NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of February 6th
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
Some big shakeups in the leaderboard for the week. A newcomer to the top-3 and our leader has created a little space between themselves and the others. 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 | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Rotogrinders Core Plays | 10.00 | 1 | 5.33 | 6 | 6.50 | 8 | 10.00 | 1 | 7.96 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 7.67 | 4 | – | – | 6.17 | 11 | 7.00 | 6 | 6.95 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 7.00 | 7 | 3.00 | 25 | 7.67 | 2 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.92 |
| Sportsline | 10.00 | 1 | 8.33 | 1 | 5.00 | 22 | 3.67 | 25 | 6.75 |
| DFSKarma – Building Blocks | 7.00 | 7 | 3.00 | 25 | 7.00 | 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.75 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 6.75 | 11 | 4.20 | 12 | 8.25 | 1 | 7.29 | 5 | 6.62 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 7.00 | 7 | 6.00 | 2 | 5.38 | 15 | 6.50 | 7 | 6.22 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 9.29 | 3 | 3.89 | 18 | 5.00 | 22 | 6.22 | 10 | 6.10 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.80 | 18 | 5.80 | 5 | 5.20 | 18 | 7.60 | 4 | 5.85 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 4.63 | 22 | 6.00 | 2 | 5.75 | 14 | 6.50 | 7 | 5.72 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 5.92 | 12 | 5.00 | 8 | 5.33 | 17 | 6.00 | 11 | 5.56 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 7.13 | 6 | 4.14 | 13 | 5.13 | 19 | 5.75 | 12 | 5.54 |
| Stokastic – Cheat Sheet | 5.23 | 15 | 4.23 | 11 | 5.82 | 13 | 6.23 | 9 | 5.38 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 4.75 | 20 | 5.09 | 7 | 6.21 | 10 | – | – | 5.35 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 3.80 | 27 | 4.69 | 10 | 7.56 | 3 | 5.33 | 14 | 5.35 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 5.88 | 13 | 5.00 | 8 | 4.63 | 27 | 5.63 | 13 | 5.29 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 4.63 | 22 | 4.00 | 15 | 6.85 | 6 | 4.85 | 19 | 5.08 |
| Rotowire | 5.70 | 14 | 3.91 | 17 | 6.30 | 9 | 4.27 | 22 | 5.05 |
| Rotoballer | 4.44 | 24 | 6.00 | 2 | 4.88 | 25 | 4.71 | 20 | 5.01 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 7.67 | 4 | 3.67 | 21 | 7.33 | 4 | 1.00 | 28 | 4.92 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.88 | 10 | 3.75 | 19 | 3.43 | 29 | 5.25 | 15 | 4.83 |
| FantasyGuru | 4.90 | 16 | 4.07 | 14 | 5.11 | 20 | 5.15 | 17 | 4.81 |
| RunPureSports | 4.85 | 17 | 3.63 | 22 | 6.00 | 12 | 4.61 | 21 | 4.77 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 4.75 | 20 | 3.75 | 19 | 5.00 | 22 | 5.22 | 16 | 4.68 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 4.27 | 25 | 3.52 | 23 | 5.07 | 21 | 4.92 | 18 | 4.45 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 3.82 | 26 | 3.30 | 24 | 5.35 | 16 | 3.97 | 23 | 4.11 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 3.58 | 28 | 2.13 | 27 | 6.60 | 7 | 3.38 | 26 | 3.92 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 3.44 | 29 | 4.00 | 15 | 4.00 | 28 | 3.78 | 24 | 3.81 |
| FantasyPros | 4.76 | 19 | 2.00 | 28 | 4.73 | 26 | 1.29 | 27 | 3.20 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Tre Mann (FantasyPros)
- Will Barton (FantasyPros)
- Andre Drummond (FantasyPros)
- Dwight Powell (NumberFire)
Tuesday
- Jalen Williams (FantasyGuru)
Wednesday
- Jalen Duren (FantasyGuru)
- Jae’Sean Tate (FantasyPros)
- Grant Williams (FantasyPros)
- Doug McDermott (FantasyPros)
