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Reader Testimonials:
Nice work by all of you guys on the draft guide. I’ve been playing fantasy hoops for six years now, and its probably the best one I’ve come across. You guys put in work and it shows.
- Chris
Lots of info already, good work!
- Nabyl
This is the best fantasy basketball draft guide I’ve ever seen!
“The articles were well written and insightful, especially the “Efficient Ball” & “The 1-2 Bounce”. And of course, the 250 overall spreadsheet was perfect for draft day.”
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- Webster
The 2009 GMTR Four Fingers Draft Guide is the starting place for me winning this year. The information inside has a diversity and depth not found in other draft guides. I play in H2H leagues, so section 6. Draft Strategy is particularly awesome, especially the Small Ball midgets and freaky Rodman! Thanks to all the contributors for putting together this draft guide. I’m one step close to winning!!!
- Adam (a different one)
Informative concise and well worth the price. Hella consistent moreso than Antonio McDyess. I’ll be back for more next year this draft guide is that nice!
- Jayson
- Player Rankings
- Top 40 PGs
- Top 40 SGs
- Top 40 SFs
- Top 40 PFs
- Top 40 Cs
- Top 250 Overall List – with full statistical projections
- The Four Fingers Cheat Sheet (PDF)
- Mock draft
- Schedule Grid
- Player Projections
- Team-by-team depth charts
- Articles
- Who Goes First – argument for which player should be chosen first overall
- Who Goes Fifth?
- The Great Migration – a summary of player movement this off season
- Strategy
- Drafting strategies
- Player Combinations for:
- Small Ball – H2H
- Big Ball – H2H
- Mid Ball – H2H
- Same Team, Same Position, Different Players
- Keeper leagues – Strategy for keeper leagues
- The 1-2 Bounce – Players to team together with the first 2 picks in a draft
- Sleepers/Breakouts/Rookies
- 2009 Contract Year Players
- Players on the Come Up – 2009 Breakout Players
- Players Heading Down That Hill – Anti-Sleepers (Players in decline)
- Risk and Reward – Players worth gambling on… or not
- Rookies to Draft/Watch – ubiquitous column about rookies to take during your draft and those to keep an eye on during the season
- Can’t Touch This
- In Depth Analysis
- Coaching Style Analysis (for some of the more unique coaches or coaching changes)
- Speaking Offensively… Offensive Specialists – Players that do well in a particular offensive category
- Defensive Specialists – Players that steal and/or block well
- Stat Fillers – Players who do a little bit of everything
- The Magic Numbers Club
- It’s All Relative: A List of the Most Similar Players in the League
8:56 am on July 31st, 2009
I’m excited about this
9:29 am on August 13th, 2009
Links don´t work
…why is it?
I´m even more excited about this…
9:35 am on August 13th, 2009
Right now, the Table of Contents is just a preview for the Draft Guide. Access to all the articles will be available starting September 1st for a nominal fee.
4:37 am on August 14th, 2009
ok, thanx
1:24 pm on September 2nd, 2009
That 11th round of the mock draft is crazy wack funky, what with Iverson and McGrady. If that draft is done in Late October instead of late August, it’s probably a little different.
1:19 am on September 3rd, 2009
True Doney. That was one of the drawbacks we had to deal with relative to our intended “early release”. Where A.I. will actually sign, may cause future drafters to pick him a bit earlier. T-Mac, not so much.
11:16 am on September 6th, 2009
will you adjust session’s projections now he’s with the wolves?
11:55 am on September 6th, 2009
Yeah, I’d like to see if Iverson signs with the Grizz first so we can save Patrick the trouble of updating everything more than once.
5:53 pm on September 9th, 2009
Now that A.I. is due to join the Griz, I will be adjusting his and their projections as well. Sigh.
5:54 pm on September 10th, 2009
just contributed to this site when can I expect access.
2:49 am on September 11th, 2009
Hopefully, as soon as possible. If you don’t have access already, we’ll get it to you this morning.
8:34 am on September 11th, 2009
Since this is the first time we’ve done something like this, the registration process is being done manually, so it will take more than 9 minutes – yes, I saw the time when you registerd
. I try to get them processed as quickly as possible, but it’ll depend on what I’m doing at the time you register. I’ve been trying to get them done within a couple hours.
8:50 pm on September 11th, 2009
Will you notify us when you update your fantasy guide? ie. new projections, new articles, etc?
6:03 am on September 12th, 2009
Yes. I have all the people who have paid in a contact list, so I will be able to send email updates easily. We should have updated projections (post-AI and Sessions signings) this weekend or next week some time.
5:53 pm on September 14th, 2009
good looking pmadden. well worth the $$
10:37 am on September 20th, 2009
My pops just sent some pay pal gmtrs way and I want bad into a gmtr league again this year. H2H if possible
10:42 am on September 20th, 2009
i just signed up for google account, sorry to make things so difficult
11:06 am on September 20th, 2009
@dnylkiller, got your money and your spot is reserved in the H2H league.
11:11 am on September 20th, 2009
Tight nels, tight.
10:43 pm on September 20th, 2009
did you get my email? i’d like in either the h2h or keeper league.
6:12 pm on September 21st, 2009
I’ll go in the H2H or Dynasty/Keeper league, wherever there’s an open spot (which looks more likely to be Keeper). I like the sound of Dynasty, though.
6:34 am on September 22nd, 2009
There’s still 2 spots in H2H, so I’ll put you in there. Let me know if you’d prefer Dynasty, though. Did you vote in the poll on GMTR? http://givemetherock.com/2009/09/21/gmtr-readers-leagues-updates/
12:44 pm on September 24th, 2009
Quick drafting advice Q: Bosh or Amar’e at #9 in a 10-team H2H league? Amare has more potential to pop I think, but he also has more potential to have his eye pop…out. Safer bet with Bosh or risk-reward with Amar’e?
