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Hashtag Fantasy Sports

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Using Yahoo's data to find players with new positions and teams

Hey everyone,

I've started working on my projections for the upcoming fantasy basketball season and wanted to share a few findings I find along the way.

I don't think Patreon allows me to create tables in its text editor, so I've put the lists together on Reddit.

Here's a list of players who have different positions on Yahoo compared to last season: 2022-07-31 23:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Important dates for August

Hey everyone,

August is shaping up to be a busy month, so I wanted to give you all a heads up on my target dates for Hashtag Basketball, Hashtag Football, and Hashtag Hockey.

August 2: Updated fantasy basketball dynasty rankings

August 10: Launch of Hashtag Football (yes, there's going to be a fantasy football website this year!)

August 12: Launch of new design for Hasht...

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A quick look at the new design of our websites (including dark mode)

Hey everyone,

For those wondering what I've been doing these past few months, I've been working on a new design for all of the websites.

I'm almost at the point where I'm ready to share it with you, but before I do, I wanted to share some screen shots.

My aim with the new design is to make the interface a little cleaner and easier to use on mobile (I want to make it look and f...

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The invite link to Discord

Hey everyone,

A few people have reached out saying they're having issues connecting their Discord details to Patreon, so I thought I'd share the invite link just in case others were having the same issues.

https://discord.gg/APkw5jQqKk

I'll have to manually assign you the correct access roles once you join...

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Are you looking to take over an existing dynasty team? We have some teams that need a new owner

Hey everyone - the following teams in the fantasy basketball dynasty leagues we run are looking for a new owner. They're all standard 9 category leagues.

Buy-in is normally $20/season (100% of the buy-in goes to league winnings), but I'll cover your buy-in for the first season (you just need to cover the following seasons).

Reply with your Fantrax email and the team you want to clai...

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Come and join us in our new Discord!

Hey everyone,

Hope you're all doing well!

So the results are in, after some polling and discussions with people it's pretty clear that you all prefer Discord over Slack, so we're officially moving from Slack to Discord.

Firstly, a big shout out to Brendan who created and set up the Discord to make it run as well as it has.

The Discord will be for Patreon subscribers only...

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My top 14 rookies for dynasty leagues (which may or may not change soon)

Hey everyone - my top 30 will be dropping on the website tomorrow, but here are my top 14 rookies for fantasy basketball dynasty leagues (as of now):

  • Chet Holmgren 
  • Paolo Banchero 
  • Jabari Smith 
  • Jaden Ivey 
  • Keegan Murray 
  • Shaedon Sharpe 
  • Jalen Duren 
  • Mark Williams 
  • Dyson D...

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Which community platform would you prefer to use when chatting about fantasy sports?

Hey everyone,

Hope you're all doing well! I'm about to share with you all a new design I've been working on for the websites (which I'm really excited about because it means I'm finally introducing a dark mode), but I wanted to get the ball rolling with seeing how I can improve ways to build the community.

Which platform would you prefer to use? Whether it's continuing to use Slack,...

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See how the players you drafted compared to their end-of-season rankings (for Yahoo category leagues)

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all now able to sit back and relax until the start of the next fantasy season, but before you do, there's a new tool waiting for you on the Hashtag Basketball dashboard.

It's available for people who imported their Yahoo category leagues, and it's called Draft ...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hey everyone,

Just putting a quick FAQ together to help answer the most common questions. I'll pin this post to the top of the Patreon page, keeping it up to date.

What does each of the tiers give me?

HASHTAG+ gives you access to the premium league tools for all four websites (Hashtag Basketb...

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Updating Patreon tiers (you're getting more value out of your subscription)

Hey everyone,

Firstly, thanks for subscribing to my Patreon this season! It has honestly blown my mind that so many people subscribed, and it has gotten me one step closer to actually being able to work on Hashtag full-time (which is something I never thought was possible when starting Hashtag Basketball many years ago).

I've put a bit of thought into how to run Patreon subscription...

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My dynasty rankings have now been updated

Hey everyone,

Just a quick heads up to let you know that I've updated my dynasty rankings.

They include updated rankings for:

  • Contending
  • Rebuilding
  • Overall, and;
  • Rookies

https://hashtagbasketball.com/fantasy-basketball-dynasty-ranki...

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Player movement after the trade deadline

Hey everyone,

I had to map this out to help with updating my projections and dynasty rankings (which I'm currently updating) and thought I'd share it in case anybody finds it useful to have all on the one page.

It contains the player movement after the trade deadline for the teams involved (doesn't include picks and salary etc.)



Portland Trail Blazers<...

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POLL: Do you play fantasy baseball?

Hey everyone,

I'm starting to plan things for the launch of Hashtag Baseball this season, and I'm keen to get your feedback on what you'd like to see!

Please email me at hello@hashtagbasketball.com with any suggestions you have, whether it's the tools you'd like to see, or projections you'd like to see incorporated into the website (I do my own projections for Hashtag Basketball, bu...

