The damage would come in the form of potential fantasy points left on the table. Unless your league assigns negative value for field goal/free throw attempts, the fact that Capela had a horrific night shooting the ball would not affect your team in the same way it would in a Categorical league. Sure, it’d be nice if he scored some points to add to his bottom line, but the 20 rebounds and five blocks alone would be worth 39 fantasy points under the aforementioned standard scoring system. If you’re playing in a Categorial league, the rebounds and blocks would be nice, but Capela’s lack of scoring would add nothing to your Points category, and his poor shooting would negatively impact both your Field Goal Percentage and Free Throw Percentage categories.Ĭonversely, in a Points league, you’d only be concerned about Capela’s total fantasy output. However, Capela grabs 20 rebounds and blocks five shots. Probably the worst overall shooting night in NBA history. Players like these typically become more valuable in Points formats, as their elite counting stats translate directly to the “fantasy points” bottom line.Ĭonsider the following (relatively extreme) example: Let’s say on a given night, Clint Capela scores 0 points, going 0-for-10 from the field and 0-for-10 at the free-throw line. In Categorical leagues, high-volume poor free-throw shooters like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Andre Drummond, and Zion Williamson can single-handedly tank a category, despite being elite in other areas. If a player is a poor free-throw shooter, he can still hurt your team - many leagues award 1pt for each made FT and subtract 1pt for each miss - but he’s ultimately only lowering his total fantasy point output, as opposed to doing damage to the Free Throw Percentage category. One of the benefits of Points formats is not having to worry about being dragged down in a single category. A well-rounded team is a near-requirement for title contention, but that’s not necessarily the case in Points leagues. In Categorical leagues, it’s difficult to manage each category - usually, there are eight or nine - and ensure your roster doesn’t have any major deficiencies. ![]() Using RotoWire’s 2020-21 projections as an example, adding Made Three-Pointers (worth 1pt apiece) as a category vaults Ross up roughly 20 spots - relative to default Points league rankings - while Robinson gains almost 40 spots. If you were to add, say, Made Three-Pointers as another category alongside Points, stars like Damian Lillard and Trae Young would become even more sought-after, while lesser-known three-point specialists like Duncan Robinson and Terrence Ross would also pick up some value. In the same vein, you can add or subtract categories, which will have ripple effects in terms of which player archetypes lose or gain value. For instance, if you’d like to increase the impact of blocked shots, you could raise that point value accordingly. Those may be the default numbers, but most host sites will allow you to tailor the values to your league’s specific preferences. Turnovers: -1 point Customizing Your League ![]() The NBA’s official fantasy points scoring format uses the following values:
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