Category Archives: NBA Basketball

RotoValue now showing player news from RotoBaller.com

Posted on 3 August, 2021 by Geoff

RotoValue is now partnering with RotoBaller.com for player news. Starting this month, we will now be showing RotoBaller player news for both NBA and MLB. This will give better fantasy focused news items for players throughout the site. The main place … Continue reading →

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2021 NBA Projections on RotoValue

Posted on 19 December, 2020 by Geoff

I’ve released RotoValue 2021 NBA individual projections. RotoValue projections take into account a player’s NBA statistics, age, position, and their depth chart position (if any) to predict statistics totals. The model regresses all players to a per-position league average, so … Continue reading →

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Professional Standings Now Available on RotoValue

Posted on 10 June, 2018 by Geoff

RotoValue now also shows professional standings for both MLB and NBA. And, like the fantasy standings pages, you can customize them to any date range you like. So if you want to see how your team has done since a particular … Continue reading →

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RV Current for NBA

Posted on 24 November, 2014 by Geoff

Similar to what I’ve done with baseball, I’m now running new projections daily for NBA players under the name RV Current. These projections add current year data into the model, increasing the weight given to the current season as more … Continue reading →

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Tracking Injuries…

Posted on 28 October, 2014 by Geoff

I’ve just rolled out some enhancements to RotoValue’s handling of injury reports. Now in addition to displaying reports, and highlighting the injury on player searches, I’ve added a new field, called Target Return:

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2015 NBA Projections Take 1

Posted on 14 October, 2014 by Geoff

I’ve run the first version of my 2015 NBA Stat projections. There are two versions, RotoValue and AdjRotoValue. My model starts with a weighted average of recent performance, adds regression to a per-position mean, and applies an aging adjustment (very … Continue reading →

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RotoValue Now Uses RotoWire Player News

Posted on 3 August, 2014 by Geoff

The player news and analysis notes shown on RotoValue now come from RotoWire instead of RotoWorld. My feed provider for news, XML Team Solutions, contacted me Friday to let me know they had lost the ability to send RotoWorld data, … Continue reading →

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Hedging Your Bets on the Nets?

Posted on 7 May, 2014 by Geoff

On Monday, Nate Silver looked at the odds of winning a second-round playoff series after going 7 games to win the first round, and found that your chances to win go down:  Original SRS odds: Miami 88 percent to win … Continue reading →

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Initial 2014 NBA Projections – Lillard Stands Out

Posted on 15 October, 2013 by Geoff

I’ve completed the first cut NBA projections for 2013-2014, and was surprised to see second-year Blazers point guard Damian Lillard rank 4th in overall RotoValue for both an 8 category and 9 category format. Last year’s rookie of the year was a good … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Basketball Mid-Season Awards

Posted on 19 February, 2013 by Geoff

Fantasy MVP: Kevin Durant This one is clear. In both my long-time NBA league and the 8 and 9 category format, Durant holds a small, but clear, edge over LeBron James. James may have a ring, but Durant helps a … Continue reading →

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