Most categories in traditional nine category roto leagues sort independently. That is to say that a given players contribution in one category generally has very little correlation to his production or lack thereof in a separate category. However, there is a strong negative correlation between the turnover and assist categories. If a player is stellar in assists, they are also likely to be poor in turnovers. While this doesn’t hold true for each and every player, some players will be terrible at both assists and turnovers, it holds true as a general rule. In fact, I prefer to view the assist and turnover categories as one combined category.

In most roto leagues it is rare for any team to have a combined score of assists and turnovers greater than 75% of the combined maximum. It is also rare for any team to have a combined score of assists and turnovers less than 25% of the combined maximum. This leaves a narrow spread between most teams when you combine the two categories. It is quite easy to achieve a score of 50% of the maximum combined score of the two categories. The challenge for championship roto teams becomes how to get a combined score in the 75% of maximum range...[Full Article]