What is more important? Points? Rebounds? Steals? Blocks? What are the stats that are more important? Is Player A with 24 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds better then Player B with 9 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds? My first year in Fantasy NBA league. Any advice would be great. Thanks.
There are two types of fantasy. Rotisserie and H2H. Rather than describe Rotisserie, I'll describe H2H since that is the league that you're in. Every week you are matched up against another team. Whatever team accumulates the most points, rebounds, assists, steals, etc. over the course of the week wins the category (except turnover, which the lower total is the winner). Then, you end the week with a record. For example, if (when) I win every category except turnovers, my record for that week would be 8-1. Throughout the season your weekly totals are kept, and that's how who makes the playoffs is determined. You'll figure it out. So the idea is to beat your weekly opponent in every category, every week if possible. Also, make sure to set your lineup daily. You don't have to login everyday (set it up ahead of time), but remember to rotate your bench players into the lineup. Some days ALL of your players will have a game and you'll have to bench someone. Other times only a few players are playing. You don't want to waste games with players sitting on the bench, because then you don't get to count whatever stats they accumulate for your weekly total. If that doesn't make sense, let me know and I"ll clear it up for you.
I know it's after the draft now, but it depends on the league. In the league we're in, there are 8 or 9 head-to-head categories. You're going to pretty much have to punt one or two categories each week when making decisions on players. For instance, drafting Dwight Howard is great for rebounds but bad for FT% and turnovers. There are very few players that are all-around fantasy studs. Marion, LBJ and Josh Smiths are a few of those players who put up stats in most categories. So there are no categories that are more important than others. In your situation, player A is much better for points, but player B might be more of an all-around player because of higher numbers in two categories. It just depends. Looking at your roster in the other thread, you look to be in decent shape. You might be a bit low on rebounding, because Jefferson looks like the best rebounder on your team. But isn't he injured at the moment? Also, this is just a personal thing, but I'm not big on unproven guys, and you have a few, between Love, Thad Young, Mayo and Beasley. Rookies don't usually fare well in fantasy leagues.
Yeah I am rookie happy sometimes. I just did 4 more drafts lol I am in 5 leagues this year. I got down the draft thing now. Here is my best roster I think. How can you go wrong with that lineup?!
I might start writing a blog on fantasy basketball advice again. If I do I'll pass the link on to you. For future reference, www.basketballmonster.com is a good resource to calibrate a draft list. There you can see how players rate from last season.
Whenever I do H2H, I choose guys who are consistent in certain categories, then monopolize. For example, usually every year, I stockpile the leagues best big man. This way, more often than not, I can get rebounds, blocks, points, and FG%, while sacrificing assists and FT% and 3pt shooting. Now with about 5 big guys to dominate those stats, the rest of the team can be geared towards lessening that sacrifice. And most players still rebound and get assists here and there, so its not like only 5 guys are dedicated to those categories. That way I guarantee (more often than not) myself about 4 categories, while remaining somewhat compeititive in the other categories. Against teams that are spreadout across the board, I can easily win each category, or most of them outside of the ones I specialize in. Works well for me as I never have placed lower than 3rd in fantasy leagues. This year though, I tried out Rotisserie. We'll see how that works.
Draft strategy is very different between H2H and rotisserie. I've only ever played H2H, so that's what I know. I pretty much to the same thing. Ideally, through the first six rounds I take all PG's and PF/C players. That way I have top PG's to provide assists, 3PTM, steals, and big men to give FG%, BLKS and Rebounds. Why I will win the league we've been talking about is because I will win percentages. My guards shoot very well from the field, and my bigs shoot well from the line. I lack steals, but that and 3ptm I pretty much have to punt (actually 3ptm isn't my fault, the category was 3pt% when we drafted and later changed) and turnovers I don't care about losing. Anyways, that's my strategy. You can always find an adequate SG/SF player in the later rounds (the Stephen Jackson, Corey Maggette, Richard Jefferson, Richard Hamilton's of the world) and its not worth taking a guy like Granger, Igoudala, Dunleavey earlier. There is a much bigger talent disparity at C and PG, so that's what you need to focus on first.
