NBA – Expert Recap and Grades – Week of October 31st
NBA DFS Picks & Grades
Early season NBA has not scheduled many games on Tuesday and Thursday evenings so we have another short week. Things are off to a hot start for several of our experts though there is still a long season ahead. See the full recap from last week 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 | Wed | Rk | Fri | Rk | Avg |
| Stokastic – Building Blocks | 5.50 | 4 | 10.00 | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | 8.50 |
| DFSKarma – Building Blocks | – | – | 4.80 | 9 | 8.33 | 3 | 6.57 |
| FantasyLabs | 6.00 | 2 | 5.00 | 8 | 8.33 | 3 | 6.44 |
| DK Playbook – Targets | 5.50 | 4 | 5.88 | 2 | 7.38 | 5 | 6.25 |
| DFSArmy – Cheat Sheet | 4.78 | 14 | 5.09 | 7 | 7.30 | 7 | 5.72 |
| DailyRoto – Optimizer | 5.13 | 9 | 5.29 | 5 | 6.29 | 12 | 5.57 |
| DFSArmy – Full Court Press | 4.80 | 13 | 5.47 | 4 | 6.33 | 11 | 5.53 |
| Industry Consensus – GPP | 5.17 | 7 | 4.80 | 9 | 6.43 | 10 | 5.47 |
| DailyFantasySportsRankings | 4.63 | 16 | 4.33 | 13 | 7.38 | 5 | 5.45 |
| RotoGrinders Consensus | 5.15 | 8 | 5.15 | 6 | 5.63 | 17 | 5.31 |
| Stokastic – Cheat Sheet | 5.93 | 3 | 3.29 | 23 | 6.57 | 8 | 5.26 |
| Rotowire | 4.90 | 11 | 4.55 | 12 | 6.09 | 14 | 5.18 |
| Industry Consensus – Cash | 4.73 | 15 | 4.00 | 18 | 6.11 | 13 | 4.95 |
| RunPureSports | 3.67 | 24 | 4.25 | 16 | 6.56 | 9 | 4.83 |
| FantasyGuru | 4.47 | 17 | 3.90 | 19 | 5.65 | 16 | 4.67 |
| Rotogrinders NBA Grind Down | 4.92 | 10 | 3.67 | 20 | 5.29 | 20 | 4.63 |
| FantasyAlarm – Playbook | 4.04 | 20 | 4.28 | 14 | 5.56 | 18 | 4.63 |
| FantasyPros | 4.47 | 17 | 4.26 | 15 | 4.95 | 24 | 4.56 |
| DailyFantasyInsider | 3.67 | 24 | – | – | 5.00 | 23 | 4.34 |
| Rotoballer | 4.89 | 12 | 4.11 | 17 | 3.83 | 26 | 4.28 |
| NumberFire – Daily Helper | 3.70 | 23 | 3.63 | 21 | 5.38 | 19 | 4.24 |
| RotoGrinders Lineup Builder | 3.86 | 22 | 3.50 | 22 | 5.29 | 20 | 4.22 |
| DFSArmy – Domination Station | 4.14 | 19 | 2.50 | 26 | 6.00 | 15 | 4.21 |
| Sportsline | 6.86 | 1 | 2.00 | 28 | 3.67 | 27 | 4.18 |
| Rotowire – Optimizer | 5.29 | 6 | 2.75 | 24 | 4.43 | 25 | 4.16 |
| DailyFantasyNerd | 4.00 | 21 | 2.63 | 25 | 5.29 | 20 | 3.97 |
| Rotogrinders Core Plays | 2.00 | 28 | 1.00 | 29 | 8.75 | 2 | 3.92 |
| FantasyAlarm – Lineup Generator | 2.33 | 27 | 5.75 | 3 | 3.25 | 28 | 3.78 |
| DK Playbook – Values | 1.67 | 29 | 4.67 | 11 | 2.33 | 29 | 2.89 |
| Rotogrinders 6-pack | 2.50 | 26 | 2.50 | 26 | – | – | 2.50 |
Sleepers of the Week
Each week we’ll highlight players that scored an “A+” grade but were selected by only one expert.
