Tiers
Tier 1:
Nuggets | Bucks | Celtics
76ers | Suns | Heat
The projected power-houses of the NBA this year, these teams are all slated to rake in over 50 wins by the end of the regular season - thus costing $15 per.
Tier 2:
Clippers | Warriors | Cavaliers
Grizzlies | Kings | Lakers
Next in-line to the illustrious & coveted top 6, this group is sure to impress with a projected 40-50 wins per team. Consider these 6 when drafting your squad, but they'll cost you $12 a pop.
Tier 3:
Pelicans | Hawks | Knicks
Timberwolves | Mavericks | Thunder
Projected middle of the road to slightly above average teams fall into this category here. Look out for some sneaky good teams in this group - they may just be the difference maker.
Tier 4:
Nets | Jazz | Pacers
Bulls | Magic | Rockets
Tier 4, just above the bottom-of-the-barrel teams. You most likely won't find much in this group. However, like last year, a team could shock us like Sac-Town, so don't fully count them out. They'll only cost you a whopping $6 per.
Tier 5:
Raptors | Spurs | Hornets
Trail Blazers | Wizards | Pistons
What else can you say about this group that they haven't heard already. No need to kick them while they're down, but, yes, they'll probably suck. Tier 5 teams are often filler teams as most of the grouping options include at least 1 tier 5 team. Be prepared to shell out $3 per here.
Grouping Methods
Random Odds:
- Struck by Lightning = 0.00008%
- Killed by a Shark = 0.00003%
- Car gets Stolen = 0.3%
- Getting Knocked Over by Falling Furniture = 0.02%
The grouping method with the most combinations is #8, coming in at 7,776 different groups of teams
Commissioner Tip:
Unless you're feeling risky or very, very confident, go with a 5 team option
There are 15 different grouping methods you can choose from to select your team such that you spend your full $45 buy in. At 15 different methods across these 5 tiers, there are just shy of 20,000 different combinations of teams that can be drafted. To make this even a bit crazier, the probability of 2 people drafting the exact same group of teams is 0.0000003%. That's approximately the same probability of 2 people selecting the same U.S. city if they were each naming one at random.
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Here are the 15 different ways you can draft your teams:
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Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1
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Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 3 | Tier 5 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 4 | Tier 4 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 4
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Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 5 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 3
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Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 5
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Tier 1 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 4
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Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 3
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Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 4 | Tier 5
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Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 4
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Tier 2 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 5
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Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3 | Tier 3
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