Fantasy Basketball: Advise to help you win!!!
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Standard 10-team rotisserie / 7 Categories / 13 roster spots
Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, FG%, FT%
PG, SG, SF, PF, C, G, F, U, U, U (+ 3 bench)
You've heard it for a while...PG's are deep. Blocks are rare. SG are far and few. Those are all true. See below to help iron out your strategy.
DISCLAIMER: Fantasy Basketball is fun. Keep it that way. If you like a player and a team, its ok to reach for it. You may not win, but at least you'll have fun.
The below uses ESPN latest rankings & Projections. MY TOP 150 ANALYSIS IS AT BOTTOM
For your 1st Pick, just go by the ESPN rankings. They are spot on.
Each one of the #1 picks does something great. Some do several things great. After your first pick, that is when strategy comes into play. I will give you some statistics in each category and go from there.
SCORING
- Only 3 players are projected to score 25+ ppg (and one is out for 2+ months)
- 58 more are projected between 15-20ppg
- 20 total are projected to score 20+ ppg
ADVISE: Scoring is nice, but should not be a problem. If you are going for a lot of all around stat fillers you may be at risk in the scoring category. However, try to stay away from the scorers with low FG%, usually they are chuckers and dont provide benefits in other categories (i.e DeMar DeRozen, Eric Gordon, Brandon Jennings (though he provides Ast and 3's), Gallinari, Swaggy P)
REBOUNDING
- 10 players are projected to rebound 10+ rpg
- 36 more are projected between 7.5-10 rpg
ADVISE: Rebound is nice, but should not be a problem.
ASSISTS
- 2 players are projected to have 10+ apg
- 10 more are projected between 7.5-10 apg
ADVISE: PG is the deepest position, but true assist pg's are hard to come by. Assist are hard to come by. If you don't 1 or 2 of the above 12 guys averaging 7.5+ apg make sure your other selections are giving you at least 4-6 apg. 4 of the 12 guys averaging 7.5+ apg are ranked in top 10. If you are one that gets one, be sure to pick up another a future round. If one of your 1st picks is not one of these guys, you can pick up 7 of the players ranked overall over 50 (or 5th round)
STEALS
- 6 players are projected to have 2+ spg
- 18 more are projected between 1.5-2 spg
ADVISE: Steals are a bonus category. When debating between 2 similar players sacrifice a couple points or rebounds to get more steals
BLOCKS
- 3 players are projected to have 2.5+ bpg (and one is ranked 116. You should reach for the guy at 116 see analysis below)
- 7 more are projected between 2-2.5 bpg (and 4 of those are ranked 6-13 round).
- 9 more are projected between 1.5-2.0 bpg
ADVISE: Blocks are rare. You get 1 or 2 of the above guys, you should be doing good in this catagory
BELOW ARE THE ESPN RANKINGS WITH MY ANALYSIS. GOOD LUCK!!!
