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Welcome To Basketball Monster 2025/26

August 14, 2025 by Josh Lloyd View Comments (153)

Welcome to a new season at Basketball Monster

Ken, Kyle, Matt, and I are pumped to bring you another fun, successful season through our tools, comments, and interactions.

As you jump back into the site, a few things are worth highlighting.

Start here: If you want to see players for the coming season, go to PROJECTIONS, not RANKINGS (Rankings reflect last season).
Before you do that, open SETTINGS and set up your league:

  • Choose category or points.

  • Link your provider for automatic roster syncing.

  • Set your auction budget, roster configuration, etc.

If you skip this, the tools won't be tailored to your league.


How to read the projections

  • We don't hand-rank players. We project every player's stats and then sort them based on a formula (or projected fantasy points). You can manipulate that order by changing how you display the data.

  • Per-game vs. totals matters. “How can you have Joel Embiid in the top six if he's going to be injured?” If you're on Per Game, high-performers who might miss time will sit higher. Switch to Totals to factor in games played.

  • Games played is chaos. Predicting GP is basically impossible and the most volatile year-to-year variable. I create the GP projections—and I personally don't draft off Totals. There's nuance in balancing risk and timing your picks.

  • In category leagues, don't draft by the top name showing. The gap between, say, 40 and 60 might be 0.1 steals and 1% FG%. Draft for stat set and team build, not an overall number.

  • Use DURANT (or DURANT H2H) for category leagues. Standard 9-cat ranks can throw up oddities (e.g., Trae Young in the 30s, Onyeka Okongwu over Giannis Antetokounmpo, Amen Thompson in the top seven). DURANT adjusts for scarcity and variance and relaxes strict z-score assumptions—NBA stats aren't normally distributed—so values line up better with how H2H is actually played.

  • Projections have error ranges—and minutes are intentionally “over.” We project to the best of our ability, but they're not hard caps. Team minutes will sum above 240 because we project season-long totals and add a 5–10% overage for injuries and unknowns. Bench players' listed minutes/stats may look a little rich relative to a fully healthy nightly rotation.


These are the most common questions and misconceptions I see around projections. When you're looking and querying (and please do—questions are welcome), keep these points in mind.

Jump in, enjoy, and leave comments here or on player pages. We'll discuss and explain our rationale.

