Fantasy basketball and positions go together about as well as a peanut butter and tuna fish sandwich. In fact, maybe only Michael Scott could understand why this is still a thing. It is nothing more than an unnecessary pain in the ass that makes playing less fun.
Basketball isn’t about positions anymore, so why does it matter in fantasy? Almost every player is eligible for at least two positions anyway. It feels like Chris Paul is the only dude without a PG/SG designation. Every small forward is also a power forward. This is dumb.
It’s time for fantasy basketball to rid itself of the outdated yoke of positions. It is an unnecessary burden that sort of feels like a joke at this point. We aren’t in 1988 when every team could only handle one player at each spot.
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Abolishing roster positions in fantasy basketball recognizes the differences in the game today. It’s not like football or baseball, where positions remained clearly defined. If you blindly looked at NBA player stat comparisons, you likely wouldn’t have any idea what position they played based on the numbers.
Sure, tall guys get more rebounds and point guards lead most teams in assists, but the distribution of stats is far more spread out than ten years ago. Back in the day, building a fantasy basketball team was about strategy, especially in roto leagues. Are you going to forfeit some categories to excel in others? Can you collect enough elsewhere to push you ahead of the field?
Now, fantasy basketball is simply picking some guys, setting your roster and praying. And there is nothing wrong with that in daily leagues. That is why they exist. But in season-long leagues, there is a better way.
Managers should be free to draft teams and set their active roster with no position requirements. Open things up to new strategies and the ability to think differently. If someone wants to go with 12 bigs and pulverize rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage while hoping they get enough elsewhere to win the league, let them.
At the end of the day, fantasy basketball and positions just don’t mix. Let’s shake things up.
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