We have a new leader in the Overall Standings with FantasyTeamAdvice moving into the top spot with another strong week of picks. Overall it was a tough week for the NBA DFS experts as overall scores were down. They will look to bounce back this week as we have entered December.
In this article, I will give a brief recap of each day we gathered and graded the experts, including how the Industry Consensus picks did, highlighting which experts were at the top for the day and which players were only called out by one or two experts, but produced an “A+” grade. 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 each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 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 28)
Monday featured a solid seven-game slate of NBA action. The experts had an average night with six coming in with a DailyOverlay score of 5.0 or better.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks finished in the bottom half with a 12th place finish out of 19 experts graded with a DailyOverlay score of 4.28.
A+ – Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins, Bradley Beal, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Hassan Whiteside, Sergio Rodriguez, Dennis Schroder, Kelly Olynyk, Jeremy Lamb
F – James Johnson, JaMychal Green, Cody Zeller, Gerald Henderson
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 7.3) tops the list with six “A+” grades out of 10 selections. Key selections included Russell Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Bradley Beal, Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Durant and DeMarcus Cousins.
#2) FantasyWired (Score: 6.00) grabbed second place on the night with three “A+” picks out of six selections. Their picks were led by selections of Sergio Rodriguez, Kevin Durant and DeMarcus Cousins.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Robert Covington (RotoGrinders Consensus)
A+ – Richaun Holmes (DailyRoto, DK Playbook)
Tuesday (November 29)
Tuesday night featured a six-game slate (thanks to a postponement of the Kings/Sixers game). The experts didn’t fare too well with only two experts recording a DailyOverlay score over 5.0.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks also didn’t fare as well with a 14th place out of 19 experts with a DailyOverlay score of just 2.83.
A+ – Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Sean Kilpatrick
F – Jordan Clarkson, Andre Drummond, Frank Kaminsky, Tim Frazier, Aaron Gordon, George Hill, Pau Gasol, Trevor Ariza, Tony Parker, Jeremy Lamb, Jose Calderon
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Rotoballer (Score: 6.13) tops the list with four out of eight selections receiving an “A+” grade. Key sections included Chris Paul, Sean Kilpatrick, Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan.
#2) DFSOnDemand (Score: 5.00) comes in second place on the day with an “A+”, “B” and “C” grade from their three selections of Sean Kilpatrick, Rudy Gobert and Eric Gordon.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Trevor Booker (FanSided)
A+ – Manu Ginobili (FantasyPros)
A+ – Michael Beasley (FantasyPros)
A+ – Greg Monroe (FantasyPros)
Wednesday (November 30)
Wednesday night featured a solid slate of nine games of NBA action. The experts did well with nine experts finishing with a DailyOverlay score of 5.0 or better.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus finished near the middle of the pack with a 12th place finish out of 21 experts graded coming in with a solid 4.53 DailyOverlay score.
A+ – John Wall, Andrew Harrison, Kristaps Porzingis, Dennis Schroder, Russell Westbrook, Victor Oladipo, Andre Drummond, Karl-Anthony Towns, Damian Lillard, Marcus Morris, Hassan Whiteside
F – Thaddeus Young, Derrick Rose, Monta Ellis
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 6.50) tops the list of experts for the second time this week with two “A+” grades and two “B” grades out of four selections which included top plays of Russell Westbrook and Andrew Harrison.
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 6.29) finishes second on Wednesday with four “A+” grades from their seven selections. They were led by selections of Andrew Harrison, Marcus Morris, Andre Drummond and John Wall.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Brandon Knight (DailyRoto)
A+ – Kent Bazemore (RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down)
A+ – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Scout Fantasy)
A+ – Brandon Jennings (FantasyPros)
A+ – Ish Smith (DailyFantasyNerd)
Friday (December 2)
Friday night consisted of a solid nine-game slate of NBA action. The Friday proved to be a little tougher with only two experts exceeding a DailyOverlay score of 5.0.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks had their best finish of the week with an 8th place ranking out of 20 experts with a DailyOverlay score of 3.39.
A+ – DeMarcus Cousins, Rajon Rondo, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Jeff Green, Chris Paul
F – Lou Williams, Julius Randle, Kent Bazemore, Dwight Howard
Top Experts of the Day
#1) DailyFantasyNerd (Score: 5.88) takes home the top spot with three “A+” grades and no grade below a “C” from their eight selections. Key picks included LeBron James, Jeff Green, Blake Griffin, John Wall and Joel Embiid.
#2) Rotoballer (Score: 5.63) finishes the week strong with their second top two finish with three “A+” grades out of eight selections. They were led by picks of Rajon Rondo, DeMarcus Cousins and Marcin Gortat.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Marcin Gortat (Rotoballer)
A+ – Pau Gasol (FantasyPros)
A+ – Norman Powell (FantasyLabs)
A+ – Al Horford (FantasyAlarm, Rotowire)
Overall Leaderboard
We are now through Week 6 of the NBA season. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) FantasyTeamAdvice (Score: 5.11) takes over the top spot in the overall standings this week with two first place finishes during the week.
#2) RotoGrinders Lineup Builder (Score: 4.91) moves up one spot into second place with a strong week that included a second place finish on Wednesday.
#3) DailyOverlay – The Process (Score: 4.80) jumps up into third place in the overall standings. He doesn’t supply picks every night but when he does be sure to give them a look.
#4) RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down (Score: 4.75) moves up one spot in the standing into fourth place with three top 7 finished during the past week.
#5) CBS Sportsline (Score: 4.71) fell hard this week from the top spot down to fifth place on the overall leaderboard. It was a rough week for Sportsline finishing in last place three times this week.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.28) dropped one spot down to 14th place out of 21 experts ranked in the overall standings through six weeks of action.
Let’s see which experts can make the grade 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.
We utilize the Industry Consensus list to help predict ownership percentages by tracking the actual ownership percentages for each player that shows up on the Consensus list and averaging the ownership percentage for the number of times a player was selected by our list of experts.
Below is the current table showing the data through the first week of the season. Results are using a DraftKings Double-Up for Cash and large field tournaments for GPP. The Count column shows the number of times a player was selected by the experts for a given day. The Cash % column shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a Cash game. The GPP % column shows the average ownership percentage of those players in a GPP tournament. The Total column shows the number of occurrences that a player was selected that many times.
| Count | Cash% | GPP% | Total |
| 15 | 63.10% | 47.60% | 1 |
| 14 | 33.93% | 27.67% | 3 |
| 13 | 50.05% | 35.75% | 15 |
| 12 | 44.92% | 33.83% | 10 |
| 11 | 37.67% | 26.32% | 23 |
| 10 | 33.77% | 25.64% | 29 |
| 9 | 24.08% | 20.33% | 47 |
| 8 | 19.61% | 18.41% | 60 |
| 7 | 19.38% | 16.19% | 75 |
| 6 | 15.88% | 13.86% | 90 |
| 5 | 12.97% | 11.48% | 140 |
| 4 | 10.58% | 9.93% | 154 |
| 3 | 7.57% | 8.06% | 240 |
| 2 | 4.23% | 4.95% | 316 |
| 1 | 3.04% | 3.55% | 591 |
We will look to continue to track this over the course of the season as we provide projected ownership percentages for players on each slate in our NBA Consensus and Weighted Consensus articles.
