The AM NBA Fantasy League Thread

new nba season about to kick off in a few weeks... cant wait!!

anyone keen on getting a fantasy league up and running? ive never participated in one, but id be keen to give it a roll this season if enough people are keen.

I'd be keen

new nba season about to kick off in a few weeks... cant wait!!

anyone keen on getting a fantasy league up and running? ive never participated in one, but id be keen to give it a roll this season if enough people are keen.

I'd be keen. Though the last one I tried to start on here only ended up with 4 people, one of my mates, Keyser and Tony/DaTBird187 so it sure would be nice to have a decent amount of people. All the teams were way too stacked last time lol.

I won though.

I found the NBA one was a little boring and hard to understand sub rules. Maybe look into the ESPN one?

cool, hopefully we can get a few heads involved and start one up...

quazz? refuse? tbird? stryke? del? weez? (i think thats everyone who posts in here apart from us who have already said we are keen)

Im in one one on my Warriors forums for the first time in years. Epic Draft lol. Still fkn going

so far my team is:

C - Bogurt
PF - Alrdridge
SF -Durant (boom)
SG- Ariza
PG - Nash

Yeah I'd be keen Khem.
Melvin Smiley would probably be keen too.

Keen too, and probably Tobes (pseudo coup).

sounding good... will look to get a league up and running by the end of the week unless someone else beats me to it

I'd be keen. Though the last one I tried to start on here only ended up with 4 people, one of my mates, Keyser and Tony/DaTBird187 so it sure would be nice to have a decent amount of people. All the teams were way too stacked last time lol.

I won though.

I found the NBA one was a little boring and hard to understand sub rules. Maybe look into the ESPN one?

yer well depends on how it was set up. we had one at work where it pretty much come down to how many guys you could roster to play in a week. so if you had the best side it didint matter because some could play 4 more games than you. it was pretty lame.

i think you can set it up better tho

yer well depends on how it was set up. we had one at work where it pretty much come down to how many guys you could roster to play in a week. so if you had the best side it didint matter because some could play 4 more games than you. it was pretty lame.

i think you can set it up better tho

Yeah I set it up as good as I could get it I reckon. It was just a little hard to understand how all the rostering worked, I'd only been in Premier League leagues before that and they were easy to understand because you had a set number of transfers each week and you needed to get the side ready before the weekend's games started.

NBA is trickier because they play all week and some teams get a whole bunch of games ahead of other teams etc. as you mentioned.

It came down to luck in that respect, as in, who made the wisest decisions in the initial draft, not so much about setting your team up week by week, game by game. Eg. I took a chance on Chris Paul as my second pick or so while others were going for more established names and it turned out to be the year he smashed all the stats categories so he was really handy. LaMarcus Aldridge was another good late pick, that was Oden's rookie year where he was out injured all season, so Aldridge became the starter and did really well. I actually picked Oden as well, thinking he'd be a monster so that was a bit of bust lol.

Having said that, we only had 4 players in the league with STACKED teams so no one ever needed to make any trades. I'm sure with lots of people it can get really interesting because the talent will be thinned out and making shrewd trades is the name of the game.

Yea, I'd give it a crack.

Ours works on averages. Who's players averaged the most points/blocks/steals etc, for that week, so the amount of games played doesnt really matter

alright im gonna get a league started then... first time doing this kinda thing, so hopefully its all easy... there are a few different options in how to set it up, need some feedback from those who have done this kinda thing before...

Roto   Compete against your whole league all season long, trying to rank the highest in each stat category.

rotisserie or roto is the most common way to play fantasy basketball. in this scoring type, teams are ranked from first to last in each of the league's stats categories. points are then awarded based ont hese category rankings and totaled to determine an overall score and league rank.

H2H Points   Face-off with one opponent each week, trying to score more total points.

h2h points is very similar to how fantasy football is played. it allows you to assign a given point value to individual stat categories and each match up's winner is determined solely by which team accumulates the most fantasy points. if selected, your league will have teach schedules/play offs and you will have the option to set divisions.

H2H Each Category   Go head-to-head with one opponent each week, earning a win or loss for each stat category.

h2h each category is the most common type of head to head play in fantasy basketball. in h2h match ups, teams compete in the league's stats categories, earning a win/loss/draw in everyone.  if selected, your league will have teach schedules/play offs and you will have the option to set divisions.

H2H Most Categories   Go head-to-head with one opponent each week, earning a win if you win the most categories.

h2h most categories allows you to select a number of stat categories. for each match up (mon thru sun) team totals are accumulated in each of the categories. at the end of the match up the winner is determined by which team wins the greater number of categories.  if selected, your league will have teach schedules/play offs and you will have the option to set divisions.

Season Points   Earn as many points as possible over the entire season to win the championship.

points based scoring allows you to assign a given point value to each individual stat category. standings are based ont he accumulation of points covering all stat categories and combined into one total points column. the team with the most overall points at the end of the season wins.


what does everyone reckon? im thinking roto, h2h points or season points?

I'm easy really. Haven't done fantasy NBA since high school, so whatever we go with is going to be new to me.

I will the draft work? Thats the most important bit. Spread over time, or all done in one session?

got the rules for it here:

http://games.espn.go.com/fba/content?page=fbarulesindex2011

couple of different draft methods

http://games.espn.go.com/fba/resources/help/content?name=draft-methods

Sorry Khem I'll be no help with the setup and whats best etc.
Never joined any type of Fantasy league but keen as to try the AM league out.

I think my league had H2H for stats. I chose points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals I reckon. It sounds similar to the Most Categories option.

I don't think Season Points is a good idea because it sounds like you don't get playoffs/finals, which are half the fun!

