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The player is certainly "worth" 1.3 million in the same way a rolex is "worth" 5k. As in, that is the going rate for the player/watch. He could train him or sell him right back and quickly recover his spent money. However,everyone is arguing that the player is not actually bringing 1.3 million worth of benefit to his team and I would agree with that.

Rebounding, like most skills in this game, are by comparison against the player they are up against. In Div. IV, it is rare to see a prolific rebounder even. That means diminishing returns for every pop beyond that point, unless you plan on selling the player or using him at a higher level (which are both valid options in this scenario). Those extra pops, for which you are paying dearly for, would much better be spent on IS or ID. My 18 year old PF would outplay this player.

I also think a few people (or possibly me) in this thread have a misconception about rebounding. It is my understanding that the rebound comes down to a matchup - a randomly chosen offensive player vs. counterpart. This player will certainly win almost all of the rebounding battles, but so would a prolific rebounder. Just because he is a Prodigious rebounder doesn't mean he gets more opportunities to rebound, just that he will win more of said opportunities. As an example:

30 opportunities for PF rebounds in a particular game:

Prodigious (25) vs. Strong (5)
Prolific (23) vs. Strong (7)

These are made up numbers, of course, used to paint a picture of the concept I am trying to describe.

I understand you are just painting a picture with your example, but I honestly believe that there is a slightly bigger difference between having 11 rebounding and having 16 rebounding even if you are only comparing them to someone who has 9 rebounding (which I'm sure many div 4 teams have).

I think that now that he has the 16 rebounding player, he will certainly dominate the boards, and will give him more flexibility to play tactics such as a 1-3-1 zone and still maintain a strong rebounding rating.

Nothing wrong with that pickup. He's well-rounded, young, and has the necessary respectable JS to be effective offensively. He'll also score a lot because of his ridiculous rebounding stat. I'm biased because I had a rebounder in IV who was the star of my team and MVP of the league(only 12 to his 16) and he'd get like 3 or 4 putbacks a game and averaged 4.4 OR per game. A player like that in IV can pull 10 OR any given day.

What do you think of this player? I think he is well rounded. Only a bit weak in outside defense.
I payed 800.000 for him.

Weekly salary: $ 16 692

DMI: 131400
Age: 27
Height: 6'7" / 201 cm
Potential: allstar *
Game Shape: proficient

Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: awful Handling: pitiful
Driving: mediocre Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: strong Inside Def.: proficient
Rebounding: strong Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: mediocre

Experience: mediocre

Decent player, could do with some stamina training though.
Will help your team out though :)

As a PF, I don't think his OD should factor much, although given his skill set, he might be worth a look in the 3 spot too.

Nah he couldn't play SF his OD is too low.