Showdown Week 1

Every matchup

Four of eight went 5-4

Category totals for the full week as Yahoo has them, with the winner of each category highlighted. Stat corrections land Monday US time and could still move a decimal.

Voss Angeles LukasJustin

5-4

Zombie SonicsKenny

Decided by .004 of free-throw percentage

Category	Justin	Kenny
FG%	.438	.410
FT%	.807	.803
3PM	54	45
PTS	379	469
REB	141	210
AST	103	108
ST	25	45
BLK	20	18
TO	67	80

Match winnerLuka Doncic: 103 points, 24 assists and 15 threes in three games. He also turned it over 21 times.

What it costPrecious Achiuwa went 0 for 6 at the line on Sunday. One make and Kenny takes FT% and the week.

ChetGPT - ActivatedRon

4-5

White Boy SummerWilliam

William wins on threes, points and ball security

Category	Ron	William
FG%	.475	.472
FT%	.778	.816
3PM	43	51
PTS	413	441
REB	177	144
AST	78	88
ST	40	31
BLK	33	16
TO	61	50

Match winnerAustin Reaves: 80 points, 19 assists, 26 of 29 from the line. Duncan Robinson, a $0 pickup, hit five threes in every game.

What it costTake Robinson's 15 threes and 59 points away and Ron wins 3PM, PTS and the week. Ron's own $3 add, Anfernee Simons, shot 3 of 17.

Lift Small Bunt BallFrank

3-6

MassimobanyamaJono

Jono's bigs ran the glass and the rim

Category	Frank	Jono
FG%	.500	.456
FT%	.780	.753
3PM	37	57
PTS	395	479
REB	119	189
AST	82	96
ST	18	36
BLK	20	38
TO	56	61

Match winnerWalker Kessler shot 23 of 28 with 9 blocks. Wemby added 33 boards and 12 blocks, and Herro hit 10 threes.

What it costFrank's team managed 18 steals and 119 rebounds, both bottom two in the league, with Knueppel and Tobias Harris on IL.

Wheelin & DealinAaron

3-5-1

WTJ curse of the Big ManDavid

Steals by one, turnovers dead level at 63

Category	Aaron	David
FG%	.428	.464
FT%	.733	.763
3PM	52	48
PTS	426	512
REB	151	139
AST	108	124
ST	31	30
BLK	17	22
TO	63	63

Match winnerShai: 83 points, 5 steals, 5 blocks and only 4 turnovers. Davion Mitchell dished 26 assists.

What it costMikal Bridges went 5 of 23 with zero threes in three games. Collin Gillespie shot 4 of 15 and 1 of 4 at the line.

Daniel's Dyson DanielsDan

7-2

KePangKevin

Dan beat everyone this week, not just Kevin

Category	Dan	Kevin
FG%	.487	.400
FT%	.761	.873
3PM	67	46
PTS	612	466
REB	196	178
AST	110	88
ST	41	40
BLK	21	15
TO	71	59

Match winnerTy Jerome, the 104th pick, scored 104 points on 36 of 64. Ant hit 13 threes and Dyson Daniels had 13 steals.

What it costMaxey was the best player in fantasy and Kevin still lost 7-2. Raynaud, Steven Adams and Porzingis gave him nothing, and Kevin has not made a move.

B2b dnpsJing

4-5

Speaker For The DNPWilson

The DNP derby, decided by nine points

Category	Jing	Wilson
FG%	.457	.482
FT%	.688	.719
3PM	51	41
PTS	479	488
REB	164	158
AST	136	128
ST	30	36
BLK	13	12
TO	71	67

Match winnerHaliburton: 65 points and 29 assists. Siakam scored 74 and Zion had 8 steals.

What it costDarius Garland turned it over 18 times in three games and Jing lost TO by four. Josh Giddey shot 7 of 26.

