Peaks and Valleys

Over the past two months I have experienced a few peaks and valleys in daily fantasy basketball. Being fairly new to DFB in particular, I was curious as to what to expect in terms of highs and lows. I keep a ledger and my current 5 days skid is making me wonder what is normal, and what to expect from the DFB beast.

My normal buy-in is in the $1-$10 contests. I mix in GPPs and cash games alike, but seem to be finishing right around the 250-280 point mark as of late. On a typical slate I will enter about 10 GPP lineups, and two or three 10-man contests.

For example, Dwayne Wade and Gooden produced well last night. I used all of the tools available and Wade and Gooden did not pop up once. I know Gortat going down really skewed things, but nevertheless it cost me.

Any honest feedback from someone who has grinded successfully is appreciated. Thanks!

Daily fantasy basketball does have its ups and downs for sure. I have had 2-3 day streaks of losing take a day off and bounce back again. For your scores are you talking DK or FD?

Injuries are going to skew things a lot, and unfortunately most of it comes last minute. Tools would of had an updated Gooden if the news was early in the day and not a GTD for Gortat. However the ability to change minutes and projections in the optimizer would of made him up pop more. If you are curious for injury news, feel free to post in the breakdown. We can give an estimate for minutes/projection for a player who would be stepping in. As for Wade, the Cafe Value was likely low on him, and so was I. Wasn't 100%, and I am always hesitant on him due to his low floor at times.

Being new this season, and I am not sure how much of an NBA fan you are, but keeping updated on team's rotations will help you nab those last minute guys for fill-ins. As always we are here to help with that as well.

NBA is a grind, and there is going to be good and bad days.

Thanks Jason.

I play on FanDuel and love the NBA.

What format would you say is the most profitable (ex. H2H, Cash, GPP)? I read the daily academy articles, but struggle with how to allocate funds on a nightly basis - not bankroll percentage, but rather format percentages (10% cash, 90% GPP).

Say I play one $10 cash game with 10 opponents. Should I throw in a few GPPs too? Right now I am only risking about $20-50 per day as I attempt to get comfortable with last minute changes etc. I am trying to avoid the 7 day skids...

Thanks again!

H2H (picking out your contests) and cash leagues are the most profitable over time. The 50/50 Leagues are generally easier to cash in. So let's say you are playing ten contests a night total.

(Seven cash game contests, spreading out entries into different contests - one lineup) Then I would play three GPP contests either at various entry levels, or three lineups in one. I usually always toss my cash game lineup into a GPP too.

I would recommend approaching it like that until you get more comfortable, then you can expand in tournaments.

Also there are some slates to avoid at times, like last night just being a three game slate with one blowout game was one to take a night off on. It keeps your mind fresh, just so you are not always in a routine, ya know?

And no problem at all!

OK - last question.... There are different schools of thought on one lineup approach. Do you build one lineup a night for cash? And then different lineup variations for GPPs?

For real, last question this time. Do you play 100-field entries, or stick to 10 and lower?

Haha there's no restriction on the amount of questions. Yeah I build one lineup for cash games, and then usually take a base from that lineup and turn it into GPP lineups. I work in some different plays with a set core. I will toss in some off the wall lineups every now and then as well.

I stick to the higher field entries. I am not sure there is a huge difference, I just prefer a little variance from the field's lineups. 10 man might have all very similar lineups where one player makes a difference, while 100 or more man there is a little less chance of that happening. It is minor though.