I've played fantasy basketball on Yahoo for the last six years. Fantasy basketball leagues are fun because there are so many players to choose from, the season isn't excruciatingly long like baseball, and the NBA is still one of the most exciting sports to watch.
I only play the public league auto-drafts because there's a lot of strategy in setting up an automatic draft and I don't always have three or four hours to set aside for a live draft When I first started playing I didn't always finish the season so hot, but as the years went on I picked up a few tricks of the trade. I now regularly finish in the top three or four of my leagues in Yahoo. Here are some tricks of how to set up a good auto-draft and what players to acquire in the middle of the season.
1. Forget your heart; go with stats. Sometimes you want to get that hot rookie from your favorite college and put him on your team. You stack him near the top of your order to guarantee a spot. But what good is it to draft someone like JJ Redick when he's going to get limited minutes behind three other shooting guards?
Put those who get a lot of minutes and dominate in at least one or two categories near the top. That's why Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are regularly on winning teams and acquire lots of fantasy points. You get positive points with field goal percentage, points per game, rebounds per game, assists, steals, blocks, etc. Picking up someone like Shawn Marion can help your team tremendously because he gets 37 minutes a game, regularly hits his free throws, and puts something in each of the major categories. He hits threes, puts in 18 ppg/9rpg and can get a steal or two, all year long. Dirk Nowitzki falls into that category, too, of dominate players who don't miss many games.
I only play the public league auto-drafts because there's a lot of strategy in setting up an automatic draft and I don't always have three or four hours to set aside for a live draft When I first started playing I didn't always finish the season so hot, but as the years went on I picked up a few tricks of the trade. I now regularly finish in the top three or four of my leagues in Yahoo. Here are some tricks of how to set up a good auto-draft and what players to acquire in the middle of the season.
1. Forget your heart; go with stats. Sometimes you want to get that hot rookie from your favorite college and put him on your team. You stack him near the top of your order to guarantee a spot. But what good is it to draft someone like JJ Redick when he's going to get limited minutes behind three other shooting guards?
Put those who get a lot of minutes and dominate in at least one or two categories near the top. That's why Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are regularly on winning teams and acquire lots of fantasy points. You get positive points with field goal percentage, points per game, rebounds per game, assists, steals, blocks, etc. Picking up someone like Shawn Marion can help your team tremendously because he gets 37 minutes a game, regularly hits his free throws, and puts something in each of the major categories. He hits threes, puts in 18 ppg/9rpg and can get a steal or two, all year long. Dirk Nowitzki falls into that category, too, of dominate players who don't miss many games.
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