Gauging interest in participating in an OT fantasy basketball league.

I, myself, am certainly a beginner. This would be my first ever draft. Seeing as though the lockout has ended and the NBA is turning into one of my favorite sports to watch, I've decided to give FBB a try. This companied with my obsession with fantasy sports has brought me here today.

I'd be willing to commish a league on yahoo, but could use a holder for the $$$ (dunno if paypal is our best option?) if any OTer is interested in helping me out in that aspect, I'd appreciate it.

As I said, I'd be a beginner here, but all experience levels welcome.

I'm thinking a $50 league, with 12 teams.

First come, first serve...



OT $50 NBA League

TTK
Z-Fresh
Coolhandkev
AMARTIN1181
BirdWings (Holder)
jolvlomma
dannysek
lucaduc
d1am0ndc
zien50
TTK (1)
BirdWings (1)

 

Originally Posted by wab80

i'd be down for this as well. never done fbb but i'll give it a shot.

Pm'd you League ID and password, draft is set for Sunday at 10pm ET, pending any problems in scheduling...

Let's fill this thing up!

 

Originally Posted by Z-Fresh

I'm down. FBB is the Holy Grail of fantasy sports imo.

PM sent

Still looking for a holder

 

Originally Posted by Nickc011

might be interested -- love fantasy sports but don't follow baseball. Might be worthwhile to try out basketball -- is it done with head to head games? How does it work since most teams play multiple times per week?

Looks like he has it set up as head to head. I've done head to head and the other way and feel head to head is way better but more strategy is involved. If Kobe only plays 2 games that week but some mid level player plays 4 you might want to play them for the week instead but with this years condensed season it might not matter.

All the ones I've done are 9 categories:

Points, rebounds, assists, steals, turnovers, FG%, FT%, blocks and 3 pointers.

I'd be in for a league.

The way I have it set up now is a H2H league based on total points, similar to fantasy football leagues.

Your players put up a certain amount of points that go toward a rolling total, the team with the most points wins the week.

I also have it so that daily lineup changes may be made, allowing owners to adjust accordingly for injuries and player schedules (i.e. LeBron has a 3 game week and the other owner's #1 guy has a 4 game week).

NickC and kev, I'm adding you guys in the OP and PM's have been sent with the league info.

Again, still looking for a holder.

I was just thinking about starting up a $50 Fantasy Basketball league. I'll join this one though and wouldn't mind if it's a $50 league if we can get enough interest.

I'd also be willing to hold. Currently holding for a couple football leagues and am in multiple pools as well. I'm sure I can get people to vouch for me.

 

Originally Posted by ttk1149

I also have it so that daily lineup changes may be made, allowing owners to adjust accordingly for injuries and player schedules (i.e. LeBron has a 3 game week and the other owner's #1 guy has a 4 game week).

How are points awarded for something like FG%? Can you please explain this a little better. I think the way I've played in the past with categories wins/losses is really effective. I should have added. If you go 6-3 one week and 7-2 the next you're over all score is 13-7 for the league totally when it comes to playoffs so you don't actually get a "win" or a "loss" each week. Is this what you mean?

So there will be no max games played for each position?

Also, I'm down if we turned this into a $50.

 

Originally Posted by Z-Fresh

How are points awarded for something like FG%? Can you please explain this a little better. I think the way I've played in the past with categories wins/losses is really effective. I should have added. If you go 6-3 one week and 7-2 the next you're over all score is 13-7 for the league totally when it comes to playoffs so you don't actually get a "win" or a "loss" each week. Is this what you mean?

So there will be no max games played for each position?

Also, I'm down if we turned this into a $50.

For starters, scrolling through both the Yahoo and ESPN settings (our league is Yahoo), there wasn't even a category specifically for FG% and FT% in the format we have (H2H - Total Points). This is obvious because that would be impossible to quantify into points.

However, I assume if you change the league setup to H2H - Categories, than FG% and FT% would be there and obviously the higher percentage would win that category for the week.

It ultimately comes down to whether or not everyone wants to do categories or total points. Personally, I like total points because it does eliminate "run bad" a bit better by not having a team lose a week based on potentially a category like blocks, where they could lose 4-3 in blocks for the week or something. It's just more of a true result with rolling total points for the week, and the better team should generally win.

That's just me though.

And no max games per position I don't think. Those of you I sent invites to can join the league and view the settings to see if there's any other questions you have.

PM sent to AMARTIN and BWings, and BirdWings is going to be our holder barring any objections.