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Projection games played adjustment

Hey everyone,

Me again. Another common request has been to update the GP count on my projections from projected total games played for the season to the player's projected remaining games to be played.

This change has now been updated, and you'll see a player's projected games played when looking at the projections. This gives a more accurate and easier way to consume how many games...

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Updates to the website and league tools (you'll wanna read this)

Hey everyone,

Over the past month I've been collecting your suggestions and feedback on improvements you're wanting to see on Hashtag Basketball.

The good news is that I've just gone through and updated the website with them.

Here's a quick rundown of what's new:


Minimum games played filter

This helps you filter out players who have only play...

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POLL: Layout for Trade Machine

Hey everyone,

I'm currently putting in an update on the trade machine, and I'm looking for your feedback on whether you use the "RESET TRADE" button.

Keeping in mind that you can remove players clicking the X button, which layout would you prefer?  

A (I use the reset button):

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BETA: A new ranking data set (MERGE30)

Hey everyone,

I received a suggestion from a Reddit user a few days ago to combine some of the in-season ranking data sets like I do with the BLEND projection/ranking data sets.

Thought it was a pretty good idea, so I've put in a new ranking data set called MERGE30 - which merges the full regular season rankings data with the regular season rankings data over the last 30 days at a 5...

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NBA Postponed Games Tracker

Hey everyone,

Hope your teams are holding up OK. I really didn't want to have to make this tool again, but here's a  postponed games tracker to help you keep track of the missed games happening this season:

https://hashtagbasketball.com/nba-postponed-games-tracker

Chat soon,<...

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How detailed do you want dynasty mode to be?

Hey everyone,

Hope you're all doing well!

Just wanted to put a quick poll out for those using dynasty mode in the league tools. As you're aware, dynasty mode includes a player's age, as well as my overall, contending, and rebuilding dynasty rankings.

Do you think having all 3 sets of ...

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New tool: B2B Player Finder

Hey everyone,

Here's a new tool I quickly put together. It lists players playing in B2Bs, but there's 2 dates to choose from so you can also use it to find players in pseudo B2Bs.

If people like it I can add it to the suite of league tools so it works based on players on your waiver wire:

https...

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Which layout do you prefer? (fantasy football rankings)

Hey everyone - I'm working on a new layout for the rankings on Hashtag Football, and I'm looking for your feedback on which you prefer.

If you have a spare minute please vote on the poll, it'll help me get a better idea on which layout to run with.

Option 1:


Option 2:

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New Slack invite link

Hey everyone,

Just noticed that the old Slack invite link has expired, so here's the new invite link:

Click to join the Slack group

Chat soon,
Joey

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My fantasy basketball dynasty rankings have now been updated

Hey everyone,

I know some of you have been asking for it, so I just wanted to quickly share that my dynasty rankings have now been updated.

You can find them via:

https://hashtagbasketball.com/fantasy-basketball-dynasty-rankings

I tend to post website updates on m...

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Early Access: Import your ESPN leagues

Hey everyone,

So here's the way authorization of ESPN private leagues works. Since there's no official API it isn't done by authenticating against a login, it's done by grabbing cookies from your browser when you're logged in. 

These cookies don't expire for a year, so you can save them once and they should be good to use for the rest of the season.

Rather than messing ar...

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ESPN League Importing: Looking for beta testers

Hey everyone,

I've managed to get private ESPN leagues to import, but before I open it up for everybody I need some help from a few people to test it out.

If you'd like to get early access please join the Slack group  - click on this invite URL to join if you're not already in there: View Post

Looking for people to help test ESPN private league integration

Hey everyone,

I think I've worked out how to get ESPN private leagues working, but I need help testing things out. 

If you're OK with making me a co-manager of your league for a day please send an email to hello@hashtagbasketball.com so I can compare the connection before and after you share league access with me.

Chat soon,
Joey

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Update: H2H Matchup Planner

Hey everyone,

Just a quick heads up that an update has been made to the Yahoo H2H Matchup Planner (for category leagues).

The TLDR version:

  • The UPDATE ROSTER DATA button now automatically unticks INJ players
  • It's now noticeably faster and works better
  • You can ADD players from the waiver wire to rosters to see how they can potentially im...

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Custom leagues are back

Hey everyone,

Just a quick heads up that the option to add custom / manual leagues is back! This is a temporary solution (that was available last season) and is available again while I work on whether I can get ESPN league importing to work (now that I've been given the OK to do it).

 The option is on the dashboard:

2021-10-24 12:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Projections, BLEND7, and BLEND14

Hey everyone,

You may have noticed that there's a few different sets of projections on Hashtag Basketball.

Here's a quick run down of what each set of projections do.

Projections: These are my baseline season-long projections for the season. They're predictions for the entire season and get tweaked almost daily.

BLEND7: Is a 50/50 split ...

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