Another week down and we had some small shuffling among the top-5 overall. FantasyLabs had another strong week to lay further claim to the top spot for the season. There’s pleeeenty of time for the other experts to make up the gap. RotoGrinders now claims three of the top-5 slots. 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 26th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.27 (11th of 20)
Total Plays – 33
A+ – Eleven of the 33 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – No players received a failing grade.
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 8.20) finished with 11 of their 15 plays scoring an “A+” grade on Monday.
#2) RG Consensus (Score: 6.60) scored “A” or higher with 14 of their 20 plays including ten “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyLabs (6.24 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Darren Collison (DailyRoto)
A+ – Terrence Ross (DailyRoto)
A+ – John Wall (RG Grind Down)
A+ – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Sportsline)
A+ – Robert Covington (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Marcus Morris (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Jakob Poeltl (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (November 27th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.53 (9th of 20)
Total Plays – 32
A+ – Darren Collison, Domantas Sabonis, Josh Richardson, Mike Conley, Wayne Ellington, Marc Gasol
F – Trey Burke, Lonzo Ball, Emmanuel Mudiay
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Rotowire (Score: 5.57) topped the list of expert with three of their seven plays scoring an “A+” grade.
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 5.25) scored an “A+”, an “A” and two “B” grades with their four plays on Tuesday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotowire (5.76 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Allonzo Trier (DailyRoto)
A+ – Malik Beasley (DailyRoto)
A+ – Stanley Johnson (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mason Plumlee (Fantasy Alarm)
Wednesday (November 28th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.16 (9th of 21)
Total Plays – 31
A+ – Eleven of the 31 picks scored an “A+” grade.
F – Otto Porter Jr, Marvin Williams
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 7.17) topped the list again on Wednesday as eight of their 12 selections scored an “A+” grade.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 7.00) scored an “A+” with six of their ten plays for the day.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Consensus (5.88 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Cedi Osman (DailyFantasySportsRankings)
A+ – Damian Lillard (DailyRoto)
A+ – Evan Turner (DailyRoto)
A+ – Mike Muscala (DailyRoto)
A+ – Malcolm Brogdon (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Robert Covington (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Richaun Holmes (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Danilo Gallinari (Rotowire)
A+ – Damyean Dotson (FantasyPros)
A+ – Miles Bridges (FantasyPros)
A+ – Frank Kaminsky (FantasyPros)
Friday (November 30th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.91 (9th of 19)
Total Plays – 35
A+ – Thirteen of the 35 plays scored an “A+” grade.
F – Larry Nance Jr, Markieff Morris, Jerami Grant, Ryan Arcidianoco
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 6.77) finished the week strong again. Nine of their 13 plays finished “A” or better including eight “A+” scores.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 6.75) scored an “A+” with five of their eight plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyPros (5.55 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Tony Parker (DailyRoto)
A+ – D’Angelo Russell (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jae Crowder (DailyRoto)
A+ – Derrick White (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Jamal Crawford (Fantasy Alarm)
A+ – Tristan Thompson (Fantasy Lamb)
A+ – Jeremy Lamb (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Kyle Kuzma (FantasyCPR)
A+ – DeMarre Carroll (FantasyPros)
A+ – Harrison Barnes (FantasyPros)
A+ – Kelly Olynyk (FantasyPros)
A+ – Nerlens Noel (FantasyPros)
A+ – Alex Len (FantasyPros)
A+ – Wendell Carter Jr. (DailyFantasyNerd)
Overall Leaderboard
FantasyLabs continued their heater to place some distance between themselves and the rest of the competition. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.67) continued their rise and straglehold on the top spot after last week.
#2) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.25) saw a slight bump in score last week to move up a spot into 2nd place.
#3) RG Core Plays (Score: 5.19) flip-flopped with FTA as they dropped one spot into 3rd.
#4) RG Consensus (Score: 5.14) used a small .02 uptick in score to climb out of the 4th place tie and into sole possession of the #4 slot.
#5) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 5.12) makes it three RGs in a row as they slid into the top-5.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.92) saw their its score drop a bit last week. The Consensus is now in an 8th place tie.
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 | 37.35% | N/A | 72.50% | N/A |
| 13 | 29.57% | 61.80% | 44.70% | N/A |
| 12 | 29.52% | 35.00% | 49.90% | 72.20% |
| 11 | 35.21% | 40.47% | 45.91% | 54.90% |
| 10 | 22.02% | 34.81% | 37.79% | 46.13% |
| 9 | 18.38% | 27.72% | 28.15% | 43.84% |
| 8 | 14.55% | 22.12% | 30.01% | 38.11% |
| 7 | 10.59% | 18.53% | 22.09% | 32.16% |
| 6 | 11.03% | 15.99% | 21.21% | 23.68% |
| 5 | 7.34% | 9.09% | 11.77% | 11.73% |
| 4 | 4.58% | 6.43% | 9.28% | 14.65% |
| 3 | 2.39% | 4.93% | 5.39% | 6.69% |
| 2 | 1.86% | 2.93% | 3.65% | 4.08% |
| 1 | 1.22% | 1.83% | 2.58% | 1.53% |
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 | 31.60% | N/A | 49.80% | N/A |
| 13 | 21.13% | 38.55% | 28.47% | N/A |
| 12 | 24.88% | 26.23% | 33.03% | 44.13% |
| 11 | 24.20% | 27.20% | 29.22% | 33.03% |
| 10 | 20.59% | 24.53% | 27.04% | 27.73% |
| 9 | 16.01% | 22.63% | 21.18% | 29.98% |
| 8 | 14.84% | 18.75% | 24.41% | 25.13% |
| 7 | 12.34% | 15.13% | 16.73% | 22.89% |
| 6 | 11.91% | 14.12% | 17.94% | 16.47% |
| 5 | 10.17% | 10.09% | 12.03% | 10.36% |
| 4 | 7.56% | 8.14% | 9.49% | 10.73% |
| 3 | 5.78% | 6.73% | 7.32% | 7.13% |
| 2 | 5.37% | 4.81% | 5.44% | 4.50% |
| 1 | 3.05% | 3.48% | 4.02% | 2.21% |
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.
