Alright, so I wanted to figure out how many fantasy points my NBA players were getting me each night. I’m in a couple of leagues, and keeping track manually was becoming a real pain. So, I decided to build a simple fantasy points calculator. Nothing fancy, just something to do the math for me.
Getting Started
First, I needed to know the scoring system for my leagues. They’re pretty standard, but I double-checked:
- Points: 1 point each
- Rebounds: 1.2 points each
- Assists: 1.5 points each
- Steals: 3 points each
- Blocks: 3 points each
- Turnovers: -1 point each
Putting It Together
I started by grabbing a piece of paper – yeah, I’m old school sometimes. I jotted down the categories and then started writing down some basic formulas. It’s really straightforward:
Fantasy Points = (Points x 1) + (Rebounds x 1.2) + (Assists x 1.5) + (Steals x 3) + (Blocks x 3) + (Turnovers x -1)
Doing Some Tests
Now for the fun part – testing it out! I grabbed some recent box scores from a few games.
Let’s take LeBron James’s stat line from a game : 25 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers.
I just plugged in the numbers:
(25 x 1) + (8 x 1.2) + (10 x 1.5) + (2 x 3) + (1 x 3) + (4 x -1)
That’s 25 + 9.6 + 15 + 6 + 3 – 4 = 54.6 fantasy points.
I did this for a few more players, just to make sure my math was right and everything was adding up correctly. Worked like a charm!
Final Thoughts
It is pretty basic, and now I have a quick way to calculate fantasy points. It is a useful tool. It is much more convenient.
