Starting Using Draftkings

[Duff85]

Irving is un belivable, 40 pts on a team who blows

That is part of the appeal though. He has no one taking away from his production.

[downsouth]

Havent posted lineups past few days but still playing. About even but do have a few decent steps built up for level 4

Running just 1 lineup today as not much time.

Keeping it pretty light.

My Team

PG	Jameer Nelson	Det@Orl	$7,100	34.2
SG	O.J. Mayo	Pho@Dal	$6,300	31.8
SF	Nicolas Batum	Por@LAC	$6,900	36.7
PF	Carmelo Anthony	Atl@NY	$8,900	43.8
C	Greg Monroe	Det@Orl	$7,600	34.7
G	Eric Bledsoe	Por@LAC	$3,600	20.8
F	Nikola Vucevic	Det@Orl	$5,700	31.8
UTIL	Vince Carter	Pho@Dal	$3,900	23.8

[factor280]

I like it. I have a similar one but took a flyer on Luis Scola for Utility.

[downsouth]

Using this one today.

Wonder why Amir not starting for Toronto today

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 6th

YTP: 2

PMR: 358

PG	Jrue Holiday	60.0%	MEM 9 PHI 13 7:50 1st	2 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB	6.25
SG	Jerryd Bayless	25.0%	MEM 9 PHI 13 7:50 1st	2 PTS	2
SF	James Harden swap	--%	HOU 0 UTA 0 Mon 9:00PM		0
PF	David Lee	41.0%	GS 14 TOR 12 6:31 1st	8 PTS, 1 AST, 1 REB	10.75
C	Amir Johnson	52.0%	GS 14 TOR 12 6:31 1st		0
G	Jose Calderon	56.0%	GS 14 TOR 12 6:31 1st	1 REB, , 1 TO	0.75 -1.5
F	Tyreke Evans	4.0%	SAC 1 WAS 7 9:33 1st	1 REB	1.25
UTIL	Nikola Vucevic swap	--%	ORL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 22.5

[downsouth]

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769 (2)

RANK: 4th

YTP: 3

PMR: 350

PG	Ty Lawson swap	--%	HOU 0 DEN 0 Wed 9:00PM		0
SG	Eric Bledsoe swap	--%	LAC 0 MIN 0 Pre-Game		0
SF	Carmelo Anthony	66.0%	ORL 0 NY 0 Pre-Game		0
PF	Thaddeus Young	11.0%	WAS 28 PHI 25 0:02.4 1st	3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3 PTS	10.25
C	Joakim Noah swap	--%	CHI 0 MIL 0 Pre-Game		0
G	Jrue Holiday	44.0%	WAS 28 PHI 25 0:02.4 1st	1 AST, 1 TO, 6 PTS	7
F	Paul George	72.0%	DET 21 IND 24 1:48 1st	1 REB, 1 AST, 3 PTS	5.75
UTIL	Avery Bradley	7.0%	SAC 0 BOS 0 Pre-Game		0
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 23.00

Ran a few different varieties of this lineup out in various leagues. Maybe Ill



Ran the one below out in the $27 $15k guarantee, maybe get lucky.

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 1st

YTP: 3

PMR: 338

PG	Jrue Holiday	31.9%	WAS 28 PHI 25 0:00 1st	1 AST, 1 TO, 6 PTS	7
SG	Paul George	56.8%	DET 23 IND 27 0:53.9 1st	1 REB, 1 AST, 6 PTS, 1 3PM	9.25
SF	LeBron James swap	--%	MIA 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
PF	Thaddeus Young	13.5%	WAS 28 PHI 25 0:00 1st	3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3 PTS	10.25
C	Emeka Okafor	13.1%	WAS 28 PHI 25 0:00 1st	4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 4 PTS	12.5
G	Eric Bledsoe swap	--%	LAC 0 MIN 0 Pre-Game		0
F	Kosta Koufos swap	--%	HOU 0 DEN 0 Wed 9:00PM		0
UTIL	Kyle Lowry	13.3%	TOR 0 ATL 0 Pre-Game		0
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 39.00

[Noles1992]

Your Looking good Bro! Koufos off to a good start for the late game. I am only 300 places behind ya LOL!