I'd lean towards H2H Each Category myself...it's a bit more even that way because you can still pick up points even if the other guy dominates individual stat categories yet you win one or two. If you did Most Categories then there's a greater potential for someone to dominate too easily if they luck out with the majority of categories...


As for the draft, we have members who are in different timezones, work different hours, etc. so in this case it might be the Auto-Pick option that works best! Just make sure everyone is aware of constructing their favoured players list carefully so you don't miss out on who you're keen on!

Live is the best option of course but it depends on how much time is allowed per player until it auto-picks for you. I think when I did it it was pretty good we all picked over a few days and you just had to wait on someone if they weren't online unless they had set up who they wanted in advance.

yeah we need play offs, so one of the head 2 head options sounds good. anyone else have any input?

so far we have:


khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del


just message tbird/stryke/pseudo as well

autopick sounds like a go-er given that we may have a couple of non au based players. will give it a little bit more time to see if we can get a few extra players involved before setting it up. no doubt everyone is gonna be busy with the grand final over the weekend anyway.

looks like there is about a month of preseason games, then tip off is tues oct 26

yeah we need play offs, so one of the head 2 head options sounds good. anyone else have any input?

so far we have:


khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del


just message tbird/stryke/pseudo as well

autopick sounds like a go-er given that we may have a couple of non au based players. will give it a little bit more time to see if we can get a few extra players involved before setting it up. no doubt everyone is gonna be busy with the grand final over the weekend anyway.

im sure chris will be keen maybe tim?

im sure chris will be keen maybe tim?

*cough*... *cough*......

khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del
skinny

*cough*... *cough*......

dont think dan can do it as he is sick.

 

dont think dan can do it as he is sick.

 

I'm in.

Hopefully I'll actually watch more games than last year and know what the hell's going on.

dont think dan can do it as he is sick.

 

if it was the mid 90s i would definitely be in, i really have no idea anymore.

yeah i'll have a crack. when does it all have to be in by? pretty flat out this weekend and early next week moving, so won't even be able to look at it till mid next week...

tip off is oct 26 so we got a bit of time. more than happy to wait another week if we can get a few more heads involved.

jump on board timboh! i am pretty much in the same boat as you, only got to see a few games on one last season, but hoping to catch more. also, getting involved with this should force me to keep my eye on nba.com and see what else is happening around the league.




khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del
skinny
t bird
chris

yeah i'm down then.

 Yeah let's do it.  

 I will check with a couple of mates.

maximum number of teams is 20, currently sitting at 12

khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del
skinny
t bird
chris
stryke

maximum number of teams is 20, currently sitting at 12

khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del
skinny
t bird
chris
stryke

Melvin

if it was the mid 90s i would definitely be in, i really have no idea anymore.

Go on mate! You'll know a few of the big names for sure and those you don't you can easily look up stats and see if they'll be a good pick or not based on history, that's about all anyone can do.

Having current player knowledge can give you an edge but at the end of the day these things are often about luck.

"Ok Timboh, your go mate, who's ya first first pick gonna be?

"Hmmmmmm......Shaq"

"Ok Timboh, your go mate, who's ya first first pick gonna be?

"Hmmmmmm......Shaq"

bobby hurley...

Fuck it. Count me in. I don't expect to do well, but I didn't get an NFL fantasy team together this year and it should help me keep my eye on the games.

bobby hurley...

Reggie Lewis, backed up with Drazen Petrovic


man, that'd be awkward

Reggie Lewis, backed up with Drazen Petrovic


man, that'd be awkward

shit D anyway

Reggie Lewis, backed up with Drazen Petrovic


man, that'd be awkward

More like the Thriller video.

More like the Thriller video.

 

lock me in, i'll struggle but i'll give it a go.

lock me in, i'll struggle but i'll give it a go.

If you luck out with an early draft pick, just take Durant. You'll be pretty safe with him (and piss off a lot of people here lol).

lock me in, i'll struggle but i'll give it a go.

dont worry, its my first time with one of these things...

If you luck out with an early draft pick, just take Durant. You'll be pretty safe with him (and piss off a lot of people here lol).

15 teams sorted out of a possible 20

khem
headache
quazz
refuse
weez
bleehq
glock
del
skinny
t bird
chris
stryke
melvin
pseudo
timboh

anyone else keen?

Dibs on Durant.

fine! i call bron bron and kobe!

so what is the plan? how do things work?

so what is the plan? how do things work?

well, you certainly don't "dibbs" players lol

Once I create the league, everyone gets invited to join and create their team and draft lists. Hopefully we get some evenly matched teams, having 15 teams means that there should be a nice spread of all stars, etc... will sort out the invites etc once the league is created.

Just been having a look at it now actually... settings are looking a bit like this at the moment... open to any feedback...

Scoring Type   Head to Head Most Categories

Current Roster Size: 13
Total Starters: 10
Total On Bench: 3

Scoring:
Points (PTS)      
Blocks (BLK)
Steals (STL)      
Assists (AST)
Rebounds (REB)      
Three Pointers Made (3PM)
Field Goal Percentage (FG%)      
Free Throw Percentage (FT%)

Start of Regular Season   Week 1 (Start of Season)
Weeks per Matchup   1
Regular Season Matchups   18 (Playoffs start Week 19)
Matchup Tie Breaker   Based on Stat (PTS)

Draft Type   Autopick
Draft Date   Not Set
Draft Order   Randomized One Hour Prior to Draft Time

Playoff Teams   4 (2 rounds)
Weeks per Playoff Matchup 2 weeks per round
Playoff Seeding Tie Breaker   Head to Head Record

Observe ESPN's Undroppable Players List    Yes
Player Universe   All NBA Players

Lineup Changes   Weekly - Lock at First Game of Week

I was just looking around the Fantasy league page then as well. I already have an ESPN account so I think it's a pretty simple process of just joining a league for me.

