We had a first last week in our DO history. The DO NBA Consensus topped the grading on Monday. That has never happened and you were sure to throw out a solid lineup, if you used our Consensus to help shape your lineup. As for the season-long leaderboard, we had some small shuffling and the gap between 1st and 2nd place closed significantly. 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 5th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.50 (1st of 19)
Total Plays – 26
A+ – Zach LaVine, Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin, Paul George, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kyrie Irving, James Harden
F – Anthony Davis, Stanley Johnson
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Daily Overlay Industry Consensus (Score: 4.50) took the top spot for the first time ever in the years we’ve been recording grades. You can see the “A+” and failing grades above.
#2) DailyFantasySportsRankings (Score: 4.38) scored “A” or better with five of their 13 plays on the night.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (5.52 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Alec Burks (DailyRoto)
A+ – Tristan Thompson (RG Lineup Builder)
A+ – Enes Kanter (Sportsline)
A+ – George Hill (FantasyPros)
A+ – Taj Gibson (FantasyPros)
Tuesday (November 6th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 3.17 (5th of 16)
Total Plays – 23
A+ – John Wall, Kemba Walker, Harrison Barnes
F – Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Eric Bledsoe
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyLabs (Score: 4.83) put together a solid day with five of their 12 plays finishing “A” or better including four “A+” grades.
#2) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 4.13) also put together a solid optimized lineup with two “A+” grades on Tuesday.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (5.44 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – CJ McCollum (FantasyPros)
A+ – Brook Lopez (FantasyPros)
A+ – Guillermo Hernangomez (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (November 7th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.79 (7th of 21)
Total Plays – 29
A+ – Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, DeMar DeRozan, Davis Bertans, Andre Drummond, Serge Ibaka, LeBron James, Jrue Holiday, Emmanuel Mudiay
F – Mike Conley
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 6.60) hauled in six “A+” grades with their 10 plays on Wednesday.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 6.00) also scored six “A+” grades. That gave them an “A+” score on half of their plays.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
FantasyTeamAdvice (5.60 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Jaren Jackson Jr. (DailyRoto)
A+ – Taj Gibson (DFS Army)
Thursday (November 8th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.00 (T-6th of 17)
Total Plays – 25
A+ – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Steven Adams, Kyrie Irving, Devin Booker, Eric Bledsoe, Isaiah Canaan, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Montrezl Harrell
F – Boban Marjanovic, Steph Curry
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 8.50) put out a stellar optimized lineup on Thursday. Of their eight player lineup, they scored six “A+” grades, one “A” grade and a “B.” They were the lone expert site to recommend Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
#2) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 6.50) makes it a clean sweep for the optimizers on Thursday. Half of their eight selections scored an “A+” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (6.26 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (RG Lineup Builder)
Friday (November 9th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.36 (9th of 20)
Total Plays – 25
A+ – Terry Rozier, Kemba Walker, Nikola Jokic, Victor Oladipo, Karl-Anthony Towns, Dario Saric, Marcus Smart
F – Wayne Ellington, Taurean Prince, Marvin Bagley III
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.67) scored an “A+” with two of their three plays to top the list of experts on Friday.
#2) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.36) wrapped up the week nicely with five of their 11 selections scoring an “A+” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (6.88 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Iman Shumpert (DailyRoto)
A+ – Omari Spellman (DailyRoto)
A+ – Ben Simmons (Rotowire)
A+ – Jeremy Lin (FantasyPros)
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: 5.26) maintained their lead atop the experts despite dropping .20 in score for the week.
#2) DFS Army (Score: 5.13) also dropped a bit but closed the gap between themselves and the top.
#3) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 4.82) took a big step back in score but hopped up one spot in the standings.
#4) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 4.78) holds down the 4th place spot in the standings and right on the heels of DFN for 3rd.
#5) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 4.73) utilized a couple of big days this past week to leap into the top-5 for the year.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.67) continues to provide quality plays nightly. The Consensus 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 | N/A | N/A | 72.50% | N/A |
| 13 | 24.00% | 37.60% | 44.70% | N/A |
| 12 | 41.90% | 35.00% | 60.96% | 66.60% |
| 11 | 38.00% | 41.63% | 47.08% | 61.60% |
| 10 | 22.21% | 35.12% | 49.62% | 43.85% |
| 9 | 19.55% | 30.56% | 27.31% | 46.50% |
| 8 | 16.53% | 19.61% | 35.03% | 43.49% |
| 7 | 12.99% | 18.90% | 21.61% | 28.73% |
| 6 | 9.36% | 16.88% | 24.19% | 19.17% |
| 5 | 10.08% | 8.66% | 14.74% | 12.61% |
| 4 | 4.52% | 7.04% | 9.19% | 12.04% |
| 3 | 1.91% | 5.58% | 4.92% | 6.24% |
| 2 | 2.90% | 3.76% | 3.97% | 3.70% |
| 1 | 0.87% | 2.70% | 2.08% | 1.50% |
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 | N/A | N/A | 49.80% | N/A |
| 13 | 25.30% | 23.70% | 28.47% | N/A |
| 12 | 34.00% | 26.23% | 40.56% | 37.25% |
| 11 | 28.60% | 29.53% | 30.64% | 33.70% |
| 10 | 21.63% | 24.51% | 34.72% | 26.80% |
| 9 | 18.11% | 24.07% | 19.53% | 32.63% |
| 8 | 16.32% | 17.60% | 26.12% | 28.09% |
| 7 | 14.23% | 15.60% | 16.10% | 22.03% |
| 6 | 11.87% | 14.49% | 18.87% | 13.28% |
| 5 | 12.03% | 10.65% | 13.74% | 11.35% |
| 4 | 8.30% | 8.74% | 10.17% | 10.00% |
| 3 | 5.20% | 7.25% | 7.20% | 7.23% |
| 2 | 7.35% | 5.62% | 6.05% | 4.24% |
| 1 | 3.55% | 4.45% | 3.93% | 2.31% |
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.
