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ken_admin (1600 posts)  4/6 12:34 PM

Please use this forum to post any positive or negative feedback you have for this season.

FS23 (1 posts)  4/6 1:07 PM

So far I have a minor request. Can you allow to put a hyperlink while posting from X or whever in player Comments section? When someone post an update from X we need to copy link instead of immediate opening.

yannosdayne  (5 posts)  4/6 1:07 PM

B2B champion because of you guys! Let's make this a three-peat so I can retire and go play fantasy baseball ??

ken_admin (1600 posts)  4/6 1:09 PM

For link, you should be able to insert a hyperlink using the "chain" icon above in the editor.

Swoosh22 (1 posts)  4/6 1:16 PM

Would like to see standardized filters/options in all of the tools. As as example in some tools you can add punts, in some you can't, but there are other inconsistencies depending on each individual tool. For matchup monster, generally I find better options in reality outside of the recommendations, especially in the playoffs when things can get goofy. Won 3 of 5 leagues this year, a big part of that was the data on the site.

thanvor  (14 posts)  4/6 1:17 PM

This season, the projections provided by Kyle and Josh were highly beneficial throughout the year. Naturally, there were some inaccuracies for certain players, as projections are estimates and are inherently influenced by the personal judgment of both contributors. However, when evaluating the projections as a whole rather than on an individual player basis, I believe the overall outcome was positive. Another point I would like to raise although I acknowledge that it may be challenging to address is the increase in inappropriate and offensive user comments directed at other users this season. Having been a member of the platform since 2012, I recall that in its earlier years, when the user base was smaller, there was a notably high level of respect and quality in user interactions. As the number of subscribers has grown, it is understandable that negative incidents have also increased (and in some cases, this behavior may even be intentional, potentially aimed at damaging BBM’s reputation). Nevertheless, I believe it would be worthwhile to explore ways to mitigate such occurrences in the future. Finally, I would like to thank everyone working on the platform for their efforts and for the support they provide, enabling us to engage with fantasy NBA and enjoy a productive and entertaining season. We are already counting down to the 2026–27 season!

TheProfessor (4 posts)  4/6 1:20 PM

Great season! I'd love a note about why certain players that drastically move up or down on a weekly basis move that way, in the projections. Also petty, but I wish there was a way where you could either eliminate downvotes entirely or make people anonymously down vote bomb everyone be held accountable. The vast majority of people are here to have fun and have meaningful hoops discussions.

ken_admin (1600 posts)  4/6 1:33 PM

Thanks, and we can give the forums/comments some thoughts.  Feel free to offer any suggestions too.

DoD  (2 posts)  4/6 1:50 PM

Great season, thank you BBM.

Matchup Monster - totally not/under-utilized this season. Point me to a tutorial?

Rick.Ide (1 posts)  4/6 2:00 PM

Love what's offered here!  My biggest gripe was how the website reset every couple of minutes due to inactivity.  I'd have Matchup Monster open with different players selected, do a few minutes of research, then try selecting new players on the screen to process, and the website would force me to start over.  It happens on all the screens, but that's one example. 

Thank you to the team running the site, it helped me win another championship this year!

DG23  (29 posts)  4/6 2:07 PM

One small thing I found slightly unfortunate in terms of BBM functionality was that, when I use weekly projections (I presume it works the same way with daily projections) and I change a bunch of settings like category weights/punts based on my matchup needs, when I open a player's page in a new tab in order to see their recent performances, the weekly projections page would reset when I'd go back to further refine my weights/punts and I'd then have to re-do all the custom weights/punts. Is that something that's fixable?

chillPenguin (3 posts)  4/6 2:13 PM

Agree with a couple of the above comments that BBM does not behave well with multiple tabs open (resetting settings, etc.) Maybe more could be stored on the client side until the user hits "save", if things are bleeding between tabs due to calls to the server. Regardless, this is an amazing tool and thanks for all you guys do!

DG23  (29 posts)  4/6 2:15 PM

@ken_admin to offer a suggestion on how to partially fix what @thanvor is talking about, one idea is to have a user cooldown (e.g. like a slow-mode) on player comments, so that when you post a comment on a player's page you can't post another on that same player's page for let's say 10-15 minutes. I found the most annoyance and discourse (both personally as well as in the BBM community) was when one particular person was spamming a ton of comments on a certain player's page

#80003  (9 posts)  4/6 2:52 PM

Overall, I wanted to say a huge thank you! Played in 9 leagues, won 3 championships in 4 finals, and had three 3rd places out of 4, so it was a very successful season. Without you, it wouldn't be possible!