I wouldn't mind having Turnovers as one of the stats actually...it will punish teams/players for making fundamental errors. Maybe instead of 3PM. It makes it not just about picking stat monsters in your draft but also needing to consider their accountability as well, which is CRUCIAL in a real game. TOs can make the difference.

well, you certainly don't "dibbs" players lol

Nah fuck that, dibs bro!

I wouldn't mind having Turnovers as one of the stats actually...it will punish teams/players for making fundamental errors. Maybe instead of 3PM. It makes it not just about picking stat monsters in your draft but also needing to consider their accountability as well, which is CRUCIAL in a real game. TOs can make the difference.

good call about the turnovers. kepts 3s made though.

there are a whole bunch of options for scoring

   PTS   Points
   BLK   Blocks
   STL   Steals
   AST   Assists
   OREB   Offensive Rebounds
   DREB   Defensive Rebounds
   REB   Rebounds
   EJ   Ejections*
   FF   Flagrant Fouls*
   PF   Personal Fouls*
   TF   Technical Fouls*
   TO   Turnovers*
   DQ   Disqualifications*
   FGM   Field Goals Made
   FGA   Field Goals Attempted
   FTM   Free Throws Made
   FTA   Free Throws Attempted
   3PM   Three Pointers Made
   3PA   Three Pointers Attempted
   FG%   Field Goal Percentage
   FT%   Free Throw Percentage
   TP%   Three Point Percentage
   AFG%   Adjusted Field Goal Percentage
   FGMI   Field Goals Missed
   FTMI   Free Throws Missed
   3PMI   Three Pointers Missed
   PPM   Points Per Minute
   A/TO   Assists To Turnover Ratio
   STR   Steals To Turnover Ratio
   DD   Double Doubles
   TD   Triple Doubles
   QD   Quadruple Doubles
   MIN   Minutes
   GS   Games Started
   GP   Games Played
   TW   Team Wins

when you say, Auto pick, do ya pick your own list first?3


surely

haha yeah

you get to create your draft list and then come draft time, the draft is done automatically.

if we had everyone in adelaide we could have tried an offline draft, but with glock in thailand and tbird in london it makes coordinating 15 people across 3 timezones and shit a bit difficult.

haha yeah

you get to create your draft list and then come draft time, the draft is done automatically.

if we had everyone in adelaide we could have tried an offline draft, but with glock in thailand and tbird in london it makes coordinating 15 people across 3 timezones and shit a bit difficult.

Skype?

Obviously with the UK it's a bit tough, but I'm only 2.5 hours behind and I'm on practically every night from 9:30pm Adelaide time.

haha yeah

you get to create your draft list and then come draft time, the draft is done automatically.

if we had everyone in adelaide we could have tried an offline draft, but with glock in thailand and tbird in london it makes coordinating 15 people across 3 timezones and shit a bit difficult.

the one i'm doing at the moment, you have 8 hours to pick lol

for the daytime crew... any feedback?

Just been having a look at it now actually... settings are looking a bit like this at the moment... open to any feedback...

Scoring Type   Head to Head Most Categories

Current Roster Size: 13
Total Starters: 10
Total On Bench: 3

Scoring:
Points (PTS)      
Blocks (BLK)
Steals (STL)      
Assists (AST)
Rebounds (REB)      
Three Pointers %
Turnovers
Field Goal Percentage (FG%)      
Free Throw Percentage (FT%)

Start of Regular Season   Week 1 (Start of Season)
Weeks per Matchup   1
Regular Season Matchups   18 (Playoffs start Week 19)
Matchup Tie Breaker   Based on Stat (PTS)

Draft Type   Autopick
Draft Date   Not Set
Draft Order   Randomized One Hour Prior to Draft Time

Playoff Teams   4 (2 rounds)
Weeks per Playoff Matchup 2 weeks per round
Playoff Seeding Tie Breaker   Head to Head Record

Observe ESPN's Undroppable Players List    Yes
Player Universe   All NBA Players

Lineup Changes   Weekly - Lock at First Game of Week

the one i'm doing at the moment, you have 8 hours to pick lol

8 hours per person each turn/round? If so, that would be OK I reckon. Pretty sure most of these leagues let you sort a "wish list" as well so if you don't physically make your pick in time, it will grab the highest available player of your list.

8 hours per person each turn/round? If so, that would be OK I reckon. Pretty sure most of these leagues let you sort a "wish list" as well so if you don't physically make your pick in time, it will grab the highest available player of your list.

the only thing about that I don't get, is how you fill positions? What if your first 4 dudes in your list, are PF's for example?

we need one more person for a head to head league. cant go head to head with an uneven number of teams apparently...

the live draft gives you a maximum of 120 seconds to make your pick once your number is up, so all players would need to be in front of a pc at draft time.

Your league will participate in a live online draft with ESPN's live draft software. Based on a predetermined draft order, each team takes a turn selecting a player in a set amount of time. This type of draft is sometimes called a Snake Draft, as the draft order reverses each round.

i think autopick is gonna be the best option, so will need to allow some time for people to come up with their pre draft rankings list.

Your league's rosters are automatically drafted based on each team's pre-draft rankings list. Each team owner will receive an email upon the draft's completion.

we need one more person for a head to head league. cant go head to head with an uneven number of teams apparently...

or someone gets dropped


:shifteyes:

the only thing about that I don't get, is how you fill positions? What if your first 4 dudes in your list, are PF's for example?

