NBA Supercoach | Fixture Analysis

If you are a Supercoach regular, you will already know the importance of fixture analysis when trying to build the best Supercoach side possible.



Well, I am here to tell you that fixture analysis is even more important for Supercoach NBA, but for totally different reasons.



In the majority of other Supercoach variants, teams each play one game per week.



Therefore, for these sports, fixture analysis usually involves looking at the &#8216;difficulty&#8217; of their opponent to judge how well they might perform.



Supercoach NBA offers a whole different spin on the concept of fixture analysis.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What is fixture analysis?</h3>



For Supercoach NBA, fixture analysis will mainly involve looking at how many games each team will play in a certain week.



Each week of Supercoach will start on Tuesdays and wrap up the following Monday (Australian time).



Over this weeklong period, teams can play anywhere between 2 to 5 games.



Therefore, you want to target players in your side who play the maximum amount of games for that given week, as additional games will likely be the difference between a good and a great weekly score. 



One factor that we do not really need to consider is matchup difficulty. 



For two reasons:



<ol>
<li>Teams play multiple games per week, so it is hard to measure difficulty across all opponents</li>



<li>Opponent difficulty really doesn&#8217;t impact performance much overall (if anything, better opponents are good as it reduces the chance of a blowout and restings) </li>
</ol>



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Now, it would be rude to just harp on about the importance of looking at schedules without helping you actually achieve this.



That&#8217;s why we have created an all-in-one chart for you to use for any and all matters regarding NBA fixture analysis.



This is currently in the works and will be out in the next day or two, so keep your eyes peeled on our SCPLAYBOOK NBA socials for the chart.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What to look for?</h3>



Considering we are given three trades to use every week (you can boost for four), and there is no such thing as &#8216;saving trades&#8217;, we can focus a lot more heavily on short-term rather than long-term fixtures. 



I am talking proper short term, where I will personally be looking at maximising fixtures over the coming 2-4 weeks.



In saying that, let&#8217;s look at the best teams to target/avoid in your starting side by analysing their fixtures over the first month.



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Teams to target</h3>



When just looking at the first two weeks, eleven teams play the maximum of seven games.



These are the Hawks, Celtics, Cavs, Hornets, Magic, Thunder, Raptors, Lakers, Warriors, Grizzlies, and Suns.



If you are looking for players to get off to a hot start and potentially make some quick coin off the bat, look towards these teams.



Five teams play the maximum (11 games) across the first three weeks: the Thunder, Celtics, Warriors, Grizzlies, and Lakers.



This makes SGA and Doncic potentially the pick of the premiums to start the season.



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It also makes all the undervalued Celtics options, like Brown, White, and Pritchard, even more enticing to start the season.



Looking at the first month in total, many teams will equally play the maximum of 14 games.



Therefore, we won&#8217;t go through all of them; instead, let&#8217;s look at the teams with unfavourable starting schedules.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Teams to avoid</h3>



There are three teams that only play five matches across the first two weeks: the Nuggets, Rockets, and Clippers. 



Is this enough to avoid players from these teams entirely in your starting side? 



I would almost argue yes.



It really depends on what players you are deciding between, so let&#8217;s give some examples of decisions you may be facing. 



The obvious player that is impacted by this is the best player in Supercoach, Nikola Jokic.



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Honestly, as big a call as it is, at his hefty price tag, I would almost say you should avoid Jokic to start the season.



Even if he plays five outstanding games, which, knowing him, he more than likely will, he is going to struggle to score as many as the likes of SGA or Doncic, who play are set to play an additional 2 games over the first two weeks.



Similarly, Amen Thompson and Sengun were two players I was eyeing off to start with, as I can feel a big season coming. 



Instead, I am now leaning towards starting without them and watching how they perform over the first two weeks before jumping on. 



However, there is someone like Reed Sheppard, a popular bench option, who also finds himself with this tough schedule.



For your bench players, I would argue schedule does not matter as much as they are not going to score points for your team.



Instead, they are there to hopefully rise in value over the season, and you do not want to be wasting trades here based on the schedule.



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Anyway, moving on to look at the first three weeks, nine teams will play the minimum of 9 games.



This includes the Rockets, Nuggets, Bulls, Pelicans, Knicks, Jazz, Spurs, Trail Blazers, and Clippers.



I wouldn&#8217;t entirely avoid any players from these teams, but if you are tossing up between option A, who plays 9 games across the first weeks, and option B, who plays 11, I would definitely go with option B.



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Wrapping it up</h3>



That&#8217;s it for our fixture analysis article.



Remember to keep an eye out for our socials for the drop of our NBA schedule chart that will make all this fixture analysis a whole lot easier for you!

NBA Supercoach | Fixture Analysis

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