It’s early October and the Fantasy Baseball season has come to end.  We are also now entering Week 6 of the Fantasy Football season but that also means we are about to kick-off the 2017 NBA season and with it the 2017 Fantasy Basketball season.  If you are like me and seeing as you are reading this article you probably are then you can’t wait to kick-off the season.  Unfortunately, aside from the Fantasy Alarm staff league, I have a hard time getting a home league together for fantasy basketball and the season is quickly approaching so I turn to Real Time Fantasy Sports where they offer three types of seasonal fantasy basketball formats which are Franchise Fantasy Basketball, Slam Dunk Fantasy Basketball and DraftMasters Fantasy Basketball.  All of these formats are available at varying entry fees starting at $19.99 and going as high as $499.99.

If you aren’t already familiar with the types of league formats offered by Real Time Fantasy Sports let me break them down for you.

Franchise Fantasy Basketball

Franchise fantasy basketball is your standard rotisserie league format where the goal is to rank among the leaguer leaders at each scoring statistic.  Specific information regarding this league format is listed below.

  • Online draft
  • You choose your draft time
  • NO transaction fees
  • 10-Team league
  • 9 Category Rotisserie scoring
    • Points Scored (PTS)
    • Rebounds (REB)
    • Assists (AST)
    • Steals (STL)
    • Blocks (BLK)
    • Turnovers (TOV)
    • Field Goal Percentage (FG%)
    • Free Throw Percentage (FT%)
    • 3-Pointers Made (3PM)
  • Weekly lineups
    • 13 Roster Players
    • 10 Total Starters
    • 2 Centers
    • 3 Forwards
    • 3 Guards
    • 2 Flex
    • 3 Reserves
  • FAAB Waiver Wire Format
    • $1,000 Budget on a Blind Bid System
  • No Trades

Buy-In and Payouts

  • In $29.95 leagues, Champion wins $160, 2nd $60
  • In $49.95 leagues, Champion wins $300, 2nd $125
  • In $99.95 leagues, Champion wins $600, 2nd $250
  • In $124.95 leagues, Champion wins $750, 2nd $350
  • In $249.95 leagues, Champion wins $1500, 2nd $750
  • In $499.95 leagues, Champion wins $3000, 2nd $1500

If interested in this type of league format then click the following link www.rtsports.com/alarm and create an account.  Then find the basketball tab at the top of the page and click money leagues. The Franchise League draft lobby can be found by clicking HERE.

Slam Dunk Fantasy Basketball

Slam Dunk fantasy basketball is your standard head-to-head league format. For each head-to-head matchup, the team with the greater number of points at the end of the week will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number will earn a Loss. In the event of tie, the following tie breakers will be used in order: Points Scored, then Rebounds, then Assists. League and division standings are based on teams' win/loss records. Specific information regarding this league format is listed below.

  • Online draft
  • Choose your draft time
  • Head-to-Head games
    • Each team shall play 22 regular season fantasy games
    • 3 games versus each divisional opponent for 12 games
    • 2 games versus each non-divisional opponent for 10 games
  • Points style scoring
    • Points Scored = 1 point
    • Rebounds = 1.25 points
    • Assists = 1.50 points
    • Steals = 2 points
    • Blocks = 2 points
    • Turnovers = -0.5 points
  • 10-Team league
  • Weekly lineups and games
  • Waiver Wire
    • Free agents will be awarded using a prioritized waiver wire system. Team owners may select free agents they wish to acquire for the next week via the waiver wire beginning each Monday morning of the season. Waiver wire award order will be worst to first by each team's position in the previous week overall standings.

Buy-In and Payouts

  • In $29.95 leagues, Champion wins $160, 2nd $60
  • In $49.95 leagues, Champion wins $300, 2nd $125
  • In $99.95 leagues, Champion wins $600, 2nd $250
  • In $124.95 leagues, Champion wins $750, 2nd $350
  • In $249.95 leagues, Champion wins $1500, 2nd $750
  • In $499.95 leagues, Champion wins $3000, 2nd $1500

If interested in this type of league format then click the following link www.rtsports.com/alarm and create an account.  Then find the basketball tab at the top of the page and click money leagues. The Slam Dunk League draft lobby can be found by clicking HERE.

DraftMasters

Draft Masters Fantasy Basketball is a draft-only fantasy basketball league format.  There is NO day-to-day roster management with this type of league format.  You simply draft your team and the computer does the rest for you. Specific information regarding this league format is listed below.

  • Online draft
  • You choose your draft time
  • Draft only, no free agent moves, each team's roster will consist of:
    • 13 Total Roster Positions
    • 2 Centers
    • 4 Forwards
      • 4 Guards
      • 3 Flex (any player)
    • No daily management required
    • 10-Team league
    • 9 Category Rotisserie scoringPoints Scored (PTS)
      • Rebounds (REB)
      • Assists (AST)
      • Steals (STL)
      • Blocks (BLK)
      • Turnovers (TOV)
      • Field Goal Percentage (FG%)
      • Free Throw Percentage (FT%)
      • 3-Pointers Made (3PM)
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    • RealTime Scoring, of course

    Buy-In and Payouts

    • In $19.95 leagues, Champion wins $100, 2nd wins $50
    • In $49.95 leagues, Champion wins $300, 2nd wins $125
    • In $99.95 leagues, Champion wins $600, 2nd wins $250

    If interested in this type of league format then click the following link www.rtsports.com/alarm and create an account.  Then find the basketball tab at the top of the page and click money leagues. The Slam Dunk League draft lobby can be found by clicking HERE.