scud i like to use these 2 stats also. ( of course you have to do the math yourself )

 

Personal foul efficiency measures ratio of steals plus blocks to personal fouls. Indicates how efficiently a player forces turnovers, removing the bias of jump-happy or slaptastic players who accumulate deceptive block or steal totals.

 

FT Rate: FTM / (FGA + TO + (0.44 x FTA))
Even when you subtract technical free throws (not reflected in this equation), most of the best scorers in the league have an FT Rate of over 0.20. For example, Paul Pierce has an FTA Rate of 0.29, meaning he averages 0.29 points from the line per Celtics possession he uses.

Yeah I have few formulas I like to use, my version of scoring efficiency:

((Point Scored-FTM) + (FTM*.75))/FGA

It's basically points scored per shot factoring in the less FTM a player will make in the SIM.  A good rate for a player is 1.3 or above for a team is 1.2 or above. 

Also just use a simple one for fouls:

Total Fouls/Total Minutes

Looking for a factor of .082 or below but can go higher depending on other variables. 

Is the 14.5 usage points the number you want in the game at any given time?

Yeah sorta.  I try to get that number for my SL and then have backups in similar usage tiers.  Sometimes that number will drop to 12.5 or even 10.5 depending on how I set up my roster... but for my SL, I aim for 14.5

vancem, you're a riot! however, can't remember the last time i "kicked your a s s ."

you guys with your formulas... being an english major, i'm always impressed (and totally intimidated) with algerbraic formulas. however, i can't read music either, but can play the hell out of the piano. kinda like this sim stuff, can't put formulas together, but know how to build teams (sometimes).

i don't want to understand the usage "points" system, rather, just play it by ear using %'s, cap,  and depth chart. not the best system, but i live a good life. haha.

One of my "secrets" to the sim is that I fully expect to win every league I participate in.  If you have any doubts at all, you need to rebuild your squad.  Every single time I've entered a league with a squad I didn't think would win, well, I was right.  Now, obviously, nobody can win the 'ship in every single league they play in, but if you keep that mindset, I think you'll always be competitive.  I've missed the playoffs in a grand total of 5 leagues (3 of them were progressives) out of 115 (not counting 6 current leagues), and I think much of that is my over-analyzation of my squads before I ever even click the "create team" button.

Now that is probably zero help with the original question of the thread, but I feel it's very important.  Confidence is key.  No, my guys don't play better because I expect to win it all... but I make better teams because I refuse to accept entering a squad that I don't feel is competitive, even if I'm doing something gimmicky like my Wilt-Trip Dub attempts, double Barkley attempts, or Wiltzilla attempts.

As for OLs... I can give you some straight up advice on how to dominate them.  I can provide a true cookie-cutter for that specific league.  It's completely opposite my usual theory for building teams (lots of high efg% guys) but it is very effective.

im with scud on this one...im trying to do the least amount of math as possible when building my teams....the most i usually do is figuring out what 239,000 x 3/4/5 is since i can never seem to remember

I actually don't do a whole lot of math... I know the usage tiers, so I add that up.  I don't typically do the whole "cookie-cutter" build thing anymore.  I just know what I want out of every position really and go for guys that will give it to me.  Then I might add some totals of some advanced stats just to see... and then make adjustments if I'm unhappy with it.  But mostly I just do that math in my head (quick addition).  I don't really run the big complex formulas that others might (though I do have a spreadsheet set up with all kinds of them... but that's mostly for post-season analysis, not team building analysis).

Posted by chris_snid on 6/19/2012 3:05:00 PM (view original):

scud i like to use these 2 stats also. ( of course you have to do the math yourself )

 

Personal foul efficiency measures ratio of steals plus blocks to personal fouls. Indicates how efficiently a player forces turnovers, removing the bias of jump-happy or slaptastic players who accumulate deceptive block or steal totals.

 

FT Rate: FTM / (FGA + TO + (0.44 x FTA))
Even when you subtract technical free throws (not reflected in this equation), most of the best scorers in the league have an FT Rate of over 0.20. For example, Paul Pierce has an FTA Rate of 0.29, meaning he averages 0.29 points from the line per Celtics possession he uses.

well scud i'm no math guru thats for sure. Personal foul efficiency is really just and eyeball test. Lets say i draft 750 steals and 750 blocks combined thats 1500. Now I would want my personal fouls to be less than 1500. very simple. The reason i do this is because i don't want to give away free throw opportunities without having a fair chance of causing a turnover.

Now FT rate i usually only use when i have wilt or shaq ( players that have tons of fta's and have terrible ft%'s) For example i'm going to post team stats of my 52 mil league team. even tho the season is only 16 games old you can see the effect ft rate has on wilt.

player          rlft rate      simft rate    rl ft%   sim ft%
wilt               .20              .10            44.1    43.4    
richmond     .22               .15           86.1     83.8 
 ginobili        .27               .21           86.       89.6
brandon       .24               .24          88.7      95.9

i drafted richmond, ginobili, brandon ( alway 2 on the floor  making wilt the 3rd option) partly because they have higher ft rates than wilt (They also have higher usage% than wilt). i was hoping to cut down on wilts fta. if you look at the team stats below you can see the impact. also this team has a 77% ft average. Where rl ft% would be around 69%

Team: Nuclear Fission Coach: chris_snid Arena: Staples Center

Record: 10-6 Home: 6-3 Away: 4-3

Conference: 10-6 (3rd) Division: 7-3 (2nd) Last 10: 6-4

Also this team has a rl ft rate of .20 good for a nba team and has a .15 ft rate after 16 games in the sim.