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143332.5 in reply to 143332.4
Date: 5/9/2010 11:26:48 PM
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I think 3 ranges is better, the range indicates whether it is a good height what what you are looking for, and is still vague enough that it can't be used easily to share information. However, I think there should be varied height ranges and it shouldn't be fixed. So in your suggestion, a 7'0" player will be listed in the third range every time.

I am suggesting that if a player is 6'8" then a range should be created around the player automatically, so the range could be 6'7" - 7'3" or it could be 6'1" to 6"8". Basically the given height is used to create a small range around the height. The range will always contain the same number of heights. But there is no way to tell where in the range the height is, and it makes it impossible to share information.

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143332.6 in reply to 143332.5
Date: 5/11/2010 11:50:54 PM
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great suggestion , just to add to it, on other players scouting page in your div it should show different heights that still match up.

so say a pg with the height range 5'11-6'5 on 1 players listing then 6'1-6'7 on another players.

thus players cant match up the heights to try and get a better pick

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143332.7 in reply to 143332.2
Date: 5/12/2010 12:20:22 PM
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BBs simply don't want teams to have a chance for collusion so no matter what we think about it it won't going nowhere. Try to imagine that it is not heigh but trainability - that is hard to predict just by scouting. I guess that's the best approach as there won't be change - ever.

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143332.8 in reply to 143332.7
Date: 5/14/2010 2:21:37 AM
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But one of the suggestions above is to have 3 (or 5) height categories, potentially 'short', 'medium', 'tall', and they can or cannot overlap as well. Not sure how that wil provide any chance for collusion, while it will substantially improve drafting because I don't want a tall player if I'm training guards the following season.

Last edited by Fresh24 at 5/14/2010 2:23:22 AM

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143332.9 in reply to 143332.8
Date: 5/14/2010 4:41:11 AM
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I guess there won't be many tall PGs or short Cs in the pool, so go figure... Add age, potential, the first rating...

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143332.10 in reply to 143332.9
Date: 5/14/2010 12:56:50 PM
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I guess there won't be many tall PGs or short Cs in the pool, so go figure... Add age, potential, the first rating...


Well, my limited experience is that randomness heavily influences the creation of draftees... I had several short PFs and several 'tall' PGs...

However, I want to express once again my point of view: the current draft system is so bad that it can hardly be worsened by any change. Even completely removing it and giving three random players to every user without user involvement would be better.

From: yodabig

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143332.11 in reply to 143332.8
Date: 5/14/2010 8:16:03 PM
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In fact sometimes when you are training SFs you might actually like to draft a short PF/C or a tall SG/PG depending on what aspect you are training.

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143332.12 in reply to 143332.11
Date: 5/14/2010 10:57:11 PM
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Yeah but thats IF you are training SFs. Most people don't train them so its a pain to find out you just drafted a short C or a tall PG...and to have wasted your money on scouting on these guys which you aren't going to keep to train anyway.

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143332.13 in reply to 143332.11
Date: 5/16/2010 1:12:13 AM
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Absolutely, that's why i stated I wouldn't want a tall player if I was training guards the following year, as opposed to not wanting players suggested as PFs or Cs

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143332.14 in reply to 143332.9
Date: 5/16/2010 1:18:22 AM
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maybe I'm missing something, but if height is given after players attend a private training session (ie. after being scouted the second time), what difference does it make if two teams can determine they are looking at the same player?

And aren't box scores a much bigger tell than adding very general height categories?

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143332.15 in reply to 143332.14
Date: 5/16/2010 2:49:20 AM
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Box scores won't allow you to compare players as each manager gets different box scores for the same player.

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