Hart and HarperEric

7-1-1

KHANNNNNNKim-Meng

Plus 100 on the boards

Category	Eric	Kim-Meng
FG%	.472	.466
FT%	.759	.814
3PM	32	32
PTS	466	383
REB	245	145
AST	120	89
ST	36	16
BLK	17	15
TO	60	65

Match winnerJalen Johnson averaged a triple-double: 65 points, 30 rebounds, 30 assists. Amen grabbed 31 boards.

What it costKim-Meng had two empty roster spots after Lively and Claxton went to IL, and took the fewest shots in the league.

Tim's Terrific TeamTim

5-4

At the TurnDarren

Tim takes turnovers by two and the week

Category	Tim	Darren
FG%	.533	.463
FT%	.752	.822
3PM	38	66
PTS	515	573
REB	193	154
AST	130	100
ST	62	39
BLK	16	18
TO	67	69

Match winnerSabonis pulled 52 rebounds in three games on 21 of 26 shooting. Tim's team racked up 62 steals.

What it costGG Jackson, added on Friday, went 1 of 7 with three turnovers. Without those three, Darren wins TO 66-67 and the week, and LaVine's 87 points count for something.

Bad beats and near misses

Kenny was not alone

Darren · At the Turn

Robbed by two turnovers

Darren put up the third-best week in the league: 573 points and 66 threes. He drew the second-best week in Tim, and lost TO 67-69. GG Jackson, his Friday pickup, had three of those turnovers on 1 of 7 shooting.

Jing · B2b dnps

Nine points short

Jing lost PTS 479-488 and TO 71-67. Darius Garland alone turned it over 18 times in three games, more than a quarter of the team's total. Trim five of those and Jing wins the DNP derby.

Kevin · KePang

Wrong week to draw Dan

Kevin had the best player of the week and a winning all-play record. He drew the one team that would have beaten everybody, and lost 7-2 with three roster spots that never scored.

Decided by a hair

FT% .807 v .803 Justin over Kenny ST 31 v 30 Aaron over David ST 41 v 40 Dan over Kevin BLK 13 v 12 Jing over Wilson FG% .475 v .472 Ron over William TO 67 v 69 Tim over Darren PTS 488 v 479 Wilson over Jing TO 63 v 63 Aaron and David tie 3PM 32 v 32 Eric and Kim-Meng tie

Awards

Studs, duds and one boomerang

Player awards use nine-category value over the full week on Yahoo's numbers, with FG% and FT% weighted by volume.

Performer of the week

Tyrese Maxey

KePang · 4 games · 115 pts · 9 3PM · 19 ast · 8 stl · 4 blk · 24 of 28 FT

Number one on the board for the week, and it was not close. His team lost 7-2.

Dud of the week

Josh Giddey

B2b dnps · pick 27 · 3 games · 17 pts on 7 of 26 · 1 stl · 0 blk

The 25 assists and 19 boards keep this from being a total write-off. He still finished outside the top 200 for the week.

Dishonourable mentions: Mikal Bridges (Aaron, pick 95) 10 points on 5 of 23 with zero threes. James Harden (Kim-Meng, pick 46) 6 of 20 and 10 turnovers in two games.

Steal of the draft, so far

Ty Jerome

Daniel's Dyson Daniels · pick 104 · 104 pts · 36 of 64 · 23 of 26 FT

The 104th pick scored 104 points in three games and finished second on the week's board.

Team of the week

Daniel's Dyson Daniels

612 pts · 67 3PM · 41 stl · 15-0 all-play

League highs in points and threes. Dan's category totals would have beaten all 15 teams.

Waiver hero

Duncan Robinson

White Boy Summer · $0 on 18 Oct · 59 pts · 5, 5 and 5 threes

Five threes in every game. Take his line away and Ron wins 3PM, PTS and the matchup.

Waiver dud

Anfernee Simons

ChetGPT · $3 on 23 Oct · 9 pts on 3 of 17

Ron dropped Kevin Porter Jr. for this. Runner-up: GG Jackson, $0, three points and three turnovers that cost Darren the week.

