It was a strong week for the DFS NBA experts who put up solid grades and DailyOverlay scores every day. It was a big week for FakePigskin who finished in first place on both Tuesday and Friday to catapult them into third place in the overall standings. And the battle for first place is getting closer and closer as DailyRoto and RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down continue to produce solid picks every week.
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, highlighting 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 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 consensus picks for the day.
On to the grades!
Week in Review
Tuesday (Dec 8)
Tuesday night featured a small six-game slate. Tuesday night was a strong night for the experts including a three-way tie for the top spot.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks were in the top half finishing in 5th out of 11 experts with a very strong DailyOverlay score of 5.26 for the day.
A+ – Thaddeus Young, Paul George, Nikola Vucevic, Omri Casspi, Will Barton, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, LeBron James, Bojan Bogdanovic
F – Marc Gasol, Rodney Stuckey, Shane Larkin
Top Experts of the Day
#1) Three-way tie for the top spot with a DailyOverlay score of 5.50 by DailyRoto, Moxyball-MoxyList, and FakePigskin. DailyRoto had 8 selections receive an “A” grade or better including selections of Klay Thompson, Omri Casspi, Thaddeus Young and LeBron James. Moxyball-MoxyList had 14 out of 22 selections receive an “A” grade or better including players such as Paul Geroge, Bojan Bogdanovic, Kevin Durant and Will Barton. And finally, FakePigskin hit on 6 out of 10 picks receiving an “A” grade or better including picks of Jameer Nelson, Klay Thompson, and Paul George.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Kevin Durant (Moxyball-MoxyList)
A+ – Jameer Nelson (FakePigskin)
A – CJ McCollum (Moxyball-MoxyList, FantasyAlarm)
A – Matthew Dellavedova (Moxyball-MoxyList, FanSided)
A – Trevor Booker (Moxybal-MoxyList, FanSided)
A – Damian Lillard (FanSided)
Wednesday (Dec 9)
Wednesday night featured a big 10 game slate of NBA action. The experts had another strong night on Wednesday including one expert receiving a DailyOverlay score over six.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks performed well again finishing in 4th place out of 11 experts graded with a DailyOverlay score of 4.67 and no players receiving an “F” grade.
A+ – James Harden, OJ Mayo, John Wall, Blake Griffin, Karl-Anthony Towns, Corey Brewer, Paul Millsap, Andre Drummond
F – None
Top Experts of the Day
#1) RotoGrinders 6-pack (Score: 6.50) finishes in a top spot with 3 out of 6 selections receiving an “A+” grade including OJ Mayo, Karl-Anthony Towns, and James Harden.
#2) RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down (Score: 5.44) pulls into the second spot to make it a clean sweep by RotoGrinders on Wednesday with 13 out of 18 selections receiving a grade of “B” or higher. The Grind Down has some consensus plays such as James Harden, John Wall, and Paul Millsap, but they also had an off the radar selection of Jared Sullinger come through.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Alex Len (DailyRoto)
A+ – Jared Sullinger (RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down)
A+ – Nicolas Batum (Moxyball-MoxyList, FanSided)
A+ – Mirza Teletovic (FanSided)
A+ – Wesley Johnson (FanSided)
A+ – Kelly Olynyk (FanSided)
Friday (Dec 11)
Friday night featured a big 11-game slate. The experts had another solid night including three experts with a DailyOverlay score above five.
Industry Consensus Picks
The Industry Consensus picks had their worst DailyOverlay score of the week at 3.96 which was only good enough for 7th place out of 12 experts graded on the night.
A+ – John Wall, Draymond Green, LeBron James, Tyreke Evans, Eric Bledsoe, Andre Drummond
F – Bradley Beal, Elfrid Payton
Top Experts of the Day
#1) FakePigskin (Score: 6.00) takes the top spot for the second day this week with 5 “A+” grades out of their 10 selections. FakePigskin hit on some consensus picks such John Wall, Draymond Green and LeBron James, but also found a couple of less owned picks of Patty Mills and Andre Iguodala.
#2) DailyOverlay-Double Stuffed (Score: 5.91) finds his way into second place on the night with 7 out of 11 selection receiving a grade of “A” or higher. Double Stuffed hit on some consensus picks such as John Wall and Tyreke Evans, but also hit some off the board picks such as Kemba Walker and Frank Kaminsky.
Sleepers of the Day
A+ – Stephen Curry (DailyRoto, RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down)
A+ – Frank Kaminsky (Moxyball-MoxyList, DailyOverlay-Double Stuffed)
A+ – Ersan Ilyasova (FantasyAlarm)
A+ – D’Angelo Russell (FanSided, DFSonDemand)
A+ – Allen Crabbe (FanSided)
A+ – Kelly Olynyk (FanSided)
Overall Leaderboard
We have now completed seven weeks of the NBA season and the overall standings have a new site that has moved up into the third spot. You can view the full NBA Overall Standings here.
#1) DailyRoto (Score 5.14) remaining in the top spot with another solid week including finishing tied for first place on Tuesday and finishing in the top 5 every day this week.
#2) RotoGrinders NBA Grind Down (Score: 5.11) continues to inch closer to the top spot with their second place effort on Wednesday. Maybe next week is the week they finally overtake DailyRoto for top honors.
#3) FakePigskin (Score 5.00) moves up into third place thanks to two first place finishes this week. FakePigskin has only been graded four times so far this season so they can move up or down the leaderboard quickly.
The Daily Overlay Industry Consensus picks (Score: 4.62) had a solid week especially on Tuesday and Wednesday, but they still dropped one spot in the overall standings to 7th this week out of a total of 14 experts graded this season.
Let’s see which experts can make the grade this week in the NBA!
