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FAQs

Is there NBA fantasy? ›

A: Fantasy Basketball gives you the opportunity to run your own team of professional Basketball players. You draft your team of the best players from across the NBA and receive points based on those players' performance in NBA games each week of the Basketball season.

Daily - Lock Individually at Scheduled Game Time

Team managers can make moves to their rosters until the scheduled start of each player's game. Only players whose games have started will be locked and the remaining players whose games have not started will remain unlocked and can be shifted.

A Head-to-Head Points league lets you square off each week against another manager. Points are awarded based on how well your players perform in each of several stat categories. Each real-life statistic has an associated point value.

Before we dive in, you should know that teams are mostly made up of six forwards (SF, PF, F), five guards (PG, SG, G), and two centers (C), for a total roster of 13 players (ten active players + three inactive bench players each day).

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FPL gurus and seasoned managers generally agree that averaging 50-59 points every gameweek is the bare minimum target. A gameweek score between 60-75 points is considered good, and between 76-99 points are excellent. 100 points or more is an outstanding achievement that falls into winner's bracket.

The NBA's standard fantasy points scoring system dictates: Points = 1.0 fantasy point. Rebounds = 1.2 fantasy points. Assists = 1.5 fantasy points.

Standard rosters include one point guard (PG), one shooting guard (SG), one small forward (SF), one power forward (PF), one center (C), one guard (G), one forward (F), three utility (UTIL) spots -- filled by any position -- and three bench (BE) spots.

What is the best way to do the NBA fantasy league? ›

The best way to play fantasy basketball is to play with a group of friends or co-workers. You can create a league for free at most of the major league management sites (ESPN, Yahoo, CBS Sports) and invite others to join. Or you can join a free or paid league at many of the major sites.

UTIL is an abbreviation for "Utility." In fantasy basketball, UTIL refers to a roster spot that can be filled by a player of any position.

The more prevalent format for fantasy basketball is category scoring. In this format, whoever scores the most points for each category wins. In a typical league, there are nine categories: Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-Pointers, Field-Goal Percentage, Free-Throw Percentage, Turnovers.

Private leagues allow you to compete against your friends. Just create a league and then send out the unique code to allow your friends to join! You can compete in up to 25 private leagues. There's no limit on the number of teams in a single league.

Welcome to the world of fantasy basketball - ESPN Style! ESPN.com Fantasy basketball is the closest thing you can find to buying your own professional franchise and becoming the team's coach, team manager and president. All decisions are yours to make.