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I've had decent success at buying this kind of "edge". There is a ton of free information out there, but if you are willing to shell out a little money upfront,
by swanson 11y ago
I've had decent success at buying this kind of "edge". There is a ton of free information out there, but if you are willing to shell out a little money upfront, you can get pretty close to the same tools the "pros" are using. $50-100 for a season can get you access to algorithmic/machine-learning backed predictions (with secret sauce) and $20/month for high quality lineup optimization tools and automated entry scripts. The vast majority will not pay for tools/projections but for an outlay of ~$100, I won around 10x that on NBA games last season (plus had a lot of fun).
- samsnelling 11y agoWould you mind sharing a few links? I've been interested in the prediction engines for NBA games for a few years now.
- swanson 11y agoSure, here is what I used for last season: https://basketballmonster.com/ https://basketballmonster.com/ for projections (terrible website, but really good). Don't have much information on their approach, but the common wisdom for NBA is to project fantasy points per minute and then predict how many minutes each player will get. Factors also include pace (how many possessions each team will get) and DVP (defense vs position). https://twitter.com/baskmonster https://twitter.com/baskmonster the best twitter account for posting injury/lineup news https://www.fantasycruncher.com/ https://www.fantasycruncher.com/ lineup optimizer and scripting auto-entry. Also has a really nice free feature called "Lineup Rewind" that you can use to "back test" previously days/weeks data. Fantasy Cruncher comes with their own projections, but I didn't use them; you can import the BasketballMonster projections into the tool instead.