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Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Finding and joining a fantasy basketball site sometimes can be a daunting task because so many options are available and most of the sites look alike. Just because sites look similar does not necessarily mean they measure up in value. Some sites offer free leagues, others paid — and some sites provide only standard league options while others allow you to customize the league to the format you prefer.
Article / Updated 06-09-2022
A basketball court has symmetry; one half of the court is a mirror image of the other. The entire basketball court (see Figure 1) is 94 feet by 50 feet. On each half-court, painted lines show the free throw lane and circle, as well as the three-point arc, whose distance from the basket varies based on the level of hoops being played.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Although astronauts don't play basketball on the moon — the low force of gravity there would make for a fun game — hoops is played almost everywhere else. In prison yards. On ships. Chevy Chase's Fletch character in the movie Fletch — ignoring the wisdom of The Brady Bunch — used his living room as a court. You really need little more than a flat surface roughly the size of a classroom and at least 20 feet of vertical space.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
You'll get a lot more out of watching a basketball game on TV — or even live — if you do more than watch the ball go into the hoop. Check out these insider tips for catching the real action and increasing your enjoyment of the sport. Anticipate the next pass Try to think like the players. When you can anticipate the next pass, you are as connected to the players as you can be from your living room.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Press is short for pressure. Often called a full-court press, this is an attacking defense employed in the backcourt, where the objective is to force a turnover. Usually used after a made basket, the pressing team swarms all over the opponents in the backcourt; if the opponents successfully get the ball past half-court (called breaking the press), the pressing team usually falls back into their normal defense.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
If you are interested in joining a fantasy sports team, and your sport of choice is basketball, then the first thing you will need to understand is how to properly score your players at the end of each game. Three factors determine how you will score your players: league format, player allowance, and what scoring system your league uses.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
When making the tough decision about which fantasy basketball league to join, you should know the difference between the two main league formats: standard and custom leagues. Within each of these two categories, you have to choose among several subcategories like the positions included, point scoring system, rotations, stats scored, and trade allowances to determine what game format will best work for you.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
If you are considering joining a fantasy basketball league, you need to take into account the following DOs and DON’Ts before considering the players you want to draft onto your team. Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/IS_ImageSource Fantasy basketball draft pick DOs In most fantasy basketball leagues, the commissioner (person who sets up the league) decides the order in which league members get to draft their players and assigns “keeper” players to all the league members.