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Box scores can be very unreliable. I wouldn't trust it. If you have no one better than him then keep him up there and you could sell him due to his high potential.

I agree, box scores are not something to use as a tool in determining who to draft. They are pretty cool but there is no evidence that they actually mean anything.

its just one game... which tactic was used? who was his defender... but i agree. if he shoots 20-24 maybe he has no atrocious js ;-)

Sure 20-24 is nice, but in BB he could have gone 8-45 in the three previous games :)

I think that div 1 is getting in general much lower quality draftees than the lower. Thats my experience at least from Cyprus

I think that div 1 is getting in general much lower quality draftees than the lower. Thats my experience at least from Cyprus

i would be surprized about that... i think it's more than in comparison with the other player that Div 1 teams have, their drafts seems less good... ( or the one's you eyeball on the TL are jsut the top of the top drafts that are being sold off/saved by U21/NT)

i recall reading somewhere that each draftgroup has the same ammount of skills ( if you add all skills up to eachother...) but maybe, the draftee's in some divisions got more balanced out skills that in other division... i'd be surprized if the draftee's of Div 1 would be sell good that the other draftee's of the other divisions..

Rev

hi fella's,

got a question aswell here.

i scouted a guy with this info:

2 balls, D+, 18, 4 pot balls...

now usually, i take all the 1 and 2star guy's out, and i check them below.
after that, i take all 3 star guy's, who've been scouted twice, and don't have either a C+ or don't ahve 3 star rating, and i put them down aswell...

then i orden whatever i have left, first 18 year olds, then 19 year olds...

the question is, where do i fit this guy in? his boxscore:
SG 20 min played, 5-8 FG, 1-1 3FG, 1-1 FT, 1 OR, 4 TR, 3 Ast, 1 TO, 2 Stl, 2 BLK, 1 PF, 12p

his boxscore ain't bad at all... yet the only thing troubling me, is his 2 ball rating and D+ in skils rating...

any idea's what to do with a guy like that?

thx

Rev

Well Obviously, You well want to rank him higher then the "2/1 ball potential prospects" and maybe even some 3 star 3 potentials depending on their Grade (higher or lower to D+) ... I well try and evaluate your prospect to the best I can.

He's young and has 4 potential... that's his upside! and it's definitely worth putting him above any one under 3 star Potential or 2's star's with 3 potential.

On the down side he's a 2 star prospect with a D+ grade... that probably means his potential is going to be at the lowest possible for the 4 potential prospects (all-star)... Because the grade has some what of an effect on the potential in my opinion and resent draftee's. and yes he may have 4 potential but a 2 star athlete well also take longer to train up since he will have many lower skills. so keep that in consideration when you are placing him over other prospects in the "draft edit list"

And for the record... how the prospect's perform (remember it's Just ONE game!) in the box scores has nothing to do with the players skills/Potential... I've seen a 2 ball prospect with 1 potential pull off a 29 pt game and so on... but yet he was still an awful pick... people who pick by box score results often get disappointing results and a poor athlete to go with it =p

the best way I can explain is like this...
In a Scrimmage I had ...I started a PG with 2k salary and he's an awful all around player but yet he still had a 20 point game with 6 assist but that doesn't change the fact that he sucks lol ... It was just one game and he played well that game for what ever reason.

hope you make the right choices, Good luck Mod-Revo!




Last edited by A-Dub at 3/12/2010 12:32:37 AM

i've placed him at the 11 or 12 pick, after most 5 and 4 balls guy's in skills ( but who i haven't scouted a second time :( ) so it's gonna be a gamble... but if all 5star and 4 star guy's are gone, then he'll be a nice pick up. whats more, the others who haven't scouted him a second time, will most probably put him at the end of their lists... so chances are high that i'll get him at my second or even my 3rd pick... and to get him at the 3rd pick, that would be nice ^^

so i'll just go with it, and hope for the best.

thanks for the advise guy's.

Rev

I'm in Division 5 and my draft was pretty bad, only four 5 ball players out of 26 scouted and lots of one and two balls. I think its just completely random.

their will be some randomness to a certain degree, but it won't be possiblle to have one division drafting 5 Hall of famers, where as in the other division, the best potential available is an allstar... so yes, their will be some randomness but it's nnot completely random...

Rev

ps: their are 26 players you know nothing about... chances are high their will be more good draftee's in those unknown 26...

it isnt just div1 that has bad draft pools

i am way down in div3 and i guess i haven't seen so many players as i only spent 10k each week but i have no 5 ball potential and only 2 4 ball potential and one of them is a 19 year old dud

on the other hand i did see 6 5 ball star rating players although one is 19 and 1 ball potential, one is a- 19 and 3 ball potential and most are unknown

there was one great prospect a 5 star 4 potential 18 year old however considering i pick 3rd last i don't like my odds