The standings are starting to tighten up. Just when we thought FantasyTeamAdvice had opened up a gap between themselves and everyone else, they took a step back. We could potentially have a new leader as early as next week. I failed to mention last week that we added a new expert to the grading. GoingFor2, who provided some nice NFL content for us, is now in the fold for NBA. It was a bit of a rough start for them the first week but they found the top-2 one day last week. Hopefully, a good sign of things to come. A BIG, five day week recap is 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
Monday (January 15th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.92 (8th of 16)
Total Plays – 24
A+ – Eleven of the 24 plays finished with an “A+” grade.
F – Joe Ingles, Joe Johnson, Willie Reed
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 10.00) made two plays with Melo and Lou Williams to pick up two “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyPros (Score: 6.88) crushed it on Monday as ten of their 17 plays scored an “A+” grade. FP was the lone expert site to recommend Buddy Buckets and his “A+” score.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotoballer (6.00 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Cory Joseph (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Buddy Hield (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (January 16th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.04 (12th of 17)
Total Plays – 26
A+ – Nikola Jokic, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, Jimmy Butler, Gary Harris, Evan Fournier
F – Mason Plumlee, Elfrid Payton
Top Experts of the Day
#1) GoingFor2 (Score: 6.20) finds the top-2 for the first time since their inclusion in our picks the last two weeks.
#2) FantasyGuruElite (Score: 5.15) picked up a solid score on Tuesday. Six of their 13 plays scored “A” or better including four “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
GoingFor2 (6.23 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
There were no players who scored an “A+” that were only selected by one expert.
Wednesday (January 17th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.64 (7th of 21)
Total Plays – 33
A+ – Fourteen of the 33 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Anthony Davis, Jordan Bell, Zach LaVine, Andrew Harrison
Top Experts of the Day
#1A) RG 6-Pack (Score: 7.40) scored an “A” or better with four of his five plays including three “A+” grades. Beer was the lone expert to suggest Denzel Valentine and his “A+” grade.
#1B) Rotoballer (Score: 7.40) had an identical day to Beer with three “A+” grades, one “A” and one “C” score.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotoballer (5.71 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jonas Valanciunas (DailyRoto)
A+ – Denzel Valentine (RG 6-Pack)
A+ – Allen Crabbe (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Rodney Hood (Sportsline)
A+ – John Collins (Sportsline)
A+ – Mason Plumlee (Sportsline)
A+ – Mike Scott (Daily Overlay – Value Index)
A+ – Nikola Mirotic (Daily Overlay – Hot Sheet)
A+ – George Hill (FantasyPros)
A+ – Patty Mills (FantasyPros)
A+ – Carmelo Anthony (FantasyPros)
A+ – Pau Gasol (FantasyPros)
A+ – Bogdan Bogdanovic (DK Playbook)
A+ – JaMychal Green (FantasyPros)
Thursday (January 18th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.13 (7th of 17)
Total Plays – 24
A+ – Isaiah Thomas, Joel Embiid, Chris Paul, Karl-Anthony Towns, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Eric Gordon, Jusuf Nurkic, Al-Farouq Aminu
F – LeBron James, Terry Rozier
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.38) scored five “A+’s” and three “B’s” with their eight plays on Thursday.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 7.00) scored “B” or better with all eight plays including four “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (5.86 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Darren Collison (FantasyPros)
Friday (January 19th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.04 (12th of 21)
Total Plays – 27
A+ – Hassan Whiteside, Otto Porter, Jordan Clarkson
F – Mason Plumlee, Wilson Chandler
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.50) took the top spot in what was an overall down day for the expert clan. Six of DFSR’s 14 plays scored “A” or better including four “A+” grades. They were the lone expert to play Deyonta Davis.
#2) Fantasy Alarm (Score: 4.13) scored in the top-2 for the first time this week to close out Friday. FA saw eight of their 24 total plays score “A” or better including six “A+” grades. FA was the only site to recommend Larry Nance, Jr.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasySportsRankings (5.16 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Deyonta Davis (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Larry Nance, Jr (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Tim Hardaway, Jr (FantasyCPR)
Overall Leaderboard
Things are getting tight! FTA dropped a big .08 for the week and now has the remaining top-5 within striking distance. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.94) saw a big dip of .08 in score and now has two experts right on their heels. Will they lose the lead they’ve maintained basically all season?
#2) Rotballer (Score: 4.89) bounced up two spots into 2nd place thanks to a solid week and a gain of .05 in score.
#3) FantasyLabs (Score: 4.87) picked up .02 in score for the week but fell from a 2nd place tie into 3rd place.
#4A) Daily Overlay – Hot Sheet (Score: 4.81) stumbled a bit by losing .04 in score. Brad can jump right back up the leaderboard with a good week.
#4B) RG Consensus (Score: 4.81) is now tied for 4th thanks to a small .01 gain in score for the week. There are a couple of experts behind them in striking distance but the gap is fairly comfortable.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.67) fell back one spot to 9th place after staying flat in score last week.
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 |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 87.30% |
| 15 | 76.00% | 62.00% | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 55.36% | 67.27% | 58.94% | N/A |
| 13 | 49.88% | 52.58% | 65.90% | 85.15% |
| 12 | 42.97% | 39.97% | 46.63% | 65.20% |
| 11 | 27.20% | 39.43% | 46.83% | 42.13% |
| 10 | 28.63% | 28.01% | 41.55% | 53.54% |
| 9 | 25.63% | 21.02% | 38.15% | 54.02% |
| 8 | 16.19% | 18.49% | 23.92% | 32.14% |
| 7 | 10.90% | 12.24% | 17.91% | 30.46% |
| 6 | 10.35% | 11.63% | 18.24% | 24.71% |
| 5 | 9.75% | 7.59% | 11.41% | 21.80% |
| 4 | 3.42% | 5.56% | 8.19% | 15.03% |
| 3 | 3.46% | 4.73% | 6.11% | 9.35% |
| 2 | 7.99% | 3.37% | 3.70% | 5.26% |
| 1 | 1.13% | 1.90% | 2.38% | 2.35% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 55.60% |
| 15 | 55.80% | 42.70% | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 39.48% | 41.03% | 40.11% | N/A |
| 13 | 32.76% | 37.98% | 46.20% | 52.38% |
| 12 | 30.73% | 30.33% | 31.86% | 36.03% |
| 11 | 24.75% | 29.01% | 30.77% | 29.45% |
| 10 | 22.66% | 22.63% | 27.88% | 35.30% |
| 9 | 21.62% | 19.47% | 25.75% | 30.28% |
| 8 | 16.51% | 16.99% | 20.21% | 21.18% |
| 7 | 11.65% | 13.00% | 15.96% | 20.66% |
| 6 | 11.78% | 11.36% | 16.10% | 15.57% |
| 5 | 10.76% | 9.06% | 12.00% | 16.33% |
| 4 | 6.14% | 7.94% | 9.89% | 12.20% |
| 3 | 5.56% | 6.75% | 8.46% | 8.31% |
| 2 | 6.99% | 5.21% | 5.88% | 5.29% |
| 1 | 3.33% | 4.05% | 4.07% | 2.97% |
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.