 
butternest11/2/25
Hi Ken - It looks like when on any players profile looking at 'Show All Seasons', that season 17-18 does not appear for anyone.
ken_admin10/27/25
Under Edit Value Columns, you can display "Player Rankings NBA 25-26".
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aronnov10/27/25
Is there a way under Projections to see total fantasy points column so far for season? i see edit options for last 3 games, week, etc. is there something for total so far for year?
ken_admin10/25/25
This is under Edit Display Columns if you use categories.
bengor 10/25/25
Not sure if it's obvious and I'm missing but where do I see DURANT H2H rankings/projections? Are those the numbers used under projections (rest of season)? Or is that just straight 9cat ranking? Thanks so much
emrecimen10/23/25
Josh I think your weights with minus 1 like last year is better than DURANT H2H for daily rankings.I mean for ranking just one game. I think DURANT is better at long term(full season) or at least weekly value.What do you think about this?
joshlloyd4810/20/25
becuase that is how 9 cat ranks, the type that are displayed on yahoo for example, and espn value giannis. An old type system which doesn't incorporate the nuances on h2h play and punting. It's why I invented DURANT to try and make the rankings make more sense. Take a look at where Giannis finished in 9 cat 'ranking' last season? You'll see him outside the top 50.
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thanks Kruugman .... still don't understand why Giannis is 56th in my rankings tho. makes it very difficult to review everything. wtf?
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kruugman 10/20/25
Nevermind. I figured it out. If anyone else encounters this, once you change the setting to Durant H2H, you then have to sort the rankings by clicking the H2H column.
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ken_admin10/20/25
Which page is this?
kruugman 10/20/25
I'm confused. I clicked for Durant H2H to sort for a 9 category league. This is supposed to eliminate TO's and their next worst category if I'm reading correctly. If that's the case, how is Giannis 39th? If you remove FT%, he's arguably the 3rd best player in the format. Did I read something wrong or maybe edit things incorrectly? Is there a box I need to uncheck when I edit and add Durant H2H?
PowderBlue10/19/25
Thanks @wripz. I"ll check it out. Appreciated.
wripz10/19/25
Someone can correct me if i’m wrong. On the Projections 25/26 page there’s a column with ‘1W+-‘ which shows the change in their projected value over the last week. If you go in the specific players profile it’s titled ‘ Josh - 7 days ago’ showing Josh’s projection from 7 days ago which you can compare to the current projection.
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PowderBlue10/19/25
I'll try again. Is there a way to see a player's past projections so we know if they are trending up or down?
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PowderBlue10/19/25
Is there a way to see a player's previous projections, so we can see if they are going up or down? I can see the date the projection was changed, but not if it is an increase or decrease.
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ken_admin10/19/25
Keep in mind that DURANT H2H is a per-game value so you will have to adjust for players you expect to miss games. Also, use an ADP to get an idea of when you can draft players.
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pierzinho10/19/25
Thank you! so in a vacuum, the H2H Durant rankings should be the rankings I should be looking at for a 9CAT league right (adjusting for previous picks and punts etc.)
ken_admin10/19/25
These are under Edit Display Columns.
pierzinho10/19/25
Where can I find DURANT and DURANT H2H rankings? This is my first time doing category leagues
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Marse700 10/18/25
@Josh any chance of a team overs/under analysis?
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ken_admin10/18/25
Here's a topic: https://basketballmonster.com/MessageTopic.aspx?topic=24300
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masonsuen10/18/25
Monster better
Jodhie10/18/25
What’s the difference between Draft Tracker and Draft Monster?
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DURANT is ROTO and Durant H2H is H2H right? Sorry if this question is obvious just want to be 100% sure because the rankings and order are different between the two. When I Draft In my 9CAT H2H league I should use DURANT H2H and not regular DURANT right?
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ken_admin10/18/25
If you fill out Settings/Custom Auction Prices, it will use those prices and adjust the remaining budgets. Make sure Use Custom Auction is selected on the page also,
justin3930 10/18/25
how should you factor in keepers into proposed values? e.g. if the difference between BBM values and what players were kept at is $x in total, is there a way to distribute those $x over the remaining players? Is the easiest way to increase the number of $1 players or will the proposed draft values factor this in once draft starts?
Thanks - so draft using DURANT H2H, and use "Per Game Value" rather than "Total Games Value"?
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joshlloyd4810/17/25
My suggestion is not that. It is to use DURANT H2H and never use total games value. Manual decisions are made regarding players expected to miss time, but that is your call as to when you want to draft them
