Deep thoughts are a little beyond me this morning. Thanks a bunch Bobcats and Lakers for the double overtime game, 1:30 a.m. finishes are always appreciated.
In any event, I was bemused yesterday by the high level of correlation between rosters in my contests. With nine man rosters, my opponent and I had 6, 7, 8, 8 and 8 identical picks. Much of that is just the nature of salary cap contests, I suppose - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that Danny Granger at $28k is a bargain and that picking him allows you extra cap room to select Lebron and Dwight Howard. Which everybody did, of course.
The highest level of "variation" between my roster and my opponent's came with a slightly lower salary cap. For that contest I actually had to think a little bit instead of selecting mostly by reflex. Tightening the salary cap by itself, though, isn't likely to produce more variance in rosters - if tightened much it's likely to produce exactly the opposite result, as everybody grabs the same handful of productive players with sub-$50k salaries in order to fill a last slot or two with a higher-salaried player.
I had some kind of point that I was going to make, but it escapes me at the moment. Maybe I'll try and clean this up later.
In other news, thank you Mo Williams.
Tuesday results: 6 contests entered (1 - 10 player, 5 HU); 4 cashes (0, 4); amount risked: $22.20; amount won: $28.00; net: $5.80; ROI +26.1%
Finished fourth in the multi - if only Kobe hadn't fouled out.
12 NBA games on the schedule tonight, so lots of guys to choose from and lots of thinking to do in preparation. It should be a high scoring evening, as there are a lot of good offense vs terrible defense games. Pick well!
In any event, I was bemused yesterday by the high level of correlation between rosters in my contests. With nine man rosters, my opponent and I had 6, 7, 8, 8 and 8 identical picks. Much of that is just the nature of salary cap contests, I suppose - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that Danny Granger at $28k is a bargain and that picking him allows you extra cap room to select Lebron and Dwight Howard. Which everybody did, of course.
The highest level of "variation" between my roster and my opponent's came with a slightly lower salary cap. For that contest I actually had to think a little bit instead of selecting mostly by reflex. Tightening the salary cap by itself, though, isn't likely to produce more variance in rosters - if tightened much it's likely to produce exactly the opposite result, as everybody grabs the same handful of productive players with sub-$50k salaries in order to fill a last slot or two with a higher-salaried player.
I had some kind of point that I was going to make, but it escapes me at the moment. Maybe I'll try and clean this up later.
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In other news, thank you Mo Williams.
Tuesday results: 6 contests entered (1 - 10 player, 5 HU); 4 cashes (0, 4); amount risked: $22.20; amount won: $28.00; net: $5.80; ROI +26.1%
Finished fourth in the multi - if only Kobe hadn't fouled out.
12 NBA games on the schedule tonight, so lots of guys to choose from and lots of thinking to do in preparation. It should be a high scoring evening, as there are a lot of good offense vs terrible defense games. Pick well!
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