Tough break with Bagley and Fox so far. Ibaka out as well, so this team is hurting a bit. Other than the injuries the starting lienup is strong with a ton of scoring and triples. You have a lot of steals as well on the team with assists (when healthy). I like the back half of your roster as well with hot pickups. It looks like you are winning the waiver wire battle which is key in any league. When you get back to full strength, you have the basics covered in pretty much every category and with a well-rounded squad. Keep up the good work on the waiver wire, and you'll probably need to stream a lot in the meantime down two roster spots (assuming one is guy is on IR). Portis and Simons would be those spots.
It seems as you only have 12 players here. Also which Bogdonavic is it? You have scoring on lockdown while three pointers are a plus. Blocks are there as well when you are at full strength. Steals look pretty good, and there is enough in rebounds and assists. This team looks pretty solid around in the cats, but Embiid's knack for missing games is going to hurt this team on a week-to-week basis. There talent of the big man group behind him isn't enough to make up for his missed production, when he doesn't suit up. With that said, when he is in the lineup this is a good looking team.
Tough break with Hayward who was starting to get hot. I'm not high on Derozan, but he fits in with your team as a scorer that you need. WHile Mitch is out right now and Favors missed a few games already, i like your collection of big men as a whole. Those two are going to pick up there game, and favors is starting to close the buy-low window. Throw in Whiteside and you have a lot of blocks potential. Washington and Horford round them out. That is a solid collection. You have scorers in Kyrie, DD and Klaw. And a couple of three-point shooters along. CP3 is underwhelming right now and his injuruy history is always evident, but it would be hard to move him for his max value. At full health you have a pretty well-rounded team. Losing Gordon is a setback though, there should be enough options on the waiver wire to find an adequate replacement. If not, then you have an open spot for streaming until someone comes along.
Hey thanks in advance for any advice given.
We just started a 3 man keeper league. Keepers max of 3 seasons, no penalties for keeping players.
12 team 9 cat h2h. 12 player roster
These are the trades I have pulled off so far this season,
Lebron for Lillard
Vanvleet for Conley
Jabari/Lonzo for Teague/M.Robinson
So my team is:
Towns
Lillard
Trae
SGA
Conley
M.Robinson
Teague
Warren
Clarke
Beverly
Rondo (current streamer)
Green (current streamer)
I.R Ibaka
Hey Santino, TIA for any and all advice, love your guys' work. I'm in a 10 team 9cat H2H that was an Auction draft and it feels like everyone on my team is underperforming besides drummond. Obviously Warriors mess has screwed with Draymond. As auction was going on, I ended up punting assists. Any advice on where to take my team, trades, etc?
J Holiday
Hield
McCollum
Oubre
Draymond Green
Embiid
Drummond
JV
Holmes
B Clarke
Schroder
Prince
Paschall
Ross
Middleton (on IR)
Temple (streamer for tonight)
12 Team Roto:
Karl Anthony Towns
Devin Booker
Kemba Walker
Zach Lavine
Eric Bledsoe
Malcolm Brogdon
Fred VanVleet
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Miles Bridges
Marcus Smart
Taurean Prince
Danuel House
IR - Zion Williamson
IR - John Wall
Am i too guard heavy?
Bridges and Prince are my only SF and Prince and Zion are my only PF, Towns my only C. I really like the talent I drafted but I need some positional advice.
Thanks.
Hello,
I’m in a 13 team 9 cat roto league. My team stands as:
D.Graham-pg
Lou Williams-pg,sg
Bojan-sg,sf,pf
D.House Jr.-sg,sf
Covington-sf,pf
C.Anthony-sf,pf
Bjelica-pf
Kanter-c
Zubac-c
B.Clarke-pf,c
Oladipo-pg,sg *Not on IL. But cannot play
J.Lamb-sg,sf *Not on IL. But cannot play
Ayton-c *Not on IL. But cannot play
IL-Curry-pg,sg
IL-Hayward-sg,sf
I wish for Hayward, Lamb, Oladipo, and Ayton to comeback sometime in December.