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I am in a H2H league. Your suggestion is that I draft using Draft H2H and "Total Gaes Value". This still ranks Giannis in the 4th round. Is there a way to refine the projection list to make it more in line with draft order? The answer may be, "You need to use your brain to some degree" - but what if I just want to use the list order.
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JZSonic 10/16/25
Just out of curiosity, are the min/max projections derived by applying a percentage variation to the projected stats, or are they calculated independently? I saw Ken mention that the min/max values are based on minutes type and historical consistency, but I’m wondering whether they also indicate the likelihood of a player actually reaching those levels. In other words, do the min/max projections assume something like a Gaussian distribution around the mean, or are they based on a skewed distribution?
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xuraymond92 10/16/25
Hi admins, can you please help me explain how best to use BBM to guide during a live draft (e.g. auction draft)? My understanding is that you have to continually refresh / "import" the league to update the available players / updated rosters. But what would be the best setting to use as reference, e.g. DURANT H2H$ to help guide value / needs in real time (as you are drafting). And am I understanding correctly that if I draft a Wemby for $80, DURANT H2H$ will automatically adjust in real time (with said refresh/import) the remaining player values based on remaining statistical scarcity / values? Thanks again for everything you guys do.
ken_admin10/16/25
Dark green means they're currently in your active lineup and light on the bench.
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aronnov10/16/25
under the "own" column next to a player when linking your teams most of my players are marked as dark green. some are light green. whats the difference?
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fbbaddict10/16/25
@#73147 - It’s now behind a paywall on the web too lol, this really sucks.
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ryyz10/15/25
is there an article i can read that dives more into the differences between DURANT and DURANT H2H? Also, how come Minus 1 values are different than DURANT values? Don't they just both remove the player's lowest category?
ken_admin10/15/25
DURANT will be a fixed per-game value. What did you need?
john181410/15/25
How can i use durant in the draft monster? When i try to practice using it in mock drafts there is no update to the durant variance values.
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harbinkyle3410/14/25
Hey Josh, im in a big dalima, I have pick 11 in a 12 team yahoo points league. I am very unsure who to take on my first 2 picks. The league is a 2C league and im wondering if taking Kat or Sengun would be a good pick in the 2nd rd. Im thinking about going Booker with my 1st rd pick. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks as always for everything you do. I won this league last year while using Basketball Monster!
rsimon11 10/14/25
This is real for Yahoo hockey. Free on the web, but have to pay for it on the app.
#7314710/14/25
If this is real by yahoo, this is pathetic. They’re going to allegedly charge you for having the option to set your lineup for the week with one button. https://x.com/bbbfantasyhoops/status/1977810746643034404?s=46&t=0zcLFlX5CKI3RotZHswh1Q
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joshlloyd4810/14/25
It’s per game
Bini7210/14/25
How is Kawhi Leonard in your projections in the first round? I do not understand this.
Eli3209 10/13/25
Trae young in “ Durant” is in the 60s Dyson is also always so high for a steal specialist. I love him but not so early. I could e had him or reaves as a keeper in the 7 th round and it was reaves hands down but that isn’t always in these projections so you can’t follow these rankings blindly
ken_admin10/13/25
We provide projections for the players and then apply the user's custom settings to get a projected value. We don't have fixed lists of players since each group of settings would require a separate list. Those other sites, along with Josh's podcast, are creating their own subjective list based on a fixed group of settings (Yahoo 9-cat, Yahoo points, etc.)
bartturner10/13/25
I am confused. So does the site not just provide rankings of the players in different formats with Josh creating the rankings? So basically an option at the top of the page to choose Cat or Pts? When you choose one or the other the players are then just listed from 1 to 150. I would like to have this list as well as some other lists that I have, Fantasy Pros, Hashtag, on one of my monitors during my draft. I will ultimately draft 20 teams and really do not want to learn a new UI to manage my teams. Thanks!
ken_admin10/13/25
Sure, that makes sense, and if you need a refund, support@basketballmonster.com can take care of that.
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bartturner10/13/25
Thanks! Very much appreciate the help. But I do not need anything that advance. All I want is the ranking of players for points H2H league. That is it. I do not need to export or anything. I just need to see the players. I like to have different list on one display while I am drafting. I have played Fantasy for over 20 years and I just can not figure out the site. Thanks so much for your help!
ken_admin10/13/25
Also, click Refresh from Yahoo! to get updated picks during your draft.
ken_admin10/13/25
I have setup your two leagues, and you may need to log out and back in to see the changes. Then use Monster/Draft Monster to see a list of players sorted in per-game value order. I have also added a JoshT column which gives a total games value to see which players are likely to miss games. When drafting, look for the highest Value players, and use the ADP to make sure you're not drafting anyone too early. How does this look?