The boomerang

Aaron Wiggins

Dropped 21 Oct · 51 pts · 10 3PM · 18 of 31 while unowned · re-added 25 Oct for $3

William cut him before his first game, watched all three of his games from the outside, then paid to get him back once Atlanta's week was done. De'Andre Hunter went the other way: dropped, re-added and dropped again in ten days.

Turnover king

Luka Doncic

Voss Angeles Lukas · 21 turnovers in 3 games

Seven a night, and Justin still won TO by 13 because Kenny's team coughed it up 80 times, the most in the league. Garland was second with 18.

Glass eater

Domantas Sabonis

Tim's Terrific Team · 52 reb in 3 games · 21 of 26 FG

Seventeen boards a night at 81 per cent shooting. Honourable mention to Jalen Johnson, who averaged a triple-double: 30 rebounds and 30 assists over three games.

Luck check

Who got the draw

All-play puts each team's week against all 15 others. It shows who would have won almost any matchup and who won only the one they got. Grade is the preseason report card.

#	Team	All-play	Actual	Grade	Notes
1	Daniel's Dyson DanielsDan	15-0	W 7-2	B+	Would have beaten all 15 teams
2	Tim's Terrific TeamTim	14-1	W 5-4	B-	Only loss would have been to Dan
3	At the TurnDarren	12-3	L 4-5	C	Third-best week, drew the second-best team, lost
4	MassimobanyamaJono	11-4	W 6-3	B
5	ChetGPT - ActivatedRon	9-6	L 4-5	A-
6	WTJ curse of the Big ManDavid	9-6	W 5-3-1	A
7	Zombie SonicsKenny	8-7	L 4-5	D+
8	KePangKevin	7-6-2	L 2-7	D+	Winning all-play record, drew the 15-0 team
9	Hart and HarperEric	6-7-2	W 7-1-1	C-	Below .500 all-play, drew KHANNNNNN, went 7-1-1
10	White Boy SummerWilliam	6-7-2	W 5-4	B-
11	Speaker For The DNPWilson	6-8-1	W 5-4	C+
12	Wheelin & DealinAaron	4-10-1	L 3-5-1	B+	The preseason model's favourite
13	B2b dnpsJing	4-11	L 4-5	C-
14	Lift Small Bunt BallFrank	2-13	L 3-6	C+
15	Voss Angeles LukasJustin	2-13	W 5-4	B	Beat two teams all-play. Played one of them
16	KHANNNNNNKim-Meng	1-14	L 1-7-1	C	Only all-play win would have been over Justin

Report card check after one week: Tim graded B- and went 14-1. Darren graded C and went 12-3. Wheelin, graded B+ and the model's preseason favourite, went 4-10-1. Justin graded B and went 2-13. One week is one week.

Category extremes

Best and worst by category

Cat	Best	Worst
FG%	Tim's Terrific Team .533	KePang .400
FT%	KePang .873	B2b dnps .688
3PM	Daniel's Dyson Daniels 67	Hart and Harper, KHANNNNNN 32
PTS	Daniel's Dyson Daniels 612	Voss Angeles Lukas 379
REB	Hart and Harper 245	Lift Small Bunt Ball 119
AST	B2b dnps 136	ChetGPT - Activated 78
ST	Tim's Terrific Team 62	KHANNNNNN 16
BLK	Massimobanyama 38	Speaker For The DNP 12
TO	White Boy Summer 50	Zombie Sonics 80

Hart and Harper

245 rebounds

Plus 100 on Kim-Meng and 35 clear of anyone else in the league. Amen, Jalen Johnson, Josh Hart, Jaquez and Zubac all grabbed 26 or more.

Voss Angeles Lukas

379 points

Fewest in the league, on 290 shots, with Duren hurt mid-week and two bench spots empty on Sunday. Still 5-4.

