The Thief in Action

This post describes my latest trade with another team in my league, a classic 2-1 deal. In it, I describe some of the methods of coercion and communication used to, for lack of a better word, bully the other manager into inking that deal. Hey, they don’t call me The Thief for nothing!

This Much I Promise You: There Will Be Injuries

This post discusses the many injuries that will occur throughout the NBA season, their impact on fantasy teams, and how to position yourself to not get hurt. Specifically we break down the different types of injuries, how to assess them, and then how to react to the different situations. We then go on to discuss trading strategies for both your injured players and those of other managers.

What Separates US from THEM?

In this article I’ll go over the week’s top buy low and sell high players from the NFL. However I’ve also added in some key tips to make sure you’re focusing on the right ways to win the season.

Fantasy Football: Getting Playoff Ready

With trading deadlines looming, and many managers who’ve had poor starts getting ready to ‘check out’, now is the time to get your team ready for the playoffs. In this post I’ll describe what I mean by getting ‘playoff ready’ as well as offer some targets for your team to go after.

Inside The Thief’s Toolbox: Multi Player Trades

In this post I discuss the various multiple player trade offers you can make in fantasy sports, and how to structure them to your own benefit. What’s important is to make sure that you learn the process, so that when you are trading with someone else, it’s you netting the benefits not them. It’s you inking the 2-1 deal, and not the one getting two fer oned.

Week Seven Lottery Ticket Players

As we inch closer to the trade deadline for most fantasy leagues, time is of the essence in inking those important deals. It’s pivotal that that we now begin to implement the ‘playoff ready’ process, so that our teams can get settled into cruise control and focus can shift onto fantasy basketball. As I’ve mentioned [...]

Fantasy Basketball: What’s The Most Valuable Category?

This is one of my more favorite posts to write each season. It’s one of those areas where I really feel that I add value that you’re not otherwise seeing elsewhere. I mean, by and large every single fantasy sports oriented website out there focuses exclusively on player rankings. Who’s going to have the better [...]

When a Bad Trade is Actually a Good Trade

In fantasy football, a manager’s bench players serve a great many purposes. First and foremost, it’s the breeding grounds for what I like to call ‘lottery tickets’. These are players that are ignored by the fantasy sports community, yet are in a position where if things go right, they could end up being a huge [...]

The Post That Wins You The League

For some unknown reason, the fantasy sports community continues to undervalue top tier players. In my best estimation, it is because ‘experts’ rely on a hard ranking system that doesn’t accentuate the magnitude of differences in player abilities. By acknowledging this, preparing for it and using it to our advantage, we gain a huge advantage over the competition. Moreover, analysis like this goes a long way towards informing you of how much you should be willing to pay for the players you get.

Taking Advantage of Emotions

By highlighting those players who’re currently performing well above their expected level for the season as sell high candidates, and alternately highlighting those who’re performing well below their expected level for the season as buy low candidates, we’re actually highlighting situations where other managers in the leagues’ emotions are overcoming them. My sell high player is the guy that everyone in my league is salivating over. Their buy low players are the guys they are dying to get off their team page, yet no one else would touch (except us!). Targeting these players in trades is the path to league domination.

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