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Fantasy Basketball Primer – Part 6

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In-Season Tactics & Putting the Primer into Practice This is the final instalment of our 6-part series on Strategies. In Parts 1 to 5, we introduced you to the Fantasy Basketball Primer, reviewed Head-to-Head, Rotisserie and Keeper League strategies, shared tactics for certain league customizations, showed you how to find sleepers, build a draft plan and auction strategies. Today, we look at some in-season tactics and apply some of the lessons of the Primer to prepare for a keeper league draft. As we noted in Part 5, you can’t win

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Fantasy Basketball Primer – Part 5

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Draft Planning & Auction Strategies In Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this series, I introduced you to the Fantasy Basketball Primer, reviewed Head-to-Head, Rotisserie and Keeper League strategies, shared strategies for certain league customizations and showed you how to find sleepers. Today, we look at transforming that information into a draft plan for snake-style drafts and some basic auction draft strategies. The goal of your draft is to accumulate as much talent as possible while building a diverse and balanced roster. You can’t win your league at the

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Fantasy Spin: October 6, 2012

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Fantasy Basketball Primer Part 4: Finding Sleepers In Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, I introduced you to the Fantasy Basketball Primer, reviewed Head-to-Head, Rotisserie and Keeper League strategies and shared strategies for certain league customizations. Today, we look at identifying sleepers. What is a sleeper? Everyone has a different definition. Mine is a player who is likely to outperform his draft position. There are two main points. The first is ‘likely’ to outperform. Anyone can say player X may outperform his ADP, but in targeting

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Fantasy Spin: October 2, 2012

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Fantasy Basketball Primer Part 3 – Custom League Settings In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, I introduced you to the Fantasy Basketball Primer and reviewed Head-to-Head, Rotisserie and Keeper League strategies. Today we look at some common league rules and settings, how they will inform your strategy and who are the right players for your league. Know Your League Rules and Settings Fantasy basketball rules can vary widely across leagues, as hosting websites offer more and more customization. Apply a little

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Fantasy Spin: September 15, 2012

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Fantasy Basketball Primer Part 1: Introduction Have you ever played a game largely determined by luck — like Monopoly — against someone who just kept beating you? He wouldn’t win every time, just often enough that you wondered how could he be so damned lucky. Well, I am one of those guys, and while it may seem that I’m “so damned lucky,” you know that I am not. I simply play the game with a well-thought-out strategy that takes advantage of

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