The only thing to improve is that resetting thing, it was really annoying

ken_admin (1600 posts)  4/6 3:19 PM

Thanks, and yes, multiple tabs have always been an issues.  We will give this some thought too.

Hardy  (11 posts)  4/6 3:40 PM

I'll agree with adding tutorials.  

battersboys (2 posts)  4/6 4:22 PM

Matchup monster is huge if you use it right, my question is, if I wanted to test adding a player who isn't in the top 30 suggestions is there a way to search for a particular player to show their games in the week and select theirs like other suggested players?

kosegenBaskin  (1 posts)  4/6 4:25 PM

I just wanted to thank you guys. This year I got 4 chips and BBM was my main source of information especially for the projections. As a request I can add that: Maybe you consider adding the compatibility of "Smart Tool" to the points leagues. This year I had multiple teams and at some point I needed to frequently switch between Smart Tool and Matchup Monster. I know that Matchup Monster is in principle a more powerful tool than Smart Tool but I like the easiness of the Smart Tool.

Christopher (2 posts)  4/6 4:59 PM

Did great using the projections for dfs again this year, love seeing where you guys are differing from the main dfs companies.  Would Really like to see bestball adp rankings in the lead up to the season next year for draftkings and underdog

#232837  (13 posts)  4/6 5:16 PM

For box score comments can we get some time when Josh or Kyle will post their comments by? Josh is usually right after but Kyle is usually after waivers is already over 

kangaman17 (1 posts)  4/6 5:49 PM

Just wanna say thanks to the team for your rational, logical content and projections, with some humor tossed in. This is my first season purchasing your content, and it was great. Very practical when needed. Well worth the money. The only addition I would request is maybe some more dynasty content, like dynasty/long-term notes for players every once in a while, maybe when player circumstances change. Or like a dynasty movers article a few times a year. I understand projections for dynasty can be folly, but there is just such a lack of dynasty basketball content out there, and you guys do great work so I would love to see your dynasty takes. Thanks again, and looking forward to next season!

copernicus (2 posts)  4/6 9:05 PM

I find that the search function doesn't really ever work, sometimes the players don't come up or you need to only type a certain amount of characters.

i think more players play cat but as a points player, sometimes i don't feel like i get as much value from BBM as cats players do. i've still subscribed 2 years in a row and plan to next year, but the monster functionality is almost entirely for cats.

i wish there was more a smart drafter functionality, especially when players are in the same tier, that takes into account players/positions you've already drafted. i found the synced draft too slow to use with yahoo and have done it all manually.

overall thank you and i'm very appreciative

JZSonic  (14 posts)  4/7 12:55 AM

Two things, Ken:
1. Could you add a feature for reporting users who send out abusive/illegal direct messages? So that you can review the dms and decide whether to ban said users.
2. Last year I suggested adding multiple choice option in user polls, and you said you would add it to the list. I was wondering if that's still something you would consider implementing in the near future. (I will bump the old post again for your reference ;)

8glory (1 posts)  4/7 1:31 AM

Hi,,

If possible , when we use SMART TOOLS we can manually add players from fa.

So we can estimate the stat after we choose specific players.

thanks

karl_mendola  (1 posts)  4/7 6:33 AM

Handling 33 teams would not be possible without BBM’s assistance.

OnePumpChump (18 posts)  4/7 8:08 AM

I mainly use the Monster tab along with some Members tools like Advanced Ownership, Daily Projections, H2H Daily, and Ease of Rankings. Overall, no real complaints, I love the Monster addition. A couple of feature ideas (not sure how feasible): 1) Injury-based add suggestions It would be helpful to have a feature that suggests pickups when a player goes down (e.g., Cade gets injured ? suggest Jenkins). Right now we rely on Josh/Kyle, but an automated way to highlight who benefits most from injuries or trades would be great. At the end of the day, this is still just an estimated guess by your team but at least the pipelines are there for us to get an idea. 2) Draft Monster simulation during live drafts During a live draft, it would be great to test how drafting certain players would impact my team (standings/Z-scores) before actually picking them. Basically a quick “what-if” tool while waiting between picks. I know there’s a box you can click and then press draft, but switching it back to “normal” during a live draft often causes it to crash, or forces you to refresh the page and re-enter pick numbers, etc. Wishing you guys continued success, well deserved. Thanks again for everything.

davewhale (20 posts)  4/7 8:33 AM

I love this site and community so much! My top suggestion for next season is to please fix the oft-resetting issue that others have already mentioned. That would be a huge improvement for next season. Thanks, BBM team! Love y'all.

johnemiddleton  (1 posts)  4/7 8:42 AM

Love the site, been with you guys since the beginning. Feature request: can we get View Current Standings for the past X days? If I am trying to make a strategy shift (for Roto), I want to see if it is working or if I should try something else.

