Rise & Grind: Thursday, November 10th

by Celia Dweck (Losingtoagirl) Last Updated 2016-11-11 03:03:17

Merry Thursday and welcome to the Rise & Grind, your home base for all things daily fantasy sports. Lots to get into today, so we won’t lollygag around. Fantasy Draft has a new exclusive RotoGrinders contest, where the top finishers walk away with some NFL tickets or branded gear. We’ll take a look at who won what contests and how they did it, and then see what’s up for tomorrow on GrindersLive!

Ready.Set.GO!

Fantasy Draft Run & Gun RG Exclusive Contest

Fantasy Draft is back with another exclusive RotoGrinders contest for all you humans who signed up to their site through RG.

Enter this week’s $75k NFL Run and Gun and the highest scoring Grinders will win the following added prizes:

— 1st: 2 Club Level or Lower Level tickets to the NFL PLAYOFF GAME of your choice (either Wild Card round or Week 1 of the Playoffs)

— 2nd: 2 Club Level/Lower Level tickets to the NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME of your choice

— 3rd: FantasyDraft Nike golf shirt + RotoGrinders hat

— 4th: FantasyDraft t-shirt + RotoGrinders hat

— 5th: FantasyDraft t-shirt + RotoGrinders t-shirt

These prizes are in addition to the standard PayoutZone published as part of the Run and Gun.

This contest is open to both new players that sign up through our FantasyDraft link and existing players that signed up through our link in the past.

If you haven’t signed up to FantasyDraft before, create your new account using this link to ensure you’re eligible for this promotion as well as future RG-exclusive giveaways!

How To Play

1. If you haven’t already, click here to create your FantasyDraft account. If prompted, enter referred by “GRINDERS”.

2. Make a deposit on FantasyDraft. You’ll have your first deposit matched 100% (up to $600) and get a FREE one-year subscription to our FantasyDraft Incentives premium content. Remember – you must use our link to create your account in order to be eligible for this awesome promo. Existing depositors are all set, as long as you originally signed up through a RotoGrinders link.

3. Enter the $75,000 Run and Gun You can multi-enter if you’d like. Your highest scoring entry will determine your ranking for the exclusive prizes (one winning entry per user)

4. Add your FantasyDraft screen name to this thread to be included in the promotion.

Best of luck to all of the entrants!

Start building your lineups in the Run and Gun now!

As always, if you have questions, ask them in this thread and a FantasyDraft rep will help you out.

Good luck!

Wednesday’s Big Winners

Wednesday’s 11-game slate started with fireworks and ended with blowouts. Some chalk busted, some value went off, and a few people won some HUGE money.

Let’s meet those people and their lineups!

In FanDuel’s $250K Wed NBA Slam, jblaoagjr rose above the rest last night, topping the second place finisher awesemo by almost two points.

Here are jblaoagjr’s top three players:

Jeff Teague from the Indiana Pacers was priced at a ripe $5,900 in an intriguing matchup against the Sixers. He took off for 30 actual points and nine assists along with five other peripherals, shattering value by finishing with 50.9 FD points!

Otto Porter, a small forward from the Washington Wizards, had himself a career game against the Boston Celtics. With his teammate Markieff Morris getting into early foul trouble on top of the Celtics horrendous defense on the wings, Otto took full advantage, erupting right from tip-off for 34 points, 14 boards, three steals, three blocks, and four4 assists. WHOA, this dude finished with a shocking 68.8 FD points.

Finally, Jimmy Butler did his thing in a primetime matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. They don’t call him Jimmy Buckets for nothing! Mr. Buckets went in last night. netting 39 actual points, six steals, seven assists, and four boards, covering the floor from top to bottom and swishin’ n’ dishin’ his way to 62.3 FD points.

Here is the rest of the winning lineup:

FANDUEL

$350K Wed NBA Shot ($50K to 1st)
$250K Wed NBA Slam ($40K to 1st)
$250K Wed NBA Monster ($40K to 1st)
$155K Wed NBA Baller ($30K to 1st)
$150K Tue NBA Shot ($15K to 1st, Late Night)
$60K Wed NBA Layup ($10K to 1st)
$50K Wed NBA BIG $2 Double Up (Top 12,500 Win)
$50K Wed NBA BIG $5 Double Up (Top 5,000 Win)
$40K Wed NBA BIG $25 Double Up (Top 800 Win)
$35K Wed NBA Dribbler (Single Entry)
$28.6K Wed NBA BIG $11 Double Up (Top 1300 Win)
$25K Wed NBA Block (Single Entry)
$25K Wed NBA Assist (Single Entry)
$25K Wed NBA Rainmaker (Single Entry)
$25K Wed NBA Swat (3 Entries Max)
$25K Wed NBA Dunk ($25K Guaranteed)

$30K Wed NHL Breakaway ($30K Guaranteed)
$15K Wed NHL Goal ($15K Guaranteed)
$10K Wed NHL Hat Trick ($10K Guaranteed)
$6K Wed NHL Monster ($6K Guaranteed)
$5K Wed NHL One Timer (Single Entry)

Moving on to DraftKing’s NBA $500K MEGA BIRD. where TheClone took down the contest and the $50,000 top prize.

These are TheClone’s top three scorers (other than Otto Porter):

Nikola Vucevic exploded in a great matchup against the Timberwolves porous frontcourt. Vuc went for 24 actual points, 14 boards, six assists, and a block, making his final tally 54.5 DK points,

Next, Kyle Lowry had himself a double-double night, scoring double-digit points – 19 and assists – 13, adding a block and nine rebounds, just missing a triple-double here. With all those stats compiled up, it makes for a whopping 53.25 DK points. Extremely impressive.

Finally, Blake Griffin, a power forward from the Los Angeles Clippers, went off the deep end AGAIN. scoring 22 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a block, chugging over to the end of the game with a nice 53.25 DK points as well!

Take a look at the rest of this 50k lineup:

DRAFTKINGS

NBA $500K MEGA BIRD
NBA $400K SHARPSHOOTER
NBA $300K MONEY BALL
NBA $155K ALL-STAR
NBA $110K THUNDERDOME
NBA MASSIVE $25 DOUBLE UP
NBA GIANT $5 DOUBLE UP
NBA $50K SHARPSHOOTER
NBA $10 DOUBLE UP
NBA $40K POSTERIZER

NHL $45K FORECHECK
NHL $30K FACE-OFF
NHL $18.5K TRIPLE DEKE
NHL $12K POWER PLAY
NHL $5 DOUBLE UP

GrindersLive Schedule: NFL, NHL & MMA

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit’s Thursday, which means NFL is back! Start your research here on GrindersLive with our experts at the helm to give you all the studs and value plays that will get you pointed in the green direction this weekend. Looking at the lobby, there is a 10-game NHL slate, so check out the GL show with Pepsi7 & TheTonyM for all the icy plays. Last but not least, double leg yourself into the MMA show, where bbbomb & GravyCakes submit you into all the fights coming up this weekend.

Here is the full lineup for today:

GrindersLive

Remember you can watch all the shows from today on-demand here!

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. Have a great day!