Things are really starting to take shape as we continue along this season. One expert has staked claim to the top spot and there’s now a pretty firm 2nd tier with our #2 and #3 slots. Beyond that, the remaining experts are clawing to find spots in the top-5. Another big, five-day week last 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 (January 21st)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.80 (7th of 19)
Total Plays – 20
A+ – James Harden, Wilson Chandler, Joel Embiid, Kyrie Irving, Kenneth Faried, Donovan Mitchell, Al Horford
F – Kyle Kuzma, Josh Hart
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 8.00) scored an “A+” with three of their four plays to start the week of hot.
#2) Sportsline (Score: 6.13) scored “A” or better with five of their eight plays including four “A+” grades. They were the lone site to recommend Michael Beasley and James Ennis III who both scored “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
DailyFantasyNerd (5.68 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Michael Beasley (Sportsline)
A+ – James Ennis III (Sportslin)
A+ – Jae Crowder (Fantasy Alarm)
Tuesday (January 22nd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.06 (9th of 17)
Total Plays – 17
A+ – Dragan Bender, DeAndre Jordan, Karl-Anthony Towns, Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Patrick Beverley, Bogdan Bogdanovic
F – Derrick Rose, TJ Warren
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 7.33) scored an “A+” with two of their three plays to top the experts on Tuesday.
#2) Daily Overlay – Hot Sheet (Score: 6.50) came through with a solid Tuesday as six of Brad’s ten plays scored an “A+” grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
Rotoballer (6.74 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Terrance Ferguson (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Harry Giles (Scout)
A+ – Marvin Bagley III (FantasyLabs)
Wednesday (January 23rd)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 5.15 (8th of 21)
Total Plays – 27
A+ – Ten of the 27 picks scored an “A+” grade.
F – Enes Kanter
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 8.25) scored an “A+” with three of their four plays to top the experts on Wednesday.
#2) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.50) also scored an “A+” with three of four plays; however, their fourth play was a failing grade.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (6.68 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Spencer Dinwiddie (DailyRoto)
A+ – DJ Augustin (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Darren Collison (Scout)
A+ – Will Barton (FantasyPros)
A+ – Alex Len (FantasyPros)
A+ – Jonathan Issaac (DailyFantasyNerd)
Thursday (January 24th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.83 (T-12th of 17)
Total Plays – 23
A+ – Russell Westbrook, Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jrue Holiday, Kelly Oubre Jr, Paul George, Darius Miller
F – Derrick Rose
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 7.50) scored an “A+” and an “A” grade with their two selections.
#2) DK Playbook (Score: 7.20) scored “A” or better with seven of their ten plays including six “A+” scores.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Core Plays (6.59 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Seth Curry (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Terrance Ferguson (FantasyCPR)
Friday (January 25th)
Industry Consensus Picks
DO Score – 4.73(9th of 21)
Total Plays – 26
A+ – Shabazz Napier, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jerryd Bayless, Mason Plumlee, Kawhi Leonard, Kenneth Faried, Paul Millsap, Karl-Anthony Towns, Bradley Beal
F – D’Angelo Russell, Jarrett Allen, Montrezl Harrell, Evan Fournier
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RG Lineup Builder (Score: 7.13) tops the list by scoring an “A+” with five of eight plays in their optimizer for Friday.
#2) DK Playbook (Score: 7.00) scored “A” or better with seven of their 10 plays including six “A+” grades.
Top DK Pts/$1000 Expert of the Day
RG Lineup Builder (6.13 DKPts/$1000)
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Luka Doncic (DailyRoto)
A+ – Ed Davis (DailyRoto)
A+ – Chandler Hutchison (FantasyCPR)
A+ – Lou Williams (Rotowire)
A+ – Nemanja Bjelica (FantasyPros)
A+ – Cedi Osman (FantasyPros)
Overall Leaderboard
RG Core Plays is beginning to run away with things! You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) RG Core Plays (Score: 6.14) bumped their score .05 for the week despite not finding the daily top-2 as much as last week.
#2A) FantasyLabs (Score: 5.64) saw their score drop .03 and moved into a 2nd place tie.
#2b) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.64) stayed flat again this week but slid up into a tie for 2nd place.
#4) DFS Army (Score: 5.32) continue to hold firm in 4th place but continue to slide further behind the top-3 experts.
#5) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.31) used a bump of .02 in score to break the 5th place tie they were in last week.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 5.06) slipped .01 in score for the week. The Consensus slid back one spot and into 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 |
| 17 | 57.60% | N/A | 86.90% | N/A |
| 16 | 64.33% | N/A | N/A | 84.87% |
| 15 | 75.40% | 76.40% | 69.00% | 0.00% |
| 14 | 63.66% | 64.60% | 72.50% | 70.04% |
| 13 | 39.35% | 48.14% | 49.10% | 74.53% |
| 12 | 29.93% | 42.82% | 49.61% | 65.33% |
| 11 | 38.51% | 37.87% | 42.96% | 39.74% |
| 10 | 24.31% | 29.73% | 35.69% | 45.18% |
| 9 | 15.59% | 20.33% | 29.53% | 45.02% |
| 8 | 13.34% | 21.30% | 28.11% | 37.10% |
| 7 | 10.72% | 17.33% | 21.96% | 31.17% |
| 6 | 10.49% | 13.95% | 16.19% | 23.64% |
| 5 | 6.66% | 8.32% | 11.31% | 13.62% |
| 4 | 4.54% | 5.69% | 8.72% | 13.44% |
| 3 | 2.42% | 5.14% | 5.34% | 6.70% |
| 2 | 1.70% | 2.72% | 3.37% | 4.55% |
| 1 | 1.64% | 1.69% | 2.37% | 1.74% |
GPP
| Count | $9k+ | $7k – $9k | $5k – $7k | $3k – $5k |
| 17 | 39.80% | N/A | 53.60% | N/A |
| 16 | 41.20% | N/A | N/A | 60.90% |
| 15 | 47.90% | 47.10% | 40.30% | 0.00% |
| 14 | 44.19% | 40.30% | 47.35% | 50.64% |
| 13 | 27.96% | 33.80% | 34.07% | 47.97% |
| 12 | 23.78% | 32.07% | 33.50% | 43.50% |
| 11 | 26.85% | 27.78% | 30.29% | 29.53% |
| 10 | 21.05% | 22.00% | 25.71% | 26.31% |
| 9 | 16.10% | 19.46% | 23.60% | 30.52% |
| 8 | 14.92% | 18.73% | 23.06% | 26.34% |
| 7 | 12.72% | 15.40% | 17.65% | 22.49% |
| 6 | 11.44% | 13.20% | 15.29% | 17.08% |
| 5 | 9.66% | 9.30% | 11.55% | 11.74% |
| 4 | 7.90% | 7.75% | 9.45% | 10.38% |
| 3 | 5.03% | 6.81% | 7.32% | 7.04% |
| 2 | 5.24% | 4.51% | 5.22% | 4.80% |
| 1 | 2.93% | 3.11% | 3.87% | 2.40% |
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.
