Last night we had a big ten-game NBA DFS slate which provided plenty of edge and late swap opportunities. Many players skipped the first game of the slate, giving them an extra 30 minutes before lock and allowing for more news to come in before finalizing their lineups at that point. The main DraftKings GPP was the NBA $500K Fadeaway ($100,000 to first, $15 to enter). Let’s get right into the NBA daily fantasy lineup review.
NBA Daily Fantasy DraftKings GPP Lineup Review | Feb. 15
In this NBA DraftKings GPP, there were 39,215 total entries from only 13,232 different DFS players, 1,984 (15%) of which made a profit. A total of 85% of DFS players who entered this GPP lost money.
The Winner
Congratulations to kingofrr, who won this GPP with a score of 376.5. The winning lineup used $49,700 salary and had a cumulative team ownership of 117.9%. Kingofrr entered just the one lineup, turning his $15 entry fee into $100,000. This lineup is interesting in that it has both Domantas Sabonis and Malcolm Brogdon from the Pacers with no runback. Furkan Korkmaz only provided 12.15 points, but low-owned Willy Hernangomez helped pick up the slack, with 33.75 fantasy points for $3,800 at 0.6% ownership.
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Salary and Ownership
Eight of the top 50 finishers used less than $49,700. Here are the top salaries used last night:
- $50,000 | 46%
- $49,900 | 23%
- $49,800 | 13%
- $49,700 | 7%
- $49,600 | 4%
The most popular optimal lineup was played 96 times, using all $50,000 team salary and having a cumulative team ownership of 238.8%. It scored a 274.5 and did not cash.
The 150-Maxers
Seventy-six 150-maxers entered 11,400 lineups, making up 29% of entries in this tournament. Twenty made a profit, while 19 cashed fewer than 20 lineups. All told, 150-maxers took second, fifth, sixth and eighth place.
The most profitable 150-maxer was billsfan777. He cashed 98 of 150 lineups for a profit of $43,951.94. He took second and eighth place, and his best lineup used $49,400 salary and a cumulative team ownership of 155.6%. He locked in Jayson Tatum and had 97.3% Isaiah Roby.
Miscellaneous
Boom of the slate goes to Kent Bazemore, who put up 48 fantasy points for $3,400 (14.1x) at 0.6% ownership. Bazemore ended up on the eighth- and 10th-place teams. Bust goes to Tyrese Maxey, who provided just 12 fantasy points for $3,200 to the 32.5% of lineups that rostered him.
Only 116 lineups were reserved and not played. The lowest-owned lineup that cashed (min-cashed) featured a cumulative team ownership of only 17.9%:
The lowest-salary team that cashed (min-cashed) used $47,800 team salary:
The best lineup possible would have scored a 449.25 and would have won this GPP by 72.75 points:
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