Week 2, Power Rankings

Week 1 History

We have had 3 full seasons of stat keeping. Now that Week 1 is over. I have a chance to show you guys the top 10 best weeks in Week 1.... Just to show you how you matched up to other teams in the past.

1. Dalton  638---2017
2. Danny  610---2018
3. Matt  609---2016
4. Duke  602---2017
5. Matt  598---2017
.. Kapper  598---2017
.. Nathan  598---2015
8. Ritter  594---2017
9. Eric  593---2016
10. Gher  578---2018


Week 1 league average's over the past years.

2015 = 494
2016 = 520
2017 = 563
2018 = 541

Not much to say about the league averages, just wanted to show you guys. 



We had 35 guys score 30 + points this past week. This next chart shows you how many of them players were in each of our match ups.

Ritter and Dalton = 4 (All Dalton)
Eric and Danny = 5
Duke and Todd = 9
Nate and Matt = 6
Gher and Kapper = 11

Power Rankings

1. Danny  1-0
2. Gher  1-0
3. Nathan  1-0
4. Kapper  1-0
5. Dalton  1-0
6. Duke   0-1
7. Matt  0-1
8. Todd  0-1
9. Eric   0-1
10. Ritter  0-1

Total Plays and Play Average's
   1. Nathan  29---19.7
      2. Gher  30---19.2
   3. Danny  32---19.0
     4. Duke  31---17.9
    5. Todd  29---17.6
6. Kapper  33---17.1
 7. Dalton  34---16.6
    8. Matt  34---15.1
     9. Eric  33---14.8
10. Ritter  30---14.8 




Top 10 Plays in A Day
    1. Davis  48  wk1
2. Vucevic  47  wk1
        .. GA  47  wk1
4. Lebron  46  wk1
      5. GA  43  wk1
.. Whiteside  43  wk1
       7. GA  41  wk1
 ..  Capela  41  wk1
  9. Davis  40  wk1
10. Cousins  38  wk1
M. Gasol  38  wk1

Top 10 Weeks by a Player
1. GA 132

Well we waited many months for this past week to arrive and now its over. On to week 2 for more fireworks and drama.... Drama? Yea drama, week 1 saw several players go down and few who wont be back for this season. The most highlighted being Gordon Hayward and if you are in my league and have not heard about Hayward yet then perhaps fantasy sports just isn't for you, so I wont get into any more Hayward talk for awhile. Just have to move past it and hope for the best for the guy and also the one's who owned him in fantasy.

I want to be the first one to say it, that way you guys can feel free to raz me or say anything else that you may want to in the group text lol. But I made a huge blunder not taking GA first! The guy has yet to score under 41 fantasy points in 3 games so far and though it is nice to own Harden, I feel I messed up not taking GA. And it also did not help that I drafted a poor team lol.... But do not think I am giving up after week 1. No No No No! I will push on and make the best with what I got. But a win does not seem imminent this week as I am playing Todd and his team of White Rhinos.

The closest match of the week was Kapper and Gher. The match came down to the last game and the last quarter. Kapper still had the lead going into the final quarter but just could not hold on. Great match guys!

Last week as a group we used 39/60 acquisitions... That is not bad at all since it was week 1 and it is hard to drop guys. 4 teams maximized there plays by using all of there acquisitions. Duke! Who beat Todd, used 0 acquisitions while averaging 17.9 a play... Duke is new to the league so I am curious to see how his strategy plays out down the road. Will he be a guy who uses his acquisitions or will he let the players he owns do all the talking?

