Today I’m playing in a $10, 6 man 200 point cap, $5.5 HU $800K cap, and a $1, 6man 220 cap at Fantasy Sports Live. I never played in a contest where it seems salary is used to determine a players cost. I’ve always played in cap contests where players value where based on how they did in the past.

Using salary is really interesting since you can great some great deals that I assume will be there all season long. For example, I can buy Chris Paul for only $40,000 and Dwight Howard for only $70,000. Buying both of these players only costs about 1/8 of my $800K salary cap. But in a point cap contest, Howard cost 40 points which is 1/5 of my 200 point cap.

-Dwight Howards 2008 salary is almost $6.1 Million and his fantasy salary cap is $70K.

-Yao Ming’s 2008 salary is about $13.8 Million and his fantasy salary cap is $170K.

Obviously Howard is the easy pick since he’s $100K cheaper and has better stats. In a points caps things are tougher since Howard costs 40 points and Ming costs 35 points. I’ll most likely take Howard but his 40 point costs really takes a chunk out of the normal 200 point cap.

Here’s my team for my first $800K salary cap contest.
B. Davis
C. Paul
T. Parker
C. Butler
A. Jefferson
C. Boozer
D. Howard
Total Cost: $710,000