Monday
- Kristaps Porzingis (NumberFire)
- Mason Plumlee (RG Consensus)
Wednesday
- Malaki Branham (DailyRoto Optimizer)
- Marcus Morris (DFS Alarm Lineup Generator)
- Jalen McDaniels (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Jordan Clarkson (FantasyGuru)
- Dwight Powell (FantasyPros)
- Jayson Tatum (Rotoballer)
- Dejounte Murray (RG Grind Down)
- Troy Brown, Jr (Rotowire)
- Mason Plumlee (RunPureSports)
Friday
- Ivica Zubac (DK Playbook Targets)
- Jerami Grant (DFS Alarm Playbook)
- Jayson Tatum (FantasyGuru)
- Nicolas Claxton (FantasyLabs)
- Mike Conley (FantasyPros)
- Spencer Dinwiddie (FantasyPros)
- Malcolm Brogdon (FantasyPros)
- Raul Neto (NumberFire)
- Saddiq Bey (NumberFire)
- Bobby Portis (Rotoballer)
- Tyrese Haliburton (Rotowire)
- Chris Boucher (Rotowire)
Value Tracker
- FantasyPros – 9
- NumberFire – 8
- DFS Alarm Playbook – 6
- Rotowire – 4
- Rotoballer – 3
- DK Playbook Targets – 2
- RunPureSports – 2
- DFS Alarm Lineup Generator – 2
- FantasyGuru – 2
- Stokastic Cheat Sheet – 1
- RG Consensus – 1
- DailyRoto Optimizer – 1
- RG Grind Down – 1
- FantasyLabs – 1
Overall Leaderboard
Our top-3 for the season is below. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) Stokastic Building Blocks (Score: 6.65)
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.20)
#3) DFS Karma Building Blocks (Score: 5.85)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus Cash Plays (Score: 4.94) is in a tie for 8th place. The Consensus GPP Plays (Score: 4.13) made a big jump to 23rd 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 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 25 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 24 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 23 | NA | NA | NA | 85.9% |
| 22 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 21 | 78.0% | NA | NA | NA |
| 20 | NA | NA | 86.3% | NA |
| 19 | NA | 41.3% | 87.8% | 64.5% |
| 18 | 55.6% | NA | NA | 73.2% |
| 17 | 76.9% | 45.5% | 65.9% | NA |
| 16 | NA | NA | 61.4% | 54.4% |
| 15 | NA | 69.9% | 26.6% | NA |
| 14 | NA | 32.5% | 65.7% | NA |
| 13 | 32.7% | 28.7% | 60.4% | 37.6% |
| 12 | 20.5% | 63.7% | 46.3% | NA |
| 11 | 16.8% | 17.8% | 51.4% | 29.5% |
| 10 | 13.3% | 36.2% | 43.3% | 39.7% |
| 9 | 5.8% | 16.2% | 24.7% | 28.2% |
| 8 | 16.2% | 28.8% | 36.9% | NA |
| 7 | 8.5% | 8.3% | 24.4% | 7.0% |
| 6 | 7.3% | 13.9% | 13.4% | 30.1% |
| 5 | 3.6% | 14.9% | 6.7% | 11.6% |
| 4 | 2.2% | 4.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 3 | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5.9% | 10.6% |
| 2 | 3.9% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 5.7% |
| 1 | 0.8% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 1.5% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 26 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 25 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 24 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 23 | NA | NA | NA | 62.4% |
| 22 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 21 | 50.7% | NA | NA | NA |
| 20 | NA | NA | 59.8% | NA |
| 19 | NA | 21.3% | 51.5% | 38.6% |
| 18 | 37.2% | NA | NA | 39.8% |
| 17 | 37.6% | 27.0% | 28.4% | NA |
| 16 | NA | NA | 32.8% | 43.1% |
| 15 | NA | 31.8% | 23.4% | NA |
| 14 | NA | 24.9% | 31.6% | NA |
| 13 | 31.1% | 19.0% | 40.3% | 30.4% |
| 12 | 22.2% | 33.3% | 30.1% | NA |
| 11 | 16.0% | 14.0% | 35.6% | 18.1% |
| 10 | 11.4% | 22.5% | 27.5% | 28.8% |
| 9 | 8.8% | 16.7% | 17.0% | 16.5% |
| 8 | 14.9% | 21.2% | 22.5% | NA |
| 7 | 8.8% | 10.0% | 15.9% | 9.1% |
| 6 | 10.3% | 14.9% | 13.9% | 18.4% |
| 5 | 8.7% | 10.4% | 8.1% | 10.1% |
| 4 | 6.2% | 6.4% | 11.0% | 10.8% |
| 3 | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.6% | 9.9% |
| 2 | 4.4% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| 1 | 3.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
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.