Fast Eddie Failson  (1 posts)  4/7 9:57 AM

I know the majority of leagues are h2h/daily but will there ever be a bigger focus on weekly roto leagues? I'd love to hear more discussion/advice on strategies in those formats :)

#211386 (10 posts)  4/7 2:10 PM

33 teams bro? genuinely curious how you find the time. teenager? retired?

barkhammer (19 posts)  4/7 11:20 PM

I think it's fair to say that the site is long overdue for an overhaul in both the front-end (has hardly changed in the last 10 years while new tools and stats keep getting added and using on a mobile device is quite painful) and the back-end (as evidenced by the issues that plagued the player pages this season).

The constant redirects to system error pages has been an issue for years and never fixed.

Searching for players on a mobile device is a very frustrating experience as it doesn't return any results until you start deleting some of the characters entered.

We pay more each year for our subscription and it's a very valuable service but seeing some things being done proactively would be great, not just patching things when they break.

short_stack (2 posts)  4/8 2:54 AM

Ken, I use the site for season long and was able to take home two championships thanks to you guys. I use the projections every day for DFS also. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see the site once again offer a DFS option. I would gladly pay the extra money. Thank you guys for all your hard work throughout the year.

I'm looking forward to another great baseball season over on baseballmonster.com too. 

guillermo (311 posts)  4/8 8:43 AM

My main quibble for this season would have been the individual player pages not loading up all the sections (i.e., per game, totals, per 36, game log) by default but that seems to have been resolved.

#55622 (117 posts)  4/8 9:48 PM

+1 on barkhammer. I agree 100%. User since 2015 and the interface feels 2015.

Chefbaboy  (4 posts)  4/9 1:44 PM

An option to search who to drop. Example: I want to add this certain player but I don't know who to drop based off the value.

huggybear (28 posts)  4/11 2:08 AM

Great work team and thanks for another season. Couple of thoughts:

1. Analysis Monster - only works on rest of season projections. Add option to select daily and "next weeks" projections. This would be great for roto leagues. Make it also work by looking at the past i.e. last x days or last 3 months.
2. For playoff leagues, add a stat projection for playoff teams. right now there are no projections for Play-in games for example. there are a lot of folks competing in fantrax playoff leagues like me!
3. Add more API links for the in-season stats, daily live results for example. At the moment we have only daily projections
4. Calling your leage roto standings from fantrax seems to be harder than it should. Develop a simple button that refreshes live roto standings and bring this into analysis monster - the idea then is you have current standings + rest of season projections

thanks again!

battersboys (2 posts)  4/12 9:02 PM

I'm 2 for 2 on fantasy seasons with BBM, is there an AFL equivalent specially considering Josh is an Aussie himself!

jblanco05  (7 posts)  4/12 10:09 PM

just a nitpick, but probably could use numbering on the side (just so it's faster visually to see how many players, etc)

yoyo  (17 posts)  4/13 12:57 AM

@barkhammer Yes on the mobile, especially formatting.   But for the web, I actually think the user interface is closer to optimal than the latter, considering the tasks and functions we're doing on a daily basis.  In fact, the way BBM has integrated more and more features over time (including third-party news sources, increased database control, and many data evaluators)  all while maintaining functionality is basically proof of a sustainable and successful UX model.  I'm sure overhauling or even just a trendy front-end bump is something that would be "nice" to have, but at the end of the day this is a live database/charting site where control and functionality are the given priority.  The reasons we can load pages quickly, have info transmitted immediately, and a ton of other little things; all with very minimal technical issues is because the interface is a low-friction, relatively non-power hungry, modest framework.   I can see the case and agree for a mobile solutionl, but for the current web version, I would say the pros and cons aren't there for some sort of revamp.  In this scenario, unless something is already in the works, newer and shinier does not equal a better UX imo.  

