Rise & Grind: February 20th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. Start your day off right here with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the the upcoming DFS day.
Grab your first cup of coffee and catch up on the latest news!
In Case You Missed It
- Naapstermaan SMASH – Naap is officially on a Teater-Heater. After grabbing his PBC ticket on Tuesday, Naap took down the first official Big Wednesday on DraftStreet for a cool $10k. In other DraftStreet action, that wicked pissah of a third grade teacher, MSidla snagged his first ticket into the DSBBC. This guy has been on a tear since December. Three tickets were awarded in the DraftKings Showcase. CPF501 (#164 Overall, #14 TPOY) is the next double dipper. He took down two of last night’s three available tickets. Winning the final ticket was gary8700 (#932 Overall, #425 TPOY). Look for his standings to improve after the final. The Streak for the Mansion on StarStreet is down to the final 24 and resumes action on Friday.
- CBB GPP Results – DraftStreet rolled out some aggressive College Basketball GPPs in what turned out to be free money Wednesday, as some barely got over half full. Disappointing to see as I’m sure the prize pools will be reduced. Tallmaurice was the benefactor of the small field in the $20k GPP, taking down the first place $5,000 prize.
- The Bobblehead Effect – You’ve heard it mentioned on GrindersLive that a player’s bobblehead night and revenge games versus former teams bump up their performance. Emac took the time to break down a sample of performances from these nights and giving us a list of those nights coming up here: Birthdays and Bobbleheads.
Basically this is how the formula breaks down:
- New Look in the Forums – The hampster wheels have been spinning at the RotoGrinders offices, and those of you who visit the forums will notice some slight changes this morning. The biggest thing you will notice is the new tabs at the top for ease of sorting. Also added is an Off Topic tab and a support tab. Hop on over to the forums and take a look!
Meanwhile, Naapstermaan paid a visit to said RotoGrinders offices, and is continuing his path of destruction.
Today’s Events
- Daily Fantasy Fix Interview with Varncass – DB welcomes top CBB writer and player Varncass to the podcast. Make sure you give it a listen in to get some insight into the expanding world of DFS College Basketball.
- NBA Tonight – Short schedule, but some excellent games tonight. LBJ and the Heat go to OKC to visit KD and the Thunder in an East-West tussle. The Rockets continue their California swing visiting Steph, Iggy and the
StoogesWarriors. Great short slate to sweat on TNT and put a tiny amount of your money on to give you a reason to watch these good games.
On the Grinders Schedule
Articles
- #1) NBA Daily Plays – Ethan takes a break from his spreadsheets and gives you his favorite picks for the NBA games tonight.
- #2) NBA GrindDown – Notorious gets deep into the analysis of tonight’s games in one, easy to read location.
- #3) Big Events Recap – SBK runs down all the big winners from around the DFS world from BIG Wednesday night.
- #4) Weekly Rankings Update – I take the rankings. I update them. I post gifs.
GrindersLive
- No GrindersLive Today – The guys are tired from two days back and need a day off.
Is there something else you’d like to see in this column? Questions or comments? Leave them below and we’d be happy to consider them. See you Tomorrow!