KHANNNNNN

264 shots

Fewest attempts and fewest steals in the league. Two roster spots sat empty.

Injury ward

A brutal Sunday

Status as of Monday afternoon Adelaide time. No diagnosis was out for the Sunday injuries when this went up.

Jalen Williams

Wheelin & Dealin · Aaron · pick 31

Stretchered off with 1:14 left in Oklahoma City's win over the Clippers after landing on his left leg while being fouled on a drive. Kris Dunn was given a flagrant 1. The Thunder covered the leg with towels, SGA teared up in his post-game interview, and coverage compared it to the Gordon Hayward and Paul George injuries.

The Thunder said they would be briefed Monday morning. Plan for a long absence. Aaron lost his second-round pick on the same night he lost the matchup.

Jalen SuggsSpeaker For The DNP · WilsonRight knee buckled on a breakaway layup with 2:09 left at Madison Square Garden. Non-contact, helped to the locker room, MRI to come. Anthony Black (Tim) is the likely starter.
Cason WallaceTim's Terrific Team · TimLeft shoulder after running into an Isaiah Jackson screen in the first quarter. Did not return. OKC play again Monday.
Ivica ZubacHart and Harper · EricAnkle, seven minutes in Brooklyn, did not return. Yahoo has him doubtful.
Paolo BancheroWTJ · DavidLow-grade high ankle sprain from Friday against Minnesota. Expects to miss at least a month.
Jalen DurenVoss Angeles Lukas · JustinRight hamstring strain. Re-evaluated in two weeks.
Kawhi LeonardZombie Sonics · KennySat Sunday with left knee swelling.

Also missed Sunday: Ausar Thompson (Justin, right ankle), VJ Edgecombe (Kevin, abdominal contusion), Keegan Murray (Jono, ankle). Isaiah Joe (Wilson) left after four minutes. Still on the shelf: Coby White (Jing, calf), Kon Knueppel and Tobias Harris (Frank), Dereck Lively and Nic Claxton (Kim-Meng), Brandon Ingram and Jusuf Nurkic (David).

The wire

Every pickup that played this week

What each add actually put on the board in Week 1, counting only games in an active slot. Sunday adds had one day to contribute.

Player	Team	Bid	Week 1 for his new team	Dropped
Duncan Robinson18 Oct	White Boy Summer	$0	59 pts, 15 3PM, 7 ast. Won William the week	None shown
Precious Achiuwa21 Oct	Zombie Sonics	$6	41 pts, 21 reb, 6 stl, 3 blk. Also 4 of 11 FT	Hugo Gonzalez
Kyle Kuzma18 Oct	Zombie Sonics	$1	33 pts, 27 reb, 10 ast. Justin's drop	Nique Clifford
Dennis Schröder23 Oct	Massimobanyama	$12	25 pts, 4 ast, 0 stl, 4 TO	Bennedict Mathurin
Cam Spencer21 Oct	WTJ	$0	24 pts, 6 3PM on 56 per cent	None
Brayden Burries18 Oct	Voss Angeles Lukas	$7	22 pts, 10 reb, 3 3PM before being cut	Charles Bassey
Kasparas Jakucionis23 Oct	Zombie Sonics	$1	19 pts, 7 ast, 4 stl	Kingston Flemings
Scoot Henderson21 Oct	Lift Small Bunt Ball	$1	19 pts on 8 of 21	None
Tristan da Silva25 Oct	B2b dnps	$3	19 pts, 5 3PM on Sunday alone	Isaiah Stewart
Charles Bassey21 Oct	Tim's Terrific Team	$0	10 pts, 7 reb, 2 blk, 4 of 4	Deandre Ayton
Wendell Carter Jr.25 Oct	Hart and Harper	$21	9 pts, 10 reb on Sunday	Mitchell Robinson
Moussa Diabate21 Oct	Daniel's Dyson Daniels	$4	9 pts, 13 reb, 3 stl. Justin's drop	Wendell Carter Jr.
Jaxson Hayes25 Oct	Daniel's Dyson Daniels	$0	9 pts, 5 reb on Sunday	Sam Merrill
Anfernee Simons23 Oct	ChetGPT	$3	9 pts on 3 of 17	Kevin Porter Jr.
Andre Drummond21 Oct	White Boy Summer	$1	6 pts, 5 reb	Aaron Wiggins
GG Jackson23 Oct	At the Turn	$0	3 pts on 1 of 7, 3 TO. Cost Darren the week	Nikola Vucevic
Naji Marshall25 Oct	Voss Angeles Lukas	$21	Out ill Sunday. Nothing yet	Brayden Burries

