Comments on: Roster Management: Manning the Bench http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/ A Fantasy Basketball Blog. Surprise. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:33:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kir http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-125161 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:43:28 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-125161 <a href="http://autochilometrizero.portsaua.info/" rel="nofollow">auto auto

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]]> by: Fantasy Basketblog » Blog Archive » Why I Picked Up Marcus Banks http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-2970 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:43:01 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-2970 [...] Factor Number Two: The Garbage Spot comes into play Way back in November I blabbed for awhile about how to man your bench and, more specifically, the concept of the “garbage spot,” where you can pick up and drop players who might not necessarily have any real value but could in a couple of things if everything goes right.  You know who I dropped for Banks?  Jason Williams.  I’d picked him up a few weeks ago and he actually gave me a couple of decent games back in Mid-January.  But now he’s hurt, Eddie Jones and Gary Payton are back, and  when you think about it, who’s going to have more value over the next week, WIlliams or Banks?  [...] […] Factor Number Two: The Garbage Spot comes into play Way back in November I blabbed for awhile about how to man your bench and, more specifically, the concept of the “garbage spot,” where you can pick up and drop players who might not necessarily have any real value but could in a couple of things if everything goes right.  You know who I dropped for Banks?  Jason Williams.  I’d picked him up a few weeks ago and he actually gave me a couple of decent games back in Mid-January.  But now he’s hurt, Eddie Jones and Gary Payton are back, and  when you think about it, who’s going to have more value over the next week, WIlliams or Banks?  […]

]]> by: Give Me The Rock » How Nels goes about scanning the waiver wire http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1836 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:40:02 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1836 [...] FantasyBasketblog has an excellent post on bench management at this link. They provide good definitions for the kinds of players you should have on your bench. So, my followup to BV’s post is to tell you how I go about scouting the waiver wire; specifically, I’m scouting the wire in the Dropping Dimes Experts League which is a 9-category 12 team roto league hosted at Yahoo. The details will be different depending on where your league is hosted, so I’ll try to keep it at a fairly strategic level. [...] […] FantasyBasketblog has an excellent post on bench management at this link. They provide good definitions for the kinds of players you should have on your bench. So, my followup to BV’s post is to tell you how I go about scouting the waiver wire; specifically, I’m scouting the wire in the Dropping Dimes Experts League which is a 9-category 12 team roto league hosted at Yahoo. The details will be different depending on where your league is hosted, so I’ll try to keep it at a fairly strategic level. […]

]]> by: rich http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1688 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:19:57 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1688 Darko listed as an afterthought as a fill-in starter? He seems to be a great C2 to me, just because of his dominating shot blocking. He also has a TON of upside potential - if he can overtake Battie, and just get 30 mpg, simple math suggests he'd get around 11.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks per game! Interesting thing is that in this last game, a tight game against Indiana, Darko was in for the final stretch, and more importantly, making a lot of big plays. To get back to the point though, he seems capable of consistently swatting shots, and blocks are so rare that I think it elevates his value enough to merit playing him regularly. Anyway, in a h2h league I'm in, I originally planned to compete in just 5 categories and dominate them, by loading up on high quality PGs and only drafting shot blockers, to dominate FT%, 3s, assists, steals, and blocks. After some trades and pick-ups, this is what my team became: PGs: Kidd, Billups, D. Williams, Felton, Marbury SGs: Ginobili SF: Butler, Garbajosa SG/SF: Wally PF: Sheed C: Biedrins, Darko, Zo I've turned out to be very competitive in rebounds (in fact, I'm currently edging out a team that has Okafor, Howard, and Boozer on it.. yeah I don't know how either) thanks to Kidd, Butler, and Biedrins coming out of nowhere. Since my centers touch the ball so little, I'm finding I can compete in TOs now too. The free agency pool is quite interesting - Villanueva, Simmons, Marvin Williams, and J-Will are all there. I feel like Villanueva and Simmons would be perfect fits - I was wondering if you guys could throw out some names of people I should be looking into for some 2 for 1s to upgrade. I'm thinking the optimal players for me to move would be Wally (who is only good for 3s and percents), Marbury (underperforming, probably won't shoot 3s), and Zo (who only has value for a month). One guy I'm looking at is Big Z... the free throw percentage with the blocks is a strange, but great combo... it would give me a safe replacement for Zo too. Darko listed as an afterthought as a fill-in starter? He seems to be a great C2 to me, just because of his dominating shot blocking. He also has a TON of upside potential - if he can overtake Battie, and just get 30 mpg, simple math suggests he’d get around 11.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks per game! Interesting thing is that in this last game, a tight game against Indiana, Darko was in for the final stretch, and more importantly, making a lot of big plays. To get back to the point though, he seems capable of consistently swatting shots, and blocks are so rare that I think it elevates his value enough to merit playing him regularly.

