Hey guys,
Here are the new standings:
NBA ROTO LEAGUE STANDINGS 1/21
I don’t really have much to say about them, except that the Knicks are no longer in last which I feel I have to point out since I usually point out how bad they suck. So instead I’m going to look at some per 48 minute stats. In general these aren’t too mindblowing provided you stick with all player (Chris Paul gets the most steals per48, Marcus Camby gets the most blocks per48) but a few are real interesting and you can get some real interesting results if you look by position. The first one I’d like to look at is fouls because even though it isn’t a roto stat any “expert” will tell you the most important fantasy stat is minutes and fouls have a huge impact on those. When I limit my search to players that might be owned in fantasy leauges Andray Blatche, Paul Millsap, Mickeal Pietrus, Nazr Mohammed, Joel Pryzbilla, Sean Williams, Shaq, Tyrus Thomas, Eric Dampier, Mikki Moore, Andrea Bargnani, and Luis Scola all average more than 6 fouls per48 which is pretty horrible. I would avoid these players and even try and trade them away if I had them because they could end up with a bad game even if they’re performing well just because of foul trouble. It is also interesting to note that if David Harrison was allowed to play a full 48 minutes he would foul out twice. Turnovers per 48 is another helpful thing to look at the best (ie rarely turn it over) guys with some fantasy relevance are: Peja, Raja Bell, Keith Bogans, Anthony Parker, Shawn Marion, Ben Wallace, Jamario Moon, Mikeal Pietrus, Shane Battier, Antonio McDyess and Tayshaun Prince I don’t think most fantasy owners appreciate how much not turning it over is worth so you can probably trade for some of these guys for cheaper than you should. And these guys (who turn it over a lot) you can probably get more value for than they are really worth: Dwayne Wade, Steve Nash, Kidd, Shaq, Tinsley, Deron, Melo, Josh Smith, Yao and Ginobli. Now each of those guys is a very good fantasy player (except Shaq) but just know that their Turnovers hurts their fantasy value and if you can get somebody who approximates their stats (which for a few of these guys would be impossible) you should certainly think about it. Now I’m going to start looking for the best players at getting certain stats that are not associated with their position. The best PF/C at getting assists are Diaw, Matt Barnes, Garnett, Nowitzki, Tim Thomas, Brad Miller, Josh Smith, Duncan, and Camby. A few of those guys are proabably availible in most leagues and can really help with assists since they don’t won’t be knocking out a player who would also be contributing assits. For Gaurds the best rebounders are Kidd, Delfino, Mike Miller, Azibuke, Dunleavy, Bryant, Ginobli, Kyle Lowry and Jason Richardson. None of those guys who’d be on any waiver wires are GREAT options so I’d use this more for guys to target in a trade if you need rebounds for the same reason bigs that get assists help more.
Until Friday,
DL
