Graded · 2 contests · 2,427 entries

NBA Oct 30 DraftKings ownership: Turbo slate

What the field actually played on the NBA Fri Oct 30 DraftKings Turbo slate, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 30, 2026 · Updated October 30, 2026 · After The Timeout

3 games · classic

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Classic
Games
3
Teams
DAL, HOU, IND, LAC, MIA, MIN
First lock
Fri Oct 30, 8:00 PM ET
Player pool
81 players
Projections
Captured Fri Oct 30, 7:38 PM ET, before lock

Top 12 by real ownership

The chalk: who the field played most

Field ownership is the share of lineups that used each player, from 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,427 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Some field numbers read low. Part of the real ownership here comes from a results source that counts each player in one roster slot only, so a player the field used in more than one slot can show less ownership than he really had.

Ours vs the field, 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,427 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Amen ThompsonHOUPG/SG43.9%55.0%+11.0
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIAPF36.9%53.3%+16.4
Andrew NembhardINDPG/SG37.5%44.8%+7.3
Jonathan KumingaMINPF26.1%41.4%+15.2
Ayo DosunmuMINSG/SF29.8%41.3%+11.6
Pascal SiakamINDPF28.6%40.0%+11.4
Bobby PortisMIAPF/C20.1%37.4%+17.3
Kevin DurantHOUSF30.9%35.3%+4.4
Jarace WalkerINDSF7.6%33.5%+25.9
Davion MitchellMIAPG25.6%29.8%+4.2
Tari EasonHOUSF/PF9.9%29.1%+19.2
Bam AdebayoMIAC26.9%28.9%+2.0

10 players where we were furthest off

Our biggest misses

We publish these on purpose. The players the field played far more than we expected, and the ones it passed on.

The field played him more than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Clint CapelaHOUC1.9%28.5%+26.6
Jarace WalkerINDSF7.6%33.5%+25.9
Tari EasonHOUSF/PF9.9%29.1%+19.2
Bobby PortisMIAPF/C20.1%37.4%+17.3
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIAPF36.9%53.3%+16.4
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Jabari Smith Jr.HOUPF/C31.0%11.2%−19.8
Kris DunnLACPG/SG26.1%8.8%−17.3
PJ WashingtonDALPF18.0%2.8%−15.2
Derrick Jones Jr.LACSF/PF18.2%3.6%−14.6
Kyrie IrvingDALPG20.4%6.5%−13.9

Small-field or limited-entry tournament contests · n = 82 players

How our projections held up

We compared our projected ownership with the real field for 82 players across 2 small-field or limited-entry tournament contests (2,427 entries). On average our number was 5.5 percentage points away from the field's. On the 25 players at 10% ownership or more, the average gap was 10.7 points. Across the board the field owned these players 0.2 points less than we projected, on average.

5.5 ptsaverage gap, ours vs the field (82 players)
0.81correlation with real ownership, 1.00 is a perfect match (n = 82)
10.7 ptsaverage gap on the 25 players at 10%+
2small-field or limited-entry tournament contests, 2,427 entries
The grade by contest type
Contest typeContestsEntriesPlayersAvg gapCorr
Small-field or limited-entry tournament22,427825.50.81

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests. Cash games are not used to grade tournament ownership.

What these numbers mean

Average gap is how far our projected ownership sat from the real field, in percentage points, averaged over every player compared. If we had a player at 20% and the field played him at 26%, that player adds a 6-point gap.

Correlation measures whether we had the order right: who the field would play most and least. 1.00 would be a perfect match and 0 would be no relationship at all.

Players compared covers our whole player pool plus anyone the field used that we did not have in it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
NBA $1.25K And-One [20 Entry Max] (Turbo)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,486$120
NBA $8K Pull Up Jumper [$2K to 1st] (Turbo)small-field or limited-entry tournament941$10-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 81 players, our point projections missed by 7.4 fantasy points on average (7.8 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.82 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Kyrie IrvingDAL31.955.0+23.1
Jonathan KumingaMIN31.38.2−23.1
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIA52.275.0+22.8
Naji MarshallDAL22.10.0−22.1
Bones HylandMIN12.034.0+22.0
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C158.1+1.9
PF613.1−5.5
PF/C66.2+2.2
PG117.1+3.5
PG/SG107.4+3.2
SF87.6−1.5
SF/PF115.8+0.2
SG34.8−4.8
SG/SF116.2+2.8

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