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I have drafted a lot of bad dudes. But the 1 good 1 makes up for it :)

Thad Hadley (19608767)
Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 32 086
Role: key player
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DMI: 747000
Age: 22
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: proficient
Thad Hadley was pick 8 in the season 15 draft by West Indies.

I do the every 2-3 seasons thing as well once I have enough points.

Well I have had a couple of good picks...but a lot of bad ones as well.

My very first was a good pick (P-Allstar Centre) and my pick in the 2nd season wasn't too bad although most wouldn't think so as he was 19. (Superstar PG)
But both these guys are starters for me although they both need some more training.

I am no longer investing this season though as too many people look to be investing heavily and I think I will finish middle of the pack so I think anyone good I uncover will be snapped up by someone else and why open yourself up to potential disappointment :)

So most of us admit we don't scout. So does that mean if you finish low you get a better player anyway?

well doing some numbers its very obvious that people are still spending money on scouting points, but its very hard to determine who is actually spending those points.

ive freely admitted that im not worrying about the draft this year, you would assume that northcote + TL +All-sorts are scouting the entire draft, vios and vipers arent,

but it depends on what TL, northcote and all-sorts are doing. they might actually be not spending any of their scouting points. its a mystery so its a bit hard to say.

but in answer to your question, you get to pick earlier if you finish lower... doesnt mean you will get a better player. Just means you have a better chance of getting your priority picks than compared to if you finished higher.

Matt made a ton of money when I bought Maclean off him many many seasons ago :)

$1,500,000 was a nice little pay day. :p

So most of us admit we don't scout. So does that mean if you finish low you get a better player anyway?

Nope, you get an earlier pick in the draft, but it's total luck whether he will be any good or not.

I think the draft is basically a crapshoot.

The initial scouting is 100% luck - you might scout 15 guys and they could all be rubbish, or scout 5 guys and they all be great, it's really all luck.

Other than spending a fortune (or saving up a bunch of points over a number of seasons) and scouting all the players, it really just gets down to luck.

I think you're right about it being one of the only ways to get an U20 potential player (unless you're prepared to spend big for him on the transfer list), but having a player play for the national team doesn't give you a significant benefit anyway (other than maybe an increase in merchandise).

All in all, I still think it's just luck - either good or bad depending on what draftees you end up with. :p

So basically what you're saying is it's all about luck? :-P

Luck, luck and luck. :p

Scouting Combine and Group Demonstration.
I dont anyone ever starts out just scouting all the players. The first thing that people do, is one of the two above.
So their first 10 points are basically about helping to narrow their choices and this gives them direction as to where to head from there.
These two tools also help eliminate a user from having to 'scout all the players'. I dont think anyone has ever done that. You do the group demo and basically, you find out a lot of the duds or guys that you arent interested in. This very convieniently narrows the odds on all the other guys.
So suddenly finding that pot of gold isnt 4 in 48... it might be 4 in 30. Or the scouting combine narrows it down by age. If you are only interested in 18 year olds, then this pretty cuts your selection in half. (roughly half will be 18 the other half 19).

So 10 points for scouting combine, leaves you with 24 guys to pick from. The SC also tells u their height, so of those 24 you can start with the tallest/shortest guys, and work ur way down from there. 10 pts plus another 10 to do another basic scout on them might give u the 5 tallest and shortest 18 year olds in the draft. thats 10 guys in the draft.
Doing my maths, there is usually 4-5 all-star plus potentialy 18 year olds in the draft, so statistically speaking you now have extremely good odds of having found one of those guys.

So 20 points ($100k) used up. So if i said to you for $100k I could find out the age and height of all the draftee's, plus the skill rating of the 5 tallest and 5 shortest 18 year olds, i reckon thats a pretty good deal!

I believe in the draft and always do some scouting, unless I am right near the top. I have scouted this year although despite being 7th I will get 6th pick or something like that due to the inability of the other conference to.win games. Just changes the way I scout.

Regans is a good theory if you are getting top pick or like 2,3 or 4. Hopefully everything goes how I expect it to and I can come away with something decent.