Getting closer to the 12 here...

 

Originally Posted by Z-Fresh

How are points awarded for something like FG%? Can you please explain this a little better. I think the way I've played in the past with categories wins/losses is really effective. I should have added. If you go 6-3 one week and 7-2 the next you're over all score is 13-7 for the league totally when it comes to playoffs so you don't actually get a "win" or a "loss" each week. Is this what you mean?

So there will be no max games played for each position?

Also, I'm down if we turned this into a $50.

this is pretty much the way i remembered it. havent played fantasy basketball in years but yeah if you go 6-3 one week then 7-2 the next, your record after 2 weeks is 13-5. also i think we should put in a max games per week allowed bc in one league this fucker kept ading and dropping scrubs and had like 50+ games played in most weeks. i think yahoo defaults to 40 a week which is reasonable. something to note though, if the weeks are (for example) sunday - saturday, and you have 39 games total going into saturday and have a full lineup of 10 players, you can still end up with 49 games and be legit

 

Originally Posted by ttk1149

For starters, scrolling through both the Yahoo and ESPN settings (our league is Yahoo), there wasn't even a category specifically for FG% and FT% in the format we have (H2H - Total Points). This is obvious because that would be impossible to quantify into points.

However, I assume if you change the league setup to H2H - Categories, than FG% and FT% would be there and obviously the higher percentage would win that category for the week.

It ultimately comes down to whether or not everyone wants to do categories or total points. Personally, I like total points because it does eliminate "run bad" a bit better by not having a team lose a week based on potentially a category like blocks, where they could lose 4-3 in blocks for the week or something. It's just more of a true result with rolling total points for the week, and the better team should generally win.

That's just me though.

And no max games per position I don't think. Those of you I sent invites to can join the league and view the settings to see if there's any other questions you have.

PM sent to AMARTIN and BWings, and BirdWings is going to be our holder barring any objections.

Getting closer to the 12 here...

ok so you are suggesting a rotiserre type of league where its every team for themselves and the highest number of points, rebs FG% gets like 10 - 12 points (depending on league size)? either way is fine but be aware the strategy differs a looooot.

 

Originally Posted by sean614

Disclaimer- I have never done an FBB league. how much attention does one need to give to it? lets say as opposed to FFB?

I know baseball was too much of my time as Im usually extremely busy. and dont always remember fantasy crap.

i'd say almost daily. pretty much subbing in and out depending on who plays. def more invloved than FFB

Head to head with set lineups for the week is the same work as FFB.

Roto league with no max games played is pretty much a joke imo.

The percentages play a big roll imo. I know it's your league OP and I'm down for what ever but just adding my 2 cents since I've been doing FBB for over 10 years have played in different leagues and found the head to head to be the best with these categories in regards to strategy.

Here are the categories we use:

Players Stat Categories: Field Goals Made (FGM), Field Goal Percentage (FG%), Free Throws Made (FTM), Free Throw Percentage (FT%), 3-point Shots Made (3PTM), Points Scored (PTS), Offensive Rebounds (OREB), Total Rebounds (REB), Assists (AST), Steals (ST), Blocked Shots (BLK), Turnovers (TO)

yeah I just didn't know if you had a set line up for the week or if it was nightly.

Count me out..gl guys.

 

Originally Posted by Z-Fresh

Head to head with set lineups for the week is the same work as FFB.

Roto league with no max games played is pretty much a joke imo.

The percentages play a big roll imo. I know it's your league OP and I'm down for what ever but just adding my 2 cents since I've been doing FBB for over 10 years have played in different leagues and found the head to head to be the best with these categories in regards to strategy.


Here are the categories we use:

Players Stat Categories: Field Goals Made (FGM), Field Goal Percentage (FG%), Free Throws Made (FTM), Free Throw Percentage (FT%), 3-point Shots Made (3PTM), Points Scored (PTS), Offensive Rebounds (OREB), Total Rebounds (REB), Assists (AST), Steals (ST), Blocked Shots (BLK), Turnovers (TO)

We can do a H2H category league, not a problem.

What I was proposing wasn't a roto w/no limits on GP tho, cause you can only add 3 players a week.

But it seems like the majority thus far would rather it be a category league, so that's what we'll do.

I also think every category here is fine minus Offensive Rebounds. I would say total rebounds suffices, unless others insist on OREB...

Just feels silly for 25 bucks 50 atleast u ship a few Hund for the ship. I'm in for 50 obv make it happen. Would be real fun to play against u gents