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This week’s roundtable was hosted by Brian Spencer at Empty The Bench.
This time around the topic is: Which NBA team is the least fantasy hoops friendly?
Joining Me at the Fantasy Hoops Roundtable:
- Brian Spencer, Empty the Bench
- Tommy Beer, HoopsWorld
- Ryan Lester, Lester’s Legends
- Alex Woods, BleacherCreatureRotoTalk
Here was my answer (after consulting with Patrick – if you know what I mean):
With a little bit of fancy statistical analysis using the GMTR Player Rater, Patrick and I came to the conclusion that the Detroit Pistons are easily the least fantasy-friendly team in the league. If I had to hypothesize without looking at any stats, I probably would have said San Antonio, since they’re so slow and their players aren’t doing all that great this season; looking at the stats, though, they’re actually doing better than I thought they were.
We came up with Detroit by taking the top 156 players from the Player Rater (156 is the number of players in a 12 player x 13 team league), and then comparing on two stats. First, we took the average of rank of the players on each team, and second, we counted the number of players in the Top 156 from each team.
The worst team in the league for average ranking was the Detroit Pistons with 111.50. Compound that lackluster performance by placing only four players in the Top 156, and all of a sudden, you’ve found yourself with the least fantasy-friendly team in the league.
The only teams with less players in the Top 156 are the Cavs and the Pacers, who both have three players in the Top 156, but they ended up at 2nd and 8th in average player ranking, and adding one more guy to get them to the four that Detroit has is not going to sink anyone’s battleship. The Magic are actually close with their average player ranking of 101.80, and five players in the Top 156, but again, if you add another player to Detroit to match them up with Orlando’s five, then their average ranking is only going to torpedo their submarine.
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Other writers actually chose different teams, so head over to Empty the Bench and check it out.
Finally, I know I should save these in case some Pistons player actually manages a Line of the Night, but I think Detroit fans really need something to cheer them up, especially since it looks like your team being for sale is usually not a good sign.
Tags: Detroit Pistons, Fantasy Basketball Roundtable
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January 21st, 2010 at 7:17 am
I wouldve said the spurs without looking at the #s.the bucks kinda came to mind. but they have a couple guys who are just OK
January 21st, 2010 at 7:17 am
I wouldve said the spurs without looking at the #s.the bucks kinda came to mind. but they have a couple guys who are just OK
January 21st, 2010 at 8:06 am
The Spurs are actually closer to the top (but mostly in the middle). I also actually guessed the Spurs (also without looking at the #s). I think because the guys they do have are very efficient with their time on the floor, they get it done even with the slow pace.
The Bucks are a lot closer to the bottom. Now that Michael Redd is out, they might actually end up the season as the worst team. They already charted only 4 players, which was tied for second worst. Of course, Redd was actually kind of low on the rater at the time I pulled the stats, so taking him off might actually raise their average.
January 21st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
How deep on each team's roster did you go when running this analysis? Obviously, it would make more sense to only include actual rotation players (usally the top 9-10 guys per team) than to include everyone that rides the pine or alternates back-and-forth between the D-League. Just curious?
January 21st, 2010 at 3:29 pm
We took the Top 156 players from the GMTR Player Rater. 12 teams x 13 players per team = 156 players. So, anyone outside of the Top 156 shouldn't be on a team. Yes, there are some holes in that theory/assumption, but really, adding players outside of the Top 156 doesn't make that much of a difference in where teams end up, and especially not for the best and worst teams.
January 21st, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Oh, okay… so you didn't look at entire NBA rosters, just those who cracked the top 156. I guess as I re-read the post, that is pretty clear. I'm not sure what I was reading the first time through. Thanks for clarifying.
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