- Taurean Prince (NumberFire)
- Collin Sexton (RunPureSports)
- Sam Hauser (RunPureSports)
- Jaden McDaniels (RunPureSports)
Friday
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Josh Okogie (RunPureSports)
- Shaedon Sharpe (RunPureSports)
Value Tracker
- FantasyPros – 61
- NumberFire – 40
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 33
- RunPureSports – 34
- FantasyGuru – 18
- Rotowire – 17
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 9
- DK Playbook Values – 9
- Rotoballer – 8
- Rotowire Optimizer – 5
- DFS Army Full Court Press – 5
- RG Grind Down – 4
- Stokastic Cheat Sheet – 4
- RG Consensus – 4
- DK Playbook Targets – 3
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 3
- DailyFantasySportsRankings – 3
- FantasyLabs – 1
- DailyFantasyNerd – 1
- RG 6-Pack – 1
- Sportsline – 1
- DFS Army Domination Station – 1
- RG Lineup Builder – 1
Overall Leaderboard
Our top-3 for the season is below. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.12)
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 5.76)
#3) DFS Army Cheat Sheet (Score: 5.71)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.49) is now in a tie for 7th place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.77) is now in 21st 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 |
| 25 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 24 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 23 | NA | NA | 94.3% | 85.9% |
| 22 | NA | NA | 86.7% | 78.6% |
| 21 | 80.7% | 69.6% | NA | NA |
| 20 | 55.5% | 79.7% | 87.9% | 83.5% |
| 19 | 75.8% | 66.8% | 84.0% | 65.7% |
| 18 | 59.7% | 77.0% | 79.9% | 74.8% |
| 17 | 50.9% | 56.7% | 57.7% | 67.3% |
| 16 | 49.5% | 48.8% | 65.5% | 50.2% |
| 15 | 43.5% | 52.0% | 55.6% | 70.0% |
| 14 | 41.7% | 57.6% | 73.4% | 47.1% |
| 13 | 27.5% | 42.0% | 46.1% | 48.8% |
| 12 | 27.6% | 45.3% | 39.1% | 37.6% |
| 11 | 20.3% | 32.4% | 36.5% | 46.3% |
| 10 | 18.9% | 32.9% | 34.2% | 39.1% |
| 9 | 15.2% | 13.4% | 28.2% | 34.2% |
| 8 | 14.4% | 24.8% | 29.0% | 30.4% |
| 7 | 10.5% | 12.7% | 20.2% | 23.9% |
| 6 | 7.9% | 9.6% | 13.3% | 18.6% |
| 5 | 5.3% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 14.3% |
| 4 | 5.6% | 7.0% | 11.0% | 11.2% |
| 3 | 4.1% | 7.1% | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| 2 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
| 1 | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 25 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 24 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 23 | NA | NA | 61.6% | 62.4% |
| 22 | NA | NA | 57.7% | 50.4% |
| 21 | 48.4% | 46.6% | NA | NA |
| 20 | 30.7% | 43.4% | 62.7% | 55.2% |
| 19 | 47.5% | 38.7% | 54.7% | 42.6% |
| 18 | 39.6% | 44.8% | 53.9% | 44.4% |
| 17 | 30.4% | 34.6% | 39.1% | 45.5% |
| 16 | 32.1% | 33.1% | 36.7% | 37.9% |
| 15 | 26.5% | 28.8% | 35.6% | 39.1% |
| 14 | 28.2% | 31.8% | 40.7% | 34.6% |
| 13 | 23.8% | 26.4% | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 12 | 22.0% | 27.1% | 27.5% | 31.0% |
| 11 | 16.8% | 19.6% | 25.1% | 30.9% |
| 10 | 16.1% | 21.9% | 23.7% | 26.0% |
| 9 | 14.2% | 15.0% | 18.7% | 22.0% |
| 8 | 13.5% | 17.7% | 20.2% | 19.9% |
| 7 | 10.9% | 11.6% | 15.1% | 18.4% |
| 6 | 10.1% | 11.8% | 14.0% | 14.8% |
| 5 | 7.7% | 9.0% | 10.6% | 12.7% |
| 4 | 7.0% | 8.4% | 12.2% | 10.7% |
| 3 | 6.5% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 9.3% |
| 2 | 4.4% | 5.1% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| 1 | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 2.6% |
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.
