A Fickle Fantasy: Week 1

We are still working some of the kinks out of fantasy basketball because the uneven schedule means not every player has two games each weekend. We decided that those cases are like a bye week for football. The lineups are set before Friday and can’t be changed during the weekend.

Also, a clarification on the scoring. Since this is rotisserie style (lame chicken jokes are always in fashion), this week’s stats merely go towards the running total as the year goes on. A point scored this weekend counts the exact same as one scored in the final week.

Alright, so after some back and forth about who we could start, here is what we both settled on.

The first weekend saw a couple of really notable performances from Dan Wohl ’15, David George ’17 and most of all Joseph Lin ’15. My team combined had the same number of assists (22) that Lin had by himself for Joe. Lin got some love from former teammate Matt Hart on Twitter, as well.

Tough loss for my boys tonight…but my man @Joelinsta had 16 points and 16 assists with 1 TO. Keep killing it boy!!

— Matthew Hart (@Matt_Hart30) January 10, 2015

A strong number of assists from Luke Westman ’16 means Joe has a commanding lead in that category. However, the flip side of that is my massive lead in rebounding, 104-69.

The irony of those two categories is that Joe drafted big men early while I targeted guards. Yet, two of my guards, Wohl and Johnny McCarthy ’18, are talented rebounders, combining for 40 rebounds but only eight assists. The big lead for Joe in free throw percentage is in large part due to Wohl’s struggles down the stretch of the Trinity game.

Joe’s edge in efficiency (thanks to George and Westman) puts him in a slight lead after Week 1, but the big edge I hold in counting categories like blocks and three pointers made will be important over the long term. As the weeks go on, we will adjust our roster slightly to try to make up for the shortcomings of our roster.

Overall Score: 5-3 Lin and Tonic