Currently, I have strength in FT%(2nd), 3p(4th), blk(4th),TO(3rd). I am punting Ast.
Look forward to hear your advice.
Thanks!
Hello,
I’m in a 13 team 9 cat roto league. My team stands as:
D.Graham-pg
Lou Williams-pg,sg
Bojan-sg,sf,pf
D.House Jr.-sg,sf
Covington-sf,pf
C.Anthony-sf,pf
Bjelica-pf
Kanter-c
Zubac-c
B.Clarke-pf,c
Oladipo-pg,sg *Not on IR. But cannot play
J.Lamb-sg,sf *Not on IR. But cannot play
Ayton-c *Not on IR. But cannot play
IR-Curry-pg,sg
IR-Hayward-sg,sf
I wish for Hayward, Lamb, Oladipo, and Ayton to comeback sometime in December.
Currently, I have strength in FT%(2nd), 3p(4th), blk(4th),TO(3rd). I am punting Ast.
Look forward to hear your advice.
Thanks!
Of the deals the last trade was my favorite. Robinson and Zo have the most long-term upside of the four, but Mitch's abilities are harder to find. Though you probably already have your keepers set, and I still like your set. FVV for Conley is a pretty fair deal if you don't plan on keeping wither, which it looks like. The LBJ for Dame is a toss up, as you get the younger player and both are studs so it's your preference on that one. You're team is strong in the guard rotation, even with Conley's struggles. You have to be among, if not the top, in three pointers and points with excellent ft%. Assists have to be up there as well. Clarke helps out in the rebounding and defensive cats where you are solid, but can improve the most to push your team right to the top. Getting Ibaka will help right away, but until then, the streaming is a solid option until you find longer term solutions. I'd look to find bigs for those spots, but whatever comes up will help as you can always trade for one while you are active. Overall, this is a strong team and you made some savvy moves. Getting two first rounders and Trae Young was fantastic.
You have a ton of bigs, and a lot of defensive numbers there with Drummond and Embiid leading the way with Clarke supplementing them. JV an Draymond aren't living up to preseason hype right now and it's really hurting. Though they have been picking it up recently. I was very high on Draymond entering the season, but that's going to be a guy I missed on as this team is a mess now. Even though it's early in the season and he's battled injuries, it doesn't seem in the cards. He'll get better as he gets healthier but he's at his best as a complimentary player, and without his star teammates healthy him being the guy just isn't a recipe for success, especially on your percentages and turnovers. listening to what you said, yeah so far the majority of your guys have underperformed. What makes underperforming hurt even more is the fact that it's hard to find trade partners willing to give you full price. You lose some leverage in what perceived value is, and selling someone at their low point is less than ideal. It's salt in the wound I guess. I'm not too worried about Holiday, CJMac, Embiid (Though he's been a stud when he plays), or Middleton when he comes back. Hield is starting to gain a little steam, and he has to at this point without Fox and Bagley. You have a solid core so it's hard to panic, but it's hard to stay patient when the team isn't playing like you thought. You're pretty strong in defensive stats and rebounding, while your fg% should be fairly strong as well. Points are pretty good when the team is on and I'd see if I could get more threes and points to push the swing cats over to your side more.
Danuel House should have SF eligibility by now, and if not, I can't imagine it'll be too much longer. That'll give you another SF option. Your guards are extremely solid, but yeah, you are too guard heavy if you have 1-2 options for three positions. If you find yourself having too many missed games on your bench then yes, it becomes a problem. You have so many talented guards that it shouldn't be a problem for you to move one or two and still be strong in the more guard-oriented cats. KAT is great start, but it hurts that he doesn't have a single complimentary big. At this stage it's hard to sway too far away from what you started and get more balanced, but you need to get t least another C and another PF to fill out your lineup consistently. Maybe get shooting bigs. Lauri Markks is a name I'd target, especially with his slow start. He should be attainable and he'll fit in with what you're best at. Mybe you can make a play for the suspended guys if they are at the right price. Brook Lopez is another guy. RoCo and Tabias would be a couple higher-ranked guys to target as well. Clarke isn't bad and he'll cover PF and C. WCJ and Nance have struggled as well and can be decent options. None of the guys I mentioned are elite guys, but they should be attainable at an affordable price to keep the identity of your team intact while helping round out the positional dilemma. Also there's always the suddenly fantasy friendly waiver wire options out there if you swing a 2-1 deal.