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bartturner10/13/25
Yahoo
ken_admin10/13/25
Which provider are you using?
bartturner10/13/25
Just paid for a membership and completely lost. I want something very simple. I am drafting in 2 hours and just want points league H2H rankings.
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Trying to get accurate 9-Cat rankings, consistent with Josh's videos. I selected and filtered by DURANT but the projections still display players like Porzingis and Embiid in the first round. Anything i'm doing wrong?
ken_admin10/11/25
Maybe Weekly Projections, select that date range, and also view an ADP?
I am trying to find the schedule for playoffs for the top 10 players according to adp. My league ends week 23 April 5 yahoo h2h. Please help
#35327 10/11/25
Is everyone doing this 3RR? I think I might be in the minority here but I personally feel like in H2H leagues it’s not necessary with how punts develop around R3. What I don’t see being discussed in this context too is that you’re really either locking yourself into doing this every year going forward, or, you’re going to be looked at as a biased commissioner, making league decisions seemingly on a whim, especially if you’re going to benefit from this. The only fair way to do this is to have a league vote on it before draft order is set. Just food for thought esp for $ leagues. Even in my league where everyone is close friends this would go over like a lead balloon lol. I actually did an informal poll of about 80% of my 14T league I run too prior to order randomization and only 1 person was for it. Commissioners,did you get pushback? Were most league members in your league on board? Are my friends just particularly closed to new ideas? Is anyone still reading this?
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ken_admin10/11/25
That should work, and it will remove the lowest cat for each player.
#7314710/11/25
Hi Ken. If my league was h2h 9 cat with double doubles instead of turnovers. Can I still sort players by DURANT H2H? Does the uncommon category throw anything off? Would it be good to select to punt the DD cat to essentially make it an 8 cat league. I’m just hoping my settings are still compatible with the formula to give me accurate ranks.
ken_admin10/11/25
We do not support TD with DURANT. It's not a perfect solution, but you could turn this off to see DURANT value.
Andrei969910/11/25
Durant rankings are not available for the usual 9cat + TD ?
big bae10/11/25
Hey Josh, I can't find where your recommended season end date is. Do you recommend ending Sunday 29th of March (week 22)? Yahoo 12 team 9 cat H2H
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Gandalf 10/10/25
Depends where you draft and the stat profile of your first few picks. You could do well with a balanced build if you get Jokic or Shai. There’s almost always a cat to punt though. I disregard TOs because I’m usually streaming and getting more games in than opponents. I’ve been in a competitive league and won with balanced twice in the last 4 years. However, the other two winners leant into punt FG%/TOs and before that punt Assists/3s which were both effective. Especially when you can pick up 3s off the wire easily when against a non elite 3s team. Take a look at DURANT and draft tracker in my opinion and figure out 1 cat to punt after your first few picks.
#7314710/10/25
newer fantasy hoops player here. is punting vs balanced across every category ideal empirically? Matt’s manifesto is the only thing I’ve come across that actually promotes trying to draft balanced. Are both approaches relatively equal in success or is one better than the other.
codename 10/10/25
Makes sense! Thank you!
ken_admin10/10/25
Here's the formula used: A = ( fg% - avg(fg%) ) * fga/g player val = ( A - avg(A) ) / stdev(A) Calculate the A for each player, and the calculate the final Value.
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codename 10/10/25
Hi team, sorry for the dumb question. How do you calculate a players z score adjusted FG/FT impact, accouting for volume? What's the math for that.
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scm1331 10/9/25
Hello, is it advisable to use these projections for bestball drafts on underdog? I noticed some of the ADPs were way different compared to the projections here so wanted to make sure I could follow these. Thanks for the product! Glad I found yall.
ctnia10/9/25
Hey BBM team, any chance you can try to throw some bones regarding articles focused towards pts league this year? Content already rocks, sucks that my boys refuse to switch to CAT leagues but I love ur content too much that I refuse to not use BBM even though it’s a pts league…
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btw don’t you think 36 players at $1 might be a bit low? Shouldn’t that setting be a bit higher? 46 dollars for wemby in Durant H2h for example
ken_admin10/9/25
Per game compares per-game stats such as p/g while total games value use total points so the more games projected, the high the player value.
#19541710/9/25
Josh, how do you calculate totals in the rankings compared to per game?
yes. i have just finished the draft and am wriiting it up
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Will we be seeing a one man mock article again soon? Cheers
JJREDDIT10/8/25
Josh, what would the optimal way to organize the projections when drafting in a 12t h2h league on Yahoo? Struggling to find the best layout where I am targeting the best available player in the right round without reaching too far
