NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of February 14th
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
We’ve arrived at the All-Star Break in the NBA. After last week, we now have a tie atop the season leaderboard. A four-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
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Avg |
| Awesemo – Building Blocks | 7.33 | 7 | 7.50 | 2 | 7.33 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 7.42 |
| NBC Sports Edge – Pivots | 6.00 | 20 | 7.00 | 4 | 7.00 | 2 | – | – | 6.67 |
| Sportsline | 7.33 | 7 | 4.25 | 24 | 6.50 | 5 | 7.40 | 4 | 6.37 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 8.00 | 2 | 7.25 | 3 | 4.63 | 24 | 5.38 | 24 | 6.32 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 7.20 | 10 | 5.00 | 16 | 5.85 | 12 | 7.00 | 8 | 6.26 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 6.92 | 13 | 5.50 | 9 | 5.48 | 14 | 6.88 | 10 | 6.20 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 5.44 | 23 | 4.78 | 20 | 6.67 | 4 | 7.63 | 2 | 6.13 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | – | – | 3.00 | 29 | 5.33 | 18 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.11 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 7.33 | 7 | 5.46 | 11 | 5.43 | 16 | 6.17 | 17 | 6.10 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 8.25 | 1 | 4.29 | 23 | 4.50 | 25 | 7.25 | 5 | 6.07 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.13 | 18 | 7.00 | 4 | 5.38 | 17 | 5.38 | 24 | 5.97 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 6.18 | 17 | 5.00 | 16 | 5.88 | 10 | 6.64 | 13 | 5.93 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 5.85 | 21 | 5.75 | 8 | 5.19 | 19 | 6.89 | 9 | 5.92 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 6.63 | 14 | 6.25 | 6 | 4.88 | 20 | 5.88 | 23 | 5.91 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 8.00 | 2 | 6.25 | 6 | 2.75 | 27 | 6.63 | 14 | 5.91 |
| RunPureSports | 5.23 | 25 | 5.22 | 15 | 5.86 | 11 | 7.11 | 7 | 5.86 |
| FantasyPros | 6.11 | 19 | 4.35 | 22 | 6.00 | 9 | 6.79 | 11 | 5.81 |
| Awesemo – Cheat Sheet | 8.00 | 2 | 3.80 | 26 | 4.20 | 26 | 7.17 | 6 | 5.79 |
| Rotoballer | 5.50 | 22 | 5.00 | 16 | 6.75 | 3 | – | – | 5.75 |
| EliteFantasy | 5.29 | 24 | 5.47 | 10 | 5.59 | 13 | 6.28 | 15 | 5.66 |
| DFSKarma – Game Theory | 7.09 | 12 | 3.70 | 27 | – | – | 6.18 | 16 | 5.66 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 8.00 | 2 | 5.33 | 12 | 2.44 | 30 | 6.75 | 12 | 5.63 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.30 | 16 | 5.30 | 14 | 4.70 | 22 | 6.11 | 18 | 5.60 |
| Rotowire | 4.00 | 29 | 4.80 | 19 | 6.09 | 8 | 5.91 | 22 | 5.20 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 5.20 | 26 | 4.04 | 25 | 5.46 | 15 | 6.00 | 19 | 5.18 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 7.75 | 6 | – | – | 2.33 | 31 | – | – | 5.04 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 4.50 | 27 | – | – | 6.17 | 6 | 4.40 | 27 | 5.02 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 7.13 | 11 | 3.63 | 28 | 2.75 | 27 | 6.00 | 19 | 4.88 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.44 | 30 | 5.33 | 12 | 6.10 | 7 | 4.43 | 26 | 4.83 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 1.29 | 31 | 7.83 | 1 | 4.75 | 21 | 4.13 | 29 | 4.50 |
| Rotogrinders Core Plays | 6.50 | 15 | 3.00 | 29 | 2.50 | 29 | 6.00 | 19 | 4.50 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 4.38 | 28 | 4.56 | 21 | 4.70 | 22 | 4.33 | 28 | 4.49 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Reggie Jackson (DFS Army Full Court Press)
- Josh Hart (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Zach Collins (FantasyLabs)
- Bones Hyland (FantasyPros)
- Gary Harris (FantasyPros)
- JaMychal Green (FantasyPros)
- Franz Wagner (NumberFire Daily Helper)
- Deni Avdija (RG Consensus)
- Nicolas Batum (RG Consensus)
- Tre Mann (DK Playbook Values)
- Bruce Brown (RunPureSports)
- Lonnie Walker IV (RunPureSports)
Tuesday
- Luke Kennard (DFS Army Domination Station)
- Jordan Nwora (DK Playbook Targets)
- Mikal Bridges (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Terry Taylor (FantasyPros)
- CJ McCollum (RG Grind Down)
- Steven Adams (NBC Sports Edge)
Wednesday
