NBA And Fantasy Basketball - How The Game Has Changed?

1. NBA And Fantasy Basketball - How The Game Has Changed? With the emergence of a new style of play in the NBA, teams are forced to adapt by changing up their lineups. In the past, teams dominated with big men, such as Kevin Garnett, Shaquille O'neal, Pau Gasol, and so on. Guards would complement these players, and that would lead to the dominance on court. Nowadays, these big men are a thing of the past unless they are able to switch up their styles. The NBA has become extremely high scoring due to the three pointers. Now more than ever, teams are hitting record breaking three point shots and attempts. From a fantasy basketball standpoint, the three pointer category is more saturated, and fantasy points in any format favors players who are able to shoot the three ball. So it is clear to see why under athletic big men are now getting crowded out of their traditional minutes because coaches like Steve Kerr are opting for a four out one in look instead. This change in gameplay within the past five years forces fantasy basketball veterans to also change the way they draft, research, and set their lineups on a daily bais. In daily fantasy basketball formats, like DraftKings or Fanduel, drafting big men who are not able to play the stretch position are vastly underperforming and could be detrimental to your team. Some examples of players iinclude Deandre Jordan, Jahlil Okafor, and Andre Drummond; in the past, these guys dominated the glass, racking up many blocks, rebounds, and easy points. Nowadays, they score less points and block less shots because it is extremely hard to block a three point shooter. This causes players like this to underperform in all formats, except if you are playing in a league with categorical rules, with blocks as one of the categories. Other than that, they are inferior picks in

2. relation to Al Horford, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Demarcus Cousins, as clearly indicated numerically through the Player Rater. All signs show that within the past few years, the game has shifted for big men to be stretch players, and the lesser need for the traditional big, mean center. Chris Hanson began playing basketball at an early age growing up in Mendham, New Jersey. He went on to play professionally and is now utilizing his experience to teach the game of basketball throughout the world to our youth. For more reading, please visit here: http://chrishansonmendham.jigsy.com/