Help & how things work.

9-category (9-cat)

The standard category league format: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, three-pointers made, field-goal %, free-throw %, and turnovers. Each weekly matchup is won category by category.

Stocks

Steals plus blocks — the defensive counting stats. They're scarce, so players who pile them up carry outsized fantasy value. (Half of our name.)

Buckets

Scoring — points, and the efficiency that comes with them. The other half of all-around fantasy value.

Punting

Deliberately giving up on one or more categories to dominate the rest. Punting free-throw %, for example, lets you roster high-volume bigs who'd otherwise sink your week.

Z-score

How many standard deviations a player is above or below average in a category. Summing Z-scores across categories is the classic way to rank all-around value.

G-score

A refinement of the Z-score that accounts for how categories actually swing weekly head-to-head matchups. It's the valuation we rank by, because it's held up best in our backtests.

Replacement level

The value of a freely available waiver-wire player. A player is only worth what they produce above replacement — it's how you compare a star to a streamer.

Usage rate

The share of a team's possessions a player uses while on the court. Higher usage usually means more counting stats — and is one of the biggest drivers of fantasy value.

MPG / GP

Minutes per game and games played. Opportunity (minutes) and availability (games) decide most of a player's season value — which is why we project them explicitly.

B2B (back-to-back)

Two games on consecutive nights. Stars often rest the second leg, and the number of B2Bs in a week shapes streaming and start/sit calls.

Streaming

Cycling low-rostered players in and out based on the weekly schedule — adding bodies on heavy game nights to win counting categories.

ADP

Average draft position — where a player typically gets picked. The gap between ADP and our ranking is where draft-day value (or a reach) lives.

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