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I would do faab for everything
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Josh, FAAB for Waivers and first-come, first-served for free agents?
ken_admin10/8/25
I wouldn't update each pick since that can take some time. I typically update a few times each round. Also, the real draft should allow more time between picks than the mocks do.
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it seems like i will have to manually copy and paste 'pick history' into draft tracker. I did a mock espn draft and felt like i had no time and ended up picking the highest pick on projections. tips to using draft tracker for the first time?
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ken_admin10/7/25
Thursday or Friday at the latest.
#19541710/7/25
Any idea when the weekly projections will be up on the site? Also, like every year any chance you’ll share the average draft positions from your leagues (both snake and auction)? Thanks as always for all the work you put in!
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ken_admin10/6/25
Here's an article from Josh from last season which may help: https://basketballmonster.com/Article.aspx?article=1957
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#7314710/6/25
Fairly new player here. Want to dive into and use DURANT. Does anyone know which one to use for 12t H2H 9cat. DURANT or DURANT H2H. Both are options.
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You can do whatever you think works, but I am exclusively been using DURANT this season
Hey Josh, do you think splitting the difference of my league settings with Durant is the way to go? 7 cats no %, Some huge variations. I drafted last year just using Durant and it worked, just curious on your thoughts.
NbaJam24 10/4/25
Im missing the boxscores from the Pelicans game and the lakers suns game, is that right?
#7314710/3/25
Hey all. Draft slot 8-11 is available in 12t H2H cat (double doubles instead of TO). Is taking 8 a no brainer? Curious to any input of what would be a good strategy.
in projections page, go to edit display columns and select durant or durant h2h
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How do I use DURANT H2H projections? Not seeing a place to select that
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#7314710/3/25
Obviously pick 1-4 you get an almost guaranteed star, but are there any other draft slots in H2H cat leagues that anyone prefers. We get to choose our slot this year and I’m 9th/12 to be asked where I want to pick.
ken_admin10/3/25
You can set this under Settings/Team Players and Make My Team.
ken_admin10/1/25
The refreshing from Yahoo and FanTrax always take a few seconds since we're waiting on their API to return results. Other pages however should be pretty responsive except maybe the profile pages which do a lot of processing.
#205201 10/1/25
Appreciate boosting the servers. For reference, I'm consistently experiencing significant performance delays across multiple page, each one taking several seconds to load. This doesn’t seem to be an isolated issue on my end, as I’ve tested it across different unique browser instances and on separate networks and devices with the same results. A bit concerned, since the draft tracker takes seconds to load and refresh from yahoo and it may cause the draft tracker to have stale data during draft time.
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ken_admin10/1/25
OK, that's good to know, and we will be boosting our servers tomorrow morning which may help too.
DenimCouch10/1/25
It seemed like yesterday all/most pages were slow, but today it's back to normal for m
ken_admin9/30/25
Is this all pages or specific ones?
#205201 9/30/25
Is anyone finding performance issues for this site? Previous years, latency seems reasonable, but this year seems like couple seconds to refresh a page.
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rsimon11 9/30/25
You should do 3RR because the value of the first four or five picks (four in roto, five in H2H) is so disproportionate to the rest of the player pool. I wouldn't do a roto draft that didn't have 3RR.
#731479/30/25
Is there any consensus in here this season on third round reversal in 12t standard cat leagues? If so, why is good to have?
March 22
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jay14bay9/30/25
What date should playoffs end this season?
jay14bay9/30/25
i support it
OrkunS9/30/25
Plus it is one of the two reasons i have to pay $60 :) Other one is draft tracker.
OrkunS9/30/25
I mean i think mock draft is beneficial. Helps me to visualize my strategy honestly. If it’s not much of a big deal for u, please do that.
ken_admin9/30/25
We should have the min/max today.
Last year's one-man mock draft was great I thought. Gave a decent indication as to what round players should actually get drafted in.
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corbett_ 9/30/25
any update on seeing the min/max numbers on the projections page?
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butternest9/29/25
I think it would be good if you could do a reflection on how last seasons one man mock draft went, or something along those lines.
I'm debating it. Not sure how much utility it has. happy to hear feedback
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OrkunS9/29/25
One man mock draft this season?
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ken_admin9/23/25
You can send it to support@basketballmonster.com. Thanks
sugardaisy9/23/25
Hi Ken, just on the ESPN auction draft updates, it's as soon as the first pick is made. It has two numbers: the original projected draft price and an updated number that doesn't make sense. Is there a way I can send you a pic via email Twitter or something? Cheers :)
