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156825.5 in reply to 156825.4
Date: 9/15/2010 4:01:30 AM
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Wow, so quick to dis an idea with potential.


Ok, so you think we should put 20-22 year old players in the draft with salaries up to 50k or so (I estimate Deron Williams, Brandon Roy or David Lee would be at least in this range...)? Of course only one or two players of this caliber could be put in each draft pool, but imagine the rant if someone gets lucky and drafts two of those beasts in consecutive years...

How would this change the U21 competition? I think this would hugely improve the big countries and make the smaller countries almost chanceless - I would not want this to happen.

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156825.6 in reply to 156825.1
Date: 9/15/2010 5:31:49 AM
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Well, there are several ways how to develop a player. I can imagine that 1phase training with lvl6 trainer is a best way for 5k 18y old rookie. But what about these teams with lower expectations? Two position or team-training with lvl4 would be great for such a 22y old player. Especially if he would go out with 1 prominent, 2 proficient and some strong skills or like that...

The advantage is in my opinion on the fact that you dont need a 5 seasons to develop some backups for you, just 1 or two seasons could be enough to keep them. While, indeed, they would cost on TL just a million or like that

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156825.8 in reply to 156825.7
Date: 9/15/2010 12:54:59 PM
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NBA rookies know how to play and develop their skills through experience. I dont think Deron Williams is running faster, jumping higher or passing more precisely than he did as a rookie (not to mention the FT-issue). A NBA player is more or less fully developed when he enters the league and might develop in some areas of his game - a Ben Wallace type of career is really rare in pro sports.

BB rookies dont have experience and dont know how to play. They will run faster, jump higher and pass more precisely if they are trained.

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156825.10 in reply to 156825.9
Date: 9/15/2010 4:22:51 PM
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What, we assume BB rookies never played high school ball? Joakim Noah was fully developed coming out of Florida? Scottie Pippen was a Hall-of-Famer before playing with Michael Jordan?

Scottie Pippen was a fat boy with acne who play basketball with a basket fixed on his father's garage door?
because also the strongest newly drafted player,against the best players in the Bb world,are at this level

The "Scottie Pippen" level before playing with Jordan in the BB game will be however a 30-40k player
Do you see the difference in the draft between a 4k player and a 35k player?

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156825.12 in reply to 156825.11
Date: 9/15/2010 5:10:32 PM
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But I still don't see the big argument against rookies as old as 22 years old.

Put in the draft 22yold rookies with the same skills of the actual 18yold doesn't have any sense

Put 22 years old with high skill will creat greate unbalance in the draft

I don't see reason why 22 years old should be inserted in the draft,imho,we have yet to improve the 19yold level...


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156825.13 in reply to 156825.11
Date: 9/15/2010 6:22:53 PM
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But I still don't see the big argument against rookies as old as 22 years old.


18/19 year old players can be developed, a 22 year old 10k player with serious deficits (missing crucial skill) can be dumped right away as training such a player would be a waste of time.

22 year old rookies would only make a sense if they would be strong enough to compete on a mediocre-high level (depening on position that would be 25-50k salaries). How can you put those players in the mix?

I imagine a possible draft could look like this:

Pick 1: 18 year old HOF SG 4k salary
Pick 2: 22 year old All-Star PG 50k salary
Pick 3: 19 year old superstar PF 5k salary
Pick 4: 21 year old star 20k SF salary
....

That would create huge imbalance, imo. Instead of putting in older rookies in the game I would remove the 19 year olds and make all players start at the age of 18 (or vice versa, remove the 18yo and make all start at 19).

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156825.14 in reply to 156825.13
Date: 9/15/2010 6:39:58 PM
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or raise the level of the 19 yold(strong as max skill instead of respectable)

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