NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of February 8th
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
Another great week for our Cash Consensus plays as they continue to sit in 3rd place. Things are really tight so far this year as we have seven experts with a DO score over 5.0 and several others creeping towards that number. 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
| Expert | Mon | Rk | Tues | Rk | Wed | Rk | Thur | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 7.50 | 1 | 3.00 | 33 | 7.50 | 7 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 26 | 6.40 |
| Rotogrinders Core Plays | 1.50 | 32 | 6.50 | 5 | 10.00 | 1 | 4.33 | 13 | 6.00 | 6 | 5.67 |
| DailyRoto | 5.60 | 2 | 5.50 | 11 | 6.09 | 10 | 5.08 | 8 | 5.50 | 11 | 5.55 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 4.00 | 14 | 5.50 | 11 | 6.75 | 8 | 5.42 | 6 | 6.08 | 5 | 5.55 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 5.00 | 4 | 5.56 | 10 | 4.55 | 27 | 5.89 | 5 | 6.71 | 1 | 5.54 |
| Awesemo – Building Blocks | 4.20 | 12 | 7.00 | 4 | 5.00 | 24 | 6.50 | 2 | 4.50 | 21 | 5.44 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 3.13 | 21 | 7.63 | 2 | 8.29 | 2 | 4.13 | 18 | 3.88 | 28 | 5.41 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 5.47 | 3 | 6.25 | 7 | 5.33 | 17 | 4.64 | 11 | 4.87 | 19 | 5.31 |
| DFSKarma – Game Theory | 4.36 | 9 | 4.33 | 25 | 5.18 | 21 | 6.30 | 4 | 5.45 | 12 | 5.12 |
| Rotowire | 4.69 | 6 | 5.38 | 14 | 5.09 | 23 | 5.00 | 9 | 5.45 | 12 | 5.12 |
| FantasyLabs | 3.70 | 16 | 4.73 | 18 | 8.25 | 3 | 3.73 | 23 | 5.00 | 17 | 5.08 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 2.14 | 27 | 5.13 | 16 | 8.00 | 4 | 3.38 | 28 | 6.63 | 2 | 5.06 |
| Rotoworld | 4.33 | 11 | 7.50 | 3 | 5.11 | 22 | 5.11 | 7 | 2.75 | 31 | 4.96 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 2.80 | 24 | 3.60 | 31 | 7.67 | 5 | 4.22 | 16 | 5.70 | 8 | 4.80 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 4.60 | 7 | 4.05 | 28 | 5.21 | 19 | 4.25 | 14 | 5.45 | 12 | 4.71 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 2.25 | 25 | 5.25 | 15 | 5.57 | 13 | 4.67 | 10 | 5.63 | 9 | 4.67 |
| Rotoballer | 4.00 | 14 | 3.71 | 29 | 7.57 | 6 | 1.71 | 31 | 6.29 | 3 | 4.66 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 2.14 | 27 | 6.38 | 6 | 5.43 | 14 | 3.50 | 25 | 5.75 | 7 | 4.64 |
| EliteFantasy | 3.00 | 23 | 4.57 | 20 | 5.81 | 11 | 4.22 | 16 | 5.22 | 16 | 4.56 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 4.77 | 5 | 4.40 | 22 | 5.00 | 24 | 3.40 | 26 | 5.00 | 17 | 4.51 |
| DailyOverlay – Hot Sheet | 3.30 | 20 | 5.50 | 11 | 5.33 | 17 | 3.78 | 22 | 4.50 | 21 | 4.48 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 4.43 | 8 | 5.00 | 17 | 5.43 | 14 | 4.13 | 18 | 3.25 | 29 | 4.45 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 1.83 | 30 | 5.75 | 9 | 5.43 | 14 | 4.50 | 12 | 4.50 | 21 | 4.40 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 3.65 | 17 | 4.40 | 22 | 3.90 | 30 | 3.60 | 24 | 6.20 | 4 | 4.35 |
| Awesemo – Cheat Sheet | 3.07 | 22 | 4.40 | 22 | 5.21 | 19 | 4.23 | 15 | 4.36 | 24 | 4.25 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 4.20 | 12 | 6.00 | 8 | 2.80 | 33 | 2.25 | 29 | 5.60 | 10 | 4.17 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 4.34 | 10 | 4.41 | 21 | 3.86 | 31 | 3.84 | 21 | 4.32 | 25 | 4.15 |
| Sportsline | 1.50 | 32 | 3.00 | 33 | 6.50 | 9 | 6.50 | 2 | 3.00 | 30 | 4.10 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 3.33 | 19 | 4.30 | 27 | 4.10 | 29 | 4.00 | 20 | 4.60 | 20 | 4.07 |
| DFSKarma – GPP Plays | 2.00 | 29 | 10.00 | 1 | 5.00 | 24 | 2.00 | 30 | 1.00 | 34 | 4.00 |
| FantasyPros | 3.40 | 18 | 4.65 | 19 | 2.82 | 32 | 3.39 | 27 | 5.42 | 15 | 3.94 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | 3.67 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.67 |
