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    • Fantasy Basketball Buffet 2008

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    Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball
    Posted on: October 9th, 2008

    The GMTR fantasy basketball buffet is back for its second year. Below you’ll find all the information you’ll need to dominate any fantasy league (and much, much more). Don’t try to take it all in just one sitting or you’re bound to make yourself sick.

    If you’ve noticed that I’ve left off any particular good site or piece of information, hit us up with an email or comment and we’ll add it to the buffet. Like my momma taught me: sharing is caring. Thanks and good eating.

    Big Boards/Player Ratings/Cheatsheets:

    GMTR Big Board
    Points in the Paint: Top 50 Players H2H
    Basketball Monster
    Fantasy Insider Online – PG | SG | SF | PF | C
    ESPN Top 190
    ESPN (PDF)
    CBS
    Brandon Funston’s Big Board
    Yahoo Experts – PG, SG, SF, PF, C
    Yahoo Player Ranker (Power to the People)
    Fantasy Basketball Suite

    Player Tiers:

    GMTR Tiers
    GMTR Tiers Alt
    Points in the Paint: Top Tier Players by Position 08-09
    Second Round Reach
    Fantasy Basketball Guy by Stat Cat: Points | Rebounds | Threes

    Player Projections:

    ESPN
    John Hollinger Projections (Not fantasy, but useful)
    CBS: Guards | Forwards | Centers
    Pro Fantasy Games: PG | SG | SF | PF | C

    Mock Drafts:

    GMTR Mock
    Dropping Dimes
    ESPN
    CBS H2H
    CBS Roto
    Yahoo – Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6
    Eastern/Western Conference Mock Drafts

    Team by Team Fantasy Reviews:

    2nd Round Reach
    Fantasy Basketball Jedi
    Roto Rob

    Depth Charts:

    GMTR
    NBA.com
    Fantasybasketball.com
    Yahoo
    ESPN

    Sleepers/Breakouts:

    Hoops Fantasy – PG | SG | SF | PF | C
    RotoEvil
    Rotowire
    ESPN
    ESPN by Team: Atlantic | Central | Southeast | Southwest | Northwest | Pacific
    Fantasy Basketball Cafe
    CBS Breakouts
    CBS Sleepers
    ESPN – Love/Hate

    Busts:

    Fantasy Basketball Guy
    CBS

    Keepers:

    Yahoo

    Rookies:

    Fantasy Insider Online
    NBA.com
    ESPN

    Injuries:

    Injury “Risks”
    Yahoo
    ESPN
    NBA.com (injury news)

    Positional Battles:

    2nd Round Reach
    ESPN

    Schedule Grid:

    Basketball Monster
    RotoGuru

    Draft Strategy:

    How to Win at All Costs
    Draft Tip #1 – Percentages are not Created Equal
    Draft Tip #2 – If you think he’s a sleeper and I think he’s a sleeper, then he’s not a sleeper
    Draft Tip #3 – Avoid the Youth Tax
    Draft Tip #4 – Positions Matter… Kind Of
    Draft Tip #5 – Veteran Discount Theory
    Draft Tip #6 – Queue It Up
    10 Commandments of Drafting
    Hedge Pick
    The First Bounce
    Pre-Ranking Your Guys
    Last Round Draft Picks
    Contract Year Players
    CBS Who to Target in Roto
    Exploiting the Waiver Wire
    Differences Between Roto and H2H
    Who to Draft with the 1st Pick
    Fantasy Draft Essentials

    Draft Kits:

    GMTR Draft Guide
    ESPN
    CBS
    Fantasy Insider Online

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      Ugh – I’m stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

      Hahaha. Great catch Jeff. That should be fixed now.

      I’m trying to send subliminal messages to all the readers…

    • http://www.2ndroundreach.blogspot.com Brendan K.

      Just a reminder, I’ve been doing team previews at 2RR. Every post tagged “team preview” (like, for example, today’s!)

      Awesome post, Patrick.

    • http://www.2ndroundreach.blogspot.com Brendan K.

      Rather, like yesterday’s post on the T-Wolves. Not today’s post.

    • terrance

      its the bible of fantasy baskeball.

      nice post

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

      Thanks for the note about that Brendan. I’ve updated the post with a link to your team previews.

    • DNYL

      Who dropped out of the monster league?

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      Excellent! Finally! A one-stop resource for everyone’s Fantasy Basketball preparation needs. Great work!

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    • http://www.givemetherock.com Nels

      @DNYL, thanks for pointing that out. I believe it is redz20000, aka fbcjim.

      I will be sending out another round of invites…

    • terrance

      Id like a little input if no one minds. I run a league of 14 managers. We had 12 man rosters last seasons, Id like to make it 13 man rosters.

      If i go 12 man rosters by 14 teams, thats 168 players

      If i go 13 man rosters by 14 teams, thats 182 players

      The yahoo standard goes 156 deep. My question is this, Do you think 182 is too deep to be fun? Is there enough talent to go 182 deep or should i stick with 12 man rosters?

      Thanks for any opinions!

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Nels

      I think with 14 teams you can go to 182 players. If you do that, though, how many bench spots are you going to have? I am of the mind – not sure if this is based in any sort of statistical facts – that if you have more players being drafted, you also need more players being started. You should really have no more than 3 bench spots on a team, I say. That is usually enough to take care of injured players, and it makes it so that managers can’t just pick people up and let them languish on the bench.

    • terrance

      13 man rosters would be 10 starting spots and 3 bench. I like having 3 bench spots.

      In the league, I have four bench spots. Every team drafts 14, but have to drop one before the season starts. That free spot is then reserved for players on the IR.

      So, the default starting 10, and three bench spots in a 14 team league = 182 players.

      196 will be drafted, but 182 will remain on teams going into the season after the “player invited to camp” gets cut.

      I agree with you that 13 players per team is ideal, i just didnt know if 182 was going too deep into the player pool

    • http://www.BallHype.com/profile/JWJeff/ Jeff W

      Ugh – I'm stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

    • http://www.BallHype.com/profile/JWJeff/ Jeff W

      Ugh – I'm stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

    • http://www.BallHype.com/profile/JWJeff/ Jeff W

      Ugh – I’m stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

    • http://www.BallHype.com/profile/JWJeff/ Jeff W

      Ugh – I'm stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

    • http://www.BallHype.com/profile/JWJeff/ Jeff W

      Ugh – I'm stuffed.

      Does “Points In The Pant” refer to the notches that I have to slide down on my belt? ;)

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