Well you still have to prioritise which positions you feel are the most important and pick those first. Most people would usually pick a starting 5 first then focus on which are going to be the next most important to have backups in etc.

So if you list 4 PFs at the start you'll be shooting yourself in the foot.

PS. About the uneven team thing, I could send a message to my mate who was in my league...are outsiders allowed?

Failing that, surely there's someone else on here who could make up the numbers in some way!

had a quick look and there are a couple of different options for your draft preferences, ie: if you want to draft a PG first then it will grab the highest one up your draft list, or you can set it up so that it selects the next available pick from draft list based on their overall score.

if we dont get another AM member by tonight, then maybe we can get some outsiders tomorrow... so if you know someone on the board who might be keen, hassle em!

had a quick look and there are a couple of different options for your draft preferences, ie: if you want to draft a PG first then it will grab the highest one up your draft list, or you can set it up so that it selects the next available pick from draft list based on their overall score.

if we dont get another AM member by tonight, then maybe we can get some outsiders tomorrow... so if you know someone on the board who might be keen, hassle em!

Or maybe one of us could create 2 accounts/teams!

Well you still have to prioritise which positions you feel are the most important and pick those first. Most people would usually pick a starting 5 first then focus on which are going to be the next most important to have backups in etc.

How does the auto pick, know you're doing ya starting 5 though? Eg - u have your list set, and 3 your first 3 listed are SF's?

ill throw up some screen shots tonight for the draft options. send me your email and your team name quazz, will invite you tonight so you can take a squizz for yourself...

just sent out the invites using your emails from the forum. if you did not receive an email please let me know and i will look into it.

now we just need some time for everyone to accept the invites and sort out their draft lists. im thinking about a week or so til draft time...

and here is the screen shot of the autopick strategy, this is to be done once you have your pre draft player ranking list all set up

image not archived: autopick.gif

I'm in. God damn there's already a shitload more options than the NBA one. This might take awhile to get used to!

Edit: Argh it won't save my logo design...Khem anything special you had to do?

Edit 2: Weird, I changed to a different browser and it saved. I hope this not a sign of things to come...

Edit 3: Autopick strategy was pretty straight forward. I have set mine up but may tweak it as I think of different ideas. Real keen to see who I bag!

I'll get stuck into it this weekend I reckon.

good to see a couple of teams locked in already

big up the bangkok ballers, inner city assholes, backdoor bandits and the adelaide assassins

 I forwarded the invite to a mate who was semi keen. will message him now

I'll get stuck into it this weekend I reckon.

aDELadie 36ers?

A Tribe Called Quaz



(we're expanding an already dominant brand)

A Tribe Called Quaz



(we're expanding an already dominant brand)

if only you offered it for sale to the warriors....

did you guys get the invites ok?

lemme know your alternate emails if you didnt (i know you had issues with yours recently chris)

bangkok ballers

I nearly went with Bangkok Ladyboys.

Not exactly fear inspiring though...

inner city assholes

I like the logo, can you get that in a jersey?

just looking at it now.

i'm born losers.

apparently "losers" is considered profanity so i will have to be

Born Loosers..

fuck, that ain't working either...

edit - how can inner city assholes be ok?

edit - got it.

apparently "losers" is considered profanity so i will have to be

Born Loosers..

fuck, that ain't working either...

edit - how can inner city assholes be ok?

edit - got it.

Being optimistic there Tim...

PS. I think "loosers" would have got you banned. Board rules probably apply to the league as well.

 

This should be your logo:




PPS. Any word on the last roster spot? What about the other Tim (dubbd) he posted here a few posts ago...send him an invite too!

pmed Tim earlier and he passed due to not having enough time. waiting for stryke to hear back from his mate.

Team Awesome coming off a better year in the AFL this year will be playing ball in the summer....\\



Oh what rules did we end up picking?

there we go...

Scoring Type   Head to Head Most Categories

Current Roster Size: 13
Total Starters: 10
Total On Bench: 3

Scoring:
Points (PTS)      
Blocks (BLK)
Steals (STL)      
Assists (AST)
Rebounds (REB)      
Three Point Percentage
Turn Overs
Field Goal Percentage (FG%)      
Free Throw Percentage (FT%)

Start of Regular Season   Week 1 (Start of Season)
Weeks per Matchup   1
Regular Season Matchups   18 (Playoffs start Week 19)
Matchup Tie Breaker   Based on Stat (PTS)

Draft Type   Autopick
Draft Date   Not Set
Draft Order   Randomized One Hour Prior to Draft Time

Playoff Teams   4 (2 rounds)
Weeks per Playoff Matchup 2 weeks per round
Playoff Seeding Tie Breaker   Head to Head Record

Observe ESPN's Undroppable Players List    Yes
Player Universe   All NBA Players

Lineup Changes   Weekly - Lock at First Game of Week

big up the bangkok ballers, inner city assholes, backdoor bandits and the adelaide assassins

welcome aboard to a tribe called quaz, team awesome, born losers, hipster sheikhs

8 teams in, hope to see the majority of the others locked down over the weekend

So what happens now? when can I start building my team? is every player in the draft?

Bloody Ridnour is still DTD with a "family issue". Sounds like someone in his family could be on the way out. I wish I'd dropped him for this week now!

yeah true, didnt really think of it like that. but still. tell the cunt to man up and get me some points.

At the end of the day, you had 12 players on your list and gave up absolutely nothing to get Brandon Roy. There's no possible way this could go badly for you. As Q said, he'll probably start averaging triple doubles now you've rostered him.

where as if I'd grabbed him, he would have been abducted by aliens and anal probed into oblivion

Having a cracker of a round this one good to see my players coming back into form.
Pitty I didn't play Team Awesome or Inner City Assholes this round may have gotten up.

nice to see my starting guards go 2/17 today

 

I noticed you picked up Peja Stojakovic the other day too. He was on my Watch List for the last few weeks as I had heard he was coming back soon...but I didn't pull the trigger quick enough, damn!

