What Cats do I tank?

Mikchek · Post #1 » by **Mikchek** » Wed Oct 8, 2008 3:46 pm

I'm in a 10 team standard cat keeper league and we got to keep 5 players and 2 bubbles....next year we will get to keep 5 players and a rookie or a sophomore...so I want to stay on point...

Here is my team:

Amare
caron butler
bynum
danny granger

I can't decide on the last
roy
durant

I think I am pretty strong in FG%, PTS, REB and BLKS but I'm wondering what cats I should tank...butler is my only person with strong steals...I was thinkin to pick from FT%, AST, ST, or TO....I already don't have any AST but I do have a whole draft ahead of me...

hamncheese · Post #2 » by **hamncheese** » Thu Oct 9, 2008 12:32 pm

If you have Amare as one your bigs and keepers, you probably shouldn't tank ft% as that's one his clear strengths. I would consider tanking assists, in particular if you consider the other keepers in your league, you're not likly to draft a high assist point guard... but you could draft PG eligibles who'll get 3's and other stats like a Barbosa or Terry.

Post #3 » by **Curtis Lemansky** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:56 am

Tank assissts;keep Durant(Roy's value takes a significant hit if you take out assists)

Mikchek · Post #4 » by **Mikchek** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:46 pm

I was thinkin about tanking TOs and PTS after more research....AST, ST, 3s and BLKS are rare cats...if you can be good at them then you can win and hold your own at points

hamncheese · Post #5 » by **hamncheese** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:09 am

Mikchek wrote:I was thinkin about tanking TOs and PTS after more research....AST, ST, 3s and BLKS are rare cats...if you can be good at them then you can win and hold your own at points

I don't disagree with a strategy that involves tanking TOs and PTs but with the keepers you have, I have a hard time believing that you can be strong in assists without hurting yourself in other ways. With 50 keeprs in your, you wont' have many high assist players to choose from and you might have to reach in order to be good in assists. You would then keep Roy over Durant as well. Since assists are a rare category as you correctly researched, it means other managers will be competing for them, whcih you can use to your advantage to draft players whose strengths are noti in assists. And if you tank assists, you don't tank turnovers.

Also, you have the foundation of a good scoring team (keeping Durant over Roy), so I wouldn't consider tanking PTS.