Hey santino, you've rated my team several weeks ago but it seems I only have 6 original players since then... so I'd thought u see my progress.I feel a fanatasy team needs to fluctuate since other teams are constantly changing as well.
12 team 9cat h2h
Lilard
Bledsoe
Rubio
M.Robinson
T.bryant
Tucker
Prince
Nemanja
Bagley
Drummond
Covington
Schroeder
Ross
Hello,
I’m in a 13 team 9 cat roto league. My team stands as:
D.Graham-pg
Lou Williams-pg,sg
D.House Jr.-sg,sf
Covington-sf,pf
C.Anthony-sf,pf
Bjelica-pf
Jokic-pf,c
Kanter-c
Zubac-c
Oladipo-pg,sg *Not on IR. But cannot play
J.Lamb-sg,sf *Not on IR. But cannot play
Ayton-c *Not on IR. But cannot play
IR-Curry-pg,sg
IR-Hayward-sg,sf
I wish for Hayward, Lamb, Oladipo, and Ayton to comeback sometime in December.
Currently, I have strength in FT%(2nd), 3p(4th), blk(4th),TO(3rd). I am punting Ast.
Look forward to hear your advice.
Thanks!
I'm just going to ignore the other two and just respond here since it is the same post. Well this one is missing Clarke though, I'm going to assume a typo since you wouldn't drop him.
This is tough as you have two IR slots and still have three dead spots on your roster. If you are able to win like this then kudos to you and keep on going. You are probably in a pickle though as I can tell. Bjelica is going to be expendable soon with Bagley getting close to returning. He is a valuable guy when given the minutes, but that won't be the case when one of their franchise cornerstones returns. Zubac is another guy who is expendable as a fringe standard league guy. He doesn't play enough. 9 and 7 with a block is okay, but if there's something better on the wire it's easy to cut bait with him. Of the injured guys, Lamb is the one that is most droppable to me. He's another guy that is borderline standard league/ outside the top-100 for me. If he was playing it would be easier to keep him, but his missed time is not ideal. Especially with Oladipo getting healthier and looking likely to return in December. With you having so many open spots, he'd be an easy drop for me. I've grabbed Melo in a deep-league, but a shallow league I have trepidation. Does he have the legs for a full-season grind? He's always been a drain on fg% and now he's 35. I'd try and sell him to a fanboy once he shows some life.
With all that said you do have some solid pieces and when you get your team back (sans Curry) you'll have a lot more firepower. They should get back near each other which is the ultimate boost. I think you need to stream now while you are at the disadvantage and keep your record close to .500. Steals/points/rebounds are the cats that I'd target in free agency and on the trade market. The injured guys will give you a boost there, but until then those are the ones where you could win at since you are good at 4 already. If Dipo is playing anywhere like he was preinjury you'll be an elite steals team in no time. Joker should hit his stride at some point. I'm hoping he's not hiding an injury cause he hasn't looked right.
Haha that's great. I hope your trade/transactions went well. Unfortunately, I do not remember the original post. This is a strong team when you can get and stay at full strength. You've been the victim of some nagging small injuries (and Bagley, though this hasn't been the roster all year so it may be different. You have strong rebounding, and defensive numbers, with a good amount of assists. Those look like your best cats. With threes and solid percentages. Overall you can compete around the horn on a given week and that is the ideal roster. Even though I like your team now, I wouldn't stop trading if you can keep winning in them. You don't need to actively search for them, but this team is strong and if it's working, keep it going.