- Precious Achiuwa (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Immanuel Quickley (FantasyPros)
- Bogdan Bogdanovic (FantasyPros)
- Javonte Green (FantasyPros)
- Terry Taylor (FantasyPros)
- Onyeka Okongwu (FantasyPros)
- Keldon Johnson (Rotoballer)
- Domantas Sabonis (RG Grind Down)
- De’Aaron Fox (Rotowire)
- Grant Williams (RunPureSports)
Thursday
- Rui Hachimura (DFS Karma Game Theory)
- Jaxson Hayes (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Georges Niang (FantasyPros)
- Omer Yurtseven (RunPureSports)
- Jordan Nwora (RunPureSports)
Value Tracker
- FantasyPros – 145
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 64
- RunPureSports – 49
- EliteFantasy – 32
- Rotowire – 18
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 18
- DFS Army Full Court Press – 17
- NBC Sports Edge Pivots – 11
- NBC Sports Edge – 11
- DFS Karma Game Theory – 10
- NumberFire Daily Helper – 9
- DK Playbook Targets – 9
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 8
- Rotowire Optimizer – 8
- FantasyLabs – 8
- RG Consensus – 8
- RG Grind Down – 8
- DK Playbook Values – 7
- Rotoballer – 6
- DFS Army Cheat Sheet – 4
- RG 6-Pack – 3
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- Sportsline – 2
- DFS Army Domination Station – 2
- Awesemo Cheat Sheet – 1
- RG Lineup Builder – 1
Overall Leaderboard
Our top-3 for the season is below. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1A) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.17)
#1B) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 6.17)
#3) Awesemo Building Blocks (Score: 6.14)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.69) stayed in 7th place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.94) moved up to 24th 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 | 83.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | 59.4% | N/A | N/A | 76.2% |
| 24 | N/A | 84.70% | 85.2% | 82.60% |
| 23 | 87.8% | 74.30% | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 73.2% | N/A | 89.6% | 78.0% |
| 21 | 58.2% | N/A | 88.0% | 86.25% |
| 20 | 70.4% | 75.8% | 86.4% | 65.8% |
| 19 | 68.9% | 75.6% | 67.7% | 85.2% |
| 18 | 61.0% | 59.1% | 67.1% | 64.1% |
| 17 | 65.8% | 60.9% | 64.8% | 66.8% |
| 16 | 53.5% | 54.6% | 44.4% | 60.3% |
| 15 | 46.1% | 58.1% | 53.2% | 58.0% |
| 14 | 49.1% | 40.9% | 45.8% | 56.9% |
| 13 | 35.0% | 48.6% | 58.4% | 46.8% |
| 12 | 29.8% | 36.5% | 41.7% | 49.5% |
| 11 | 24.1% | 23.3% | 36.0% | 29.1% |
| 10 | 25.3% | 30.5% | 29.7% | 36.0% |
| 9 | 17.2% | 21.8% | 24.4% | 27.1% |
| 8 | 17.5% | 14.7% | 30.5% | 32.7% |
| 7 | 16.7% | 15.0% | 17.9% | 22.5% |
| 6 | 9.6% | 13.4% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| 5 | 5.9% | 9.7% | 13.9% | 10.8% |
| 4 | 6.1% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 11.7% |
| 3 | 3.7% | 6.1% | 7.7% | 8.1% |
| 2 | 2.3% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 4.4% |
| 1 | 1.6% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.0% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 26 | 55.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25 | 49.0% | N/A | N/A | 45.3% |
| 24 | N/A | 54.00% | 64.5% | 54.20% |
| 23 | 67.1% | 43.30% | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 43.0% | N/A | 66.7% | 54.4% |
| 21 | 44.3% | N/A | 66.4% | 50.35% |
| 20 | 36.5% | 52.1% | 61.9% | 47.4% |
| 19 | 40.9% | 42.1% | 39.4% | 55.4% |
| 18 | 39.9% | 41.1% | 38.2% | 39.2% |
| 17 | 37.5% | 34.5% | 35.1% | 42.5% |
| 16 | 32.4% | 34.4% | 29.6% | 38.9% |
| 15 | 29.8% | 36.0% | 31.9% | 39.4% |
| 14 | 30.3% | 31.0% | 33.1% | 34.9% |
| 13 | 26.5% | 30.9% | 39.4% | 33.7% |
| 12 | 21.6% | 24.0% | 28.8% | 31.5% |
| 11 | 21.2% | 18.4% | 25.5% | 23.6% |
| 10 | 20.7% | 20.7% | 21.4% | 24.8% |
| 9 | 17.2% | 16.9% | 19.8% | 20.7% |
| 8 | 14.4% | 15.6% | 23.7% | 24.6% |
| 7 | 13.7% | 14.3% | 17.3% | 16.7% |
| 6 | 10.1% | 13.5% | 14.1% | 13.1% |
| 5 | 8.7% | 10.9% | 13.9% | 10.3% |
| 4 | 8.5% | 9.1% | 10.1% | 10.1% |
| 3 | 6.5% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 8.0% |
| 2 | 4.6% | 5.3% | 6.4% | 4.9% |
| 1 | 3.3% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 2.5% |
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.
