2024/2025 SyracuseFan Fantasy Basketball

[jncuse]

What standings are you looking at? Those standings are wrong.

That is the "live" standings, that includes the results of this weeks games (as of now). They can certainly change before they become official at the end of the week.

 

[HakAttack]

That is the "live" standings, that includes the results of this weeks games (as of now). They can certainly change before they become official at the end of the week.

Yeah, that's silly to reference. Those change daily. It's weekly-based standings, not daily.

I get it. It does show that playoff seeding is very much up for grabs though, as you said.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

What standings are you looking at? Those standings are wrong.

I think those standings somehow incorporate current scores. I don’t have the view but it’s interesting for forecasting.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

What standings are you looking at? Those standings are wrong.

StatTracker. It's always current, so that's as of this morning.

 

[gbo]

How is it possible to have 8 guys injured/out? This is madness. These guys need to think of the children...

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Last day of the regular season before playoffs begin. Looks like the top six is pretty locked up, but you never know. Top three is a crapshoot and only two will get a bye next week. Good luck everyone.

 

[jncuse]

Congrats to Clifton Park on winning the regular season title. I always give that as much importance as the playoff title.

2nd bye also matters. Playoffs are a bit crapshooty so the one less game you can play the better (and Luka's team has consistently improved through the end of the season). The two byes also have a chance to manage their team for next week, which matters with injuries, instead of

It was nice for me last week to not really care much about the game play (and accept 4th) and try to set up bodies for this week. A great week might have got me 3rd, but tried to set up my team instead. 4th and 5th was locked up regardless. My team peaked a little too early (February) where for about a 4 week period it would have beat everybody in the league in a head to head that given week (I would compare using the league stats). Duren and Thompson's were on fire for example. The players started to slow down in March though -- and it was more healthy players just slowing down, although had a few injuries like most people.

 

[jncuse]

So I woke up today, and I have 11 players currently GTD, O, or Injured. 11 Freaking players!
Welcome to the playoffs.

At least 8 are just "GTD" - I'll have to do a lot of game time monitoring this week, and with IL+ if things go right it may not hurt me.
2 Injured
1 out.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

So I woke up today, and I have 11 players currently GTD, O, or Injured. 11 Freaking players!
Welcome to the playoffs.

At least 8 are just "GTD" - I'll have to do a lot of game time monitoring this week, and with IL+ if things go right it may not hurt me.
2 Injured
1 out.


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As your playoff opponent, I hope you fail terribly at managing this.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

So I woke up today, and I have 11 players currently GTD, O, or Injured. 11 Freaking players!
Welcome to the playoffs.

At least 8 are just "GTD" - I'll have to do a lot of game time monitoring this week, and with IL+ if things go right it may not hurt me.
2 Injured
1 out.


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It's brutal, I was pretty lucky the last three weeks and finished those weeks with a record of 24-2-1. A lot has to come together for that to happen, especially with my 2nd and 3rd best players going out with injuries, Brunson and JJJ.

Conversely, weeks 11-15, I was 15-30. I thought I was going to miss the playoffs. As you guys know, it's all about injuries and replacement players. When I constructed my roster, I tried stacking it with guys that generally don't miss a lot of games.

Versus the five other playoff teams, I went 30-15 during the1st half of the season and 26-19 in the second half.

Last year I didn't have a bye, and I won my 1st round matchup but in the next round I lost both Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum to injuries. Hoping this year, my guys stay healthy and none are "healthy scratches". And to all the "GTD", I think thats the hardest thing to manage. Do you sit them or gamble they are going to play. I sat Jokic one Sunday, thinking I would be ok regardless, and he had a huge game, which cost me a point ot two.

Good luck to everyone.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I had a week where I clawed into the number 2 spot and it was all downhill from there, and then it went like this after Wemby was hurt.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I had a week where I clawed into the number 2 spot and it was all downhill from there, and then it went like this after Wemby was hurt.

You had no choice but to take Wemby at #2. Next year's draft will be interesting where he is ranked.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

You had no choice but to take Wemby at #2. Next year's draft will be interesting where he is ranked.

Oh don't get me wrong, I love having Wemby on my team. This is two straight seasons where I took him with my first pick.

 

[jncuse]

The injury situations change quickly with all the GTD crap. I think OIG's injury situation could be worse than mine given the quality of his players on the IL+ list.

As of now, my injury list is fairly contained down to 5, although Lebron James and Amen Thompson had been two of my best players and Curry missed last night.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

The injury situations change quickly with all the GTD crap. I think OIG's injury situation could be worse than mine given the quality of his players on the IL+ list.

As of now, my injury list is fairly contained down to 5, although Lebron James and Amen Thompson had been two of my best players and Curry missed last night.

Listen, lemme put it to you like this - I'm excited to roll O'Shae Brissett into my lineup.

And I refuse to cut Victor W.

 

[jncuse]

Listen, lemme put it to you like this - I'm excited to roll O'Shae Brissett into my lineup.

And I refuse to cut Victor W.

Oshae is not a bad pick -- he is a guy that put up good numbers in these NBA March no shame games / lineups. I remember Delano Banton being huge for me last year.

I was going to ask you if you were going to cut Wemby.
I guess the answer is no.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Oshae is not a bad pick -- he is a guy that put up good numbers in these NBA March no shame games / lineups. I remember Delano Banton being huge for me last year.

I was going to ask you if you were going to cut Wemby.
I guess the answer is no.

It would be like disowning one of my children.

 

[HakAttack]

I'm up to three missed games from Hali/Shai and it's only Wednesday. Not loving my chances to advance, especially when I'm starting Jaxson Hayes, Matas Buzelis and Tre Jones in a playoff matchup.

Yikes!

 

[jncuse]

It would be like disowning one of my children.

If LeBron were out for the season, I wouldn’t have the same feelings.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

If LeBron were out for the season, I wouldn’t have the same feelings.

Well that's cuz Lebron's a dweeb.

You should still love your kids if they're dweebs btw.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Used up all my adds. Hopefully everyone is well rested so they play on the weekend.

 

[HakAttack]

I’ll be lucky to get 3 games combined from Hali and Shai this week. I think it’s pretty much over for me.

NBA fantasy playoffs are a joke.

 

[jncuse]

Both playoff matchups appear to be undecided heading into the final day.

I am up 5-3 against OIG, but there are some flippable categories there for OIG, and I know he is some roster moves left over. It could come down to FG%. There might even be a possibility that it ends 4-4, based on how one category is tracking.

Fawkes is up 6-3 against Hak, but there appears to be 3 categories that are close that Hak could potentially flip.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Quentin Grimes, Stephon Castle and Naji Marshall please continue to lead me to the promised land.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Both playoff matchups appear to be undecided heading into the final day.

I am up 5-3 against OIG, but there are some flippable categories there for OIG, and I know he is some roster moves left over. It could come down to FG%. There might even be a possibility that it ends 4-4, based on how one category is tracking.

Fawkes is up 6-3 against Hak, but there appears to be 3 categories that are close that Hak could potentially flip.

I've accepted that I'm likely to lose but we'll see if any fringe moves pay off!