[downsouth]

Your Looking good Bro! Koufos off to a good start for the late game. I am only 300 places behind ya LOL!

Yeah, got excited early as I thought I had a shot. Ended up with a min cash in the $27. George hurt and a few blowouts put some of my guys down early.

And yeah, Koufos gets 9.25 in the first quarter and 8 the rest of the game.

[Noles1992]

Yeah I saw that he blew his wad in the 1st qtr. , at least you $ something. GL!

[downsouth]

Got a shot with this one.

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 3rd

YTP: 1

PMR: 124

PG	Jrue Holiday	100.0%	SAC 73 PHI 76 8:18 4th	2 REB, 1 3PM, 7 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL, 7 TO,15 PTS	29
SG	Greivis Vasquez	50.0%	NO 17 DEN 22 2:40 1st	1 3PM, 2 AST, 7 PTS	10.5
SF	LeBron James	50.0%	MIA 83 IND 98 3:54 4th	4 REB, 1 3PM, 2 AST, 1 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO,27 PTS	38
PF	Earl Clark swap	--%	LAL 0 MIN 0 Pre-Game
C	DeMarcus Cousins	33.3%	SAC 73 PHI 76 8:18 4th	11 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK, 2 STL, 4 TO,12 PTS, 1 DDbl	41.25
G	Eric Bledsoe	100.0%	LAC 69 TOR 95 1:15 4th	2 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO,10 PTS	21.5
F	Taj Gibson	50.0%	CHI 73 BKN 77 7:02 4th	7 REB, 2 BLK, 2 TO, 14 PTS, 1 AST	27.25
UTIL	Paul Pierce	16.7%	ORL 63 BOS 86 7:39 4th	11 REB, 1 3PM, 7 AST, 1 STL, 3 TO,14 PTS, 1 DDbl	40.75
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 208.25

Boston becoming blowout when it was close in third is gonna hurt though. Pierce could have went for 50

[playersonly69]

I may have to try this site again

[MexicanStallion]

Stupid question, but is there some kind of scoring system located on the site? I think I would be over my head if I did basketball, but would be curious about the set up for it.

[downsouth]

Stupid question, but is there some kind of scoring system located on the site? I think I would be over my head if I did basketball, but would be curious about the set up for it.

Where I find it is when you click on a contest (directly on contest, not the draft team button). It will bring you up a window that has a list of players, prizes, etc. If looking under the list of players enrolled you will find a link that say visit NBA Rules for full contest scoring. Basically breaks it down for you.

Here is what they have for NBA
POINT SCORING

Point= 1pt
Made 3pt = .5
Rebound= 1.25
Assist = 1.5
Steal or Block= 2
Turnover= -.5
Double-double= 1.5 (max 1 per player)
Triple Double= +3

[downsouth]

Ran out this batch in a bunch of D or nothings and a $16 multi

Not a huge fan and missed out on the big guys (lebron, durant, westbrook but who knows)

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 64th

YTP: 6

PMR: 340

PG	Tony Parker swap	--%	WAS 0 SA 0 Sat 8:30PM		0
SG	Greivis Vasquez swap	--%	NO 0 MIN 0 Pre-Game		0
SF	James Harden swap	--%	CHA 0 HOU 0 Pre-Game		0
PF	Taj Gibson	64.0%	CHI 41 ATL 38 1:41 2nd	5 REB, 1 STL, 9 PTS	17.25
C	David Lee swap	--%	PHO 0 GS 0 Sat 10:30PM		0
G	Kyle Korver	8.0%	CHI 41 ATL 38 1:41 2nd	4 REB, 1 3PM, 1 BLK, 1 STL, 2 TO, 3 PTS	11.5
F	Anthony Davis swap	--%	NO 0 MIN 0 Pre-Game		0
UTIL	Andrew Nicholson swap	--%	ORL 0 MIL 0 Sat 8:30PM		0
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 28.75

Have about half as well with Redick instead of Korver

[MexicanStallion]

Where I find it is when you click on a contest (directly on contest, not the draft team button). It will bring you up a window that has a list of players, prizes, etc. If looking under the list of players enrolled you will find a link that say visit NBA Rules for full contest scoring. Basically breaks it down for you.

