I'm in a rotisserie Fantasy League. I am in first place. This makes me feel very happy. This makes me want to write about fantasy NBA.

This is a post I wrote in our fantasy league message board:

The key to winning to rotisserie is to dominate two positions: center and point guards. I'm sorry for all you cellar dwellers that didn't get the memo. Look at the top teams. They're either stacked with points (mine) or with centers (andrew). don and soob have got a nice mix of the two.

Now, looking at point guards, we have to ask, "what characteristics make the best point guards in fantasy?"

I think the most important statistic in fantasy is the assist/turnover ratio. Ratios are more important because it implies dominance in two categories.

Following this reasoning, guess who the best point guard in the league is?

Eric Snow. Haha. Yes! 7.1 assists for 1.9 turnovers. That's an astounding 3.73 assists per turnover.

GP follows behind Eric Snow's fine ass with 3.6 assists/turnover.

Sam "The Alien" Cassell. He follows right behind with 3.125 assists/turnover.

Starbury/JKidd/Nash: 2.96 assists/turnover

BD has a 2.6 assist/turnover ratio, which matches that of Tony Parker.

Now we know who has all the best point guards ;D

I have Jason Kidd, Starbury, and Eric Snow on my team. :D

But seriously, in rotisserie, good point guards are crucial. The backcourt can come help you dominate steals, assists, and will primarily determine your turnover rate (high assist/turnover ratio is a key statistic that is often overlooked). So following this reasoning, Eric Snow is a great late-round pickup. He cannot score worth a crap, but that's why you pick up someone like Ray Allen or Allan Houston (yes, laugh you jerkfaces, I made a good pick up with him) to help offset the lack of scoring.

Now, when you pick up Starbury (arguably the second-best point guard behind Jason Kidd), you're also picking up a point guard who can score with reasonable accuracy. This is a definite plus.

Jason Kidd not only gets mad assists, but he also gets mad rebounds (not sure how this works). So between Eric Snow, Jason Kidd, and Starbury, I've got great assist/turnover ratio with reasonable scoring and rebounding between the three.

Now I just need to shore up my centers. I have Camby and Chandler on my team; Chandler was a golden pick-up (averaging somthing like 13 pnts/10 boards) until he got that stupid back injury.

Everyone in my league laughs at Camby, but he's such a solid player whe he's healthy. In a league that is completely devoid of centers, you need solid centers to play. Not everyone get Shaquille, Duncan or Jermaine so you gotta pick up a decent mid-round pickup like Marcus Camby, Tyson Chandler, Kurt Thomas or Brad Miller. Camby is often overlooked because of his injuries ... but in rotisserie, he is a beast. He has a relatively high free throw percentage for centers and he manages 2+ blocks a game. He also averages upwards of 10 boards a game, which is wonderful. I picked him up pretty late in the draft and was ecstatic to have him.

I'm not too big on picking up shooting guards of forwards early; they're a dime a dozen and you can find them pretty easily; so many of the teams in my league picked up too many guard-forwards (sung) and it bit them in the ass later.