NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of November 1st
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
We’re now a couple weeks deep into the NBA season. Still seeing plenty of value towards the top of our Consensus lists each day. Make sure you’re checking them out daily before finalizing your linueups. 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 |
| Sportsline | 5.20 | 9 | 8.20 | 5 | 3.00 | 23 | 10.00 | 1 | 6.83 | 2 | 6.65 |
| Awesemo – Building Blocks | 7.75 | 1 | 6.75 | 14 | 4.20 | 11 | 5.80 | 14 | 6.57 | 3 | 6.21 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.17 | 6 | 6.17 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 5.00 | 10 | 10.00 | 1 | 3.00 | 23 | 7.50 | 3 | 5.33 | 13 | 6.17 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 6.60 | 4 | 5.33 | 26 | 5.00 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 | 5.57 | 11 | 6.00 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 5.25 | 8 | 8.71 | 3 | 3.50 | 17 | 6.43 | 8 | 5.75 | 8 | 5.93 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 3.80 | 21 | 7.00 | 11 | 4.10 | 13 | 6.50 | 7 | 7.00 | 1 | 5.68 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 5.58 | 7 | 8.29 | 4 | 4.14 | 12 | 5.20 | 20 | 4.82 | 21 | 5.61 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 7.14 | 2 | 5.88 | 23 | 4.33 | 9 | 5.63 | 16 | 5.00 | 16 | 5.60 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 6.75 | 3 | 6.88 | 12 | 3.13 | 21 | 4.13 | 25 | 6.25 | 5 | 5.43 |
| NBC Sports Edge | 4.71 | 13 | 9.29 | 2 | 3.70 | 16 | 5.29 | 19 | 4.00 | 26 | 5.40 |
| Rotowire | 5.70 | 6 | 7.80 | 7 | 4.00 | 15 | 4.33 | 24 | 5.09 | 15 | 5.38 |
| DFSKarma – Game Theory | 4.60 | 14 | 6.70 | 15 | 4.09 | 14 | 5.91 | 12 | 5.00 | 16 | 5.26 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 6.40 | 5 | 6.20 | 20 | 3.20 | 20 | 5.67 | 15 | 4.60 | 23 | 5.21 |
| RunPureSports | 3.59 | 24 | 6.56 | 17 | 4.37 | 7 | 5.83 | 13 | 5.50 | 12 | 5.17 |
| EliteFantasy | 4.96 | 11 | 6.46 | 19 | 4.71 | 2 | 4.96 | 22 | 4.65 | 22 | 5.15 |
| FantasyLabs | 4.60 | 14 | 8.10 | 6 | 2.90 | 27 | 5.13 | 21 | 4.90 | 18 | 5.13 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 3.89 | 20 | 6.10 | 21 | 4.55 | 4 | 6.21 | 10 | 4.85 | 20 | 5.12 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 3.75 | 22 | 6.52 | 18 | 4.44 | 5 | 6.00 | 11 | 4.86 | 19 | 5.11 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.13 | 17 | 7.13 | 9 | 3.50 | 17 | 4.00 | 27 | 6.38 | 4 | 5.03 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 4.50 | 16 | 5.50 | 25 | 3.00 | 23 | 6.75 | 6 | 5.17 | 14 | 4.98 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 3.50 | 25 | 4.38 | 28 | 4.38 | 6 | 6.88 | 5 | 5.75 | 8 | 4.98 |
| Awesemo – Cheat Sheet | 2.57 | 28 | 6.84 | 13 | 3.10 | 22 | 5.33 | 18 | 5.77 | 7 | 4.72 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 4.00 | 18 | 6.58 | 16 | 4.36 | 8 | 4.78 | 23 | 3.70 | 27 | 4.68 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 2.57 | 28 | 7.13 | 9 | 4.64 | 3 | 4.11 | 26 | – | – | 4.61 |
| FantasyPros | 3.26 | 27 | 6.05 | 22 | 2.59 | 28 | 6.22 | 9 | 4.53 | 24 | 4.53 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 4.89 | 12 | 7.44 | 8 | 2.00 | 30 | 3.89 | 28 | 3.44 | 29 | 4.33 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 2.50 | 30 | 1.00 | 29 | 4.33 | 9 | 8.33 | 2 | 4.25 | 25 | 4.08 |
| Rotoballer | 3.75 | 22 | 4.50 | 27 | 3.00 | 23 | 5.50 | 17 | 3.50 | 28 | 4.05 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 4.00 | 18 | 5.71 | 24 | 3.50 | 17 | 3.75 | 29 | 3.00 | 30 | 3.99 |
| NBC Sports Edge – Pivots | 3.44 | 26 | – | – | 2.14 | 29 | – | – | 5.71 | 10 | 3.76 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Cole Anthony (DFS Army Full Court Press)
- Anfernee Simons (DK Playbook – Targets)
- Franz Wagner (DK Playbook – Targets)
