So what's the word?
With the NBA draft fast approaching, it was time to get our 1st round of 2009/10 K - F - B - A playa rankings uploaded.... Player rankings and Draft Boards are key to turning on offseason keeper/pick trading, lest some eager GM make bad decisions based on yesterday's news. We all know its always best to make bad decisions based on tommorrows faulty projections.
Player Ranking has always been a tricky and highly subject endeavor in any fantasy sport and, most fortunately, Kentucky Fried Basketball has been no exception.
From its incredibly pure origins, where the previous season's KF Average was sorted in descending order and Zarko Varda could end up as the 8th ranked player...
Top 16 KF Rankings in the summer of 2002:
| # |
Pos |
Player |
NBA |
Gms |
Mins/G |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
| 1 |
C |
Shaquille O'Neal |
LAL |
67 |
36.2 |
1.203 |
1.229 |
1.263 |
| 2 |
C |
Tim Duncan |
SAS |
82 |
40.6 |
1.112 |
1.047 |
1.078 |
| 3 |
F |
Chris Webber |
SAK |
54 |
38.4 |
1.107 |
1.121 |
1.116 |
| 4 |
F |
Tracy McGrady |
ORL |
76 |
38.3 |
1.078 |
1.045 |
0.901 |
| 5 |
F |
Kevin Garnett |
MIN |
81 |
39.2 |
1.052 |
1.049 |
1.067 |
| 6 |
G |
Michael Jordan |
WAS |
60 |
34.9 |
1.021 |
|
|
| 7 |
G |
Allen Iverson |
PHI |
60 |
43.7 |
1.016 |
1.008 |
0.958 |
| 8 |
C |
Ratko Varda |
DET |
1 |
6.0 |
1.000 |
|
|
| 9 |
F |
Dirk Nowitzki |
DAL |
76 |
38.0 |
0.996 |
0.925 |
0.783 |
| 10 |
G |
Kobe Bryant |
LAL |
80 |
38.3 |
0.996 |
1.018 |
0.948 |
| 11 |
F |
Karl Malone |
UTA |
80 |
38.0 |
0.995 |
1.058 |
1.129 |
| 12 |
G |
Paul Pierce |
BOS |
82 |
40.3 |
0.973 |
0.979 |
0.874 |
| 13 |
G |
Gary Payton |
SEA |
82 |
40.3 |
0.941 |
0.918 |
0.997 |
| 14 |
F |
Elton Brand |
LAC |
80 |
37.8 |
0.931 |
0.918 |
0.930 |
| 15 |
F |
Shareef Abdur-Rahim |
ATL |
77 |
38.7 |
0.923 |
0.869 |
0.911 |
| 16 |
G |
Jason Kidd |
NJN |
82 |
37.3 |
0.918 |
0.892 |
0.872 |
... to the endearingly flawed efforts of yours truly attempting to do it solo (and laying the full force of my bad judgement on the line) that ended with Kris Humphries ranked 8 spots ahead of David West...
Top 16 KF Rankings in the summer of 2005:
| Rank |
Pos |
FirstName |
LastName |
Team |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| 1 |
F |
Kevin |
Garnett |
MIN |
|
1.153 |
1.186 |
1.121 |
| 2 |
C |
Tim |
Duncan |
SAS |
|
1.122 |
1.133 |
1.111 |
| 3 |
F |
LeBron |
James |
CLE |
|
1.053 |
0.877 |
|
| 4 |
F |
Amare |
Stoudemire |
PHO |
|
1.084 |
0.919 |
0.799 |
| 5 |
C |
Shaquille |
O'Neal |
MIA |
|
1.138 |
1.057 |
1.178 |
| 6 |
F |
Dirk |
Nowitzki |
DAL |
|
1.075 |
0.944 |
1.038 |
| 7 |
C |
Jermaine |
O'Neal |
IND |
|
1.079 |
0.992 |
0.976 |
| 8 |
G |
Kobe |
Bryant |
LAL |
|
1.022 |
0.975 |
1.104 |
| 9 |
G |
Tracy |
McGrady |
HOU |
|
0.981 |
1.040 |
1.181 |
| 10 |
C |
Yao |
Ming |
HOU |
|
0.976 |
0.916 |
0.879 |
| 11 |
G |
Allen |
Iverson |
PHI |
|
1.067 |
0.925 |
0.946 |
| 12 |
G |
Dwyane |
Wade |
MIA |
|
1.000 |
0.768 |
|
| 13 |
G |
Paul |
Pierce |
BOS |
|
0.955 |
0.953 |
1.026 |
| 14 |
F |
Elton |
Brand |
LAC |
|
0.943 |
0.947 |
0.911 |
| 15 |
G |
Vince |
Carter |
NJN |
|
0.980 |
0.896 |
0.886 |
| 16 |
G |
Baron |
Davis |
GSW |
|
0.960 |
0.933 |
0.781 |
"10th Round" in for summer of 2005:
| Rank |
Pos |
FirstName |
LastName |
Team |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| 145 |
F |
Gerald |
Green |
BOS |
|
|
|
|
| 146 |
F |
Travis |
Outlaw |
POR |
|
0.687 |
0.737 |
|
| 147 |
G |
Sebastian |
Telfair |
POR |
|
0.622 |
|
|
| 148 |
F |
Wally |
Szczerbiak |
MIN |
|
0.705 |
0.675 |
0.739 |
| 149 |
G |
Josh |
Childress |
ATL |
|
0.652 |
|
|
| 150 |
F |
Andre |
Iguodala |
PHI |
|
0.609 |
|
|
| 151 |
F |
Kris |
Humphries |
UTA |
|
0.643 |
|
|
| 152 |
F |
Trevor |
Ariza |
NYK |
|
0.639 |
|
|
| 153 |
F |
Charlie |
Villanueva |
TOR |
|
|
|
|
| 154 |
G |
Dan |
Dickau |
NOH |
|
0.715 |
0.599 |
0.635 |
| 155 |
F |
Nick |
Collison |
SEA |
|
0.685 |
|
|
| 156 |
F |
Matt |
Harpring |
UTA |
|
0.696 |
0.736 |
0.824 |
| 157 |
C |
Alonzo |
Mourning |
MIA |
|
0.826 |
0.647 |
|
| 158 |
F |
Luis |
Scola |
|
|
|
|
|
| 159 |
F |
David |
West |
NOH |
|
0.663 |
0.736 |
|
| 160 |
F |
Kwame |
Brown |
WAS |
|
0.635 |
0.709 |
0.681 |
To all the good times we've the last few seasons courtesy of gracious volunteers in mock drafts looking to "pimp" the rankings of their keeper wares (or, on occasion, believing their own hype - I'm talking to you Amir Johson!)
