Week 24 Roster Management Guide
| Week 24 Roster Management Guide |
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| Strategy |
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Your goal for the upcoming week is to achieve the greatest possible advantage over your opponent in terms of games scored by your roster, by optimizing your roster and exploiting this week's scheduling circumstances.
| Scheduling |
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Week 24 runs ten days from Monday, April 7 to Wednesday, April 16. There are zero games scheduled on Monday, April 7. Every single team plays on Wednesday, April 16.
- Games Played by Team
In Week 24, 6 teams have 6 games scheduled, 18 teams have 5 games scheduled, and 6 teams have 4 games scheduled. Determine how many games your players (excluding streamers) will score for you this week. Determine whether your team is at a advantage/disadvantage in terms of games played.
- Weekly Schedule by Team
BBM's Schedule Analyzer displays a visualized grid of team games by day, and defaults to a date range of NEXT week. To display Week 24, set the start date to April 7 and the end date to April 16. To analyze a focused date range within this week, adjust the appropriate settings.
- Quality Games
Quality Games (the term is arbitrary and preached by BBM) are games scheduled on days when there are fewer than 10 teams (or fewer teams in general) scheduled to play games (usually Tuesdays and Thursdays). Having rostered players with Quality Games on your schedule will enable you to optimize your schedule for the otherwise log-jammy days (usually Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) and minimize the risk of being forced to bench an active player on those days.
Denver plays two of their scheduled games on light days. This circumstance grants flexibility for the rest of the week for managers who own players from Denver.
| Quality Games in Week 24 |
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| 2 QG: DEN |
| 1 QG: BKN, DAL, GSW, LAC, NYK, SAS |
| 0 QG: Everyone else (23 teams) |
| Roster Management |
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Forecast your match-up. Work out how your roster will categorically stack up against your opponent. Which categories will end up being blowouts/competitive? Identify swing categories early on during the match-up, then make advantageous moves.
Any player who won't produce reliably (or consistently), who is in a slump, or who isn't guaranteed health should be met with flexibility. Your goal is to maximize short-term production, not to retain value. Make sure your team is in the best position to win, and make informed decisions toward that win. Remember that player value means nothing in this stage of the season (this week more than ever). Don't let the past influence your decision making. Your goal is to optimize your roster to churn as many games as possible, so if making moves xyz will give you better/more production than holding onto Isaiah Thomas, then make those adjustments without brooding over Thomas's perceived value. Same goes for all injured players who might miss games this week. Remember to be flexible. Say that you've worked out that your team is set to win (or lose) blocks and rebounds by a sizable margin. Rostering Tyson Chandler probably isn't an optimal use of a roster spot. Regardless of his value, Chandler and his roster spot could serve more useful as a streaming spot for consistent production that will boost categories efficiently. Recognize these hiccups in your roster and react accordingly.
- For an additional perspective on your roster, you can input your roster (excluding streamers) into BBM's Team Analysis tool for a visualization of its unprocessed statistical strengths and weaknesses. You can select punt categories and a relevant date range for an analysis source and value outputs (last 2 weeks, last 5 games, last month etc.) in the "Analysis Source" section. Don't use the "Full Season" analysis, as that will display an outdated/misguided picture, specifically for "late-bloomer" players. If you have a BBM subscription, you can use their H2H Weekly Analysis Tool for a visualized projection of your match-up, which accounts for games played and your opponent's roster.
Your roster should have at least one spot to be utilized for streaming. You can stream FA's to maximize the number of games scored for the week, while minimizing the number of roster transactions needed to do so (make sure to use them all). You also need to exploit the schedule in order to maximize the games scored by your FA's.
When deciding who to stream, consider the following factors:
- Your categorical needs. Which stats need help/padding? Identify swing/dominant categories early on, and build on them.
- The FA's schedule. Consider their scheduling factors (QG, B2B sets, x games in y nights, and good match-ups) and maximize the games scored, while minimizing waiver transactions needed.
- Your available waiver transactions + your number of streaming spots. Use every one of them strategically, and maximize the number of players you stream.
For example, if I needed steals and blocks, I could add Chris Andersen on Tuesday for his Tue vs BKN and Wed @MEM, then exchange him for Draymond Green on Thursday for his Thu vs DEN and Wed @LAL. This is a full four games in four nights, including two good match-ups (DEN, LAL), using only one roster transaction.
| Free Agent Options |
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Use this section to identify streaming candidates suitable for your roster and match-up. Remember to exploit the scheduling in order to maximize games scored, while minimizing transactions required, whilst considering your categorical needs.
| Team | Options |
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| HOU (6) | Omer Asik (Howard hurt) |
| MIA (6) | Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen, Chris Andersen |
| MIN (6) | Corey Brewer (Martin + Budinger hurt), Gorgui Dieng & Ronny Turiaf (Pekovic hurt) |
| OKC (6) | Caron Butler, Reggie Jackson (Wed 4/9 and Mon 4/14, when RWB rests) |
| BOS (5) | Jared Sullinger (Humphries hurt), Jerryd Bayless (Bradley hurt; will start on Sat 4/12 when Rondo sits) |
| CHA (5) | Josh McRoberts (INJ), Gerald Henderson, Gary Neal, Chris Douglas-Roberts |
| CHI (5) | Mike Dunleavy, Kirk Hinrich |
| DEN (5) | Aaron Brooks, Timofey Mozgov, Jan Vesely |
| DET (5) | Kyle Singler, Rodney Stuckey |
| GSW (5) | Draymond Green (Lee + Bogut hurt) |
| LAL (5) | Kendall Marshall (Farmar returns soon, watch Nash), Ryan Kelly & Wesley Johnson & Jordan Hill (huge bump with Kaman + Gasol out), Kent Bazemore |
| MIL (5) | Khris Middleton, Jeff Adrien |
| NOR (5) | Brian Roberts, Anthony Morrow (Gordon hurt), Jeff Withey (risky) |
| ORL (5) | Kyle O'Quinn (Vucevic hurt, but still effective alongside Vuce), Maurice Harkless |
| PHI (5) | Henry Sims |
| PHO (5) | PJ Tucker |
| SAC (5) | Ray McCallum (Thomas hurt) |
| SAS (5) | Manu Ginobili, Marco Belinelli, Boris Diaw, Tiago Splitter, Patty Mills. Watch for Tim/Tony/Manu to rest Thu-Fri B2B. |
| TOR (5) | Greivis Vasquez (Lowry hurt), Terrence Ross, Patrick Patterson |
| DAL (5) | Vince Carter, Samuel Dalembert, Brandan Wright |
| LAC (4) | JJ Redick |
| NYK (4) | Amar'e Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Tim Hardaway Jr. |
| POR (4) | Mo Williams |
Good luck!
Posted Apr 6, 2014, 12:24 PM UTC · edited
I know I'm just being annoying/nit-picky but it's Brandan Wright.
Fixed :)