6:39 am on September 25th, 2009
I’m tempted to boycott Amar’e because of his a’nnoying apostroph’e, but I’d still take him over Bosh. I feel like the Raptors have a lot more talent going on this season than the Suns, so A’m'a’r'e will be the focus of a lot more scoring opportunities.
8:39 am on September 25th, 2009
I’d definitely go with Amare. Excuse me, Amar’e. Bosh has not been the healthiest guy himself over the past few years and with Shaq out of the picture in Phoenix, Amar’e should be in for a huge year.
6:22 pm on September 28th, 2009
you guys had a spreadsheet dividing each position into tiers which i thought was extremely useful, will you still have that?
7:10 pm on September 28th, 2009
Check out the Top 40 by position pages. The tiers are color-coded.
9:10 pm on September 28th, 2009
wait a min, im not sure i see the tiers in diff colors on top 40 by position…
5:28 am on September 29th, 2009
@ahwur, what browser are you using? Try this one: http://draftguide2009.givemetherock.com/top-50-small-forwards/ LeBron James should be the only one in dark orange.
7:47 pm on September 29th, 2009
If you’re still having trouble seeing the colored tiers, check out the new cheat sheet we have available. It’s a list of those player ranks by position in PDF format.
8:17 pm on September 29th, 2009
sweet! its working now, thanks
5:46 am on October 1st, 2009
To all of the readers/buyers who mailed in your testimonials, thank you for your kind words. They’re all very inspiring and greatly appreciated.
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Don’t hesitate to post questions or comments in the appropriate sections. We’ll do our best to get a reply to you A.S.A.P. Please also feel free to email me if you have any questions or concerns that you want to discuss. My inbox is always open.
4:15 pm on October 1st, 2009
Some question regarding your projections:
Do the GP play a role in the rankings or are the rankings only for per game stats?
Why is Jefferson 13th in overall ranking, but 18th/23th in category rankings?
A guess: Only the overall rankings are per game. Right?
11:03 pm on October 1st, 2009
Projections and Rankings can change quite a bit during preseason. I’m sure most drafts (mine including) are going to be held between the end of preseason and the start of the regular season. Would there be any updates, changes in projections, rankings, between that time? Considering most of us don’t have the time or the patience to watch and decipher the preseason games.
6:19 am on October 2nd, 2009
@bog – we’ve already updated the rankings once since the release of the guide, and we’ll do it again if we see anything that warrants a change.
11:36 am on October 2nd, 2009
@Visor – Yes, the rankings take into account games played, although we tried to keep our games played predictions fairly generous since GP are so hard to predict.
As for Al Jefferson, the category rankings are straight-up how a guy ranks compared to every other player in the league based solely on our statistical projections (including GP). It’s the cold, hard, factual predictions. It does not take into account position eligibility or our general warm and fuzzy feelings about a player. So, we moved players around a little bit in the overall rankings because, like in Jefferson’s case, a guy plays at a scarce position. Also I think Jefferson was penalized quite a bit by our games played prediction. We obviously love Brook Lopez this year, but there is no way you should draft Lopez before Jefferson unless you are completely down on his ability to stay healthy over the course of an entire season.
And yeah, we’ll definitely continue to update the rankings as things change. Honestly, I’d really like to see how the Carlos Boozer situation works out before we take the time rerun everything.
6:12 am on October 7th, 2009
Why do you rank Igoudala so high (9cat)? His last year per game stats were Top50. Now he is at 15. Is this only because of the increased FT% (+0.04%). And we should except this big increase?
6:48 am on October 7th, 2009
Well, as I like to say, I didn’t “rank” anyone… I made statistical projections and then those projections were analyzed in the same manner that is used for the GMTR Player Rater during the regular season.
That said, I think part of the reason Iguodala is so high is because he’s projected to play 80.7 games, which is far above average.
5:57 pm on October 7th, 2009
Everything that Nels said, plus Igoudala is still only 25 years old and Andre Miller’s departure will give Igoudala more to do on offense. I personally like AI a lot going into the year, but I can see that some people might not be sold on his magical new jump shot (again).
As far as the FT% goes, he is a career 75.5% free throw shooter, which is actually what we predicted for him this year. No one ever accused us of being rocket scientists
8:45 pm on October 7th, 2009
I also like Iggy a lot this season. He should get some more assists while retaining his high steals all at the likely expense of higher TOs as the offense flows through him. Very few guys have high stls, asts, rebs, and pts. He should make a solid second round pick.
11:04 pm on October 10th, 2009
I just purchased the draft guide, just wondering when/how I can get access to it. My draft is today/Sunday @ 5:00 pm EST. Thanks, Rondo9
5:28 am on October 12th, 2009
anyone else having trouble finding the paypal site to register?
6:24 am on October 12th, 2009
@Spectre, I added a “Buy Now” button… perhaps that will work better for you.
8:18 pm on October 13th, 2009
Just bought the draft guide also but cant get access to the information…can anyone tell me how to access?
4:37 am on October 14th, 2009
From above on this page: “Please note that The Four Fingers of Fantasy operate on US time zones, so if you’re requesting access late at night US time, you might have to wait a few hours for access to the guide.”
4:38 am on October 14th, 2009
8:18 may not be late on the West Coast, but in the Midwest, it’s past my bedtime for a weeknight. Especially when I worked 11 hours at my “real” job.
3:24 pm on October 25th, 2009
how long does it usually take to gain access?