New to fantasy bball
 

I am in a fantasy bball league for the first time ever. Was wondering if you have any recommendations for sites for good info and such. Also, we draft sunday (and start the stats retroactively) and was looking for some good cheatsheets on rankings and such....

Any guys to stay away from? Any guys to target?

Lastly, I have been in a ffootball league for many years and feel I understand how to be successful in it in regards to drafting, trading, and overall evaluating. But in bsketball I have no clue. Should I target certain positions (like how RB's are a premium in football) as a priority when dealing with the first couple rounds?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

Need more info about your league. Generally take the 2 BPAs with your first pick, and then take your 2 or 3 worst categories with those two players and stay away from those categories the rest of the draft.

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

Go to www.basketballmonster.com, go to the projections page, add in your league's stats, and it'll do a pretty good power ranking for you.

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

Sorry, shoulda added....

10 team league with the main 8 categories (Pts/Reb/Ass/Blk/Stl/FG%/3ptM/TO). Play is head to head. 13 rounds. Start all positions + 1 extra G/F/utility

A few difficulties I am having:

1)Which category has the fewest "good" players or holds the most value
2)Which position seems thinnest and does that necessarily mean I should target that position early
3)Should I target players on winning teams or is that irrelevant
4)Should I stay away from players on the same team or does it not matter
5)As far as draft strategy goes, should I continue to rotate what positions I am drafting or is stockpiling one position ok
6)Are there any basic rules of thumb that I should know
7)whatever else you think is relevant....

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

Taking players on the same team depends a lot on whether your team is daily line up or weekly line up. If it's daily, you may run into problems if you have a lot of sets of people on the same teams because when they all play at once you end up screwed.

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

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Sorry, shoulda added....

10 team league with the main 8 categories (Pts/Reb/Ass/Blk/Stl/FG%/3ptM/TO). Play is head to head. 13 rounds. Start all positions + 1 extra G/F/utility

A few difficulties I am having:

1)Which category has the fewest "good" players or holds the most value
2)Which position seems thinnest and does that necessarily mean I should target that position early
3)Should I target players on winning teams or is that irrelevant
4)Should I stay away from players on the same team or does it not matter
5)As far as draft strategy goes, should I continue to rotate what positions I am drafting or is stockpiling one position ok
6)Are there any basic rules of thumb that I should know
7)whatever else you think is relevant....

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don't worry
don't worry
don't worry
i wouldn't recommend an entire FF team based around 2 real basketball teams but generally don't worry
i'd try to get 4 different positions in your first 6 picks, but in a 10 team league it shouldn't matter really at all since you'll always have starters available
just punt some CATs
when in a super marginal decision i'd generally pick the better offensive team

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

xorbie,

What exactly do you mean by that. FWIW I believe we are weekly...

Fonkey,

Appreciate your time thus far.

Clarknasty,

Am I missing something or when I put in those stats I get Danny Granger is the #2 guy in bball. That can't be right, can it?

Re: New to fantasy bball
 

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xorbie,

What exactly do you mean by that. FWIW I believe we are weekly...

Fonkey,

Appreciate your time thus far.

Clarknasty,

Am I missing something or when I put in those stats I get Danny Granger is the #2 guy in bball. That can't be right, can it?

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You are using the 07-08 stats which have a sample size of 1-2 games. Use the projections area (link on top left of page)