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Re: Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL

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Post by jameszhang »

mynmyn wrote: post #2

You should implement an import feature for hardcore fantasy players to import their various teams - your paid subscriptions are gonna come from these guys, it should be easy as possible for them to use.

I agree that this would be really cool, although as a hardcore fantasy player, I use twitter as my number 1 source for game-time decisions. It has the most up-to-date information, which is crucial for making roster changes on gameday.

May I ask what the source of the injury news is for this app? I'm guessing it's ESPN.

Re: Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL

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Post by rscott »

ledbettj wrote: post #10

Where are you getting the player images from? I had a project recently where I wanted to pull NBA player images but couldn't find any freely available. Ended up hotlinking to NBA.com and hoping noone noticed.

Looks like he downloaded them all from ESPN.

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Post by glanch »

mynmyn wrote: post #2

You should implement an import feature for hardcore fantasy players to import their various teams - your paid subscriptions are gonna come from these guys, it should be easy as possible for them to use.

Fantasypros.com has this feature. They allow you to import 1 team for free, and pay if you want more. You could definitely compete with them, though. Their site has become fairly cluttered. Keep this one simple and focused on injuries is your best bet, imo.

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Post by dombili »

plcancel wrote: post #9
dombili wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You kind of asked for it if you picked Ersan, though. He gets injured quite often. (Sure, why not. A bit late though, isn't it?) -- As for the website, it looks good. Maybe I'm missing something but do I have to search for players specifically? Can't I just browse player information league by league? (Sort of like what Rotoworld does here: http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nba/basketball-player-ne... )

So true. He's not even the worst. My team would be rocking a fantasy hospital league right now. Yeah. Suppose so. Maybe next year we can get one going. Good to know there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, though.

Yeah, lots of devastating injuries this year.

I don't know if there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, but I'm sure there are a lot of NBA fans. I've seen a few instances where people built something regarding the NBA. I don't know a lot about other sports, but analytics is also a very hot topic in the NBA for a couple of years now, so I'm sure there are NBA nerds reading HN (Wouldn't be surprised to see someone from APBR, for instance).

Re: Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL

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Post by xpose2000 »

Nice job, hope to see more features down the road.

I run FantasySP, which has been monitoring rosters for years now. Though the biggest difference is that we want our users to sync their fantasy league so their rosters are always up to date. When big news happens, injury or otherwise, we email the user immediately.

In fact, we also monitor the waiver wire for you.

http://www.fantasysp.com

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