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Looking for Dunkest Value

Over Christmas the FoG blog data analysts found time to code some java to strip the boxscores from espn into a csv file and to strip the player costs from Dunkest  into a csv file. This work has spawned articles like  here  (top players ranked by expected points per game) and  here  (identify soft games in the Dunkest Schedule) and here (opposition ranked by expected points given away).  When I wrote the article on the top players (Shopping List) I mentioned that it was just a guide to give you some leads.  It didn't take into consideration player cost.  We can do that now. I will hopefully be updating this table below before the start of every matchday, so bookmark this page and come back. Total Pts: The official total Dunkest Points. Expected Pts : This is the average player points calculated the Dunkest way for all games this season (it includes off schedule games).  This can be considered the expected points per game.  R...