10 (15th of 31)
Total Cash Plays – 10
GPP DO Score – 5.71 (4th of 31)
Total GPP Plays – 14
A+ – Seven of the 24 total plays scored an A+ grade.
F – Reggie Jackson
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DFS Karma (Score: 8.57) kicked off the week in a big way. They scored “A” or better on all seven plays including five “A+” scores.
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 7.67) scored two “A+” grades with their three plays on Monday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyInsider (6.87 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Tim Hardaway, Jr. (DailyRoto)
A+ – LaMarcus Aldridge (DailyRoto)
A+ – DeAndre Jordan (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Kyle Lowry (FantasyPros)
A+ – OG Anunoby (FantasyPros)
A+ – Kelly Olynyk (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (February 11th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Cash DO Score – 6.00 (T-12th of 29)
Total Cash Plays – 13
GPP DO Score – 6.00 (T-12th of 29)
Total GPP Plays – 11
A+ – Ten of the 24 total plays scored an A+ grade.
F – None
Top Experts of the Day
#1A) RG Core Plays (Score: 10.00) scored three “A+” grades on Tuesday.
#1B) Awesemo (Score: 10.00) made two plays and both scored “A+” grades.
#1C) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 10.00) scored “A+” with their only play of the day.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (7.86 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Josh Hart (Fantasy Alarm)
Wednesday (February 12th)
Industry Consensus Picks
Cash DO Score – 4.45 (20th of 30)
Total Cash Plays – 11
GPP DO Score – 6.10 (6th of 30)
Total GPP Plays – 10
A+ – Eight of the 21 total plays scored an A+ grade.
F – None
Top Experts of the Day
#1A) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.71) scored five “A+” grades with their seven plays.
#1B) Sportsline (Score: 7.71) also scored five “A+” grades on seven plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Sportsline (6.40 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Malcolm Brogdon (DailyRoto)
A+ – Bojan Bogdanovic (DailyRoto)
A+ – Brandon Clarke (DailyRoto)
A+ – De’Andre Hunter (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tristan Thompson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Gorgui Dieng (FantasyPros)
A+ – Myles Turner (FantasyPros)
A+ – Bismack Biyombo (FantasyPros)
A+ – TJ Warren (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Jarrett Allen (FullTimeFantasy)
A+ – Markelle Fultz (NumberFire – DK Daily Helper)
A+ – Aaron Gordon (NumberFire – DK Daily Helper)
A+ – Tim Hardaway, Jr. (NumberFire – DK Daily Helper)
A+ – Malik Monk (Rotoballer)
A+ – Joe Harris (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Naz Reid (Sportsline)
Overall Leaderboard
It’s getting close at the top! There are also several experts nipping at our Cash play heels for the 3rd spot. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) NumberFire – Studs (Score: 5.92)
#2) DFS Karma (Score: 5.86)
#3) Daily Overlay Industry Consensus – Cash Plays (Score: 5.47)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.47) continue to sit in the top-3. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.29) remained in 31st 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 |
| 27 | 87.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | N/A | 83.2% | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | 82.3% | 79.1% | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 72.2% | 76.1% | N/A | N/A |
| 21 | 73.3% | 74.6% | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | 74.7% | 67.9% | 47.4% | 75.3% |
| 19 | 65.9% | 65.4% | 83.6% | 79.1% |
| 18 | 64.0% | 67.5% | 69.9% | 65.2% |
| 17 | 40.0% | 41.6% | 72.2% | 70.9% |
| 16 | 48.0% | 41.2% | 60.5% | N/A |
| 15 | 39.8% | 44.7% | 61.6% | 52.6% |
| 14 | 28.6% | 48.9% | 53.4% | 60.2% |
| 13 | 33.0% | 32.1% | 59.1% | 60.8% |
| 12 | 20.7% | 34.7% | 41.6% | 53.6% |
| 11 | 16.3% | 29.5% | 35.0% | 47.3% |
| 10 | 14.5% | 22.5% | 38.3% | 39.5% |
| 9 | 9.6% | 15.7% | 27.5% | 42.7% |
| 8 | 9.8% | 11.2% | 18.0% | 28.3% |
| 7 | 7.3% | 10.6% | 18.3% | 32.0% |
| 6 | 5.3% | 8.4% | 13.7% | 26.5% |
| 5 | 3.5% | 6.2% | 8.8% | 15.9% |
| 4 | 3.4% | 5.4% | 7.2% | 14.0% |
| 3 | 2.2% | 3.6% | 5.1% | 8.1% |
| 2 | 1.5% | 2.3% | 3.5% | 5.5% |
| 1 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 27 | 63.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | N/A | 57.3% | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | 55.5% | 54.9% | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 38.8% | 43.3% | N/A | N/A |
| 21 | 51.8% | 51.3% | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | 46.3% | 46.3% | 37.8% | 50.4% |
| 19 | 46.5% | 42.4% | 55.6% | 56.7% |
| 18 | 40.8% | 45.8% | 41.1% | 43.1% |
| 17 | 32.5% | 31.5% | 45.5% | 45.7% |
| 16 | 30.9% | 30.2% | 35.7% | N/A |
| 15 | 29.0% | 29.6% | 38.6% | 29.5% |
| 14 | 24.9% | 33.5% | 34.3% | 37.9% |
| 13 | 28.5% | 25.5% | 37.3% | 39.1% |
| 12 | 19.6% | 26.1% | 29.0% | 33.8% |
| 11 | 16.3% | 22.0% | 26.9% | 31.0% |
| 10 | 14.6% | 20.4% | 27.6% | 25.8% |
| 9 | 11.7% | 15.6% | 20.9% | 27.4% |
| 8 | 12.5% | 13.0% | 17.0% | 20.0% |
| 7 | 10.8% | 11.9% | 17.1% | 21.2% |
| 6 | 7.7% | 9.4% | 13.5% | 19.4% |
| 5 | 6.0% | 8.2% | 10.2% | 12.1% |
| 4 | 5.4% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 11.2% |
| 3 | 5.0% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| 2 | 3.6% | 4.1% | 5.5% | 5.5% |
| 1 | 2.2% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
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.