He had a handy line today too! Luckily for me, he was on your bench...

yer scored 20 something I think

wish he was a guard lol

It's gonna be close going down to the last day between us eh!

I think I can safely hold onto the steals and assists but you'll probably take back the blocks and possibly the points and it will come down to percentages. You've got a lot of strong inside finishers there who will help on the FG, while I've got J.R. "Loose Cannon" Smith onboard to bring me down further.

Given the calibre of players (LBJ, Dwight, etc.) you've got on the day versus mine though, I think you'll take me. I don't believe in any of that jinx shit, that's my honest appraisal of the situation.

Oh the jinx is as real as the Warrior curse!

lol Cousins suspended. Man he's a headcase lol

Cousins suspended

According to the sources, Cousins was furious at the last play in which Tyreke Evans missed a three-pointer in the final seconds remaining that would have won the game. Cousins, who had been calling for the ball in the post in the final possession, watched angrily as Greene swung the ball to Evans for the final shot. Fanhouse

After the buzzer, he ran the length of the court to catch up to Evans and Greene and was letting his opinions be known as he blew by them to enter the locker room. According to the sources, Greene and Cousins began exchanging words inside the locker room before the situation escalated and both took swings at each other moments later and had to be separated. Fanhouse

Read more: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml#ixzz1DpuypMDW

Fuck trying to take swings at Cousins. That could only end badly unless you're Shaq or something.

ahh fuck, dont need him out on the last day of the round...

 

He's pretty much Ron Artest


But taller and heavier lol

Listed as 6'11, 270lb/122kg and he's 20.

That's one massive lump of crazy right there.

went into the last day of play up 6-3, ended up losing 6-3.


 


this next round goes for 2 weeks due to the all star break. looking forward to joakim noah's return after the all star break.

I was hoping to catch you on rebounds, assists and points. Couldn't believe I actually overtook you on 3pt % with .288%

 

Andre Miller also just missed out on a triple double. 15 Points, 12 Assists and 9 Turnovers.

 

Bad luck to Quaz there. It's hard to believe I won that actually, as he had the lead going into the last day and some big names scheduled to play, but my "scrubs" had some good games to pull it out. I think it's the first time I've ever won the points category and it proved crucial!

What a pity Headache couldn't get over the line against the Ape Hoopers! Once again, when I win, so do the guys above me...

i think i gave that one to you, 1/10 and 0/8 from long range in the last two days of play

Didn't Vince Carter shoot less than 10% for the week?

As per fucking usual, I lose another close one.

lol yep .091 but I can't give Vince all the credit when the entire squad hit 1/18 in the last two days

awesome start to the round... 1/11 from beyond area code and a power forward leading the team in assists. corey brewer almost threw up a donut, his only impact to the scoreboard was 3 turnovers.

completely new starting back court for me

More white slice, less wholegrain

i have made a couple of big cuts too, with vince carter and dj augustin warming the bench this week. the move hasnt paid off yet, in fact augustin was injured and ended up with more assists yesterday than what he got all last round!



battle of the rankines is tied at 4-4-1

Massive day shooting 3's for me 1/14.
Kobe and Jennings combined 1/12 good work guys when your not shooting well just keep pounding that rock.
I'm still wondering how Kobe managed to get one beach ball in the hoop.

some big moves at ralph sampson hq - acquiring a guy with pneumonia and a guy who hasnt played a game this season due to a knee injury. will be interesting to see how these moves pay off...

It's a bit sad to note that there's only 2 more rounds after this one left before the playoffs! The playoff format sucks too, only the top 4 regardless of conference get in. So we are currently looking at 3 from the West and 1 from the East.

It would be nice to have the top 8-10 in or something, considering that we have 16 teams and in the real NBA more than half the teams (16/30) make the playoffs. An even number per conference would be nice too.

Anyway to change that at this late stage Khem?

It just seems kind of shit that in a few weeks most of us playing pretty much have nothing to look forward to or plan for. The consolation playoffs are a cop-out IMO.

these are the settings available



Playoff Bracket Setup
Playoff Teams   4 (2 rounds)
Weeks per Playoff Matchup   2 weeks per round
Playoff Seeding Tie Breaker   Head to Head Record

not very flexible


settings for the play offs here: http://games.espn.go.com/fba/resources/help/content?name=regular-season-and-playoffs-standard

during the play offs, everyone else plays to determine the lower positions

http://games.espn.go.com/fba/h2hplayoffs?leagueId=51502

They're consolation playoffs I think. As in let's say I win both of mine, the highest I can finish in the league is 5th as it separates all of us plebs from the mighty 4 in the winner's round.

Now if it did indeed determine the spots and then go on to include the consolation bracket winners in a playoff with the winner's bracket winners that would be cool, but I don't think it does. It just gives one set of playoffs for the top 4 and then one for the rest simultaneously over the last 4 weeks.

So none of us outside the 4 have a chance to compete to be number 1 in the league, which out of 16 teams seems crap, especially to me and the Ape Hoopers who in the scheme of things are only a game or so behind.

Am I reading into that correctly? It says this on the projected playoff screen "Playoff matchups will be editable once the regular season ends." What does that mean? Do you set up the matchups yourself once the winners of each bracket are determined?

BTW, this is just a general rant at ESPN, I understand that it looks like there's nothing you can do about it...I just find it hard to believe only 4 teams make it! What about leagues with the maximum 20 teams? 4 is ridiculous. It should really cater for more IMO.