| Rotoworld – Pivots | 1.67 | 31 | 3.38 | 32 | 5.80 | 12 | – | – | 2.67 | 32 | 3.38 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 2.25 | 25 | 4.33 | 25 | 4.33 | 28 | 1.67 | 32 | 2.00 | 33 | 2.92 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Malik Beasley (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Josh Richardson (EliteFantasy)
- Dennis Schroder (FantasyPros)
- Dillon Brooks (NumberFire Daily Helper)
- Donte DiVincenzo (NumberFire Daily Helper)
Tuesday
- Terrence Ross (FantasyLabs)
- Dwight Howard (FantasyPros)
- Bruce Brown (Rotowire Optimizer)
- Chuma Okeke (Rotoworld)
Wednesday
- Lonzo Ball (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Norman Powell (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Garrett Temple (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Jarrett Allen (Fantasy Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Kevin Huerter (EliteFantasy)
- Markieff Morris (FantasyPros)
- Kyrie Irving (Rotowire)
Thursday
- Chuma Okeke (DailyRoto Optimizer)
Friday
- Jordan McLaughlin (Awesemo Cheat Sheet)
- Garrison Mathews (Fantasy Alarm Playbook)
- Anthony Davis (FantasyPros)
- Semi Ojeleye (Rotoballer)
Overall Leaderboard
Our top-3 for the season is below. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 5.51)
#2) DFS Army Full Court Press (Score: 5.38)
#3) Daily Overlay Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.29)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.29) remained in 3rd place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.36) is in 27th place tie.
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 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90.1% |
| 25 | N/A | 93.3% | N/A | 90.6% |
| 24 | N/A | 87.0% | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66.3% |
| 22 | 78.4% | 71.5% | 89.0% | 72.0% |
| 21 | 86.5% | 76.1% | 50.4% | 72.1% |
| 20 | 65.7% | N/A | N/A | 79.4% |
| 19 | 61.5% | 56.4% | 44.5% | N/A |
| 18 | 66.5% | N/A | N/A | 77.2% |
| 17 | 49.3% | 67.3% | 58.0% | 71.9% |
| 16 | 36.9% | 56.3% | 53.2% | 89.5% |
| 15 | 55.6% | 47.9% | 51.9% | 14.4% |
| 14 | 30.7% | 44.8% | 39.3% | 44.3% |
| 13 | 35.9% | 35.1% | 37.9% | 79.1% |
| 12 | 20.1% | 32.2% | 29.3% | 46.8% |
| 11 | 15.5% | 21.9% | 34.9% | 33.2% |
| 10 | 15.1% | 22.7% | 20.4% | 41.5% |
| 9 | 11.9% | 16.8% | 27.4% | 26.0% |
| 8 | 11.6% | 20.3% | 21.2% | 32.1% |
| 7 | 5.5% | 9.9% | 14.0% | 24.1% |
| 6 | 5.5% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 22.4% |
| 5 | 4.8% | 6.1% | 12.0% | 16.6% |
| 4 | 2.8% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 11.1% |
| 3 | 1.8% | 3.8% | 5.0% | 13.0% |
| 2 | 1.5% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| 1 | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 26 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 67.2% |
| 25 | N/A | 69.0% | N/A | 66.4% |
| 24 | N/A | 46.8% | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47.9% |
| 22 | 47.7% | 43.3% | 65.0% | 50.5% |
| 21 | 55.5% | 40.1% | 34.3% | 56.6% |
| 20 | 37.9% | N/A | N/A | 45.7% |
| 19 | 35.1% | 32.8% | 32.1% | N/A |
| 18 | 40.7% | N/A | N/A | 47.9% |
| 17 | 37.5% | 40.0% | 41.5% | 50.2% |
| 16 | 26.1% | 35.9% | 36.3% | 52.1% |
| 15 | 34.1% | 31.8% | 36.4% | 23.2% |
| 14 | 26.8% | 28.9% | 29.7% | 33.0% |
| 13 | 24.2% | 23.0% | 25.2% | 48.7% |
| 12 | 18.2% | 23.5% | 22.2% | 29.2% |
| 11 | 15.4% | 20.8% | 26.5% | 22.9% |
| 10 | 13.4% | 19.3% | 16.9% | 26.2% |
| 9 | 13.5% | 17.3% | 23.1% | 19.5% |
| 8 | 11.4% | 15.5% | 18.2% | 20.4% |
| 7 | 8.6% | 12.2% | 14.0% | 18.8% |
| 6 | 7.6% | 12.1% | 11.3% | 14.6% |
| 5 | 6.7% | 8.3% | 11.7% | 14.8% |
| 4 | 4.8% | 7.6% | 9.2% | 9.8% |
| 3 | 4.3% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 10.3% |
| 2 | 3.6% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| 1 | 2.5% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 3.0% |
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.
