PING: Fantasy NBA saavy humans

Davey Eckstein · 10-08-2005, 02:13 PM

My friends and I are starting a fantasy NBA league for the first time ever. None of us are huge NBA fans, so this is a first for all of us. So my question is, what scoring categories should we use? Yahoo! can track the following:

Games Played (GP)
Games Started (GS)
Minutes Played (MIN)
Field Goals Attempted (FGA)
Field Goals Made (FGM)
*Field Goal Percentage (FG%)
Free Throws Attempted (FTA)
Free Throws Made (FTM)
*Free Throw Percentage (FT%)
3-point Shots Attempted (3PTA)
*3-point Shots Made (3PTM)
3-point Percentage (3PT%)
*Points Scored (PTS)
Offensive Rebounds (OREB)
Defensive Rebounds (DREB)
*Total Rebounds (REB)
*Assists (AST)
*Steals (ST)
*Blocked Shots (BLK)
*Turnovers (TO)
Assist/Turnover Ratio (A/T)
Personal Fouls (PF)
Times Fouled Out (DISQ)
Technical Fouls (TECH)
Ejections (EJCT)
Flagrant Fouls (FF)

The *'d ones are on by deafult but can be toggled. Anyway, what do you reccomend using?

woody5254 · 10-08-2005, 04:46 PM

Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Three Pointers Made
FG %
FT %

Those are the standard categories that most leagues use.

benchwarmer · 10-09-2005, 11:23 AM

Points
Rebounds
ORBS
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Three Pointers Made
FG %
FT %
FTM
TO
PF

Thats what we use in our cash keeper league, which is in year 5 now. Works well, add more thinking to it as you can get points taken away as well as added.

andjbock · 10-10-2005, 01:43 PM

I like throwing tunrovers into the mix.

jaxmagicman · 10-10-2005, 01:45 PM

You have to have these:

Personal Fouls (PF)
Times Fouled Out (DISQ)
Technical Fouls (TECH)
Ejections (EJCT)
Flagrant Fouls (FF)

Johnny Slick · 10-10-2005, 01:46 PM

Hell, use them all. Except for Games Played. And you should add a "member of the Sonics" criterion so that whoever has the most Sonics on his team gets a boost every week. That is the way fantasy should be played.

Davey Eckstein · 10-10-2005, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Slick

Hell, use them all. Except for Games Played. And you should add a "member of the Sonics" criterion so that whoever has the most Sonics on his team gets a boost every week. That is the way fantasy should be played.

Unfortunately, you can only select 15 scoring categories to play with. I also wrote to Yahoo! about the "member of the Sonics" criterion, and they haven't responded yet. I made sure to put your name in the subject though so they'd be sure to check it out!

10-08-2005, 02:13 PM	#1
Davey Eckstein Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Laundry Barn Favorite food: Bran flakes. Posts: 1,283	PING: Fantasy NBA saavy humans My friends and I are starting a fantasy NBA league for the first time ever. None of us are huge NBA fans, so this is a first for all of us. So my question is, what scoring categories should we use? Yahoo! can track the following: Games Played (GP) Games Started (GS) Minutes Played (MIN) Field Goals Attempted (FGA) Field Goals Made (FGM) Field Goal Percentage (FG%) Free Throws Attempted (FTA) Free Throws Made (FTM) Free Throw Percentage (FT%) 3-point Shots Attempted (3PTA) 3-point Shots Made (3PTM) 3-point Percentage (3PT%) Points Scored (PTS) Offensive Rebounds (OREB) Defensive Rebounds (DREB) Total Rebounds (REB) Assists (AST) Steals (ST) Blocked Shots (BLK) Turnovers (TO) Assist/Turnover Ratio (A/T) Personal Fouls (PF) Times Fouled Out (DISQ) Technical Fouls (TECH) Ejections (EJCT) Flagrant Fouls (FF) The 'd ones are on by deafult but can be toggled. Anyway, what do you reccomend using?

10-08-2005, 04:46 PM	#2
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10-10-2005, 01:45 PM	#5
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10-09-2005, 11:23 AM	#3
benchwarmer Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 1,461	Points Rebounds ORBS Assists Steals Blocks Three Pointers Made FG % FT % FTM TO PF Thats what we use in our cash keeper league, which is in year 5 now. Works well, add more thinking to it as you can get points taken away as well as added.

10-10-2005, 01:43 PM	#4
andjbock Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somerville, MA, USA Bats: Right Throws: Left Posts: 3,640	I like throwing tunrovers into the mix.

10-10-2005, 01:46 PM	#6
Johnny Slick Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,012	Hell, use them all. Except for Games Played. And you should add a "member of the Sonics" criterion so that whoever has the most Sonics on his team gets a boost every week. That is the way fantasy should be played.