In keeping with the glorious KFBA spirit of imperfection the Colonel and I decided to try something a little different this year.
Namely we made a game out of it and put some dough on the line.
The rules were as follows. Each of us would select 50 players. The colonel went first and we alternated throughout.
Our score at the end of season will be the Sum of the KF Averages of our highest 40 performers. Any player that does not pay a min of 1000 minutes is disqualified.
Top score wins.
Positions do not matter.
The Colonel picked 1st and is represented by odd numbers. I am the evens.
After drafting the first 100, we took 20 more and then ranked the remaining players based on last season's KFAvg * Minutes Played in decending order.
This was before last week's draft, but all projected rookies were available. Only Blake Griffin was selected (at #71).
Also note this was before some major trades that were completed last week.
The full results can be viewed here:
http://kfba.net/cs/forums/p/8833/28124.aspx#28124
The top 32 picks were as follows:
| NewRank |
Pos |
FirstName |
LastName |
NBATeamAbbr |
KFAvgYTD |
| 1 |
F |
LeBron |
James |
CLE |
1.237985 |
| 2 |
G |
Dwyane |
Wade |
MIA |
1.212957 |
| 3 |
C |
Dwight |
Howard |
ORL |
1.125942 |
| 4 |
G |
Chris |
Paul |
NOH |
1.113399 |
| 5 |
G |
Kobe |
Bryant |
LAL |
1.092186 |
| 6 |
C |
Tim |
Duncan |
SAS |
1.077666 |
| 7 |
F |
Carmelo |
Anthony |
DEN |
1.012912 |
| 8 |
F |
Dirk |
Nowitzki |
DAL |
1.026185 |
| 9 |
C |
Al |
Jefferson |
MIN |
1.050717 |
| 10 |
F |
Danny |
Granger |
IND |
1.010456 |
| 11 |
F |
Chris |
Bosh |
TOR |
0.986491 |
| 12 |
F |
Kevin |
Durant |
SEA |
0.946338 |
| 13 |
C |
Yao |
Ming |
HOU |
1.014879 |
| 14 |
G |
Deron |
Williams |
UTA |
0.946494 |
| 15 |
F |
Amare |
Stoudemire |
PHO |
0.921558 |
| 16 |
F |
Kevin |
Garnett |
BOS |
0.950716 |
| 17 |
G |
Tony |
Parker |
SAS |
0.978943 |
| 18 |
C |
Shaquille |
O'Neal |
PHO |
1.013526 |
| 19 |
F |
Zach |
Randolph |
LAC |
0.985566 |
| 20 |
G |
Devin |
Harris |
NJN |
0.936231 |
| 21 |
G |
Brandon |
Roy |
POR |
0.921875 |
| 22 |
F |
Carlos |
Boozer |
UTA |
0.940577 |
| 23 |
G |
Emmanuel |
Ginobili |
SAS |
0.967128 |
| 24 |
C |
Andris |
Biedrins |
GSW |
0.932314 |
| 25 |
F |
Pau |
Gasol |
LAL |
0.922452 |
| 26 |
C |
Andrew |
Bynum |
LAL |
0.907173 |
| 27 |
G |
Steve |
Nash |
PHO |
0.884395 |
| 28 |
F |
Charlie |
Villanueva |
MIL |
0.985895 |
| 29 |
G |
Vince |
Carter |
NJN |
0.880536 |
| 30 |
G |
Kevin |
Martin |
SAK |
0.856325 |
| 31 |
F |
David |
Lee |
NYK |
0.904779 |
| 32 |
C |
Marcus |
Camby |
LAC |
0.865963 |
Thoughts?
Who says the Colonel is walking away with this thing? Any votes for the Broham?
Posted
06-29-2009 7:03 PM
by
broham