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Date: 10/17/2012 12:11:22 PM
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Is it worth getting a 19 year old 5 star 5 potential player? I want to know if it is best to find an 18 year old instead despite those ratings.

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Date: 10/17/2012 12:16:35 PM
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if you cant fnd 18 year old with 5 potencial, then defitenely grab this one.

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Date: 10/17/2012 1:00:46 PM
Kira Kira Koseki
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IMO... If he's a bigman, then it's ok that he's 19 since bigs can be trained quickly anyway so a season isn't a huge loss unless you wanted an U21 player. SF or guard... not so appealing since you really need all the time you can get to train those guys up, which means 18yo. Either way though, try to find a beast 18yo but if you can't this guys a good player to fall back on.

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Date: 10/17/2012 2:51:42 PM
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i disagree with this unless your have no interest in a higher level trainer, or are not confident in your ability to utilize training to generate the necessary pop's to make the 18 year old(s) as good as the 19.

Last edited by FuriousSK at 10/17/2012 2:52:09 PM

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Date: 10/17/2012 3:01:24 PM
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Is it worth getting a 19 year old 5 star 5 potential player? I want to know if it is best to find an 18 year old instead despite those ratings.


A 5/5 even at 19 can be an amazing trainee if his secondary skills are good. If you find a high quality 18 year old, perhaps you can prioritize that player highest and then the 19 yo afterward, with the hope of getting him in the second round and seeing what you've ended up with.

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228503.7 in reply to 228503.6
Date: 10/17/2012 7:26:58 PM
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I think the only difference it would make is if you have U21 aspirations. Does anyone have an estimate of how many pops you lose in taking a 19 yo over an 18 yo?

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Date: 10/17/2012 8:27:34 PM
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about 14-16 pops.

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Date: 10/17/2012 8:38:24 PM
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So then you just have to weight that against the amount of pops it would take for the 18 yo 4 ball to be as good as the 19 yo 5 baller. I doubt the difference comes out to anymore than 5-8 pops. Extremely significant if youre trying to make a U21 player, but is it all that significant if youre trying to build a team?

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228503.10 in reply to 228503.9
Date: 10/17/2012 8:48:02 PM
Mountain Eagles
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of course........every pop counts!5-8 pops could mean the difference in a 58 Total Skill Points (19yo) guy then a 66 Total Skill Points (19yo) guy.....

like for example,
Player A is 5/6/3/2/7/6/-/6/7/5/7
Player B is 4/7/4/4/3/5-/8/10/8/9

Efficiency is the difference my friend.........player B would manhandle player A.

this is just an example.

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228503.11 in reply to 228503.9
Date: 10/17/2012 8:50:50 PM
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So then you just have to weight that against the amount of pops it would take for the 18 yo 4 ball to be as good as the 19 yo 5 baller. I doubt the difference comes out to anymore than 5-8 pops. Extremely significant if youre trying to make a U21 player, but is it all that significant if youre trying to build a team?


There are pops and there are pops. If, for example, the 19 year old was a 6'11 player with all of his guard skills at average or above and decent starting big man skills, and the 18yo was a 7'4 donkey with atrocious skills all over the place, that's a gap that'll never get made up (and that too few people would even care about). And if you're looking to build a team, you'll be far better off with a more well-rounded player trained intelligently than jumping on the donkey treadmill.

Of course, ideally you find an 18 year old with the skill and potential to be a great player - and then get the 19 year old in the second round and then possibly have two guys to build around.