If you would like to play Roto — you should be ready to spend quite some time analyzing the data. This scoring system encourages you to have a balanced roster which will be able to eke out a win even by a minimal margin, but in as many as possible categories. Whether you win steals by 1 or by — you get the same number of roto points, so overkills are not your friend here. Paying close attention to your roster may sound like a drag, but I promise you — it is fun if you have proper tools.
And hopefully this is where we come in. As you can see above — roto scoring is fairly complicated even more if you play in a 9-cat setup where turnovers are added to scoring categories and that means there is no easy and straightforward strategy to be used.
Below is a transcript of a discussion in one of the leagues we had played in. In quite unusual circumstances. If ANY of the conditions mentioned above was met — you would not be on the podium. This is of course quite extreme example and normally it should not occur too often, but it shows how your fate may be linked to singular decisions.
This is extremely important choice as statistical categories will define value of your players and decide how your rankings will look like. And that of course drives you decisions during the draft and as you play in the season. An 8-category and 9-category set-up. So if you have 3 slots, you have starts to play with. The nice thing is that you can go over this limit as long as all extra starts are made on the day you go over. Sure, it may not seem like much over the course of a whole season, but a few extra rebounds or points could actually make or break your season.
Category swaps are still a great thing to target - you need blocks, and your friend needs threes? Maybe you guys can work something out. The drop-off in per-game value from the very best players in fantasy basketball to the tier below tends to be enormous, and chances are your 3 for 1 will bring you better overall value from your roster spots even if you lose a little from spots 2 and 3.
Ah, the waiver wire. I love the waiver wire. Tell me what you did on the wire. Do your usual homework - is there real talent here? Are you seeing a possible breakout? Is this a temporary thing while the starter is nursing a bruised knee, or is your guy here to stay? Is he getting minutes for the Sixers, in which case most of this is irrelevant and complete assholes like Spencer Hawes can become temporary stars?
The fun part comes in the second half of the season. Are you pretty locked into a position in one of the categories? Way up in blocks? Stuck in third in points? In most leagues, the wire at this point will be full of people who are only good at a couple of things. Think Ed Davis, getting you rebounds and blocks in 20 minutes a game. Or Anthony Morrow, averaging 3 threes a game in March and April while doing basically nothing else. And this allows you to come out of absolute nowhere in some categories, especially threes.
You can also use this to lock in a tight race. The closer to the end of the season you get, the more your fantasy fortunes get narrowed down to a specific few categories and the more aggressive you should get about ignoring everything else. Be smart, and pay attention to what the other owners are doing. Is there a guy rebounds up on you who have stopped paying attention to his roster? Rams add Beckham Jr. Los Angeles Rams. Superman returns: Cam rejoins QB-thin Panthers.
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