April 2nd Weekly Release Notes

The baseball season is right around the corner.  I honestly cannot wait!  I’m looking forward to perfecting the Fantasy Assistant’s waiver wire suggestions.  I’ve got some cool ideas prepared for the next week or so, stay tuned. Also, this time next week waiver wire suggestions for baseball will be live.

Here are this weeks release notes:

  • Fix for duplicate CBSSports transactions
  • Added a notification for expired billing information in the User Panel
  • Fix for correct number of teams for CBSSports leagues
  • Fix for MLB player graphs that sometimes did not display
  • Added mixflow to see how users interact with the site
  • Added email for expired billing information
  • Implemented #adfreefriday where all logged in users will not see any ads
  • Weekly email opt out fix #2
  • Switched to a new ad provider for now, you’ll notice the site loading a LOT faster
  • Fix for rendering error in footer
  • Added an email notification when a user syncs a fantasy league
  • Migrated most email handling over to Amazon SES, but may switch to Sendgrid in the near future
  • Fix for league updates

Point Guard Help- Darren Collison

Darren Collison is still available in some fantasy leagues despite some impressive assist totals recently.

Analysis: Darren Collison is averaging a stout 6.25 assists per game over his last four contests. He’s averaging 1.0 steals, 3.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists in his last ten games. He’s always been a solid assist guy but he’s finally starting to peak this year. He’s not turning the ball over and he’s been shooting very well from the field in the past few weeks. He’s a career 85% free throw shooter in addition to the assists and steals. He won’t light up the score board but he gives you everything you need from a lower tier fantasy point guard.

Collison is available in over twenty percent of fantasy leagues and he is going fast. He’s averaging over thirty-two minutes per game this year and his minutes continue to be stable. If you are in need of assists he should be one of your first options if Ramon Sessions or Jameer Nelson are not available. Ten plus points, five plus assists with steals and solid free throw shooting is what he’s offering. His shot selection has improved and with it his fantasy value.

Ad Free Friday #adfreefriday

You know what users hate?  Advertisements.  From now on FantasySP will be participating in #AdFreeFriday.  Every Friday FantasySP users will browse the site without advertisements.

Sure that sounds great, but wouldn’t it be nice if we replaced that ad space with something useful?  Well, in place of the top banner ad are Player Trends.  Player Trends show in realtime which player’s have the most important news based on user’s viewing habits.  The darker the name of the player, the bigger the news trend.

Derek Fisher & Bobby Abreu are Trending

On this particular day Bobby Abreu is trending because he was nearly traded and still might be traded.  Derek Fisher has news because tonight he returned to Staples Center after being traded and was greeted with a video tribute and a standing ovation.  No wonder they are trending!

I encourage all other sites to adopt this policy to make the internets a better place each Friday.

Under The Radar- JJ Barea

Jose Juan Barea has been out of action the last week with a right thigh contusion but he will be returning to action very soon.

Analysis: Before Jose Juan Barea’s thigh injury he did have three straight ten plus assist games. Luke Ridnour has been playing well at the point but Barea will get his fair share of minutes upon returning from injury. And as good Ridnour has been the last three to four games, Barea’s production right before his injury was significantly better. Barea is averaging about the same amount of points, threes and assists per game as Ridnour yet is playing an average of twelve minutes less per game this year. Keep in mind that Ridnour is shooting just 38% from the floor and 26% from three during this week long “hot” streak he is currently on.

Obviously if either guy is available in your league they are both worth a look but Barea does have more upside. JJ is available in over eighty percent of fantasy leagues so you have some time to assess team needs. Barea’s health is not that much of a concern going forward but his minutes will be the most interesting number to keep an eye on over the next few weeks.

March 26th Weekly Release Notes

This week has some fairly noticeable fixes and additions.  The biggest change behind the scenes is that the server has been updated to something a bit beefier.  As the site grows, the server needs to stay one step ahead to allow for future growth.  I think this current server should do just fine for the coming months, and even up to a year.

Now for the rest of the changes:

  • Documentation on the site has been updated, including faqs, advertising, etc.  Long overdue.
  • Fixes for CBSSports Baseball leagues (number of teams and duplicate transactions).
  • Our footer has been updated. It’s better organized and has a bit of color.
  • The fantasy assistant’s team’s dropdown box now only moves the current selection instead of all of them.
  • Fix for fleaflicker (thanks dusty)
  • The billing page now has a loading icon when the payment transaction is being processed. (small change, but huge for the user experience)
  • Users will now be notified if their credit card information needs to be updated automatically via the User Panel. (Email reminders will be added next week).
  • Update Billing information page has been created.
  • Updated footer links in billing invoices to include update card info link.
  • Updated free account feature access and table breakdown on the billing page.