Anyway, in a h2h league I’m in, I originally planned to compete in just 5 categories and dominate them, by loading up on high quality PGs and only drafting shot blockers, to dominate FT%, 3s, assists, steals, and blocks.

After some trades and pick-ups, this is what my team became:

PGs: Kidd, Billups, D. Williams, Felton, Marbury
SGs: Ginobili
SF: Butler, Garbajosa
SG/SF: Wally
PF: Sheed
C: Biedrins, Darko, Zo

I’ve turned out to be very competitive in rebounds (in fact, I’m currently edging out a team that has Okafor, Howard, and Boozer on it.. yeah I don’t know how either) thanks to Kidd, Butler, and Biedrins coming out of nowhere. Since my centers touch the ball so little, I’m finding I can compete in TOs now too. The free agency pool is quite interesting - Villanueva, Simmons, Marvin Williams, and J-Will are all there. I feel like Villanueva and Simmons would be perfect fits - I was wondering if you guys could throw out some names of people I should be looking into for some 2 for 1s to upgrade. I’m thinking the optimal players for me to move would be Wally (who is only good for 3s and percents), Marbury (underperforming, probably won’t shoot 3s), and Zo (who only has value for a month).

One guy I’m looking at is Big Z… the free throw percentage with the blocks is a strange, but great combo… it would give me a safe replacement for Zo too.

]]> by: john http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1685 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 06:44:43 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1685 i have the same problem as eddy in one of my leagues at the start of the season, and being unable to swing a trade, i ended up benching players who were facing SA, SAC, CHI or HOU... (looking through the numbers, it seems facing cleveland and atlanta are bad fantasy options, and chicago's defense looks overrated) It does seem to work, to a certain extent, plus you can go a few games ahead of the projected schedule to buffer against injuries. i just dropped luke walton to pick up shaq, which is normally a bad decision, except: a. my ft% stinks anyway, and b. I'm starting eddy curry at center... I finally managed to swing a trade for a center, so now i'm left with choosing between curry and shaq... both are horrendous at TO and ft%, and marvin williams is FA, so i want to drop one of them for marvin, or possibly luke, if nobody claims him... i have the same problem as eddy in one of my leagues at the start of the season, and being unable to swing a trade, i ended up benching players who were facing SA, SAC, CHI or HOU… (looking through the numbers, it seems facing cleveland and atlanta are bad fantasy options, and chicago’s defense looks overrated) It does seem to work, to a certain extent, plus you can go a few games ahead of the projected schedule to buffer against injuries.

i just dropped luke walton to pick up shaq, which is normally a bad decision, except:
a. my ft% stinks anyway, and
b. I’m starting eddy curry at center…
I finally managed to swing a trade for a center, so now i’m left with choosing between curry and shaq… both are horrendous at TO and ft%, and marvin williams is FA, so i want to drop one of them for marvin, or possibly luke, if nobody claims him…

]]> by: Martin http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1682 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:59:37 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1682 The bench of my team is this P.Gasol J.Howard B.Miller The bench of my team is this
P.Gasol
J.Howard
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]]> by: Patrick http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1680 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:36:23 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1680 Nice article bv. I generally agree with your roles and your examples are spot on. The garbage spot is an interesting way to look at things. I was going to state that no one should have the problem of too many marginal starters and then I saw Tim's team. So the garbage spot seems like a point worth mentioning. Nice article bv. I generally agree with your roles and your examples are spot on. The garbage spot is an interesting way to look at things. I was going to state that no one should have the problem of too many marginal starters and then I saw Tim’s team. So the garbage spot seems like a point worth mentioning.

]]> by: Andy http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1678 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:15:27 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1678 Speaking of Lee, how much of a must-pickup is he right now? He's insanely high on the player rater given the minutes he's getting and the relatively limited number of shots he takes. I know his FT% will fall, but can he keep it up with the boards and the surprisingly high amount of steals? Obviously, the main thing that worries me is the fact that he's only playing 23.8 mpg. That number didn't really increase despite his strong play and Frye's slow start, so is there a realistic chance he'll see more minutes in the future? What happens if he goes into a slump? Speaking of Lee, how much of a must-pickup is he right now? He’s insanely high on the player rater given the minutes he’s getting and the relatively limited number of shots he takes. I know his FT% will fall, but can he keep it up with the boards and the surprisingly high amount of steals?

Obviously, the main thing that worries me is the fact that he’s only playing 23.8 mpg. That number didn’t really increase despite his strong play and Frye’s slow start, so is there a realistic chance he’ll see more minutes in the future? What happens if he goes into a slump?

]]> by: Steve http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1677 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:35:10 +0000 http://www.fantasybasketblog.net/2006/11/22/roster-management-manning-the-bench/#comment-1677 Felton and Boozer for Arenas could work. Felton and Boozer for Arenas could work.

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