czarlouie9/23/25
it currently seems the "Apply Game Limits" in the Analysis Monster doesnt work. Do you guys have fix for this?
ken_admin9/22/25
It's only used to enable some tools and doesn't affect the projections. BAZEMORE is the value for Dynasty.
corbett_ 9/20/25
awesome, thanks ken will keep an eye out
ken_admin9/20/25
We'll be adding them to the projections, should be this week.
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corbett_ 9/20/25
For the Min/Max projections for each player, is there a way of seeing them in the Projections table? Or can they only be found by clicking on each player's individual page?
ken_admin9/18/25
There's a display column under Edit Display Columns on most pages.
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dwhite9/18/25
Where can I find the Durant H2H rankings?
ken_admin9/18/25
Currently, it needs to be set for each. A bulk option or ability to import from one to another would be nice, and we'll give this some thought.
rbuehler9/18/25
Is there a way to get Draft Monster to remember how I like my display columns? Or do I need to change them for each new league? (Aka, I'm hoping there's a "save as new defaults" button somewhere and I'm just blind.)
DenimCouch9/18/25
Thanks! I've been using it and Durant H2H rankings for my mocks and have been liking it so far!
ken_admin9/18/25
Yes, I believe it'll do everything the old one did and more. If you find something's missing, just let us know.
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DenimCouch9/18/25
I'm assuming you guys recommend using Draft Monster over Draft Tracker for all leagues except ones that do manual entries?
nvf31 9/18/25
For roto do you recommend to use DURANT?
ken_admin9/15/25
For the Min/Max projections, they're ready, but I wanted to wait for Josh/Kyle's thoughts before deploying so they should be available shortly.
ken_admin9/13/25
That does sound a bit odd. Does this occur after the first pick or much later in the draft?
sugardaisy9/13/25
Hi Ken. Doing mocks for ESPN salary. When a player is drafted and I update it gives a weird number eg -$285 as well as the original projected price for each player. Can we just have the updated price that the player is now worth according to the real draft numbers? I don't want to be doing math mid-draft! TIA :)
ken_admin9/12/25
We should have Min/Max projections for each player this weekend.
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Spree9/12/25
I thought the site was adding an option of best case projection vs worst case projection? Is this option available and if so where can it be found?
At this point, i'm not making any projection updates due to this scoring change
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Pincus 9/11/25
In 8-cat roto are the weights the same as in H2H?
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bfly2119/11/25
@jay24bay, I figure it will most likely help tick up the FG% of primary ball handlers by a tiny fraction (e.g., Steph, Ant Man) and maybe add a few more long 3PM that otherwise wouldn't have been attempted, but so infrequently as to not really impact projections. I supposed in a rare case it could swing a H2H matchup.
jay14bay9/11/25
I guess that the NBA rule change for not counting (missed) heaves in fg% will carry over to fantasy since it's an official change? I also guess that won't impact anyone except maybe someone like Payton Pritchard a tiny bit? Anything to see here? I could see it swinging some H2H matchups though.
Anesta 9/10/25
What kinds of evaluation did you use on how DURANT performed last year and what did you find? I've created custom variance adjustments in the past and while the rankings they produce intuitively make more sense, they haven't actually back tested any better than standard z-scores on the results within my league
Toyicek 9/10/25
Hello @Joshlloyd48, @ken_admin, do you still prefer using the weights suggested last year (0.8 for Threes and Blocks, 0.7 for steals, and 0.5 for FG% and FT%) or would you recommend using H2H Durant valuation only? Thanks.
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#21656 9/9/25
Still a relative ghost town around here. Looking forward to a new year of elite level discourse w/y'all.
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jay14bay9/6/25
glad to be back for another season
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Yea, thank you! It would be nice to combine both to see the total value of the player, I guess. For example, Zions a top per game guy, but obviously not as great totals wise. I'd want to see where he'd be ranked if both are taken into consideration.
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ken_admin9/4/25
You want to view Total Stats and then also Per Game Stats? We could probably do that.
Is there any way to combine both "Total Stats" and "Per Game Stats" when evaluating players in the projections instead of viewing each individually?
ken_admin9/3/25
For manual draft tracking, the Draft Tracker does support that, but we're also planning on adding a tool that only works with manual entry which should be ready this month. If you have a slow draft, you can manage rosters under Settings/Team Players and Settings/Custom Auction Prices, then import those into the draft tracker.
ken_admin9/3/25
I believe the categories are the same order as the past. What are you seeing?
Szczupak9/3/25
Why do you mess with the order of categories??
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Jocko103099 9/2/25
How can I use draft Tracker for a live auction that does not use a draft room. is there a way to manually enter the data for every player drafted. per team. Assume 20 team league
