What if | The Blatsheet

Each weekly summary ends with a What if: one change that would have flipped a matchup. It only tests moves the league activity shows. Keeping a player a team dropped counts. Picking up a player the team never added does not.

Take a made-up week. Team A adds a guard, then drops him two minutes later for a forward. Team A loses to Team B 2-7. Undoing that drop takes five rules:

The forward never joins. Every game he started comes out, even on a day the guard did not play.
The guard plays where he fits: the forward’s slot, else a starting slot whose player sat out. Otherwise he sits.
All nine categories are recounted from the daily lineups. Team B’s week stays as it was.
Percentages compare at three decimals, as Yahoo shows them.
It only runs when those lineups reproduce Yahoo’s score.

The forward’s Friday came off the bench, so it never counted and nothing comes out. His Sunday start does. The guard played twice after the drop: on Friday every guard slot had a player who played, so he sits; on Saturday the point guard sat out, so his 29 points start.

WhatIf[A] = week − forward’s starts + guard’s games where he fits

The guard, after the drop

Friday	4/7 FG, 11 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM, 1 STL, 1 TO, 1/2 FTSits: no slot he fits was empty
Saturday	10/14 FG, 29 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM, 2 STL, 2 TO, 6/6 FTStarts at point guard: its starter sat out
Sunday	Did not play

The forward, never added

Friday	5/9 FG, 12 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 2/2 FTOn the bench: never counted, nothing to take out
Saturday	Did not play
Sunday	3/11 FG, 9 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 1 BLK, 2 TO, 2/4 FTStarted at forward: comes out

Nine categories, recounted

Cat	Team A	What if	Team B	Result
FG%	.478160/335	.494167/338	.490192/392	lost→ won
FT%	.78480/102	.80884/104	.794112/141	lost→ won
3PM	40	42	60	lost
PTS	450	470	560	lost
REB	211	215	214	lost→ won
AST	120	125	112	won
STL	30	32	38	lost
BLK	22	21	25	lost
TO	62	62	70	won

The summary prints

Team A lost 2-7 to Team B. Had Team A kept the guard instead of adding the forward (dropped Friday; 1 game after: 10/14 FG, 29 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM, 2 STL, 2 TO, 6/6 FT; the forward's 1 start out: 3/11 FG, 9 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM, 1 BLK, 2 TO, 2/4 FT), they win 5-4 (FG%, FT%, REB swing their way).

WhatIf[A] = lost 2-7 → won 5-4

Above the plane: Team A ahead. Below: Team B ahead.

Margin in each category, as a share of Team B’s total (turnovers: fewer is ahead). Categories in bold change hands.

FG%, FT% and REB change hands. The guard’s 10 of 14 and 6 of 6 lift both percentages past Team B’s, and his 8 rebounds clear Team B’s 214. Leave the forward’s Sunday start in and the sum reads 4-5: his 3 of 11 drags field goal percentage back under Team B’s. So the What if takes him out.