Teams with 2 Games: BOS, CLE, DEN, PHX, POR

Teams with 3 Games: ATL, BKN, CHA, CHI, DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NOP, NYK, OKC, ORL, SAC, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS

Teams with 4 Games: PHI

Week 1 back-to-back games

Tues-Weds: None

Weds-Thurs: None

Thurs-Fri: None

Fri-Sat: ATL, CHA, CHI, DAL, GSW, HOU, MIA, MIL, NOP, SAS, WAS

Sat-Sun: BKN, PHI

Sun-Mon (Week 2): IND, MEM, MIN, OKC, UTA

Late Start

First Game on Thurs: CLE, DEN

Early Finish

Last Game on FRI: BOS, POR

Big Gap

POR: Game Friday, Next Game on Tuesday (Week 2)

Game Schedule

Mon: 0 Games

Tues: 3 Games (Light Game Day)

Weds: 11 Games

Thurs: 2 Games (Light Game Day)

Fri: 12 Games (Heavy Game Day)

Sat: 8 Games

Sun: 7 Games

Teams that play Tues & Thurs: OKC, PHI

NBA Season begins Tuesday, October 20th

Anyone else feel like they…..fuck up every time it’s time to draft?

I fancy myself a big basketball fan and in general someone who knows the mechanics of what makes a fantasy team successful.

Weeding through ESPN’s dogshit rankings while all 3 players in queue get drafted by the 3 dudes in front of you….panic mode…poo poo selection and team.

Get in here fellow fuckups!!!! Waiver wire FTW

This looks like ass. Can we get enough traction to get this back to what it was before like the start players for the week button last season??

Hey everyone! I wanted to do a quick AMA this morning, as I know many folks still have drafts left this weekend.

Thanks in advance for all your support with my draft content. I am going to hang around for about an hour and answer as many of your questions as I can in real time.

For those that I don't get to this morning, I promise I'll try to answer every one of your questions at some point before your draft (or before Week 1 starts if you've already drafted)

Will there be any other fantasy upside besides points 3s and maybe good efficiency relative to his 3 pt volume?

I was kind of high on Clingan for this upcoming season, but his preseason performance has been underwhelming. What do you think? I am in a ESPN points league

What sites are you guys using for your pre draft strategy? My draft is tomorrow and want to get a little intel.

After drafting in my main 10-man league, I was added to a 20-man league, and I'm realizing how daunting it is to actually draft in one of these things.

I'm trying to convince the commissioner to make some changes to keep things competitive, like lowering the roster size to open up more waiver wire options and making it a 3rd-round reversal, but it's kind of falling on deaf ears.

SO! My question for those of you who regularly draft in these big-ass leagues: any tips?

I know it’s preseason… I know, BUT…

Tatum in two games: 23/5/4 on 9/19 shooting & 19/8/6 on 8/17 shooting

Hali’s 2/3 games: 17/3/6 on 7/14 shooting & 24/3/3 on 9/14 shooting

Dame tonight (still going): 23 pts (4/10 fg, 2/5 3fgs)

All three have looked impressive so far in preseason - I think Hali has impressed me the most so far - how we feeling about em? Usually nba players’ careers fall off drastically after an Achilles tear (minus Durant in recent times)

Will he step up to the ever growing pressure and log 32+ mins 🤔

Kyshawn George was the hottest name on this board last preseason. We're getting a more efficient version of the same player this year. Have folks moved on or just don't believe this year?

Preseason numbers

23.7 minutes

15.3 points

63% FG

59%3PT

83% FT

3.5 rebounds

2.8 assists

1.3 steals

1.5 blocks

3.0 turnovers

What are we doing with him

Looked healthy and moving well. Is anyone taking a flier on him or is it just preseason tings

Fantasy basketball is so fun! Can’t believe im just doing this now. Anyway, help me please. It is a standard 9-Cat H2H.

My team is: Maxey, Edwards, Jaylen Brown, Markannen, NAW, Bridges, Derik Queen, John Collins, Vucevic, Davion Mitchell, Kuminga & Ingram.

I did not know that Ingram was injured 😵‍💫

Who are the disposable players in this team and who should I target? Any more expert advices? Tips and tricks?

I was sent a trade offer where I give away Luka and receive Cade Cunningham and Darius Garland. I honestly don't hate it, but I am not sure if its worth it, hoping to get some input

Doing a $20 sleep lock in league commentator if interested In Joining

Our league has been going for 8 years I think. Despite that, there is probably one or two trades each season. My thoughts are that nobody wants to lose a trade and everyone gets attached to the guys they draft hoping they keep up the good play or turn around the bad play. Or they drafted with fit in mind for their build. A trade that might be fair either side, you will have caution about doing the trade in fear or downturn or injury also.

I guess the question is around value and how you guys see it? Does a 3rd rounder and a 5th equal a second? Does a 5th and a 6th equal a 4th and an 8th?

And how often are you guys making trades. I think we all know that most work is done on the wire.

I feel like a dynasty league would have more trades because of competing vs tanking and picks.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Hopefully someone here can help me real quick.

I've been using Basketball Monster for a couple of years now, and always had issues trying to get it to work with ESPN during live drafts, so I stuck to printing off projections, and just crossing them off by hand as people pick.

It can get a little chaotic when picks are made in rapid succession, and I'm trying to keep track of who is off the board.

I just saw that Basketball Monster has a Chrome Extension now. Can someone walk me through, step by step, how to set this up so I can see my projections, and who is off the board, while doing my draft?

My draft is tomorrow night, and figured I should sort this out now, instead of messing with it at last minute tomorrow.

Did not play all preseason. Are you guys confident drafting him? I usually target him 3rd rd of 10-team 9cat mock drafts. But season’s about to start now and there is still no clear update on him. We’ll draft soon, and while i’d like to draft him, i’d rather avoid injured players.

My late night nerdy fantasy analysis time - This time, im trying to see which guys to target for BLKs without dragging your FTs. I think this one is naturally easier than the Assist + TO combo I looked into last time.

For 26-27 season projections, here are some notable blk sources:

Blocks with little or no FT cost

The middle ground

Bigger FT trade-offs

How did I calculate FT impact? Projected makes above or below a 79.9% shooter taking the same attempts. That baseline is the attempt-weighted FT% of this top-180 pool. Negative means FT drag, not the percentage-point drop in your team’s FT%.

For a lot of these guys listed in the middle ground and even a few in the drags in the 3rd table, I think a high FTA guard may be able to compensate the drag, at least to bring you to a level where you dont have to punt FT.

Giannis (very obvious one), Sengun and even Mobley could be pretty hard to recover.

Full chart saved here

Got my dynasty auction tomorrow, was wondering if anyone had thoughts on youth tax? What sort of price have people seen guys like Wembanyama, Flagg, Aj and Cam Booze go for?

Also any advice for dynasty auctions in general?
(Sleeper lock in)
($200 budget)

Thanks!

New yahoo update for categories leagues shows player headshots and lists stats under the players instead of beside them. Only problem is they squished everything so you need a magnifying glass to read them. Sigh.

I’m basically looking for a beginner guide. I created my team on the nba app and I’m a bit confused on how to go from here. Do I have to make weekly changes ? Do I join a league ? Based on what do yall chose players