NBA $500K Shootaround Review: Friday, March 3rd
The Grinder review series will provide the reader with a breakdown of the exposures of “top of the leaderboard” players, the top single-entry lineup, and a comparison between all single entry lineups and professionals for large slate DraftKings GPPs. All players have been merged into the positions they are eligible for on FanDuel to give a more accurate and concise view of exposure by position.
This week, we looked at the 500K Shootaround [$50K to 1st!] on DraftKings with a buy-in of $20 and maximum entry limit of 150 lineups per person.
Multi-Entry Grinders of the Game
Anilprao88 led a diverse ownership group throughout each position, not eclipsing 50% ownership on a single player. This led to a standard 16.7% cash rate, but allowed him to cover his bases with a lot of different players and play the odds of producing just the right combination. Produce the right combination he did, as he put together a great lineup to capture 3rd place for $15k. It rotated around the solid base of Nerlens Noel at PF, with incredible value Alan Williams at C (40.25 on a DK salary of just $4400).
Papagates zigged when others zagged and avoided Alan Williams (20% ownership) and compared to the field. However, Demarcus Cousins scored 19 points and followed with 23 rebounds to give papa over 52.75 DK points on 55% of his lineups. D’Angelo Russell barely surpassed 4x value for him, but an ownership of 53% in Russell Westbrook (48 points, 17 rebounds, 9 assists for 89.75 DK points on 30 FGA) sure made up for it. Papa followed a typical strategy an avoided SG for much of the slate to the tune of a 45.3% cash rate and a a peak finish in 12th place (6 lineups in the top-100).
Ryanfour1637 swung for the fences… and hit one out of the park. He owned a single player at four different positions over a 64% clip (Russell Westbrook 80%, Carmelo Anthony 100%, Nerlens Noel 64%, Alan Williams 100%). All of those panned out GPP-wise except for Carmelo Anthony, who still put up a respectable 4.87x and kept Ryan in contention. While Ryan had 11 cashes inside the top-100 finishes, he finished with an astounding cash rate of 91.3%. He had a few duds along the way (D’Angelo Russell, Taj Gibson), but his dense core kept him afloat and allowed him to book several deep finishes.
Single-Entry Winner of the Game
Townythetiger followed the crowd on a few plays (Alan Williams, DeMarcus Cousins), but differentiated himself in elite point guards and big men who made the difference. Kyrie Irving was crazy efficient as he went for 14-21 on field goals with 10-10 from the charity stripe. He finished with 70 fantasy points in a shootout against the Hawks where LeBron James managed to almost match his fantasy output (38 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists for 69.75 DK points). The low-owned hero of the night had been featured in each of the last 3 pro’s exposures, but Nerlens Noel received another mention. A lot of players will avoid a player in a slump, but after three consecutive poor performances and limited minutes with Dallas, Nerlens came flashing his potential and put up 15 points with 17 rebounds (46.75 DK points). Towny showed that all it takes sometimes is a few value plays, combined with a handful of low-owned and neutral matchup elite players, to land yourself a top finish. He tied for 10th placed and took home a nice payday of $2500.
Single-Entry vs. Multi-Entry Grinders
Out of 27,426 entries in the Four Point Play, 21.0% of those entries were entered courtesy of players using a single bullet. The table below compares the exposures of those single entries to the above multi-entry grinders and 75 other top professionals picked off of RotoGrinders’ NBA leaderboard:
