Hey guys, Here are the second standings for if 9 category roto-league scoring was applied to the NBA:
NBA ROTO League Standings 12/7
First thing that I notice after looking at them is how much these standing resemble the actual NBA standings and John Hollinger’s new Playoff Odds tool. The top 16 teams in the Roto standings are 15 of the 16 teams that Hollinger’s tool thinks will get into the playoffs and the team that has the best chances of making it that isn’t in right now. Also, the Hawks are the eight best team in the east in the roto standings . So it is looking pretty good for roto scoring as being a trustworthy predictor of how good a team is. However, I would also like to see how this might apply to actual fantasy basketball. One of the best ways to do this is to look at specialist categories that your team is struggling in and see which NBA teams are dominating them because that will probably continue, and certain stats like threes and steals are born of coaching style. The Nuggets, Jazz, Warriors, Lakers and Celtics are the teams most likely to go for steals but the Nuggets, who lead the league, have an insane 7 players averaging at least 1 steal a game including Anthony Carter, Kenyon Martin, J.R. Smith and Eduardo Najera (at least 3 of which have to be available on your waiver wire). For threes the best teams are The Magic, Warriors, Raptors, Suns, and Grizzles. Of those teams Golden State is spreading it around the most with six guys averaging a three a game including Matt Barnes, Kelenna Azubuike and Mickael Pietrus (though he is hurt for the moment) , whereas the other teams in the top five get most of their threes from a couple of guys averaging 2-3 a game who already owned in most fantasy leagues. Another quick thing I’d like to point out: Even though the Nuggets are doing great in this league and have a ridiculous four categories won when no other team has more than one they are actually getting out rebounded despite leading the league in rebounds and give up the most steals and points in addition to getting the most of them (thought they are beating their opponets in those categories). Just goes to show you how much of an advantage teams that played 20 games over the teams they’ve played 2-4 more games than teams like the Celtics and Bulls.
Thanks for reading,
Dan
Tags: Basketball, Fantasy Sports, NBA, standings
