It’s going to be a race coming down the stretch! Our overall leaderboard is down to five guys that have separated themselves from the other experts. FTA still holds on to the lead but only by .01 after a huge week from FantasyLabs. 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 22nd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.60 (8th of 21)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – Khris Middleton, Jerian Grant, Anthony Davis, Andrew Wiggins, DeMarcus Cousins, Skal Labissiere, Blake Griffin, Nemanja Bjelica, Malcolm Brogdon
F – John Wall, Ricky Rubio, Wesley Johnson
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.31) scored an “A” or better with seven of their 13 plays to take the top spot which included six “A+” scores..
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 6.00) scored “A” or better with three of their five selections including two “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyLabs (6.43 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – E’Twaun Moore (DailyRoto)
A+ – Kemba Walker (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Mason Plumlee (Sportsline)
A+ – Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (Rotoballer)
A+ – Greg Monroe (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (January 23rd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 6.30 (13th of 19)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – Sixteen of the 30 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – De’Aaron Fox, Klay Thompson, Jaylen Brown
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 8.79) had a phenomenal day! Of their 14 plays, they scored eleven “A+” grades, two “A” and one “B” grade. That is a helluva day!
#2A) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.50) picked up six “A+” scores and two failing grades for a 2nd place tie. They were the lone expert site to suggest Jarret Jack.
#2B) RG Consensus (Score: 7.50) scored 14 “A+” grades with their 20 plays on Tuesday. The RG Consensus was the lone site to recomment Guillermo Hernangomez and his “A+” score.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyLabs (5.54 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Courtney Lee (DailyRoto)
A+ – Elfrid Payton (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Jarret Jack (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Guillermo Hernangomez (RG Consensus)
A+ – Marcus Smart (FantasyPros)
A+ – Garrett Temple (FantasyPros)
A+ – Allen Crabbe (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (January 24th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.11 (18th of 22)
Total Plays – 37
A+ – Ben Simmons, Damian Lillard, Dwight Howard, Wesley Matthews
F – TJ Warren, Jerian Grant, Harrison Barnes, Tyson Chandler, Justin Holiday
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Daily Overlay – Hot Sheet (Score: 5.50) scored an “A” or better with half of his ten plays. Brad hauled in four “A+” grades on Wednesday.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 5.00) hauled in three “A+” grades with their eight optimized plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Sportsline (5.96 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Pau Gasol (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Bojan Bogdanovic (FantasyPros)
A+ – Andre Drummond (GoingFor2)
A+ – Greg Monroe (GoingFor2)
Thursday (January 25th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.04 (8th of 17)
Total Plays – 28
A+ – Russell Westbrook, Mason Plumlee, Karl-Anthony Towns, Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, Courtney Lee
F – Skal Labissiere
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Sportsline (Score: 5.25) scored “A” or better with half of the eight plays in their optimized lineup including three “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyPros (Score: 4.94) scored “A” or better with nine of their 17 plays on Thursday. Five of those nine were “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Sportsline (5.78 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jamal Crawford (Scout Fantasy)
Friday (January 26th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.67 (T-9th of 21)
Total Plays – 39
A+ – DeMarcus Cousins, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
F – Ten of the 39 plays finished with a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.10) scored a “B” or better with eight of their ten selections to cap the week. Three of those finished with “A+” grades.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.00) finished the week with another top-2 finish. A really strong week for them! Seven of the 13 plays scored “A” or better including five “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyTeamAdvice (5.51 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Mario Chalmers (Fantasy Alarm)
Overall Leaderboard
We now have a race! FTA still maintains first but by the slimmest of margins. These five have created a large gap between themselves and the rest of the pack. Looks like it will be just them jockeying for position down the stretch. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.95) basically held steady with a slight uptick of .01 in score to hang on to 1st place. They have someone right on their tail though and could lose the lead for the first time in a long time.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 4.94) used a BIG week to climb to within .01 of 1st place. Their scored jumped .07 for the week and they hopped up one spot in the standings.
#3) Rotoballer (Score: 4.89) fell one spot to 3rd despite a week in which their score held steady.
#4) RG Consensus (Score: 4.82) broke the 4th place tie of last week by jumping up .01 in score to stake claim to the #4 spot to themselves.
#5) Daily Overlay – Hot Sheet (Score: 4.79) dipped a small .02 in score for the week. Brad still has a cushion between himself and the next closest expert.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.64) jumped up two spots into 7th place despite dropping .03 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% | 55.73% | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 57.48% | 69.00% | 58.94% | N/A |
| 13 | 51.85% | 53.79% | 65.90% | 85.15% |
| 12 | 42.97% | 40.73% | 46.63% | 58.08% |
| 11 | 27.20% | 38.04% | 46.83% | 42.13% |
| 10 | 29.73% | 28.87% | 39.07% | 52.35% |
| 9 | 24.22% | 21.81% | 39.10% | 52.54% |
| 8 | 15.35% | 18.45% | 22.51% | 32.14% |
| 7 | 11.26% | 11.97% | 18.23% | 32.99% |
| 6 | 11.05% | 11.81% | 17.61% | 25.15% |
| 5 | 9.13% | 7.39% | 11.66% | 21.68% |
| 4 | 3.07% | 5.37% | 8.34% | 16.56% |
| 3 | 3.45% | 4.70% | 6.09% | 9.54% |
| 2 | 7.42% | 3.33% | 3.57% | 5.09% |
| 1 | 0.90% | 1.88% | 2.33% | 2.52% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 55.60% |
| 15 | 55.80% | 39.77% | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 37.97% | 41.90% | 40.11% | N/A |
| 13 | 33.10% | 35.57% | 46.20% | 52.38% |
| 12 | 30.73% | 32.06% | 31.86% | 33.18% |
| 11 | 24.75% | 28.37% | 30.77% | 29.45% |
| 10 | 22.79% | 22.86% | 26.92% | 34.31% |
| 9 | 21.13% | 19.67% | 26.89% | 30.65% |
| 8 | 16.10% | 16.84% | 19.46% | 21.18% |
| 7 | 11.81% | 13.00% | 16.35% | 21.33% |
| 6 | 11.83% | 11.52% | 15.76% | 16.00% |
| 5 | 10.45% | 8.91% | 12.27% | 16.27% |
| 4 | 5.81% | 7.79% | 9.86% | 12.62% |
| 3 | 5.72% | 6.73% | 8.49% | 8.33% |
| 2 | 6.72% | 5.18% | 5.78% | 5.24% |
| 1 | 3.09% | 4.10% | 4.10% | 3.08% |
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.
