Fantasy Basketball: Buy Low and Sell High Targets

By Dave Fuqua | Dec 15, 2014

Dec 14, 2014; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) laughs with head coach Byron Scott during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 100-94. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports

I hope that you have been reading these articles and going out and buying our buy low targets while moving the guys who are performing at their ceiling. Winning fantasy basketball leagues takes season long consistent management, and missing windows for buying or selling opportunities can often cost you the season. A well timed and executed trade can be a major force in where your team finishes and whether or not you have the staying power to pull off a championship.

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In most of my leagues, I love to make trades. It keeps the game a little bit exciting and thrilling, and I believe that in most of the leagues that I win it is because of well timed trades and waiver pickups. You see, for me a there is a difference between a trade that most people consider “trade-rape” for lack of a better word, and the well timed trade where you ship a guy to another team before his value falls, or if you buy into a guy before he breaks out.

To me, that is what makes this game somewhat like chess for me as opposed to just drafting a team and throwing them out there every week and hoping for the best. I believe it was Kobe Bryant with the quote:

"These young guys are playing checkers, I’m out here playing chess"

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Nov 25, 2014; New Orleans, LA, USA; Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins (15) argues with referee Eric Lewis (42) after head coach Michael Malone (not pictured) was ejected from the game during the second quarter of a game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

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Dec 6, 2014; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington (33) drives to the basket against Detroit Pistons forward Kyle Singler (25) during the first quarter at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

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