- Kyle Anderson (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Cody Martin (FantasyPros)
- Lauri Markkanen (Rotowire Optimizer)
- Khem Birch (NBC Sports Edge Pivots)
- Furkan Korkmaz (Sportsline)
Tuesday
- Moe Harkless (Awesemo Cheat Sheet)
- Kyle Lowry (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Trey Murphy III (FantasyPros)
- Hassan Whiteside (FantasyPros)
Wednesday
- Dejounte Murray (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Will Barton (EliteFantasy)
- Alec Burks (FantasyPros)
- De’Andre Hunter (FantasyPros)
- Myles Turner (NBC Sports Edge Pivots)
- Devin Vassell (RunPureSports)
Thursday
- Duncan Robinson (DK Playbook Values)
- Carmelo Anthony (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Elfrid Payton (FantasyPros)
- Derrick Favors (FantasyPros)
Friday
- Julius Randle (DFS Army Full Court Press)
- TJ McConnell (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Grayson Allen (EliteFantasy)
- Cody Martin (FantasyPros)
- Robert Covington (FantasyPros)
Value Tracker
- FantasyPros – 16
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 7
- RunPureSports – 3
- DFS Army Full Court Press – 3
- Rotowire – 2
- DK Playbook Targets – 2
- NBC Sports Edge Pivots – 2
- EliteFantasy – 2
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 1
- Rotowire Optimizer – 1
- Sportsline – 1
- Awesemo Cheat Sheet – 1
- DK Playbook Values – 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: 6.42)
#2) DailyFantasyInsider (Score: 6.25)
#3) Awesemo Building Blocks (Score: 5.80)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 5.40) remains in 5th place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.44) is 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 |
| 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 81.2% | N/A | 89.1% | N/A |
| 21 | 84.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | 41.3% | N/A | N/A | 49.3% |
| 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 88.0% |
| 18 | 71.3% | N/A | 58.0% | N/A |
| 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 74.3% |
| 16 | 41.5% | 44.1% | 37.5% | 69.1% |
| 15 | 42.0% | 21.0% | 53.9% | 59.7% |
| 14 | 58.5% | 34.1% | 64.2% | 67.1% |
| 13 | 37.8% | 38.6% | 55.6% | 16.8% |
| 12 | 22.7% | 40.4% | 30.5% | 49.4% |
| 11 | 26.9% | N/A | 43.3% | 33.0% |
| 10 | 36.0% | 19.5% | 47.4% | 42.5% |
| 9 | 16.2% | 24.1% | 23.7% | 31.0% |
| 8 | 19.9% | 11.8% | 27.0% | 39.1% |
| 7 | 11.9% | 14.9% | 15.7% | 32.2% |
| 6 | 12.5% | 19.8% | 12.5% | 18.3% |
| 5 | 6.7% | 7.8% | 11.1% | 24.0% |
| 4 | 6.0% | 4.4% | 7.0% | 9.0% |
| 3 | 3.5% | 4.5% | 8.4% | 7.9% |
| 2 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| 1 | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 1.6% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 24 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 22 | 45.9% | N/A | 68.0% | N/A |
| 21 | 54.4% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | 18.4% | N/A | N/A | 38.5% |
| 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 64.1% |
| 18 | 34.5% | N/A | 32.4% | N/A |
| 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 51.4% |
| 16 | 33.7% | 21.2% | 24.6% | 44.9% |
| 15 | 24.7% | 23.1% | 25.3% | 44.5% |
| 14 | 36.3% | 23.7% | 53.2% | 38.2% |
| 13 | 24.9% | 29.7% | 36.3% | 14.2% |
| 12 | 17.2% | 33.2% | 25.9% | 33.6% |
| 11 | 20.4% | N/A | 22.3% | 25.2% |
| 10 | 23.6% | 17.3% | 32.6% | 27.9% |
| 9 | 17.8% | 17.0% | 17.9% | 23.5% |
| 8 | 15.6% | 13.2% | 28.4% | 28.1% |
| 7 | 12.5% | 14.1% | 14.4% | 18.2% |
| 6 | 11.7% | 16.2% | 13.1% | 11.1% |
| 5 | 8.1% | 9.9% | 12.5% | 16.3% |
| 4 | 6.7% | 7.7% | 8.9% | 10.2% |
| 3 | 5.9% | 7.4% | 9.4% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 4.4% | 4.8% | 6.7% | 4.8% |
| 1 | 4.1% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 2.2% |
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.