Sunday adds with no game: Trevon Brazile ($15) and Herb Jones ($1) for Frank, Max Christie ($5) for David, Aaron Wiggins ($3) for William. Wheelin cut Ben Simmons on 23 Oct with no add.

FAB left of $100

Justin$62

Eric$73

Frank$83

Jono$86

Kenny$92

William$94

David$95

Jing$96

Dan$96

Ron$97

Aaron$99

Tim, Darren, Kim-Meng, Kevin, Wilson$100

Market report

$127 spent, $21 top bid

The market woke up on Sunday: Justin paid $21 for Naji Marshall and Eric paid $21 for Wendell Carter Jr., with Justin's $15 the runner-up bid on Carter. Before that the top winning bid was Jono's $12 for Schröder, where Justin was second at $8.

Jing

Eight bids, two wins

Jing has bid on eight contested players and landed two, Robert Williams III and Tristan da Silva. Most of the others went in at $0.

Wilson, Kim-Meng, Kevin

Zero moves

Three managers have not touched the wire. Wilson won anyway. Kim-Meng and Kevin went a combined 3-14-1.

Odds and ends

Things that happened

2-13
Justin's all-play record. His team beat exactly two of the 15 others on totals, and one of them was Kenny.
1
All-play wins for KHANNNNNN. The only team Kim-Meng would have beaten was Justin's.
0
Free throws made by Naz Reid in three games (0 of 1), alongside 12 threes and 60 points.
82%
Walker Kessler's field-goal percentage on 23 of 28, with 9 blocks. Wemby beside him shot 37 per cent and blocked 12.
37
Rudy Gobert's rebounds for Wilson, along with 7 of 16 at the line.
13
Steals for Dyson Daniels in three games. Kim-Meng's entire team managed 16 all week.
80
Turnovers by Zombie Sonics, the most in the league. Kyshawn George had 15 of them.
54
Brook Lopez's points for Frank as the 122nd pick, with six threes and five blocks on 20 of 31.

Standings

After week 1

Category record, pending stat corrections.

#	Team	W-L-T
1	Hart and HarperEric	7-1-1
2	Daniel's Dyson DanielsDan	7-2-0
3	MassimobanyamaJono	6-3-0
4	WTJ curse of the Big ManDavid	5-3-1
T5	Voss Angeles Lukas, White Boy Summer, Speaker For The DNP, Tim's Terrific TeamJustin, William, Wilson, Tim	5-4-0
T9	Zombie Sonics, ChetGPT, B2b dnps, At the TurnKenny, Ron, Jing, Darren	4-5-0
13	Wheelin & DealinAaron	3-5-1
14	Lift Small Bunt BallFrank	3-6-0
15	KePangKevin	2-7-0
16	KHANNNNNNKim-Meng	1-7-1

Week 2

Up next

Monday 26 Oct to Sunday 1 Nov. Week 1 all-play record in brackets.

Justin2-13vDarren12-3
Tim14-1vDavid9-6
Dan15-0vKenny8-7
Aaron4-10-1vJono11-4
Ron9-6vWilson6-8-1
Eric6-7-2vWilliam6-7-2
Jing4-11vKevin7-6-2
Frank2-13vKim-Meng1-14