WEEK 2 Match Ups 
and there play Avg

#8  Todd  17.6
vs
#10  Ritter  14.8
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#6  Duke  17.9
vs
#9  Eric  14.8
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#1 Danny  19.0
vs
#3 Nathan  19.7
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#7  Matt  15.1
vs
#2 Gher  19.2
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#5 Dalton  16.6
vs
#4  Kapper  17.1
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CHECK OUT THE POLL FOR THIS WEEK'S MATCH UP QUESTION

Art of the 2 for 1 Trade

Art of the 2 for 1 Trade

Some people find trading intimidating and rather boring, while others find it super exciting and fun. In both my basketball and football leagues we trade a lot. As you guys already know. But from time to time I like to throw my thoughts out there on ways to make trading easier.... Year in and year out I would have to say that I am one of the most active in the trading market. Sending many offers and talking to owners about deals. Now deals don't always get done but it sure is fun sizing up your guys with other owners and finding who they like or dis like. Even if I do not get a trade in and just end up talking about my team and there's. I find that fun lol.... So that is one reason why I love fantasy basketball..... We have all come to understand what the best strategy is for this game, right?

THE FLOATER SYSTEM

The floater system is what I call guys that float around from team to team and in and out of free agency. These guys typically average 15.0 or less but when you used properly they could win you the week and even more, the Championship!.... The grey area on these players is weather or not they hold a 2 position flex rating... Those players are usually valued higher in trades and for good reason.... We have found out over time that if you run a 2 player floating system then you are able to maximize the plays you get every week... Most teams will have around 38 plays a week ( not counting this week). But if you can get over 40 plays and manage to lose, then you have nothing to be ashamed of. Well unless you had over 40 plays and scored less then 600. Then I would still be worried lol..... 

The 2 for 1 Trade

The 2 for 1 deals to me are rather simple. We all know that we are looking for 20 point average guys. And in our league we should average about 3.5 twenty average guys per team... Some already have 5 and some have 2. Give it a few weeks and we will start to see who really has all the 20 average guys. But when we start to notice who has depth and who doesn't, then that is when the 2-1 trades should really start coming out. So when making offers for these 20 average guys remember this. When you offer a 2 for 1 for that 20 plus guy, the owner who is giving up the one will get to add someone from FAs. Typically a guy who will get them some were from 13-15 points. So for example I think trades like this should work....

Player A trades:

Williams avg 20.0

to 

Player B for:

Jones avg 18.0

Smith avg 17.0

They both add up to 35 once Player A team adds a floater... Also keep in mind that doing a 2-1 trade can help a team with little depth while helping the other team add a floater spot. Win win!!!

FLEX PLAYERS

Flex players are guys who hold a 2 position ranking. These guys are actually more valuable then you might think. And when trading for them you should always add about 2-3 points more on there average. The guys owning them will already be doing this so when making offers for them you should do the same... So if a 15.0 guy is a floater, then that would mean a flex guy who averages 12.5 would also be own able. So lets take a look at what Flex position is the most valuable.... 

              SPOILER ALERT!!! 
                 There are only 8 guys in the whole league 
               who have a flex rating and also average
             20 points or more. 

PG/SG

1. McCollum  18.9

2. Holiday  17.8

3. LaVine O  15.2

4. Russell  15.1

5. Brogdon  13.5

6. Lou Williams  12.5

There are only 10 pg/sg players who are projected to average 9.7 or more...Two of them are un owned. Williams, who you see in Blue is one of them un owned and he is the 6th best at this flex..  I know I am the one who dropped him, maybe I should go add him back lol.  But when dealing one of these 6 players. You have to add more value to them then what they show. Especially McCollum! He is in a tier by himself and Holiday would be in the 2nd tier by himself. These 2 guys are very valuable. 

SG/SF

1. Butler  23.1

2. Hayward  21.0

3. Middleton  18.5

4. Batum O  16.6

5. Evans  13.3

6. Turner  12.7

7. Hardaway jr  12.6

There are 10 guys projected to average 10.2 or more at this flex position. And guess what? Half of them are still available to be added in our league... But I believe only 7 of them are ownable. 2 of them 7 are still out there. Evans and Turner... I believe Evans could and should be added, I already own 2 of those 7 so I cant add  him. But curious to see if Evans gets added after someone reads this write-up...

