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Surplus vs Basketball Monster: live value board vs category rankings

Surplus is a free live fantasy NBA draft board at surplus.football that prices picks in points (or Z). It is not “surplus value,” the drafting strategy. Basketball Monster is category z-score rankings and draft-tracker research.

Local guest state No trackers Published methodology Works offline

Use Surplus when you want the live board — record picks, queue, roster, Proj / VOB (or Z / Z/base) updating as seats fill. Use Basketball Monster when you want category z-scores, punt builds, and a tracker that syncs to a league host. They can sit next to each other. They are not the same tool.

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Surplus

What: A live draft board that prices picks in points.
Price: Free at surplus.football. Guest drafts stay in this browser. Surv% and Δ pick lock behind a free sign-up.
Best for: Seeing Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, Δ pick, and Surv% on the board while you pick.
Room: HDMI or cast the tab. The commissioner records picks on that machine. There is no shareable room URL. Optional read-only Sleeper follow.
Value: Yes — on the live board. Points leagues use Proj / VOB. Category leagues use Z / Z/base.

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Basketball Monster

What: Fantasy basketball projections, z-score rankings, and a Draft Tracker.
Price: Check basketballmonster.com for current access and pricing. Public pages describe a long-running paid research site.
Best for: Custom category values, positional value, dynamic value as the pool shrinks, and provider sync.
Room: Not a commissioner TV party room. Their Draft Tracker tutorials describe logging picks and connecting to Yahoo, ESPN, Fantrax, and CBS.
Value: Yes — z-score values, PosV, DynV, ADP, scarcity. That is research, not a Surplus-style pick list the commissioner runs.

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Different jobs

If the question is “which free live board prices the NBA pick,” the answer is Surplus. If the question is “which site is the category z-score toolkit,” Basketball Monster is built for that job.

Surplus is also not “surplus value,” the drafting strategy. It is the product at surplus.football.

FAQ

Is Surplus the same as surplus value drafting?

No. Surplus value is a strategy. Surplus is the free NBA board.

Does Surplus replace Basketball Monster?

No. One is the live board. The other is category-value research. Use both if you want both jobs.

Also see vs Clicky Draft and the NBA FAQ.

Surplus — the draft board that prices picks in points.

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