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ken_admin9/1/25
Under Settings/Team Players, there's a Clear Rosters button.
#2747519/1/25
How do you clear rosters? Page says I need to clear rosters. Do I just need to clear my cache for that?
ljin8/30/25
good link to see who are the likely tanking teams. https://randomaimusing.com/who-will-be-the-tanking-nba-teams-in-2025-26/
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BB provides the winning information.
#206697 8/29/25
Excited for another year! LETS GO!
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Massmonic 8/26/25
Thank You! Reporting in that Durant with DD looks great.
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ken_admin8/26/25
It will only appear if all of your categories are supported. We did add support for more categories today. Does it show now? If not, are you using some less common categories?
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Hi! I added the DURANT H2H and DURANT columns but I don't see any values in those columns in the projections. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
#232837 8/26/25
LETS FKING GO 2026!!!! UP FOR WINS, DOWN FOR BDNR
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#2113868/21/25
props for mentioning the column to show last years per game values. makes it really easy to see risers/fallers in this years projections
ken_admin8/21/25
DURANT weights are fixed so yours won't affect them.
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#1049238/21/25
What if I have weightings in my settingd and looking at Durant H2H? Does that mess with Durant H2H or there is no effect?
you can add that in 'edit value columns'
mcraig238/20/25
Hey guys, love all your work. Thought for the projections. Unless I'm missing it, there doesn't seem to be a column to show a players increase or decrease in value from last seasons rankings. Similar to the 1 week +- in value, but showing the possible big movers in 25/26. Cheers
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#2113868/20/25
im assuming if your league is h2h you would use the one titled h2h
nvf31 8/20/25
Which one do you suggest to use more when drafting? DURANT or DURANT H2H?
ken_admin8/20/25
You may see less game if you have playoffs and you choose to end the stats when those end. That can be adjusted under Settings/League Settings.
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#2113868/20/25
its based on your league settings. if you go all the way until the last day of the regular season, it will be higher
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JZSonic 8/20/25
Why am I seeing different projections than other people? I see 184 players projected to play at least 70 games.
eyeatoma 8/20/25
Curious about games played, no player over 70 games this year. Is it just the times we're in, and the fact that resting happens so frequently?
#46538 8/19/25
great to be back!!
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ken_admin8/18/25
Yes, for ESPN, it will update all rosters, import the $ prices, and then adjust the remaining prices based on budget remaining.
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sugardaisy8/17/25
Hi gents, good to be back for another year! We are restating our ESPN points keeper league (auction draft). I've never tracked the draft on here, but I'd like to. I see you need to copy/paste every now and then to update which is fine. My questions are: 1. Will that update the $ of players left on the board? 2. Will it update all teams rosters so I can see how I'm tracking during the draft (like how it's used in cat leagues to see how you're going in each cat, scarcity, etc). TIA :)
ken_admin8/17/25
Yes, Matt is working on the position tiers.
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#215365 8/17/25
Hello, Last year you had articles about Drafting Tiers by position. Are getting something similar this year?
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Semaj1990 8/17/25
Got it. Thanks Ken.
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ken_admin8/17/25
For more than top 10, under Projections, you can use Edit Value Columns to show a total and per-game next to each other along with many other options.
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ken_admin8/17/25
Here's Josh's old DURANT article: https://basketballmonster.com/Article.aspx?article=1957
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Semaj1990 8/17/25
Hello On the homepage I can see the 'Top 10 (Per Game and Total Games Values)' Is there a way to see this nice simple view for more than the top 10? I like being able to see the per game and the totals side by side but on the projections screen I can only see how to sort by one or the other. Thanks
#1049238/17/25
Can we get something about what is DURANT,how and where to use it etc. I am member here for years but honestly I lost the track recently/last few years with all this new options and have no idea what any of this means,how and where to use etc. Didn't had time to read previous articled if there was any let alone to listen the pods.
itzon46518/17/25
Been listening to locked on fantasy pod for years now and finally took the plunge into a basketball monster membership. Fantasy ball 4ever
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Massmonic 8/16/25
For non-standard leagues where Durant and Bazemore columns are blank it would be great if there is a link or way to see these ranks for a standard league.
for DURANT H2H, can the values be adjusted when we enter a custom projection? Thanks for this way to evaluate players, by the way. It helps value players like giannis, ant, banchero, dyson, in a way that makes more sense.
ken_admin8/15/25