PS: I just found this mate:
So you can have up to 16 teams! Though it looks like maybe that needed to be setup in preseason settings.


8 team bracket would have been nice!

instead of having the play offs as one game over 2 weeks with 4 teams it can be done with one game a week with 16 teams, but it would be a 4 week finals series

first round has 16, second round has 8, 3rd round has 4 and 4th round has 2 teams.

make the playoffs and you would have to worry!

Easy to say when you're pretty much guaranteed to be in there!

Trust me, I would still be saying something if I was one of the top 4...

Four out of 16 teams is a joke. I'd be annoyed that there is not a nice long playoff series. How boring is basically being in the conference finals straight off the bat. I was in a four team league a few years ago and that was what happened and it takes all the fun out of the playoffs. The drama of the journey is half the excitement IMO.

Remember, most of us have been spending a lot of time over the season on this and it's a bit disappointing for it to come down to only a few teams.

doesnt bother me, im glad its nearly over


too many innocent players getting hurt

is that a flow of blood on the box?

A super plus blood flow to be exact.

haha, that ones here for a good 2 weeks

thats almost stillborn

yeah lets stop before the tribe curse takes down howard

will probably organise the trophy business pretty soon

just to recap:

league champion
best regular season record
division champion
runner up
third place
last place

scoring champ?
some kind of defensive award?
longest winning/losing streak?

chairman of the boards - most rebounds
pickpocket - most steals
butter fingers - most turnovers
super sharp shooter - highest fg%
brick factory - lowest fg%
long range sniper - highest 3pt%
the block clocker - most blocks
pass the dutchie - most assists
charity case - highest ft%

winning/losing streak

quaz award for worst trade of the year?

vote for mvp

any other suggestions?

Replacing a guy (Brandon Rush) who is now 5th choice shooting guard at Indiana and Kwame Brown who has Hepatitis Aids.

I stand by my dice rolling.

thinking about seriously competing for this one. especially seeing as i cant make the play offs

noah's first game back from injury... 16 boards, 7 points, 3 assists... not too shabby

All of these are great man. Nice names too.

I think a trophy for most roster moves could be worked in somewhere, perhaps a couple, one for the most moves for the least gain (lowest finish in the standings, etc.) and one for the most moves with most gain, etc.

A Lephrechaun Award for the luckiest SOB would be nice too, so the person who has done the least roster moves yet have the most wins/highest position.

It shall be known as the "Team Awesome" award.

You could also run the opposite award, most roster moves with highest win/loss - you can call it the Asshole award if you like

Pretty sure i only have 2 original players left in my side - Calderon and Gasol

pretty proud of yaself there aren't ya asshole(cause of the team name naturally, not because im a bad loser or anything)

I think that one would probably fall under something like the GM of the year trophy. It's the best measure obviously of someone who has made all the right roster moves to have success.

On another note, Gallinari had a shocker today in his first game with Denver. 2 points and 4 rebounds in 20 minutes! It was redeemed slightly by a valuable 3 blocks and 2 steals but still, I hope it's not a sign of things to come.

Totally disagree. I actually went through the draft preferences and put guys who i wanted higher up the list. I didnt even get that high up in the draft order. I moved guys like garnett, martin & boozer a fair way up the list so i had a good chance to get them.  i didnt even get the guys i was after (nash, nowitzke, howard etc)

It's not just about the draft though, think of the whole season. How many key players did you have that went down with injuries for any significant amount of time, apart from Boozer's unavailability at the start of the season?

In general most people who have made a lot of moves have had injury woes. So luck definitely plays it's part there.

At some point then, you've lied

I specifically recall you telling me after the draft you "didn't touch shit"

Please turn AM in to a house of lies!

nah no way! maybe it was simon? i spent a good hour on it.

Was so you

I spent about 5 minutes
put howard at number 1, log out   flawless really

hoping to sneak one more win in, but it isnt gonna be this week going up against the shitty tickets and the assholes so i dont like my chances...

been heavily impacted by all the trades

felton goes from starting at new york to sucking in denver
brewer goes from being average in minnesota to not even suiting up in new york
daniel gibson will be getting some quality bench time once baron davis lands in cleveland
vince carter has been all over the shop since being traded to the suns

bring on next season already

yeah saw that... ouch!

hmm what about carmello and stoudamire now on the same team for me!!!

Oh no, how will you manage?

although bad timing for the finals

Hahahahaha
DO IT!!!!!

I wouldn't even consider it for a second were it only for LBJ.

The rest of your team would have to be pretty weak to trade away bron

Quaz got him for Josh Smith last year

The Timberwolves fear that Rubio potentially has a torn ACL, Yahoo! Sports reports. "Possible ACL," the source briefed on Rubio's condition said. "We'll know more after the MRI. ... There's a lot of worry right now."

If so, what an absurdly bad break this would be for the Timberwolves and for the league as a whole.

F**K!

Such a sad thing to happen to one of the most exciting young players in the league right now.

and u know who he collided with?


Kobe Fucking Bryant


when the say "possible acl" they mean his knee was sodomized

Yeah, season over which means he'll miss the Olympics too. Picked up Luke Ridnour who will start now.

calderowned!

calderon was helped off the court after rolling an ankle. not sure he would have made much difference today, since the craptors were down 51-27 against the pisstons when it happened. hope he pulls up ok for tomorrow, got slammed in assists today. also doesnt help that kyle is shooting 70%+ from 3pt today either...

 

gonna need some stellar shooting to pull a win out of this one...

Yeah, season over which means he'll miss the Olympics too. Picked up Luke Ridnour who will start now.

