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2008-09 Fantasy Basketball


HoopsAvenue is proud to offer free fantasy basketball for the 2008-09 season.

We offer a unique variety of fantasy basketball with “coaching” features and demand-based player pricing (no, not real money!). We think you’ll find it superior to what you are used to with ESPN and Yahoo Fantasy Basketball. Read on for all the details, but if you are already ready to join, feel free.

Click here to register for Fantasy Basketball @ HoopsAvenue

League Overview

  • Daily and Season Leaderboards. Compete every day for the season leaderboard or if you don’t have time, just compete for the daily leaderboard.
  • 8-man rosters with a “coach” feature. Choose how many minutes each of your 8 players play for a total of 240 minutes (48 * 5). This adds another dimension to the game allowing you to manage the risk of players having bad performances.
  • Demand-based Player Pricing. Player prices are determined by the player’s value as well as their demand. This really makes things interesting because if a player is hot and everyone starts picking that player up, he gets more and more expensive and not necessarily worth the cost. It’s extra important to move quickly on the undervalued players and snatch them up at a low cost.

How You Play

So, here’s how it works: each day you have the opportunity to update your fantasy basketball roster prior to that day’s games. You need to fill an 8-man roster staying under the salary cap. Every player is available to every team.

Once you have chosen your roster, you distribute 240 minutes between the 8 players with a maximum of 48 minutes per player. You can play anywhere from 5-8 players each night. Each night the games are scored and your team receives an overall score. Also, each night the player prices are updated based on the demand for that player.

Demand-based Player Pricing Examples

  • Assume Player A is owned by a lot of teams, and thus has a high demand. This player’s value based on production may be 15, but because of the high demand his cost has gone up to perhaps 20.
  • Assume Player B is owned by few teams, and thus has a low demand. This player’s value based on production may also be 15, but his price could only be 10 because of the low demand.

So you see you can have two players that have equal production ratings, but their costs on the market can be quite different. Now, it is important to note that you need to stay under the salary cap ONLY when you make changes to your roster. So, you could choose a roster, then see the demand for those players go up and your team would essentially be over the cap, but you would still be okay. However, if you decided to make a roster change, you’d need to get back under the cap.

Questions?

I hope this explanation has been clear. Please contact us with any questions.

Ready to Play?

Click here to register for Fantasy Basketball @ HoopsAvenue

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