Fantasy Basketball
The NBA wasn’t the first league to have a fantasy sport, but with the dedicated fan base it was only a matter of time before fantasy basketball leagues sprang up. As in other fantasy leagues, participants in fantasy basketball leagues draft players to create teams that compete against teams drafted by other members of the fantasy league. The … Keep Reading → statistical performance of the players in real NBA games dictates the success of the fantasy teams. It doesn’t matter how actual NBA teams perform, only the individual players that are on the fantasy teams. Typical NBA statistics such as points, rebounds, steals, blocks, and assists are measured. One nuance of fantasy leagues is that because they are based on statistics the “intangible” qualities that are often valued on real world sports teams have no value for fantasy sports. It’s all about the stats.