Here is what they have for NBA
POINT SCORING

Point= 1pt
Made 3pt = .5
Rebound= 1.25
Assist = 1.5
Steal or Block= 2
Turnover= -.5
Double-double= 1.5 (max 1 per player)
Triple Double= +3

Okay appreciate you pointing it all out for me. That should be easy to find then.

[mikejamm]

How's you record so far DS? You mak'in any money bro?

[dynamite140]

fanduel is much better than draftkings if you want quicker results.

[downsouth]

How's you record so far DS? You mak'in any money bro?

Made a little but defintely not something I would think is viable for a long term source of income. Needs more volume, and some form of rewards program similar to Pokestars or party back in the day.

[downsouth]

fanduel is much better than draftkings if you want quicker results.

What do you mean by quicker results?

Ive never used fanduel so dont really know what the difference is.

[Noles1992]

Maybe Quicker results watching your wallet dwindle on Fanduel.. IMO

[mrsolodolo21]

DraftKings updated their pricing algorithm FYI..No more Eric Bledsoe for 3.5k, lol. Hopefully this will make the lineups less similar and more competitive.

[DraftKingsJosh]

DraftKings Rep on SBR

Hey everyone,

Excited to see that a thread about DraftKings has gotten so much activity here. I hope everyone is enjoying the site so far! I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be an official presence on this forum over at least the next month and will be happy to answer any questions or concerns you have, as well as post various promotions and special offers we have.

I'll be checking the site a few times a day. Looking forward to keeping the discussion going!

Josh

[gryfyn1]

Hey everyone,

Excited to see that a thread about DraftKings has gotten so much activity here. I hope everyone is enjoying the site so far! I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be an official presence on this forum over at least the next month and will be happy to answer any questions or concerns you have, as well as post various promotions and special offers we have.

I'll be checking the site a few times a day. Looking forward to keeping the discussion going!

Josh

Thanks, Josh, I am really enjoying the site; will you be offering anything through the SBR store? only "new account cash" is available and I already purchased it once.

[DraftKingsJosh]

Thanks, Josh, I am really enjoying the site; will you be offering anything through the SBR store? only "new account cash" is available and I already purchased it once.

Great, glad to hear you're enjoying the site.

We made the cash available only for first-time depositors because it was getting too expensive for us to offer the deal to everyone! We're considering offering DK Dollars for all users at a higher price point in the SBR store, but not for at least a week.

[Mike650i]

DraftKings updated their pricing algorithm FYI..No more Eric Bledsoe for 3.5k, lol. Hopefully this will make the lineups less similar and more competitive.

Yeah they seem to have significant updates from time to time that jolt players that were pretty much auto-picks for weeks. Guys like Amir Johnson are much pricier now as well.

[MexicanStallion]

Hey everyone,

Excited to see that a thread about DraftKings has gotten so much activity here. I hope everyone is enjoying the site so far! I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be an official presence on this forum over at least the next month and will be happy to answer any questions or concerns you have, as well as post various promotions and special offers we have.

I'll be checking the site a few times a day. Looking forward to keeping the discussion going!

Josh

Welcome aboard. Thanks for joining. Shouldn't have any issues going forward.

[downsouth]

DraftKings updated their pricing algorithm FYI..No more Eric Bledsoe for 3.5k, lol. Hopefully this will make the lineups less similar and more competitive.

Figured that was coming. Glad to see it as hate seeing 3-5 guys a night appearing in 90% of lineups.

[DraftKingsJosh]

World Peace and Howard out tonight--make sure they're out of lineups. Should be some good value plays in that game...

