9/9/2004 03:13:47 PM|||Shep|||Here are some sample values I computed using The Great Roto Basketball Equation:

• Tracy McGrady: 735.37


• Baron Davis: 667.88


• Dirk Nowitzki: 664.86


• Shaquille O'Neal: 641.24


• Predrag Stojakovic: 638.99


• Kobe Bryant: 627.88


• Paul Pierce: 627.14


• LeBron James: 599.22


• Lamar Odom: 586.69


• Zach Randolph: 570.32


• Andrei Kirilenko: 566.56


• Elton Brand: 557.61

This is by no means a comprehensive summary of the players I have put into the GRBE. But I believe it does a good job of showing that players who should be ranked higher indeed end up that way.

I especially like the fact that McGrady gets ranked ahead of everyone because he basically was his whole team last year, and that is reflected in the GRBE. Of course, I have yet to see how these players are ranked using last years stats by fantasy basketball sites (since most sites provide default rankings of players). But that will be taken care of fairly soon, as the beginning of the basketball season draws nigh.

One could argue: of course McGrady is going to be ranked ahead of Shaq, since all I did was put
more emphasis on things besides points and rebounds. I agree, one could easily create an Equation that would put Shaq on the top (since good centers _are_ hard to come by)... but the
fact that McGrady puts stats in categories that are much more difficult to come by (making them more important to Rotisserie leagues) puts him rightfully ahead of Shaq.

Everyone who's played roto basketball has probably said at one point or another: If I only had 3 (or maybe 4) more 3 pointers, I'd pass those two guys and get enough points to move up a couple spots. How often do you get to say the same thing about points or rebounds?
|||109476075609878990|||The Great Roto Basketball Equation (GRBE)