Plipetfleuf (15 posts)  4/13 8:25 AM

When I prepare a new season (roto), I use a custom tool that looks like Analysis Monster (way worse), in order to make batch drafts and see how balanced and efficient it looks. It's based on the season projections and for reference, I input the higher and lower score in each cat over the past few years, divided in decile (12). It gives a virtual total based on the 9 cats, so I can compare batches with each other (the higher the result, the better)

So the idea would be to have a blank Analysis Monster, where players can input the players they want, and the higher/lower stats that make sense for them in each cat. The advanced standings feature would be great to add some granularity because deciles would be so arbitrary.

I know roto players are far from being a majority here on BBM, but that would be really great ! and save me a lot of time tweaking my excel sheet...

hubertdavisfor3 (2 posts)  4/13 9:48 AM

I'm sure you know, but when you go to search for a player to go to their page, many times clicking on the player just doesn't work. Can get pretty frustrating. Thanks for another great season!

Hardy  (11 posts)  4/13 9:51 AM

I'd love to see you add someone to the BBM roster that focuses more on the deeper leagues and/or dynasty growth.  
My league must be much deeper than the majority of people here as my championship team had quite a few players listed as do not roster.  I understand that those tags are set for a specific range of league size and can read through the lines, but having someone who focuses more on those back end and dynasty types would be a huge benefit.  
I am willing to pay extra for this, just as I pay extra for the BBM + at the moment.

hiiivelocity  (5 posts)  4/13 10:27 AM

I’ve been using BBM since 2021, and it’s been a core part of my fantasy seasons for years. I’m writing this because I value the site and want to see it stay at the top of the industry.

The Interface:
The biggest hurdle right now is the UI/UX. The front end hasn't changed much since I joined in 2021, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to navigate and use. With so many new tools entering the space, the gap between BBM’s elite data and its aging interface is becoming harder to ignore.

The Season Analysis:
I know the projections and insights are manually curated by the team, and historically, I’ve really trusted that expert touch. However, this year felt "off" compared to previous seasons.

As an example, I experienced a recurring issue with the Trade Monster: I would execute trades that the tool projected would increase my win probability by a significant margin, only to see that projected win % revert to pre-trade levels within a week or two as the manual projections for those players were adjusted. While I understand projections are fluid, going through this process multiple times (roughly 15 trades this year, all using Trade Monster) only to end up in a worse spot suggests the projections at the times I put the trades through were quite inaccurate. For the first time in 5 seasons, following the BBM lead actually felt like it hindered my team’s success rather than driving it. I totally understand I may be an anomaly here and it could have been a run of bad luck, but I hope this feedback is valuable in some way.

I’m still a big fan of the platform, but I’d love to see an overhaul on the UI and a return to that sharp, predictive accuracy I’ve come to expect from Josh and Kyle.

Looking forward to next season.

#195289 (1 posts)  4/17 8:49 AM

Absolutely love BBM, thank you all so much for the hard work you put in! Just one request-

Could we get some dynasty content? I feel like the dynasty topic was big when Wemby came into the league and now it's relatively quiet. I completely understand the difficulties in projecting a player beyond the current year because there's some many variables involved, but I look at hashtag and other dynasty rankings and would kill for a rankings list from your guys expertise. 

bigtickettaco  (8 posts)  4/17 9:21 AM

<p>I&#39;ve been playing FBB for nearly 20 years. Been a member of BBM from the very early days. BBM is a great product and has evolved each and every year to surpass the last. Great customer service, the most up-to-date info on the NBA and its players. For the last few years, I&#39;ve tended to play 12-team H2H Cat prize leagues on Yahoo. I have to question if the form of FBB I have been playing is even relevant in 2026?&nbsp;Injuries, rest, and tanking have always been a part of the game, but these days, when you look at your roster towards the end of the season, you are lucky to recognize 50%&nbsp;the team you drafted. You have always had deep sleepers overperform, and opening-day starters fizz out, but now it seems any team that gets a healthy 70+ games out of a 1st- and 2nd-round draft can easily win a league with ten draft-day afterthoughts who play enough games. Hoping and praying for your top draft picks to give you 65 or more games (me - P12 A. Davis &amp; P13 W.Kessler for a total of 25 games) while rostering ten role-playing journeymen by the end of the season isn&#39;t really that much fun anymore. Thoughts? What could bring some joy back into the FBB world?</p>