Comments on: Playing the Percentages

By: PR

PR — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:16:00 +0000

I definitely agree with you on Diogu. I know DM and BV are not very high on him, but I like Ike. He is slowly but surely establishing himself as an everyday starter for the Warriors. As far as your question regarding Diogu/Griffin/Foster… I’d rank them in that order. Foster is the least exciting of the bunch with virtually no upside, so he’s not worth your time. You know what Griffin is capable of with his monster games here and there, but he is too unreliable and his percentages are putrid. Diogu is definitely your best bet because he gives you solid percentages and has good potential the rest of this season. Plus, if Golden State pulls off a trade that ships Troy Murphy out of town, then maybe Ike can shift over to PF which should help boost his overall numbers.

By: JM

JM — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:58:00 +0000

another good %’s guy (albeit with not a ton of attempts) has been Ike Diogu.
Since he started getting decent minutes (past 9 games) his FG% is 69% (7 attempts/game) with an 84%FT (3 attempts/game). Stellar numbers, especially for a rookie Center.

I know he’s not been a favorite at this site in the past, but do you think Diogu may be growing into his starting role? I need to find a #2 center to replace Battie once he stops playing so well. I’m in a 12-team roto league w/standard categories. Currently I have E.Griffin as my backup Center. I was also considering picking up Jeff Foster. Any thoughts about Diogu vs Griffin vs Foster for the rest of the season ?????

By: hha

hha — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:57:00 +0000

Your best article yet. Percentages are so important in the first 3 or 4 rounds, because those picks will decide your standing, since the later picks don’t take enough attempts to move you up or down(except for cat killers like ridnour, or walker). On the yahoo leaderboards, most of the leaders drafted Brand or KG two high scorers with great percentages. I don’t see many leaders with Iverson or Kobe selected in the first round. In percentages Jason Terry is another underrrated player that nobody really wants.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:14:00 +0000

Great article. People ignoring percentages is probably the reason I was able to grab Delonte West from the free agent pool last week. He has been shooting the lights out, especially for a guy you can plug in at PG.

Also, another guy who has been money in FT% this year is Vince Carter. He is setting career highs in both attempts and percentage, and over the last month or so he has been nearly as valuable as Chauncey in the FT department. It’s one of the main reasons he has been an elite fantasy player this year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:23:00 +0000

thanks. lol i feel stupid for asking. it was right there the whole time

What’s even more sorry about yahoo’s rater is that they don’t even explain the method on how they determine the rankings

By: Da Schmuzer

Da Schmuzer — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:15:00 +0000

so does that mean I should trade Josh Smith and Josh Howard for Wally Szczerbiak right now?

By: JM

JM — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:12:00 +0000

fantasyanalyzer is at fantasyanalyzer.com.
I just noticed that is also includes an “underrated” and “overrated” list at the bottom of the page. I don’t know how they calculate it but I agree with much of it…

Underrated: David West,Leandro Barbosa,Andre Iguodala,Gerald Wallace, Shane Battier, Corey Magette, Ricky Davis, Mo Williams,Rasheed Wallace, Drew Gooden.

Overrated: Steve Francis,Carmelo Anthony,Kobe Bryant,Shaquille O’Neal,Ron Artest,Baron Davis,Jermaine O’Neal,Zach Randolph, Joe Johnson,Al Harrington

By: DM

DM — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:04:00 +0000

You can find a link to Fantasy Analyzer in our sidebar of links. It is indeed another good one, and the overrated/underrated is pretty spot on.

Yahoo’s rank is so laughably biased towards 3 point shooters, it’s rendered completely useless, except for trying to trick people into trading for your 3 point gunners. Or maybe Kyle Korver really was the 15th best player last year!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:55:00 +0000

btw- JM- what site has the “fantasyanalyzer”?

I also think Yahoo’s player rater sucks balls- it’s heavily biased towards 3pt shooters

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:52:00 +0000

Great article as usual. %’s are definitely underrated in fantasy ball. Whenever i draft a scorer, efficiency is a must