SF/PF

1. GA  28.5
2. Lebron  27.6
3. D.Green  21.4
4. Mello  18.6
5. A.Gordon  16.9
6. Gallinari  16.7
7. Covington  15.8
8. T. Harris  15.2
9. J. Parker  14.4
10. Holis Jefferson  14.3

As you see the SF/PF spots are very deep... Actually there are 17 guys who average 10.7 or more based on projections... By far the deepest of all the flex slots.... Out of them 17 though, only 15 are owned... Marvin Williams and LeVert are only 2 un owned.... GA and Lebron are in there own tier while I would say Green is in the second tier by himself. They show Mello will average 18.6 but who in the world besides Mellos mom would believe he will be even close to that. 


PF/C
1. Jokic  27.2
2. Whiteside  26.4
3. M.Turner  21.7
4. P.Gasol  16.6
5. Monroe  16.3
6. Thompson  15.4
7. Dieng  14.2
8. C.Zeller  13.9
9. Plumlee  11.5
10. Wright  9.9

Just like the sg/sf and the pg/sg... We have 10 people who will average around 10 or more a game. But out of these 10 only 7 are owned and honestly that is all that should be owned. This flex is probably the weakest of all the flex's. The guys ranked 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be strong contenders for a high end floater and possibly will be on peoples teams for long stretches...but the top 3 guys. Jokic, Whiteside and Turner should all be sold at premium prices. These guys are almost as rare as the northern white rhinos. So for now on I will be referring to these 3 guys as my white rhinos. Todd owns 2 of them and if I didnt already love his team name then i would recommend that he change his team name to the White Rhinos lol

Lottery Tickets

LOTTERY TICKETS

We will have several ways to build up lottery tickets this year and I will show you how below. I like to do Lottery Tickets because it is a fun way to do our draft order every year.... The suggestion was given to me by another owner to have the 7th place guy get the most tickets instead of the 4th place guy... So this year I did not only set it up with the 7th guy getting the most tickets but I pretty much doubled the amount of tickets I am handing out in hopes of making the champion have a tougher time to get a top 3 pick.  Hope you guys enjoy what I came up with. 

1. Final End of Season Ranking payouts

1st    1 Tickets

2nd    3 Tickets

3rd    4 Tickets

4th    6 Tickets

5th    8 Tickets

6th    10 Tickets

7th   25 Tickets

8th   20 Tickets

9th   17 Tickets

10th  14 Tickets

2. Winner of each of these category gets 1 lottery ticket

-----FGM, FTM, REB, AST, STL, BLK, DD, TD, QD, PTS, PF----

3. I am also going to give lottery tickets to the guy who gets the most points scored against him this year. 3 SYMPATHY TICKETS

4. All Star Game: Everyone will get 5 questions about All Star Weekend. 

Get 5 answers right = 5 Lottery Tickets

Get 4 answers right = 3 Lottery Tickets

Get 3 answers right = 2 Lottery Tickets

Get 2 answers right = 1 Lottery Tickets

If you get 0 Answers right then I am sorry you get NOTHING

1. Who will win Rising Stars Challenge?

2. Who will win Skills Competition?

3. Who will win 3 point Shootout?

4. Who will win All Star Game?

5. Who will be All Star Game MVP?

*****STATS*****

WEEKLY RECORDS 

_____All Time____

Minutes played- 1,546 Matt 

FG Made-------- 310 Matt 

FG Attempted--- 641 Ritter 

FT Made-------- 203 Ritter 

FT Attempted--- 242 Ritter 

Rebounds------- 353 Ritter 

Assist--------- 204 Eric 

Steals--------- 63 Dalton 

Blocks--------- 49 Gher 

Turnovers------ 129 Ritter 

Double Doubles- 15 Ritter 

Triple Doubles- 6 Ritter 

Points scored-- 830 Ritter 

Fantasy Points- 944 Danny 

Top 10 Best Days during Season 
____ALL TIME____ 
1. Kapper--250-2017 
2. Ritter--236-2017 
3. Ritter--233-2017 
4. Ritter--232-2015 
.. Ritter--232-2017 
.. Ritter--232-2017 
7. Kapper--231-2017 
8. Eric----227-2016 
.. Gher----227-2017 
10 .Nathan-226-2016 






