The stretch run is on and RotoGrinders continues to control the leaderboard. They occupy two of the top-5 spots and their Core Plays are running away with 1st place. A four-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
Monday (March 4th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.37 (15th of 22)
Total Plays – 30
A+ – LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, Buddy Hield, Jae Crowder, Julius Randle
F – Alex Len, Mitchell Robinson, Jakob Poeltl, Cheick Diallo
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DFS Army (Score: 5.25) scored an “A” or better with half of their four plays.
#2) RG 6-Pack (Score: 4.67) scored “A” or better on half of their six plays including two “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyNerd (5.98 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Josh Hart (DailyRoto)
A+ – Allonzo Trier (RG 6-Pack)
Wednesday (March 5th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.86 (13th of 20)
Total Plays – 28
A+ – Ten of the 28 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Kevin Durant, Marc Gasol
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 8.25) scored an “A+” grade on three of their four plays for Tuesday
#2) Rotowire (Score: 7.25) scored “A” or better with six of their eight plays including five “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (6.40 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Mike Conley (DailyRoto)
A+ – CJ Miles (DailyRoto)
A+ – Robin Lopez (DK Playbook)
A+ – Moe Harkless (FantasyGuruElite)
Wednesday (March 6th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.21 (T-8th of 20)
Total Plays – 28
A+ – Ten of the 28 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Deandre Ayton, Tobias Harris
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.64) scored an “A” or better with eight of their 11 plays including six “A+” scores.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 6.40) scored “A” or better on four of their five selections for Wednesday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyOverlay – Hot Sheet (6.31 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jalen Brunson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Damyean Dotson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Rodions Kurucs (DO Hot Sheet)
A+ – DeAndre Jordan (FantasyPros)
A+ – Hassan Whiteside (FantasyPros)
A+ – Marcus Morris (DailyFantasyNerd)
Friday (March 1st)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.04 (7th of 19)
Total Plays – 25
A+ – Marvin Williams, Andre Drummond, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Frank Jackson, Nikola Vucevic, Lou Williams, Kenrich Williams
F – Paul George, Gary Harris
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.25) capped the week by scoring an “A+” with five of their eight plays.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 6.38) scored an “A+” grade on half of their eight plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyNerd (6.64 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Mike Conley (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jalen Brunson (Rotoballer)
A+ – Monte Morris (FantasyPros)
Overall Leaderboard
RG Core Plays continues to run away with things! You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.10)
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.57)
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.50)
#4) RG Consensus (Score: 5.25)
#5) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.19)
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 5.03) fell .02 in score. The Consensus is now in 9th place for the season.
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 |
| 18 | 87.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | 57.60% | N/A | 84.70% | N/A |
| 16 | 70.30% | N/A | N/A | 79.25% |
| 15 | 75.40% | 76.40% | 64.65% | 49.20% |
| 14 | 66.02% | 64.60% | 52.70% | 70.74% |
| 13 | 41.59% | 46.46% | 56.77% | 76.86% |
| 12 | 39.92% | 45.77% | 51.17% | 63.77% |
| 11 | 35.16% | 34.16% | 43.33% | 46.25% |
| 10 | 26.58% | 31.96% | 37.79% | 46.35% |
| 9 | 16.80% | 19.41% | 31.12% | 45.85% |
| 8 | 13.39% | 19.52% | 25.29% | 33.85% |
| 7 | 11.60% | 17.60% | 20.37% | 29.24% |
| 6 | 8.84% | 14.26% | 14.89% | 22.50% |
| 5 | 7.28% | 8.42% | 11.27% | 14.20% |
| 4 | 4.32% | 5.94% | 8.00% | 13.17% |
| 3 | 3.34% | 4.62% | 4.98% | 6.95% |
| 2 | 1.81% | 2.53% | 3.44% | 4.24% |
| 1 | 1.78% | 1.55% | 2.18% | 1.61% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 18 | 57.90% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | 39.80% | N/A | 53.87% | N/A |
| 16 | 45.33% | N/A | N/A | 54.88% |
| 15 | 47.90% | 47.10% | 38.70% | 32.03% |
| 14 | 44.15% | 40.30% | 37.70% | 49.57% |
| 13 | 29.28% | 33.53% | 36.23% | 50.34% |
| 12 | 27.98% | 34.39% | 34.03% | 41.08% |
| 11 | 25.98% | 27.01% | 31.80% | 31.69% |
| 10 | 21.80% | 23.46% | 26.04% | 28.47% |
| 9 | 16.36% | 18.45% | 24.03% | 29.63% |
| 8 | 14.91% | 17.94% | 21.73% | 24.34% |
| 7 | 13.70% | 15.93% | 17.21% | 21.29% |
| 6 | 10.78% | 13.29% | 14.82% | 16.77% |
| 5 | 9.77% | 9.69% | 11.57% | 12.07% |
| 4 | 7.50% | 7.92% | 9.12% | 10.30% |
| 3 | 6.14% | 6.64% | 7.11% | 7.34% |
| 2 | 5.61% | 4.54% | 5.24% | 4.55% |
| 1 | 3.33% | 3.12% | 3.71% | 2.30% |
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.
