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Player Rater: Granger, Butler on the rise

By Seth Landman
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, December 1, 2008

Many of you wonder why the Player Rater is based on stat totals and not averages. The rationale here is that standard fantasy basketball leagues are played in a roto format. As you are no doubt aware, in roto leagues, the standings are based on where your team finishes relative to the league in each category. With the exception of the shooting-percentage categories, roto scoring is based on the accumulation of totals. For example, a player who averages 17 points per game over 82 games is worth ...

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