A torn ACL is bad news indeed. For my fantasy team and especially for him. I feel so bad for him, he was having a stellar rookie season and with these things sometimes you're never the same again, particularly with things like his quickness which was one of his best attributes.

calderowned!

I bet you've been waiting all season to use that pun. 


Also Khem what is the deal on keepers? I noticed there is no keeper lock date as of yet. Also is there a final date that someone can be picked up of waivers/free agency, like a trade deadline type of deal? Is it before the playoffs start or something like that?

Double post but this is gold!

ESPN somehow screwed up and I am suddenly getting some other person's team and league as my own... I might propose a bunch of dodgy trades lol.

Nice roster though! I like that trophy too, weekly trophies are a cool idea.


Edit: Alas it appears I am just in viewing mode, the league must be set as public... not sure why it's on my homepage though!

Edit 2: Back to normal after a refresh or two but that was interesting!

Crickets in this thread! (Has everyone given up and ceded to the inevitability of Headache winning it all or something? )



Khem any idea on this?

Also Khem what is the deal on keepers? I noticed there is no keeper lock date as of yet. Also is there a final date that someone can be picked up of waivers/free agency, like a trade deadline type of deal? Is it before the playoffs start or something like that?

We all make the play offs so the season is kinda just rehersal

fuck a weekly trophy

2012 Keepers Per Team   2
2012 Keeper Lock Date   Lock One Hour Before Draft

it will be interesting to see what happens next year, given that there are two teams with minimal action who probably wont be included... and they have some big names on board.

hipsters are flying with no one at the helm at the moment. Q has ignored/deflected the question of taking over ownership despite the promise of monta and wade in a keeper league.

Pretty sure my brother would be keen next year (despite the controversy but at least he was active) he is managing ten teams at the moment 

he is managing ten teams at the moment 

Keen as mustard!

TBH sometimes I feel like having more than one as I don't spend too much time per day on the actual management, sometime I feel like making roster moves/FA pickups just for something to do!

I think it would benefit both/all of your teams as well because you would notice more trends and spot good pickups from one league before they may happen in another.

fuck a weekly trophy

2012 Keepers Per Team   2
2012 Keeper Lock Date   Lock One Hour Before Draft

it will be interesting to see what happens next year, given that there are two teams with minimal action who probably wont be included... and they have some big names on board.

hipsters are flying with no one at the helm at the moment. Q has ignored/deflected the question of taking over ownership despite the promise of monta and wade in a keeper league.

And what about waiver pickups? Only before the playoffs start?

such a close round against the assholes.

old man grant hill rested tonight against the clippers as its the 2nd game in a b2b2b

in the meantime, luke ridnour has 18 points, 13 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2 boards playing with a broken nose

cant beleive milsap got 8 steals though, thats nuts!

yeah it's going to come down to FG%, and points and possibly TP% or blocks .

If Randolph plays i might even catch you on boards. can't believe we're both shooting +.500% though, surely that's going to drop for me, i don't think i've ever finished that high.

This will mark the first week since week 4 or something that i've had a full team playing.

*doublepost*

Zach Randolph stash has paid off first game - 25pts, 9reb 1ast & 2stls. shooting usual +.600%. His 7/14FT% was the only dampener. Rollers v Assholes continues to be super close!

*doublepost*

Zach Randolph stash has paid off first game - 25pts, 9reb 1ast & 2stls. shooting usual +.600%. His 7/14FT% was the only dampener. Rollers v Assholes continues to be super close!

Nice. Sometimes the stash pays off eh. Even though I drafted Bargnani I still had to stash him for a month and a half and he has been paying off on his return, getting better and better each game. My other stash of Baron Davis? Well, we all know how that one worked out...

I'm feeling pretty confident against Make It Rain this week but I'm still reeling from the draw last week... I just looked it over and I can't believe it came down to .010 on free throws (one FT made perhaps?) and a few other close categories (12 points more on my total would have done it as well!)

Spencer Hawes looks like he could come out alright

Came down to a close finish at the start of today but it all went pear-shaped for the rollers without any blocks coming from Howard and i had a huge day with CP3 1 board off a triple-dub. Millsap with another 5 steals, Gay, Monroe all posting 20+pts and Ibaka chipping in his usual 3+ blocks.

I benched Dragic just in case it came down to TO as he was bound to get a few against Nash so with his totals included i had an epic week. It's nice to have a full team for once!

By the way what ended up happening about the prize money? I think that should have really been sorted much earlier as it would have provided some less than active owners more incentive to bother I reckon.

Should we just skip the formalities and use Headache's bank details instead?

had such a rough run heading into the playoffs, i think with the numbers i was putting up i could have beaten pretty much everyone except for you and headache!



seriously just came in to post about that glock...

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is everyone still keen on the prize thing? it should have been sorted ages ago, but i was kinda holding off on this since the leadership of a couple of the teams did seem to be up in the air.

let me know and i'll get the details out to people this week. glock, check with kaipo

let me know and i'll get the details out to people this week. glock, check with kaipo

Will do. It feels a bit awkward to ask him now that he is in such a bad position but I think it won't be an issue. Everyone makes the playoffs and anything is possible right?

[video: www.youtube.com]

thats it, its still anybody's game (theoretically)

oh and tell him he is a dick for not replying to my message about the trade

oh and tell him he is a dick for not replying to my message about the trade

What was it?

I did tell him after seeing your post on here but I don't think he had his laptop with him that day.

Should we just skip the formalities and use Headache's bank details instead?

Fat lady hasn't sung yet Glock 

Millsap with another 5 steals

Millsap has been playing out of his skin! I think you ended getting the better of our trade in the long run, though I am getting decent enough production from Chandler and Harden. Terry is pretty much on par with Harden now and the only thing Chandler has going for him is more blocks and that insane FG%... which doesn't help me anyway as I still seem to be losing that category every week regardless!

