Position-by-Position Breakdown
Fantasy production in daily fantasy basketball is driven by five different statistics: points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals. In order to increase our lineup’s floor and ceiling, we want to have as much exposure as possible to players that are multi-dimensional on the floor. When a player relies on one statistic for the majority of his production, it is hard to rely on him night to night.
For example, let’s look at a player that relies on points for the majority of his production. Last season, 75% of J.J. Reddick’s total production came from points scored. That means that his rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals only accounted for 25% of his production. So what happens when he has an off night shooting the ball? You guessed it – his production is going to be greatly impacted.
If you compare that to a player that fills up more areas of the stat sheet, it’s a completely different situation. Let’s take DeAndre Jordan for example. Last season, points scored only accounted for 31% of his total fantasy production. If he has a quiet game offensively, he can still be a productive fantasy player because he contributes in other areas of the stat sheet, namely rebounds, blocks, and steals.
In general, we want to target multi-dimensional players at every position, but that’s not always possible. The rest of this lesson will go through each position on the floor and breakdown where the majority of their production is derived and the type of players that we should be targeting.
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