Last night we had a four-game NBA DFS slate that got flipped on its head when Joel Embiid, Norman Powell and O.G. Anunoby were all ruled out. Tony Bradley and Terence Davis were the cheap chalk du jour, which allowed DFS players to stuff in the likes of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The main DraftKings GPP was called the NBA $500K Fadeaway ($100,000 to first, $15 to enter). Let’s get right into the NBA DraftKings Lineup review.
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In this NBA DraftKings GPP, there were 39,215 total entries from 14,775 DFS players, 2,407 (16.3%) of which made a profit. A total of 83.7% of DFS players who entered this GPP lost money.
The Winner
Congratulations to rclark1740, who won this GPP with a score of 350.75. Rfalco94 took second place, 0.75 points behind. The winning lineup used all $50,000 salary and had a cumulative team ownership of 198.4%. Rclark1740 entered two lineups, risking $30 to win $100,000.
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Salary and Ownership
Nine of the top 50 finishers used less than $49,700. Team salaries were lower than normal, with a 20% drop in max salary used lineups from the last slate reviewed. Here are the top salaries used last night:
- $50,000 | 43%
- $49,900 | 24%
- $49,800 | 14%
- $49,700 | 7%
- $49,600 | 4%
The most popular optimal lineup was only played 149 times, using $49,800 team salary and a cumulative team ownership of 315%. It scored a 300.25 and min cashed.
The 150-Maxers
Sixty-seven 150-maxers entered 10,050 lineups, making up 25.6% of entries in this tournament. Thirteen made a profit, taking third and 12th place. Only two 150-maxers cashed 20 lineups or fewer, and one cashed 145 lineups.
The most profitable 150-maxer was nawmsayin, cashing 42 of 150 for a total total profit in this GPP of $19,465.84. He used 36 different players, and his best lineup scored 348, good for third place:
Miscellaneous
Boom of the slate goes to Moritz Wagner, who put up 30.25 fantasy points at $3,200 for 9.5x and was rostered in 0.2% of lineups. Special mention for Dwight Howard, who put up a 9x, scoring 34.25 fantasy points for $3,800 at 21.7% ownership. Bust was Bradley, who returned 10 fantasy points (3.2x) for $3,100 at 58.1% ownership.
One hundred and sixteen lineups were reserved and not played,. The lowest-owned lineup that cashed (min-cashed) featured a cumulative team ownership of a 63.4%:
The lowest-salary team that cashed (min-cashed) used $47,200 team salary:
The best entry from a single bullet took fifth place:
The best lineup possible would have scored a 385, winning this GPP by 34.25 points. Ben Simmons was not needed.
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