Terry has some stinker days, seems to be an older version of Harden, I have Harden in another league and there's been quite a few times i'd wished I kept him. but you're right, Millsap is a beast at the moment.

Final week vs the Apehoop hipsters, can't believe they beat me last time

Even being a new comer I'm not bothered if we decide to have Keepers or not, It's only 2 players and there is plenty of talent out there to go around.

start fresh, but not snaking until the 3rd round has to change

5/12 for a restart

glock - payment has landed, thanks!

5/12 for a restart

glock - payment has landed, thanks!

No problem.

I agree with Quaz below as well. Snaking needs to be even.

Unley fancy boys vote for a restart khem, in case he hasn't emailed you back. Not sure bout the expendables, waiting on a reply

no emails

6/12 for the reload

keepers 

Give me one keeper and I'll be happy. 

expendables voted for a restart which makes it a 7/12 majority vote

dan just found this out as well

http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/resources/help/faq?name=why-is-my-snake-draft-not-snaking

In order to prevent a user from improving his draft position by not taking keepers, ESPN Fantasy drafts do not "snake" during the keeper rounds. Keeper rounds will process 1-10 for each Keeper position available, even if no Keepers have been selected. For example, in a three Keeper league, the first three rounds will process 1-10, then beginning with the fourth round onward, snaking will begin in the league's draft order.

this would be why we had the weird snake thing happening last season. keepers were turned on and set at 2 keepers, causing it to not snake until the third round.

i have just disabled keepers for 2013, but left it enabled at 2 for the 2014 season. the draft order has updated and looks like it is going to snake properly.

so now we just need to decide on if we want to do an autopick style draft like we have in the past, or if we would prefer to do a manual draft via email over the next few weeks .

please reply in here with your preference - auto or manual.

Just a thought, why don't we start a facebook page or group that's set to private and then everyone can join to get updates. I'm guessing its more likely the entire league will check their FB before all getting on here, including my mates who aren't on here at all.

I vote for a full manual draft via email. The Expendables are keen for the same.

But if there's more than 2 or 3 people that can't access email during the day, i'd rather do the autofill.

1 thing we can get on with is the draft order, may as well get that out the way with all teams on board

yeah im down with the facebook group. will try to sort something out over the weekend.

also down with full manual if we can swing it. 3/12 for full manual.

regular email access would be ideal, however we do have just over a month to do the draft, so i am not sure it would be essential. might just take a bit longer. i imagine we may hit some slight delays when it is glock's or t-bird's turn given the time differences.

yeah im down with the facebook group. will try to sort something out over the weekend.

also down with full manual if we can swing it. 3/12 for full manual.

regular email access would be ideal, however we do have just over a month to do the draft, so i am not sure it would be essential. might just take a bit longer. i imagine we may hit some slight delays when it is glock's or t-bird's turn given the time differences.

I'm only 2.5 hours behind (3.5 once DST hits) so it's not too bad. I will able to do a manual draft as well, as long as we have about 3-4 hours each pick as I am sometimes too busy at work for 3-4 hour stretches at a time until I can quickly check in.

FB group set up. Dan can you add your mates? Also need to get Refuse and headache added as I dont have them on my FB.

auto draft for me

auto

Refuse & Headache added

5 weeks till NBA time! 

[post from FB group]

Posting for Khem who's flat out at the moment and i'm lounging about on holidays!

Here's an option for a live draft as Manual via email is looking like it won't suit quite a few people:

Sunday 7th October 2012 @ 10am (1:30amUK/7:30amThailand) via the ESPN draft lobby, you just need access to the internet on a desktop/laptop PC (mobiles might work, not sure though).

Should take 1 hour at the most providing most picks go in under 30 seconds (you get 120 seconds max). If there's slow picks, up to 2 hours i'd say.

Any one unable to make this time/date? It's post Afl Grand final week so everyone should be taking it easy or at home hungover anyway!

Yo Khem can you pm me your bank details so i can do this transfer.

Not long now training camp is only a day or so away!

PM sent

thanks to skinny and glock who have already sent their payments

Hey Khem been busy the last 2 weeks just got back in form Darwin.
I'll arrange money this week.
Start fresh sounds all good here.

Whats been decided with draft? Live draft or preselected?

good timing will let you know once the $ hits my side.

draft is auto pick again.

just came in to post this...

draft order has been randomized, check the video for the draw: https://vimeo.com/50522070 draft is set for 2 weeks from now.

2 weeks to sort out your draft rankings, then 2 weeks for trades/free agents/etc.

Pick 2 unlucky probably have to settle fort Durant

dont settle for KD! i hear kwame brown is going to have a huge year this year!

Thanks for the hot tip

But i may leave him for you to grab mate enjoy.

dont settle for KD! i hear kwame brown is going to have a huge year this year!

Breakout year for both him and Darko Milicic. You heard it here first. Better make him your second round pick Shane... then your big men are sorted.


Edit: Just checked out the draft order... 7th! Much like last year for me then, though I was closer to the bottom last year. I had a good year regardless though, so it doesn't mean everything. Some will claim it was a soft draw though.

milicic has just been quoted as saying he would do anything to help the celtics win, even if it meant killing a player on court

list locked in, and targeting 3 players with my first picks.

hands of cunts

Bring on Sunday then the start of the season I'm fucking itching!

Locked but everytime I check it I change something

Not sure about my strategy. Last year I think it pulled me stoudemire as first pick.

he, along with Kobe and Garnet,  are at the bottom of my list.

strict, no fuckwits/fake thug/rapists rule at the Tribe