Most Points In a Week 
______ALL TIME______ 
1.Ritter-1011-wk15-2015 
2.Ritter-946-wk20-2015 
3.Danny--944-wk19-2017 
4.Matt---938-wk11-2017 
5.Ritter-932-wk15-2017 
6.Matt---931-wk7--2017 
7.Nathan-930-wk18-2016 
8.Dalton--927-wk6--2017 
9.Nathan-918-wk15-2016 
10.Ritter-916-wk14-2017 
11.Ritter-909-Wk3--2017 
12.Eric---902-wk14-2016 
13.Ritter-901-wk19-2017 






Fewest Points in Week 
_____All-Time_____ 
1.Todd----406--2016 
2.Matt----422--2016 
3.Kapper--454--2016 
4.Kapper--463--2016 
..Matt----463--2015 
6.Nathan--488--2015 
7.Dalton--490--2016 
8.Gher----492--2016 
9.Todd----493--2017 
10.Trevor-494--2015 

Week 1 Projections

Since we still have over a week before our first game is played, I decided to go ahead and come up with my weekly projections. Some of you will use floaters this week and that is great. But with my projections I will only be doing the players that you have on your team the day I did this.

WEEK 1

Plays

#4  Chris  27

#2  Dalton  28

       Tue---Wen---Thu---Fri---Sat---Sun

     Chris---57--140--14--127--143--0   = 581

      Dalton-32--130--64--121--157--38 = 542

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Plays

#9  Eric  30

#6  Danny  31

            Tue---Wen---Thu---Fri---Sat---Sun---

  Eric---40--152--16--135--122--55 = 560

Danny--32--156--50--119--149--30 = 536
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Plays
#1  Duke  30
#3  Todd  30

            Tue---Wen---Thu---Fri---Sat---Sun---
    Duke---76--100--88--109--150--47 = 570
     Todd---77--151--41--122--161-- 0 = 552
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Plays
#10  Nathan  30
       #8 Matt  26

            Tue-----Wen---Thu---Fri---Sat---Sun---
      Nathan-35--151--17--145--130--15 =  493 
      Matt----32---98---76---78--158--30 = 472

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Plays
#7  Gher  27
#5  Kapper  29

              Tue---Wen---Thu---Fri---Sat---Sun---
         Gher---0---148--8--157--82--81 = 476
         Kapper--18--141--50--135--101--78 =  523

Pre Season Power Rankings

Basketball is back!!!! We had a good off season guys. We had 7 trades before the draft. 80% of the league was involved in a trade. Only Nathan and Gher fell shy of making a trade. You can see down below how that may have or may not have effected there draft. Did they draft good or bad? I would say if there in the top 5 then it would appear that not trading helped them. If they outside of top 5 then they should try harder next off season to make some moves lol. 

What a great draft guys! Sure was a lot of fun! I know I got several of the guys I wanted and I hope you guys did to. Fantasy games are a lot more fun if you start off with a few of the guys you wanted before the draft started....... I had a tough time with my first pick. It was always down to Westbrook and Harden for me. But I seriously was thinking that maybe Lebron could be my number one pick. Just hard to have faith in GA for some reason but I am sure he will be great this year.

To get your guys power rankings I used the 2018 projections and added up your top 8 guys. So without further a~doo, I give you your 2018 pre season power rankings.

