The Fantasy Thief - Secret Sauce Calculator version 1.0

Time to take your game to the next level! The Secret Sauce Calculator is a must have tool for any serious fantasy sports player. Version 1.0 is built for use in the 2009 - 2010 NBA season, Version 2.0 for use in Fantasy Baseball will be released in early 2010.

What does Secret Sauce mean?
As an avid player of fantasy sports for over a decade, I was able to go back through all the historical data I've maintained on winning seasons. From this data I have calculated out what a Fantasy Team needs to AVERAGE PER GAME in each of the major stat categories, in order to finish TOP 3 for that category. Thus my 'secret sauce' says your entire fantasy team needs to average 17.44 points or more to finish TOP 3 for that category (in Roto, in H2H the Sauce should ensure you win that category for the week).

Can't I Just Look at The Categories I am Losing In?
SURE! If you draft a team, and never make any add/drops or trades, you could just see which Stat Categories you are losing and try to focus on them. However in the Real world of Fantasy Sports, your team changes almost weekly. You might've been losing the Blocks category, but you just added two shot blockers to your team, was this enough? Was it too much? Only the Sauce knows!

How Do You Know What My Team's Averages Are?
It's one thing for me to tell you the Secret Sauce numbers, but it doesn't much help unless we know what your team's Average Per Game stats are. In the past, readers would use current year per game averages for each player on their team, and take the average of those numbers (confused yet?). Now all you need is this spreadsheet. Simply enter in each player on your teams name in the spaces provided, and my special formula pumps out each players Secret Sauce numbers, and your entire teams secret sauce numbers. This new and improved method takes into account years played (both rookies/sophs and old declining veterans), injuries, positions and even league size!

Yeah, So How Does That Raise My Game To The Next Level?
Well, the Secret Sauce Calculator then compares your teams Sauce numbers with my historical league Sauce numbers needed to finish top 3 in each category, and then highlights which areas your team is Strong, which it is Weak, and which are Neutral. Following the example above, if The Sauce says your entire team needs to average 17.44 points per game, and the Sauce Calculator says your team currently is expected to average 16.33 points per game this season, you need to add a scorer to your squad. Likewise if it says you need 6.5 Rebounds per Game, and you average 7 Rebounds per game, then you now know to trade a Rebounder for a Scorer.

Now stop and think about that for a second. In EVERY category, you're going to know EXACTLY how strong or weak your team REALLY is. No more guessing. And you'll know EXACTLY who to trade for, no more guessing. Thinking of swapping Caron Butler for Paul Pierce, but not sure if that will help your squad? Merely open the calculator, sub out Butler for Pierce and see how the move affects your sauce! Epic stuff!

OK! So How Do I Get A Hold Of This Calculator?
Funny you should ask. Well seeing that I'm offering this awesome product FREE OF CHARGE , and seeing that this is a blog, and seeing that Blogs work on subscriptions (which are FREE too), I will imbed instructions in the bottom of this and future blog posts which can only be seen by actual Subscribers. Once you see the information, you will know how to download the spreadsheet, which merely requires MS Excel to open (let me know if you don't have MS Excel and I'll tell you other options).

Every Monday I'll be updating the data in the Spreadsheet to make sure we have current season numbers. So you're going to want to keep your eyes open for the updates, and make sure you get it.

AWESOME I'm Not Telling ANY Of My Friends About This!!
Look I hear ya, you got something good and don't wanna share it. In most cases that makes sense, but not this one. You see, if everyone in your league knows their sauce numbers (knows where they are weak, where they are strong) then they're MORE likely to make trades. More trading = more fun. If you've paid close attention to this blog so far, you'll realize that knowing your sauce is one thing, but making the right moves with it is entirely something else. So please, spread the word. But also, PLEASE, don't just give away the download info, make sure they subscribe to the blog themselves. I'd like to keep this stuff free, and I haven't made a dime on the work I've already put in.

Wow This Is GREAT! Will You Have More Stuff In The Future?!
As a matter of fact I will. I'll have the exact same spreadsheet set up for Fantasy Baseball, which I will roll out sometime in late January. This will be a VERY KEY TOOL FOR USE IN DRAFTING. It will help ensure you have the right types of hitters in your lineup, and the right mix of starters and closers. ALSO, I'll be rolling out in the next week or so, the BUY LOW SELL HIGH INDICATOR. This is another spreadsheet program that allows you to enter in a players name and it will run through my special formula, and pump back either BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, or HOLD. Yeah, cause I'm sick like that.

Alright, I'm rolling it out a bit early. Hit me up if there's any bugs and I'll fix them. All you need to remember is LASTNAME,FIRSTNAME there is no space between the comma and the first name. Enjoy playas!

AGAIN I HAVE IMBEDDED INSTRUCTIONS IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND FUTURE BLOG POSTS THAT CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY SUBSCRIBERS!!