# SDMB Fantasy Basketball **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024 "2008-10-08T17:49:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/1 "2008-10-08T17:49:28Z")
Anyone interested in renewing the league for another year? I’m gunning for another 4th place finish. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/2 "2008-10-08T19:51:43Z")
I’d play. I’m in an ESPN fantasy league, but managing fantasy basketball isn’t much work. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/3 "2008-10-08T22:39:17Z")
I’d be in again, for sure. Not that I’ll be any good, but someone has to finish 7th. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/4 "2008-10-08T23:49:46Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/5 "2008-10-09T00:36:32Z")
I’ll play again, but I can’t commish this year, unfortunately (way too many work-related time constraints). It’s not a ton of work, but someone has to be willing to get people to the draft and to maintain the faux-IR we use. Who wants it?! ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/6 "2008-10-09T08:26:13Z")
I’ll play again, still pissed about my falling from 1st to 3rd in the last week last year. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/7 "2008-10-09T16:15:37Z")
I’ll commish if no-one else wants to. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/8 "2008-10-09T20:05:06Z")
Can I suggest a Sunday for draft day? Any Sunday is fine with me. I’d prefer after 3PM Eastern, which is 12 noon my time. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/9 "2008-10-10T13:48:07Z")
I’d do it, though somehow my vast knowledge of all things basketball always fails to translate well to fantasy. And, I’d likely end up auto-drafting. So, if you’re good with those caveats, I’m there. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/10 "2008-10-14T00:57:26Z")
So, are we on? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/11 "2008-10-14T23:03:51Z")
If there are still spots available, I’d be happy to join; a Sunday draft would work for me too. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/12 "2008-10-15T06:27:07Z")
Hey, what’s everyone’s opinion on doing a weekly head-to-head style league instead of a straight up rotisserie format this season? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/13 "2008-10-15T12:09:58Z")
How does a weekly head to head league work? How do you compensate for the potential of two teams who have players who play different numbers of games in one week? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/14 "2008-10-15T12:46:17Z")
I’d prefer roto. **dale** , you don’t. The person with more games played has an advantage. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/15 "2008-10-15T13:41:22Z")
I’m good either way. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/16 "2008-10-16T20:17:07Z")
I’d also prefer roto. I just read through Bill Simmons column about how to improve Fantasy Basketball and I was like, dude, try roto. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/17 "2008-10-17T00:49:15Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > I’d also prefer roto. > > I just read through Bill Simmons column about how to improve Fantasy Basketball and I was like, dude, try roto. Eh, Roto has it’s flaws. The basketball season is so long that roto becomes a real grind. Football is best because of the weekly head-to-head trash talk and drama of individual matchups. In a roto format an individual game by a player has very little meaning in the grand scheme of things. Kobe’s 80 points from a couple years ago was just a blip in fantasy. In head-to-head format that would have been exciting. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/18 "2008-10-17T00:59:41Z")
Well, anyone going to set up the league? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/19 "2008-10-17T02:58:02Z")
All right, I set it up. League ID # is **96137** Password is **birdman** Draft date/time: **Sunday, Oct 26 7:00 PM Eastern**. I used the same settings as last year. There’s plenty of time to make changes as needed. Anyone and everyone is invited so long as you’re going to stick around to watch my roster of players who would score 65 points a game if they were a real NBA team slowly drain the life out of you with junk stats. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024/20 "2008-10-17T03:39:11Z")
OK. I’m in. Phoenix Purple Power. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-basketball/467024.md?page=2)