i would say age (18 years) and initial parameters. height is only important if you plan to train the players forever and same with potential. these are differences that in lower leagues arent that important, my believe is that they do make the difference in the top leagues.
I am training a guard who is slight too large. He is over 2 seasons 1 skill in OD behind compared to my other guards...
height affects training speed speed in low levels as well as in high level, so for training it was improtant.
About potential, the question is how good the player should be when you finish training him? You could train your player to around 40k Salary easily with all star potential, was is good enough for a club in div 2 or 3 in think, if you like to train an NT high potential + approciate high is lot more important then good starting skills.
Edit: if you go for PF, the height ain't that important because you will sometimes trains guard skills, so he must not be 2.20 values above 2.00 are ok in my eyes, and he should have solid skills utside starting with, because it easier to train the center skills.
Last edited by CrazyEye at 2/25/2009 8:10:31 AM