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Title: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 05, 2009, 01:20:02 PM: Anyone interested in a Redemption league for fantasy basketball?

I will create a league when we get 8 or more players.

Participants
Sean
sk
lightningninja
Guardian (tentative)
soul seeker (maybe)
Alex_Olijar
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: sk on October 05, 2009, 01:54:54 PM: I'd go for it.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: lightningninja on October 05, 2009, 01:58:40 PM: YES! I didn't even know these things existed... ;)

Let me know when to draft.

As someone who never did it... can I have some tips? How is it scored? Do I just want the people that score the most points or is defense required?
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: The Guardian on October 05, 2009, 02:02:52 PM: Typically it's the 5 major statistical categories that are scored: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 05, 2009, 02:08:05 PM: Quote
points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

I've always used yahoo and its standard also includes 3pointers, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and turn overs. If there is enough interest we can determine our scoring options later.

I think I'd use ESPN for a Redemption League though, I'm starting to like them more than yahoo.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: lightningninja on October 05, 2009, 03:19:16 PM: Please use ESPN. That would be much easier for me. :)

I'm not a fan of free-throw percentage... this discourages picking dominant centers.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 05, 2009, 03:22:56 PM: Quote
I'm not a fan of free-throw percentage... this discourages picking dominant centers.
Not really, the way it is set up you have to have players that fill each position. Also, not all centers are poor free throw shooters.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: soul seeker on October 06, 2009, 11:03:11 AM: I may be interested in this...problem is: I'm not a member of ESPN where I am a member in Yahoo. I've never done a fantasy draft of any sport in ESPN either. So I would be a little lost...You sure you don't want to set a second one up in Yahoo?
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 06, 2009, 12:29:31 PM: The drafting is very similar so I don't think you'd have difficulty with that. I'm actually finding that ESPN does a much better job and the information available is also better and more thorough for all fantasy sports. With the current number of interested persons I don't think two leagues would really make sense. I'm not opposed to yahoo so we can just take a vote of the people who want to play and we'll go with that. I hope you or anyone else wouldn't be deterred simply by the website we happen to be using.

Also, being a member isn't any different for ESPN than for yahoo. All it takes is a user name and a password and you're good to go.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: soul seeker on October 08, 2009, 03:34:09 PM: Looks like I'm better served playing in the ESPN one anyway...I can't remember my yahoo account password so I can't get access to it anymore. So I will play in an ESPN fantasy b-ball league.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Alex_Olijar on October 11, 2009, 03:11:13 PM: Sure, Why not.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 15, 2009, 10:45:19 AM: I'm going to give this just a few more days. It doesn't seem to have enough interest to be able to make a good league.
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: soul seeker on October 15, 2009, 11:29:59 AM: We just need 2 more right? If this league takes off then I request the #1 pick! ;)
Title: Re: Fantasy Basketball
Post by: Sean on October 19, 2009, 04:09:56 PM: I'm going to leave this for next year.