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Playing with Numbers: The power of consistency

By Ken Daube
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Is it better to have a player who scores 10 points every week or one who puts up a goose egg one week then drops a 20-spot the next? There's no perfect answer, but depending on the overall strength of your team, it's something to consider. If you have one of the better teams in your league, you want to be starting consistent guys. If you are trying to make up ground, then starting a boom-or-bust player is probably your best course of action when you are playing the better teams. Measuring a ...

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