A short week in the NBA last week with only three days that had four or more games. That said, we had quite a bit of shuffling among the leaders. Plenty to review 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 (November 12th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 6.81 (8th of 20)
Total Plays – 37
A+ – Twenty-one of the 37 plays scored an “A+” grade!!!
F – Quinn Cook, Kyle Lowry
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 9.13) absolutely cruuuuushed on Monday. Seven of their eight plays scored an “A+” grade and their other pick scored a “B.”
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 8.75) made it a clean sweep Monday for RG. Three of their four plays scored an “A+” with the other hauling in an “A” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (6.52 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jeff Teague (DailyRoto)
A+ – Markieff Morris (DailyRoto)
A+ – Ed Davis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Willie Cauley-Stein (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Jrue Holiday (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – D’Angelo Russell (FantasyPros)
A+ – DeMarre Carroll (FantasyPros)
A+ – Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (November 14th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.04 (10th of 22)
Total Plays – 48
A+ – Fifteen of the 48 picks scored an “A+” grade.
F – LaMarcus Aldridge, Noah Vonleh, Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle, Ben Simmons
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DK Playbook (Score: 6.64) scored an “A” or better with eight of their 11 plays including six “A+” grades.
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 6.30) hauled in nine “A+” scores and received an “A” or better with 13 of their 20 selections for the day.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (5.65 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – JJ Redick (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Tyler Johnson (Scout)
A+ – Jaylen Brown (FantasyPros)
A+ – Josh Jackson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Greg Monroe (FantasyPros)
A+ – E’Twaun Moore (FantasyGuruElite)
Friday (November 16th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 7.14 (10th of 19)
Total Plays – 29
A+ – Seventeen of the 29 plays scored an “A+” grade!
F – Victor Oladipo, Ed Davis
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 8.75) capped off a nice week for the optimizers. With their eight plays, they scored six “A+” grades and two “A” scores.
#2) DK Playbook (Score: 8.36) scored an “A+” with nine of their 11 plays on Friday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (6.11 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Justise Winslow (DailyRoto)
A+ – Hassan Whiteside (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Allonzo Trier (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Serge Ibaka (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Tyler Johnson (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Julius Randle (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Mitchell Robinson (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Trey Burke (FantasyPros)
A+ – Tyreke Evans (FantasyPros)
A+ – Gordon Hayward (FantasyPros)
A+ – Dario Saric (FantasyPros)
A+ – Brook Lopez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Thon Maker (FantasyPros)
A+ – Justin Holiday (FantasyLabs)
Overall Leaderboard
Still maintaining a hot start were a handful of experts. Coming out of the gate hot typically leads to a solid standing at the end of the year. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.46) hangs on to the top spot after a nice week in which their scored bumped .20.
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 5.23) makes their debut in the top-5 at the #2 spot.
#3) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.20) made a massive leap up the leaderboard with an increase of almost .50.
#4A) DFS Army (Score: 5.08) took a step back but still sits comfortably in the top-5.
#4B) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.08) fell back one spot into a 4th place tie.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.96) saw a nice .29 bump in score last week. The Consensus, once again this week, stays pat in 8th place this 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 | N/A |
| 15 | 70.95% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 33.20% | N/A | 72.50% | N/A |
| 13 | 24.00% | 61.80% | 44.70% | N/A |
| 12 | 41.90% | 35.00% | 58.22% | 66.60% |
| 11 | 34.95% | 45.33% | 43.06% | 51.55% |
| 10 | 21.10% | 35.12% | 41.35% | 43.85% |
| 9 | 17.43% | 30.56% | 26.74% | 46.50% |
| 8 | 15.98% | 17.75% | 32.81% | 40.93% |
| 7 | 11.31% | 19.68% | 22.75% | 35.04% |
| 6 | 8.85% | 16.88% | 23.24% | 19.92% |
| 5 | 9.14% | 8.53% | 12.49% | 12.07% |
| 4 | 5.59% | 6.18% | 9.60% | 12.91% |
| 3 | 1.94% | 5.14% | 5.06% | 5.88% |
| 2 | 2.40% | 3.34% | 3.86% | 3.81% |
| 1 | 0.87% | 2.42% | 2.41% | 1.60% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 15 | 42.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 25.80% | N/A | 49.80% | N/A |
| 13 | 25.30% | 38.55% | 28.47% | N/A |
| 12 | 34.00% | 26.23% | 38.53% | 37.25% |
| 11 | 25.53% | 29.28% | 28.39% | 30.75% |
| 10 | 21.07% | 24.51% | 28.93% | 26.80% |
| 9 | 15.99% | 24.07% | 19.53% | 32.63% |
| 8 | 15.89% | 16.28% | 25.43% | 26.19% |
| 7 | 12.73% | 15.85% | 16.95% | 24.16% |
| 6 | 11.72% | 14.16% | 18.30% | 14.36% |
| 5 | 11.66% | 10.25% | 12.06% | 11.07% |
| 4 | 8.28% | 7.95% | 9.80% | 10.19% |
| 3 | 5.11% | 6.86% | 7.27% | 6.86% |
| 2 | 6.78% | 5.43% | 5.80% | 4.32% |
| 1 | 3.55% | 4.27% | 3.99% | 2.28% |
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.
