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Fantasy Basketball 101
Author: Joseph Kenny
Fantasy basketball gives fans a chance to experience what it is like to manage their own franchise. If you're a typical ‘back-seat driver' during the regular basketball season, there is no better chance to enforce your own decisions when comes to trading and drafting than to create your own fantasy basketball team.
The first step you will need to take in getting started is to come up with a name for your team. Of course, you can select any name you like; however, most owners choose to have a little fun with the naming process. It really doesn't matter in the end but it's always good to select a name that will easily identify your team.
If there is not already a league in your area you will need to think about creating a league. There is no set number of teams that must comprise a league. Some leagues haves just a few teams while other leagues have well over a dozen teams. On average; however, most leagues have about 12 teams. If you find yourself in the position of needing to create a league, consider recruiting family members, co-workers and friends as team owners to join your league.
Once the matter of the league is decided you will need to give some thought to how you want to play. In fantasy basketball there are two different styles; head to head and a style that is known as rotisserie. Head to head, of course, is a style in which teams go head to head with one another and whichever team scores the most points wins. With this type of league play, each team will play a different team each week throughout the regular season.
With rotisserie style of play the standings are determined by the each team's performance in several categories. These categories include assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, 3-pointers and of course, team points.
You will need to give some thought to the type of play that you prefer to go with when designing your league. You will also need to make sure you have your line-up posted every week.
If you are really serious about winning at fantasy basketball it will be critical for you to be as prepared as possible. This isn't something that you can just wing, at least not wing and win. The most successful fantasy basketball winners make sure they are prepared each week. This includes posting their line-ups and keeping an eye on the health of their players on a routine basis so they know ahead of time whether they are going to need to put a backup into place. Even the best and most well honed teams may occasionally find themselves in the position of needing to use a back-up. Keep your backups prepared at all times so you won't be caught off guard.
By taking the time to do your homework ahead of time and understand as much as possible about fantasy basketball you will be better prepared to win your games and do well in the regular season as well as into the playoffs.
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February 4, 2012
7:24 pm
fantasyfootballcafe.com has baseball, basketball, hockey also…
I use Dobberbaseball and dobberhockey a lto but they don’t have a football one yet…
February 4, 2012
7:24 pm
i luv that site LAWL
February 4, 2012
7:24 pm
I used that same site often last year, I think you’re talking about
http://www.rotomania.com/
February 4, 2012
7:24 pm
firstly your link doesnt work, maybe list the pw and id here so that folks can join if they want??
sometimes to attract people you will need to have somethin unique about the league. a la… so that peeps actually have a reason to join ur league vs the same old same old
However… typically all those yahoo leagues fill up. trust me. unfortunately sometimes it is the day off but yeah it’ll fill up… ive been doing FF for years and have always had enough peeps sign up in time. just sit back and wait
February 4, 2012
7:24 pm
I’d like to say we at Yahoo have one, but we don’t really have a very good forum for fantasy users right now. Stay tuned though, that could change (keep tabs on what’s going on here with our blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/ysportsblog )
Anyway, given that we don’t have one, we know that http://fantasyfootballcafe.com is a pretty good community of football fans.
May 30, 2006
11:04 pm
Suggest a great fantasy football forum?
Hey, I am a regular visitor to http://www.FantasyFanBase.com it’s a great site for free advice on fantasy football yet it also has lots of other useful topics. I think its kind of unique. Can any of you guys suggest a similar site?
August 1, 2008
11:36 am
How can I get people to join my Yahoo fantasy football league?
It’s located here: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/252123
I made it public and all, but I don’t know how to attract anyone. I don’t know anyone in real life who is interested in fantasy football. I was thinking of advertising it on football forums, but I don’t know what forums to go to, since I don’t associate with them too often.
Any help, please?
June 14, 2009
2:17 pm
What is a good fantasy football forum?
I am looking for a good fantasy football forum. I have found one at http://www.ecouchcoach.com/forum.php that seems to be pretty good. Any thoughts?
June 14, 2009
5:18 pm
Anyone know of any good fantasy football forums?
I am using this one and it seems good to me to use, especially since it allows you to post as a guest. http://www.ecouchcoach.com/forum.php – Any other fantasy football forums out there?
July 30, 2010
12:00 pm
What’s the name of this fantasy football advice website?
I’m trying to find a fantasy football advice forums I frequented often last year. I thought it started with the word roto, but I’ve already tried rotoworld and rotowire and those weren’t it. The forums I’m thinking of have a black background on the homepage. The website it also cool, because they allow you to post your entire fantasy football teams along with the scoring rules of your league. If anyone knows the site I’m referring to please help me out.