Daily Fantasy NBA Site Scoring Analysis

by Cameron MacMillan (Cameron) Last Updated 2010-10-26 07:57:45

Daily Fantasy NBA Scoring Breakdown

NBA Site-By-Site Scoring

This page has been created as a reference tool for our Members to utilize throughout the upcoming NBA season. The table below highlights a detailed scoring breakdown for every site which offers Daily Fantasy NBA contests as well, notes how each should effect your selections, and examples to highlight the effect each system has on a player’s fantasy output value.

Notes

• DraftZone – At first glance, DZ appears to de-emphasize Points. However, this is not exactly the case. It is more that the system rewards Rebounds, Assists, and 3 point shooters than most other sites. Seeing as Rebounds are the most frequently occuring of the three categories, this makes rebounders more valuable than they would be on other sites. While the Triple-Double category might be fancy and eye-catching, it should be ignored. Only 3 players had more than 1 Triple-Double last season. LeBron led the way with 5, equating to only a 0.3 PPG increase. Rajon Rondo and Jason Kidd had 2 (0.12 PPG Increase) and 15 other players had 1 (0.06 PPG Increase).

• DraftStreet – DraftStreet uses the most unique of the scoring systems. While they do not directly factor in FG%, DraftStreet is the only site that penalizes a player for missed shots. This adds an interesting twist to your selection process as high FG% and high FT% players become much more valuable in this format, as well as the number of attempts the player usually takes. Ideal candidates for this format are generally going to be Big-Men with high FT%s, such as Amar’e Stoudamire, and Guards with high FG%s, such as Chris Paul

• Other Sites – The pros about the rest of the sites all using the same scoring systems is that you can get lineups in across a variety of sites in a much quicker time period as your player rankings will be the same. The cons are that you can get more of an edge on the other sites because a lot of players are not as inclined to perform the necessary research for multiple sites. It is a double-edge sword, but I will take the time it saves any day. I like the ‘standard scoring’ format because it is simple, fun to watch, and provides an emphasis on defensive players still.

Fantasy Output Examples

Numbers similar to the following players’ last season averages are used to display how the scoring can vary on a site by site basis. (Tripe-Double was the only one expressed as an estimated average in fractional form).

LeBron James

Last year, LeBron James was the #1 player across most Daily Fantasy sites.

Andrew Bogut

While Bogut isn’t the best example to highlight DZ’s favoritism towards Rebounds and Assists (because LeBron is so much higher than Bogut in assists), it does a great job of illustrating how FG-Missed and FT-Missed can drastically effect a player’s value on DraftStreet.