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196933.1
Date: 9/22/2011 5:17:03 AM
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OK I looking to go for a big man in the draft.
Found some decent ones already.

Question.
There is a over 7foot PG who has good balls for skills.
Does that mean he will have decent primaries for a PG but his primary skills for big man are likley to be lower?
That might be ok if his potential is ok as I can train up the skills he needs fast.
Or is it a waste for a huge guy listed as a PG?

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196933.2 in reply to 196933.1
Date: 9/22/2011 6:47:54 AM
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Well, I am currently training a 6.0 "center" as a guard - his primary guard skills are low but will train fast, and he has great starting big skills, so now guard secondaries. Superstar potential so that wont hold him back either. Go for it I reckon.

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196933.3 in reply to 196933.1
Date: 9/22/2011 7:15:34 AM
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Does that mean he will have decent primaries for a PG but his primary skills for big man are likley to be lower?

Basically yes. And by lower they could be none existent ... you never know.

That might be ok if his potential is ok as I can train up the skills he needs fast.
Or is it a waste for a huge guy listed as a PG?

If you want a well rounded player then it is awesome, but as you pointed out he would need superstar + potential to be worth it given his primaries are likely starting from behind where you really would want them to be. If he has the potential then you could end up with a super player, just be prepared for it to take time though.

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196933.4 in reply to 196933.3
Date: 9/22/2011 5:05:54 PM
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Excellent advice from two very experienced managers. Just beware that it is a bit of a risk. You could draft the 7" PG thinking "awesome I will create a well rounded superstar" only to discover he has respectable JS, PA, HA and DR, inept OD and JR and atrocious ID and IS. It would take several seasons of training to make him as good as a starting player you could pick up off the TL for $1. However you could pick up a brilliant young prospect who will have well rounded skills that your lower division opponents have no way to deal with. It is a lottery!

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196933.5 in reply to 196933.4
Date: 9/23/2011 2:53:16 AM
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Anything Inept or below (possibly mediocre) is a pain to train. Keep that in mind. You want the cream of the draft or nothing. Depending on your level, you can pick up decent All star potential guys for around 100k post draft. That will do you for anything you're likely to need in D3 or below. D2 even.

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196933.7 in reply to 196933.6
Date: 9/26/2011 5:42:50 PM
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Well if I was Team Beer or Joshy's Ballmen I would be extactic. I would think your chances were nil but I know last season Beasts Red picked last in their division III and got the best player in the draft for their league so anything is possible.

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196933.8 in reply to 196933.6
Date: 9/27/2011 7:51:00 AM
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very nice
but I dont like giving so much info.
Now if someone knows all ages and heights in your league they can find this guy and not need to interveiw him fully.
Good luck.
I'm not spending much on draft as I will sit somewhere bewteen 2nd or 4th.
Last year I came 6th and got nothing lol

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196933.9 in reply to 196933.8
Date: 9/27/2011 5:59:20 PM
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maybe this guy is acutually really clever

maybe the best player in the draft is a actually a 6'7" SF & he just tricked his entire league into wasting their scouting points on big men

could be a brilliant strategy :P

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196933.10 in reply to 196933.9
Date: 9/27/2011 11:46:16 PM
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Lol nice scam!! wish I thought of it!!