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October 9, 2008

Fantasy Basketball Buffet 2008

Filed under: Fantasy Basketball — Patrick @ 9:35 am

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:

Team by Team Fantasy Reviews:

2nd Round Reach
Fantasy Basketball Jedi
Roto Rob

Depth Charts:

GMTR
NBA.com
Fantasybasketball.com
Yahoo
ESPN

Sleepers/Breakouts:

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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« We Speak! GMTR Interviewed by Points in the Paint NBA Blogger Preview: Chicago Bulls »Comments »

Ugh - I’m stuffed.

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

Comment by Jeff W — October 9, 2008 @ 10:16 am

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

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

Comment by Patrick — October 9, 2008 @ 10:31 am

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

Awesome post, Patrick.

Comment by Brendan K. — October 9, 2008 @ 11:48 am

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

Comment by Brendan K. — October 9, 2008 @ 11:49 am

its the bible of fantasy baskeball.

nice post

Comment by terrance — October 9, 2008 @ 12:22 pm

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

Comment by Patrick — October 9, 2008 @ 12:31 pm

Who dropped out of the monster league?

Comment by DNYL — October 9, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

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

Comment by Points in the Paint — October 9, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

Now all we need is for GMTR to start a NBALive 09 League on the PS3 of course…

Comment by Tony McVey — October 9, 2008 @ 5:52 pm

I think I love you guys. If I could reach through the screen and throw my arms around you…uh…I’d wrestle you to the ground, beat you, and steal your wallet. Phew…saved myself with that rough, manly finish.

Five words.

Give. Me. The. Rock. Baby.

Comment by Mike Plugh — October 9, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

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Comment by satria — October 9, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

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

I will be sending out another round of invites…

Comment by Nels — October 9, 2008 @ 9:37 pm

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!

Comment by terrance — October 10, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

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.

Comment by Nels — October 11, 2008 @ 11:06 am

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

Comment by terrance — October 11, 2008 @ 3:10 pm

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