Our newest addition, RG Core Plays, is making a move on the top spot. They made a big move last week and now only sit .04 behind the top of the heap. We got back to a somewhat normal week with four days of Consensus action. Last week’s 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 (November 19th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.93 (8th of 21)
Total Plays – 41
A+ – Twelve of the 41 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Dennis Schroder
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 7.60) scored a “B” or better with all five of their plays including three “A+” grades.
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.50) brought home an “A+” and “A” grades for Monday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotoballer (5.55 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Trevor Ariza (DailyRoto)
A+ – DeAndre Jordan (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Myles Turner (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Dewayne Dedmon (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Russell Westbrook (FantasyPros)
A+ – Marcus Smart (FantasyPros)
A+ – John Collins (FantasyPros)
A+ – Alex Len (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (November 20th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.14 (7th of 16)
Total Plays – 28
A+ – John Wall, Hassan Whiteside, D’Angelo Russell, CJ McCollum, Tim Hardaway Jr, Jarrett Allen, Trey Burke, Damian Lillard, Evan Fournier
F – Kelly Oubre Jr
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DK Playbook (Score: 7.11) scored a “B” or better with all nine of their selections including five “A+” grades.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 6.50) hauled in an “A+” grade with half of their 12 plays on Tuesday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DK Playbook (6.03 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Noah Vonleh (Sportsline)
Wednesday (November 21st)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.09 (10th of 19)
Total Plays – 43
A+ – Fourteen of the 43 picks scored an “A+” grade.
F – Darren Collison
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.67) scored two “A+” grades and a “B” with their three plays.
#2A) RG Consensus (Score: 6.40) finished with an “A+” grade for half of their 20 plays on Wednesday to find the top-2.
#2B) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.40) scored an “A” or better on nine of their 15 plays with eight “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (6.20 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Marcus Morris (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jabari Parker (DailyRoto)
A+ – Clint Capela (DailyRoto)
A+ – Gordon Hayward (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Landry Shamet (Rotoballer)
A+ – Paul Millsap (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jonas Valanciunas (FantasyPros)
A+ – Rudy Gay (DailyFantasyNerd)
A+ – Bojan Bogdanovic (FantasyGuruElite)
Friday (November 23rd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.70 (9th of 19)
Total Plays – 33
A+ – Ten of the 33 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Trey Burke, Kyrie Irving, Tim Hardaway Jr
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 6.43) put up a solid finish to the week with eight of the 14 plays scoring an “A+” grade.
#2) DFS Army (Score: 5.90) found the top-2 to cap the week with half of their 10 plays scoring an “A+” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (5.94 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Enes Kanter (DailyRoto)
A+ – Aaron Holiday (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jabari Parker (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Justin Holiday (Rotowire)
Overall Leaderboard
A couple of small changes in the top-5 after last week. The gap between #1 and #2 is getting tight! You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.55) bumped their score up a bit but saw their hold on the top spot close considerably.
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 5.51) was the expert that made up the big ground on FantasyLabs. Could they overtake the lead next week?
#3) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.21) hopped into the top-5 after a really solid week of picks.
#4A) DFS Army (Score: 5.12) still sits in a 4th place tie after a week that saw their score jump .04.
#4B) RG Consensus (Score: 5.12) fell back one spot into a 4th place tie. Still plenty of time to make a move.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.96) saw their its score stay flat 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 | 81.20% |
| 15 | 70.95% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 33.20% | N/A | 72.50% | N/A |
| 13 | 29.57% | 61.80% | 44.70% | N/A |
| 12 | 27.05% | 35.00% | 49.90% | 72.20% |
| 11 | 27.52% | 45.33% | 43.06% | 51.55% |
| 10 | 19.34% | 36.89% | 41.35% | 45.73% |
| 9 | 21.04% | 27.94% | 26.74% | 46.50% |
| 8 | 15.86% | 21.18% | 33.75% | 38.25% |
| 7 | 11.25% | 18.71% | 22.58% | 35.04% |
| 6 | 8.03% | 16.52% | 21.07% | 18.74% |
| 5 | 7.93% | 9.41% | 12.21% | 11.94% |
| 4 | 4.77% | 6.55% | 9.84% | 14.91% |
| 3 | 2.11% | 5.22% | 5.67% | 6.48% |
| 2 | 1.90% | 3.23% | 3.75% | 3.84% |
| 1 | 1.19% | 2.02% | 2.66% | 1.63% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 55.70% |
| 15 | 42.80% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 25.80% | N/A | 49.80% | N/A |
| 13 | 21.13% | 38.55% | 28.47% | N/A |
| 12 | 22.65% | 26.23% | 33.03% | 44.13% |
| 11 | 21.13% | 29.28% | 28.39% | 30.75% |
| 10 | 19.74% | 24.94% | 28.93% | 26.08% |
| 9 | 17.64% | 22.34% | 19.53% | 32.63% |
| 8 | 15.75% | 18.59% | 26.36% | 24.93% |
| 7 | 12.78% | 14.70% | 16.88% | 24.16% |
| 6 | 10.86% | 14.31% | 17.30% | 13.85% |
| 5 | 10.65% | 10.31% | 12.21% | 10.74% |
| 4 | 7.89% | 8.36% | 9.75% | 11.10% |
| 3 | 5.30% | 7.02% | 7.52% | 6.94% |
| 2 | 5.52% | 5.17% | 5.51% | 4.48% |
| 1 | 3.43% | 3.70% | 4.00% | 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.
