UPDATE: FusionCash Promotion: Fantasy Basketball

[Kohler]

You draft a team of players across all the teams of the NBA. You go head to head against another team. Your players earn points for positive things such as assists or points. If your team gets more points than the team you are up against, you win that week.

We are head-to-head league.
In head-to-head leagues, a team matches up versus a different team each week. The team who receives the most points of the two receives a win for that particular week. Points are dictated by the scoring system that is either standard set by the website or custom set by the commissioner. A team’s total is the sum of all players points in the starting lineup. The win-loss record is the most important statistic in head-to-head leagues, as it directly correlates with the league champion. Teams with the best win-loss record advance to the playoffs. If two teams have the same record, the tie-breaker is then decided by total points scored by each team throughout the season.*

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There will be a LIVE Draft for players on  Saturday, November 10, 2012 @ 12PM PST.
This will be done through Yahoo! Sports. You will have to sign up with a Yahoo! Account (or sign in with Facebook/Google on Yahoo!)
There is 20 team limit.
There will be cash prizes!


Notes:
Use your FusionCash UserName within your Team Name OR Slogan (ie. Kohler's Champions or if my team name was just "Champions" I would set my team slogan to Kohler)
Auto-pick will be used if you do not attend.
All draft orders are randomly done by Yahoo! at the time of the draft.
There will be no do-overs for draft.
I will be registered in all leagues because of how Yahoo! configures Fantasy Basketball. 
I will play in all the leagues to maintain fairness.


Our official LIVE Drafts is scheduled for: Saturday, November 10, 2012 @ 12PM PST.

UPDATE: Please use this new link below - the previous league will be closed. Sorry for any confusion!

SIGN UP HERE!

[ripagert]

very cool I am in already signed up.....I am good with basketball as well as football...good luck all!!!


 

[Oryon20]

I'm signed up!  Thanks for organizing and running this, Kohler!

[EDW39A]

Fantasy Basketball! Thanks for organizing and running this, Kohler! Missed the football fantasy, but on top of this one!   

[Warhol04]

I'd like to join. 

[ajami]

Thank you for the fantasy league.  I am all signed up, marys stars.  They will kick butt lol.

[Oryon20]

I'm signed up again under the new link.

For the others who were in already in the old league, make sure to re-sign up for this one!!

[rainman306]

How is the draft going to work and how long would I need to plan for the draft to take?  Is there more informatio on the scoring and how the league will work?

[mperez7372]

Alright, thanks! I'm in!

[Kohler]

How is the draft going to work and how long would I need to plan for the draft to take?  Is there more informatio on the scoring and how the league will work?

Draft is LIVE! and can take up to an hour.

Scoring is standard Yahoo! League Scoring. No point values are changed from Yahoo! defaults.

[EDW39A]

Fantasy Basketball! Thanks for organizing and running this, Kohler! Missed the football fantasy, but on top of this one!   

May be why I didn't do Fantasy Football, I did not follow the instructions. May have to setup a Yahoo account and add my username with my team slogan.

[firestorm420]

Im registered for the FC fantasy basketball league.

Thanks for making this league Kohler!

Just wanted to point out - the league is set to 12 team maximum (not 20) but seeing as there are only 6 teams so far this doesnt seem to be an issue and I think you can edit it to allow more as commissioner. - Also there must be an even ammount of teams for the league to draft and begin.. hopefully this doesnt become an issue but something to keep an eye on.

Also, I noticed when signing up that the league start date says the league will begin in Week 2 (Nov 5th). Seeing as how our draft is Nov 10th, that would mean our first week would be only 2 days (the 10th and 11th). Could you maybe change the start date if it lets you to Week 3 (Nov 12th) so that we have a full week to play? This would be fair to all since some teams might have an unfair advantage of having more players playing on those 2 days.

For those not familar with Yahoo Fantasy Basketball, there are NINE (9) scoring categories each week and you recieve a win or loss for EACH of these 9 categories, so each week you recieve a total of 9 wins/losses.

The categories are (as they appear in the league):

FG %    (feild goal, or shooting %) 
FT%     (free throw %)
3PTM    (3 point shots made)
PTS      (points scored)
REB      (rebounds)
AST      (assists)
ST        (steals)
BLK      (blocked shots)
TO        (turnovers, the only category you want to be lower in)

So, for example, after the first week of games your record could be 9-0 or 0-9 or 6-3, ect. There are ties and they are more common then football. So the win-loss section is set up like 0-0-0.. wins-loses-ties.

The head to head games take place Monday - Sunday (a full week) and there are NBA games EVERYDAY, so the best thing to do is set your lineup for the week ahead of time.. as in every monday set your lineup for not only monday, but also tuesday, wendsday, thursday, ect. That way you do not have to get on everyday.

Goodluck to all!

[Kohler]

I would rather do the draft on the weekend as more people have time to get on. I wonder if it will count the first week at all since we are basically skipping it. I will look into this.

[firestorm420]

I would rather do the draft on the weekend as more people have time to get on. I wonder if it will count the first week at all since we are basically skipping it. I will look into this.

Yes I agree the weekend is probably the best time for the most people. I meant is there a way, as commissioner, that you could change the league settings to begin scoring in Week 3.. that way we would draft on the 10th, but our matchups would begin on the 12th, allowing a full week of games vs a partial week (which would count as if it were a full week)

*EDIT* I just realized that in another fantasy basketball league that I joined before knowing FC would be having one, we drafted after the begining of "Week 1" and it did NOT start scoring untill today, the begining of "Week 2". It did not start in the middle of the week and have a partial week so the point is moot. Sorry for unnecessarily bringing this up. Thanks again for creating this promo!

[cwortman544]

I'm in, signed up.