2009-10 Fantasy Basketball Schedule Grid

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy
Posted on: October 11th, 2009

Get it now: the GMTR Fantasy Basketball Weekly Schedule Grid. It contains:

1) A team-by-team weekly schedule grid for every team in league
2) A team-by-team daily schedule grid for every team in league

Now there are a lot of weekly schedule grids out there, but why is it so hard to find a daily list of games? Sure, you can find calender type schedules or individual team schedules, but I have never been able to find a good daily schedule grid for every day of the season. So I did what any self-respecting geek would do and made my own.

Now the importance a team’s schedule on the average fantasy owner depends on a lot of factors: the type of league, the league’s scoring system, whether there are playoffs or not, and when those playoffs are. Now, I’ve never really paid too much attention to the NBA schedule BEFORE a draft because there are way too many what ifs associated with the NBA. Worrying too much about the schedule is like worrying about where you’re going to take a hot girl on your 3rd date before you’ve even asked her out. Maybe it has some relevance on your future with her, but you have a few more important things to worry about first.

That being said, those of you in H2H leagues with playoffs should take a quick look at the schedule just to make sure it matches with your overall plan and your team management style. What does that mean exactly?

Feast or Famine: A Quick Look at the NBA Schedule

Which would you rather have: 1) a guy from a team with a lot of 4-5 game weeks and on the flip side 1-2 game weeks, or 2) a guy from a team with a consistent 3 game a week schedule? The more extreme schedule will certainly help you destroy teams in certain weeks, but it will also leave you short in others. I haven’t really looked at the topic strategerically, but I’d assume both types of schedules could work depending on your team and your style of play. If you love to trade and work free agency, then the extreme lineup teams are probably more your thing.

Teams with the most weeks of 4 or more games: NOR (13), NYK (13), HOU (12), IND (12), MIN (12), POR (12)
Teams with the most weeks of 1-2 games: LAC (5), MIN (5), NOR (5), NYK (5), POR (5)

If not, you’re probably better off with the consistent schedules.

Teams with the most weeks of 3 games: DEN (14), BOS (13), CLE (13)

Fantasy Playoffs: Someone’s idea of a cruel joke

In theory, the fantasy playoffs are a great way to crown a champion winner take all style. In reality, with injuries to players and teams resting their stars either for the post season or because they have nothing to play for, the fantasy playoffs often become a battle of attrition where the team with the most players left standing has a huge to insurmountable advantage. So, while it makes sense to have some idea of which teams finish the season off strong and which don’t, injuries and coaching decisions are going to have a much bigger and unknown effect on your team than the schedule. The Spurs, for example, have 14 games over the last four weeks of the season, tied for the most with the Bucks, Rockets, Thunder, Raptors and Wizards*. But who knows if the Spurs will be fighting for playoff position again, or will have locked up a playoff spot while resting Duncan, Parker and Ginobili before the playoffs.

Teams with the best playoff schedule (most games over the last 4 weeks): MIL (14), SAN (14), HOU (14), OKL (14), TOR (14), WAS (14)*
Teams with the worst playoff schedule (least amount of games over the last 4 weeks): NOR (11), POR (11), CLE (11)

Another cruel joke: two of the teams with the least amount of games over the last 4 weeks of the season are the Cavs and the Hornets. Will that mean you draft someone else with the first or second pick? I really hope it doesn’t. If you are lucky enough to have CP3 or LeBron anchor your team, you’ll just have to bear down and suck it up at the end of the year or, maybe, possibly, trade them right before your league’s trade deadline. But in my opinion, it makes more sense to worry about making the playoffs before you worry about that 3rd date.

GMTR Fantasy Basketball Schedule Grid

*Correction

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