1. Duke  171.0

2. Dalton  168.8

3. Todd  168.5

4. Ritter  160.7

5. Andrew  160.0

6. Danny  159.9

7. Gher  159.6

8. Matt  157.4

9. Eric  155.1

10. Nathan  154.9

A player who averages 20 a game is what we are all seeking to find and add to our teams. There are 34 players projected to average 20 or more a game. Here is a list of peoples teams and how many players they have projected to score 20.

1. Duke  5

.. Todd  5

3. Dalton  4

4. Danny  3

.. Ritter  3

.. Eric  3

.. Nathan  3

.. Matt  3

9. Kapper  2

.. Gher  2

We are shaping up to have some really good matches to start off the season.  We have a 2 vs 4 and 1 vs 3 in our very first week. That's pretty exciting!

Week 1 Matchups

#4 Ritter

vs

#2 Dalton

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# 9 Eric

vs

#6 Danny

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#1 Duke

vs

#3 Todd

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#10 Nathan

vs

#8 Matt

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#7 Gher

vs

#5 Kapper

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Matt's Big Board

Matt took some time while his daughter napped to give us a idea of what he thought the top 100 looked like. Feel free to comment down below or in the group text about the rankings. Some may seem high some may seem low. But feel free to discuss it in our group thread.


Fantasy Basketball Rankings 2017-18

1. James Harden

2. Russell Westbrook

3. Giannis Antetokounmpo

4. Kevin Durant

5. Karl-Anthony Towns

6. Anthony Davis

7. LeBron James

8. DeMarcus Cousins

9. Kawhi Leonard

10. Stephen Curry

11. Nikola Jokic

12. John Wall

13. Hassan Whiteside

14. Rudy Gobert

15. Chris Paul

16. Blake Griffin

17. DeAndre Jordan

18. Kyrie Irving

19. Paul George

20. Damian Lillard

21. Jimmy Butler

22. Kyle Lowry

23. Carmelo Anthony

24. Kevin Love

25. DeMar Derozan

26. Kristaps Porzingis

27. Joel Embiid

28. Marc Gasol

29. Elfrid Payton

30. Kemba Walker

31. Andre Drummond

32. Eric Bledsoe

33. Nikola Vucevic

34. CJ McCollum

35. Draymond Green

36. Brad Beal

37. Myles Turner

38. Gordon Heyward

39. Mike Conley

40. Paul Millsap

41. Devin Booker

42. Goran Dragic

43. Julius Randle

44. LaMarcus Aldridge

45. Marcin Gortat

46. Brook Lopez

47. Al Horford

48. Klay Thompson

49. Nic Batum

50. Jusuf Nurkic

51. Dennis Smith Jr.

52. Jeff Teague

53. Otto Porter Jr.

54. Andrew Wiggins

55. Avery Bradley

56. Serge Ibaka

57. Dwight Howard

58. Jrue Holiday

59. Lonzo Ball

60. Jonas Valanciunas

61. Ben Simmons

62. Ricky Rubio

63. Rudy Gay

64. Clint Capela

65. Pau Gasol

66. Danilo Gallinari

67. Dennis Schroeder

68. George Hill

69. Kris Middleton

70. Patrick Beverly

71. Dwyane Wade

72. Aaron Gordon

73. TJ Warren

74. Markelle Fultz

75. D’Angelo Russell

76. Harrison Barnes

77. Tobias Harris

78. Wilson Chandler

79. Victor Oladipo

80. Lou Williams

81. Greg Monroe

82. Gary Harris

83. Zach Randolph

84. Derrick Rose

85. Enes Kanter

86. Robert Covington

87. Trevor Ariza

88. Malcolm Brogdon

89. Thaddeus Young

90. Jae Crowder

91. Dion Waiters

92. Rajon Rondo

93. Darren Collison

94. Jeremy Lin

95. James Johnson

96. Josh Jackson

97. Gorgui Dieng

98. Brandon Ingram

99. Tyler Johnson

100. Marquese Chriss

Players who will begin the season injured that are worth drafting:

Isaiah Thomas

Jabari Parker

Zach LaVine