Forecasting Games Played
This past week the NBA released the second-half schedule for the 2021 season. It was the first time the league released its annual calendar in two parts, and most GMs …
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High Usage Hoopsters
At the beginning of the season, I wrote about the importance of balancing volume and efficiency in fantasy through the advanced stats usage rate and true shooting percentage. Earlier this …
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Ten Stealth Acquisitions
We’ve entered the middle third of the NBA season which is classified as a lull by many due to the sheen of early surprises wearing off and the month-long delay …
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Revisiting Efficiency
In a preseason article, I discussed volume, efficiency and the importance of identifying players who excel in both. High volume players tend to stand out while efficiency often falls by …
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Why You Should Be Investing In “Stocks”
Outside of the percentages, steals and blocks are the most underrated stats in standard eight category leagues. This is the result of a combination of lack of defense in the …
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Give it Some Time
Last week, ten players starting out hot were identified and investigated whether they could maintain their elevated performance. This week, the opposite will be the focus by dissecting players who …
Read More Advanced Stat Breakdown: Usage Rate and True Shooting Percentage
Just like fantasy baseball, digging deeper into advanced statistics proves revealing for fantasy basketball purposes. This is especially true for volume and efficiency, two metrics of particular importance as success …
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Slamming Your Fantasy Basketball Draft
The foundation of every fantasy basketball team is molded on draft night. There’s an abundance of talent available early which almost makes your first few selections appear trivial, however selecting …
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Justifying My Top 10 Fantasy Hoopsters
After the shortest offseason in North American professional sports history, the NBA is back with a compact schedule that should be as engaging as ever. A combination of this shortened …
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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds: Week 6
Situations like Week 5 don’t happen very often, but that’s why you have #staywoke. Week 6 is more balanced but means streaming is definitely important with no Thursday games (Thanksgiving), 20 teams …
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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds: Week 5
Situations like Week 5 provide great opportunities for streaming. Detroit has a one-game week, Golden State has a five-game week and four teams have a two-game week. Pay attention to …
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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds: Week 4
Week 4 is going to be an interesting week — there are no real advantages in the schedule. There are no five-game teams this week, but, looking ahead, all Warrior …
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