I have Dark Reader installed, and it seems to work well.
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NbaJam24 8/15/25
No, I haven’t tried that. I use Brave as my internet browser, so if there’s an add-on for it, I’d be happy to give it a try.
ken_admin8/15/25
Yes, we should give this a better effort and will see what we can do. I probably mentioned this last season, but have you tried a browser add-on that may do this?
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NbaJam24 8/15/25
I’m super excited to be back here! You’re doing a great job, compliments for that. The only thing I’m wondering about is whether there will be a proper dark mode on the website. I asked about this last year as well, but unfortunately not much has been done with it, and the current dark mode isn’t great. Anyway, thanks, and here’s to a new season!
AaronElWhite 8/15/25
Are there any BBM leagues gonna run this year? I swear there have been in the past and I always miss out signing up.
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AaronElWhite 8/15/25
LFG!!!!
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YESSIR WE BACK!
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HeriSaVeL 8/15/25
Hi! By clicking the “Durant H2H” it also put, using the trae young example, in the near 30s. Is that correct or i am doing something wrong? When I do punting TO he goes up.
Oatmeal 8/15/25
Use ATO, and Fantrax offers massive customization options compared to the big box sites.
A huge welcome to all the returning BBM and new members. It's looking like it's going to be another fun, wild season of NBA fantasy.
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Massmonic 8/15/25
Glad to be aboard!!!
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#1940738/15/25
Will it be open soon?
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Pretty sure you can do it in Fantrax
DirtyD8/14/25
Are there any sites that offer a cat for 'TO's per games played'? We always have trouble with a couple of teams dropping off and 'winning' TO's by not playing anywhere near the 820 games?
if you are working in some non-standard cats I’d also like to suggest 3pt% and A:TO ratio if it’s not too much work, they seem to be the other typical “10th” cats from anecdotal experience
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I can work on getting that in
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Massmonic 8/14/25
Will durant h2h work for leagues that have a non-standard category like DD?
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goonit878/14/25
Stoked to be back in for another season, best fantasy content out there and it's not close. Can't wait!
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there is a durant h2h $ option in the edit display columns
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#228151 8/14/25
For auction draft leagues, how do we get the $ value to reflect the DUR H2H value? When I sort by DUR H2H the $ values do not change. Thanks!
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catsinoakland 8/14/25
Ladies are here FOR IT, bitches be balling let's gooooooo
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we do not know about yahoo
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Yes, that's what i was trying to say. the weightings are already a part of the DURANT H2H formula
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When does mock drafting open up on Yahoo?
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Pincus 8/14/25
What about for individual categories? Once we've customized settings for a league and activated the DURANT column, are the weights applied to the categories or do we have to apply them manually?
Massmonic 8/14/25
I am very much looking forward to the GRAND OPENING tomorrow. This is by far my favorite fantasy basketball site. Lots of years together.
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Massmonic 8/14/25
I am very much looking forward to the GRAND OPENING tomorrow. This is by far my favorite fantasy basketball site. Lots to year together.
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#2113868/14/25
lets get this money gentlemen
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ken_admin8/14/25
We'll be opening Friday morning.
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when will the next season open? cant wait already!!
DURANT H2H has the weightings in it already
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#257705 8/14/25
Excited to run it back for another year! For the Durant H2H metric, would you recommend changing the stat weighting in settings for our league on BBM (Similar to the Durant 2.0 post you did last year around weighting each cat to reflect your Durant formula and normalise stat distribution), or will changing the weighting in settings have no impact on Durant H2H? I am keen to use that in the Draft Tracker (Which I assume will also be Draft Tracker 2.0 this year)
#568038/14/25
I'm ready to enjoy this season with all of you again. As an aside what site do y'all find has the best paid leagues? I'm lookin to join a few more leagues this year
JZSonic 8/14/25
Hooray! We are back!!! Can't wait for the season to start!
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not yet
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butternest8/13/25
Absolutely pumped for the new season, thanks for all your hard work Josh, Ken, Kyle, and Matt! My office job has been tough going without any fantasy to get me through the day.
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Baldfark8/13/25
I’m a member from last season but can’t seem to renew for this season. Is it now open?
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