The Thief's Secret Sauce

OK, as promised I'm going to drop some hardcore analysis on you ballers to take home and dominate with. First, some background. I collected data on 10 different fantasy basketball leagues, going back over the last 5 years. With this data I concocted a formula to pump out what the average per game stat a team needs in order to dominate that category. Now these numbers are based on a 12 team league, so if you're in a league with more or less people, adjust accordingly. To clarify all this, I'm going to give you the average your entire TEAM needs to have for each of the major categories to DOMINATE that category. Before I tell you what to do with this information, let's look at the numbers:

Points: 15.92
Assists: 3.65
Boards: 6.48
Treys: 1.02
Steals: 1.06
Blocks: .77

FG%, FT%, and TO's were WAY too volatile to get an accurate reading on. OK, so what have I just pumped out for you? Simple, go back to your team and start calculating what your Starting Rotation averages in each of these categories. If you're below in a category, consider yourself weak there. If you're above in a category, consider yourself strong there.

Now when you make trades you'll have a benchmark to use to decide what stat categories you should go after. Sure, if I never made an add/drop, and never made a trade, this would be obvious, it would be the categories that I am down in (or keep losing in H2H). But since our rosters are ever changing, we never truly know where we are solid and where we are weak. You could be way down in 3 pointers, but if you just added a 2 new three point shooters, you might've overdone it.

I know, I know, The Thief just hooked you up something sick. It's an unfair advantage that you happened on my blog and all your boys didn't. Whatever, sucks to be them.

Now stay focused and use this info the right way. Check out your team, see where you're weak and where you're strong. Now when trading, we're STILL going to use our PATENTED Buy Low Sell High strategy, we've just added a new hitch. If you're Sell High player happens to represent a category you're strong in, and a buy low target represents a category you're weak in, well thats GOLD FOR YOU. In other words, say you're current team averages 1.8 Treys, and you hold Gallinari, and you're team averages 5 boards a game, when you're RIPE to deal Gallinari for Aldridge and DOMINATE! You follow me?

Now if you happen to be weak in 3's, AND you're holding Gallinari, then you're simply dealing him for another 3 point shooter that's a Buy Low, like Eric Gordon.

Alright, I won't throw any more on you else this'll be like school or somethin, that is, if school meant DOMINATING your boys in fantasy sports! I know it's a lot to digest, so feel free to drop any questions in the comments section, I'm happy to answer em as usual. Remember, I do this same stuff with stocks everyday, so if I move a bit fast it's because my world moves fast.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm still trying to get the rotten bastard holding Rose and Stoudemire to Sell Low to me!