[downsouth]

Running this bad boy out in some double or nothings. Not a huge fan of the small card tonight. Did manage to get the entire laker starting 5 going. Maybe they come out and score 70 as a team.

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 1st

YTP: 7

PMR: 384

PG	Mike Conley swap	--%	PHO 0 MEM 0 Tue 8:00PM		0
SG	Kobe Bryant swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
SF	Earl Clark swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
PF	Antawn Jamison swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
C	Zach Randolph swap	--%	PHO 0 MEM 0 Tue 8:00PM		0
G	Paul George	0.0%	ATL 0 IND 0 Pre-Game		0
F	Pau Gasol swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game		0
UTIL	Andrew Bogut swap	--%	GS 0 HOU 0 Tue 8:00PM		0
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 0.00

[downsouth]

Running this bad boy out in some double or nothings. Not a huge fan of the small card tonight. Did manage to get the entire laker starting 5 going. Maybe they come out and score 70 as a team.

LIVE SCORING


TEAM: Ugadawgs7769

RANK: 1st

YTP: 7

PMR: 384

PG	Mike Conley swap	--%	PHO 0 MEM 0 Tue 8:00PM
SG	Kobe Bryant swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game
SF	Earl Clark swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game
PF	Antawn Jamison swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game
C	Zach Randolph swap	--%	PHO 0 MEM 0 Tue 8:00PM
G	Paul George	0.0%	ATL 0 IND 0 Pre-Game
F	Pau Gasol swap	--%	LAL 0 BKN 0 Pre-Game
UTIL	Andrew Bogut swap	--%	GS 0 HOU 0 Tue 8:00PM
TOTAL FANTASY POINTS: 0.00

Clean sweep for this lineup. WOn all my double or nothings and even won several step tickets and entry in a few multis for tommorow.

Gasol underwhelmed but over 80% of lineups I encountered had him so it wassnt that bad. Cant complain and maybe now can get lucky in one of these steps(got a few big tickets built up or better yet the big $27 multi tommorow.

[Grits n' Gravy]

Nice work downsouth. On slow nights look at guys like Bayless of Mem and Bynum of Det. Not sold on Conley and without Gay, Bayless is their best scorer outside the low post. Bynum quietly puts up numbers and adding Calderon will only impact his minutes minimally.

[DraftKingsJosh]

Clean sweep for this lineup. WOn all my double or nothings and even won several step tickets and entry in a few multis for tommorow.

Gasol underwhelmed but over 80% of lineups I encountered had him so it wassnt that bad. Cant complain and maybe now can get lucky in one of these steps(got a few big tickets built up or better yet the big $27 multi tommorow.

Great night downsouth

[downsouth]

Nice work downsouth. On slow nights look at guys like Bayless of Mem and Bynum of Det. Not sold on Conley and without Gay, Bayless is their best scorer outside the low post. Bynum quietly puts up numbers and adding Calderon will only impact his minutes minimally.

Yeah, had put in Nash in a few in place of Conley (why I made entire lakers starting 5 comment when I posted lineup).

Bayless was on fire last night, cannot believe when they had ball last night in waning seconds they didnt find a way to get him the ball and instead let Darrell ARthur(played absolute awful game) get the ball and chuck up a three.

As for Bynum, I have definitely used him when I needed a plug in type player that could put up decent stats on the cheap.

Good luck

[downsouth]

Great night downsouth

thanks

[MrZ]

Clean sweep for this lineup. WOn all my double or nothings and even won several step tickets and entry in a few multis for tommorow.

Gasol underwhelmed but over 80% of lineups I encountered had him so it wassnt that bad. Cant complain and maybe now can get lucky in one of these steps(got a few big tickets built up or better yet the big $27 multi tommorow.

Nice job Downsouth, keep it rolling

[downsouth]

Alright, got a ticket to the $109 high roller multi tongith, the $27 big one, and going to use a few larger step tickets tonight. $200 buy ins apiece.

Help me out with some value plays if you got em.