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Actually, I was the only human involved in this draft and I drafted last.

Additionally, I did not recognize the importance of scouting until about 3 weeks into the season so did not have info
on all players (that PF, for instance)

Allright then, I think I'm gonna do an analysis myself of American Div V drafts for season 10

Format would be based on the following that I got for my own draft:

# 18: 23
# 19: 25

Positions were dispersed as follows:

PG 11
SG 13
SF 3
PF 8
C 13

Potentials went from bench warmer to MVP with the following dispersion:

bench warmer 6
role player 8
6th man 4
starter 11
star 10
allstar 3
perennial allstar 3
superstar 2
MVP 1

Avg. Potential: 4.00

Salaries were dispersed thusly:

1-2 K: 4
2-3 K: 23
3-4 K: 12
4-5 K: 7
5-6 K: 1
>6 K: 1

HIGH SAL: $6241
LOW SAL: $1313
AVG SAL: $3038

and so on with potential and salary breakdowns for each age and position

2 Questions:

Is doing this worthwhile or just a way to kill some time?

If it is worth doing, would 10 drafts be enough or would I have to go 20?

I would only be analyzing Level V American Leagues and try to get a reasonable mix of bot-filled and active human leagues?

EDIT: Almost forgot. I would put all data on a publicly published Google Docs spreadsheet so anyone could check it out


Last edited by drencrom68 at 12/15/2009 1:35:36 PM

For CBBA was the worse draft by far. Usually we where able to get a decent player from there, at least the majority of the teams. This season is just awful. Looks like in Cyprus in general the draft is pretty poor compared to other seasons. I am closed to the NT managers so i have a clear idea from every seasons draft.

when the best team in a country recieve these very good players... no wonder Germany will have the best u21 team in 2 seasons..

three, we didn't scouted the other leagues yet, but normally you have that bunch of talent in 3-5 leagues not in one ;)

Hope this helps. I just like to crunch numbers and I was really curious about the relationships and how well our division drafted.

USA Div III.4

19x 18-yrs
29x 19-yrs

PG x15 (High-6 $4018, Low-48 $1360, Avg $2812)
SG x7 (High-5 $4196, Low-46 $1615, Avg $3175)
SF x9 (High-3 $4224, Low-43 $1780, Avg $2715)
PF x11 (High-1 $4724, Low-42 $1792, Avg $2990)
C x6 (High-2 $4699, Low-47 $1564, $Avg $2580)

Announcer x0
Bench Warmer x11
Role Player x7
6th Man x6
Starter x3
Star x10
AllStar x6
Perennial AllStar x2
Superstar x1
MVP x0
Hall of Famer x2
All Time Great x0

High Salary: $4,724
Low Salary: $1,360
Avg Salary: $2,859
Standard Dev: $889
Z-Scores: 2.10 to -1.69

USA Division III.4 is an Active All-Human Controlled Division. However, not all poured money into the draft as our league likes the transfer list.

Here's how our draft played out:

First Round:
None Retired
1st Pick: PF, $1984, Superstar
Best Pick: C, $4699, Hall of Famer, #2 Pick
Worst Pick: SF, $1780, 6th Man, #5 Pick
Avg Salary: $3620

13 of the 1st-Tier Salaried Players were drafted in the 1st Round (Avg Salary $3974)
1 of the 2nd-Tier Salaried Players was drafted in the 1st Round (Avg Salary $2504)
2 of the 3rd-Tier Salaried Players was drafted in the 1st Round (Avg Salary $1882)

Second Round:
4 Retired (1x Starter, 1x All Star, 2x Bench Warmers, Avg Salary $2853)
Best Pick: 19-yr SG, $3679, AllStar (RETIRED), #25 Pick
Worst Pick: 19-yr SG, $1615, Bench Warmer, #22 Pick
Avg Salary: $2848

3 of the 1st-Tier Salaried Players were drafted in the 2nd Round (Avg Salary $3583), 2 of which are retired
11 of the 2nd-Tier Salaried Players were drafted in the 2nd Round (Avg Salary $2859), 1 of which is retired
2 of the 3rd-Tier Salaried Players were drafted in the 2nd Round (Avg Salary $1682), 1 of which is retired

Third Round:
9 Retired (1x Perennial AllStar, 1x Star, 2x 6th Man, 2x Role Players, 3x Bench Warmers, Avg Salary $2163)
Best Pick: 18-yr PG, $2810, Role Player (RETIRED), #36 Pick
Worst Pick: 19-yr PG, $1360, Bench Warmer (RETIRED), #43 Pick
48th Pick: 19-yr PG, $2291, Star (RETIRED), 33rd highest salary
Avg Salary: $2107

0 of the 1st-Tier Salaried Players was drafted in the 3rd Round
4 of the 2nd-Tier Salaried Players was drafted in the 3rd Round (Avg Salary $2589), 2 of which are retired
12 of the 3rd-Tier Salaried Players was drafted in the 3rd Round (Avg Salary $1946), 7 of which are retired

For some reason, I was under the impression that higher level teams would get draft picks that were significantly better than those in lower leagues. Your post shows that this does not seem to be the case.

So, I have decided that I am going to go ahead and do a study and then put everything on an accessible to the public spreadsheet.

How many drafts should I survey?

What data should I include?

Should I gather data just from one country; at least one from every country or just make it completely random?

And, pardon the ignorance (actually more like senility), but how does one find a standard deviation?

I will be having a lot of free time in the next few months, so I swear I will get this done, but it may take a month or so.

This is my first time to actually record the draft results. I can go back and record but the data won't be accurate. I was also under the impression that drafts would be better the higher up you advance but I figured it would not be that dramatic of an increase in talent. I think the higher up you advance, however, the less significant the draft becomes as your rely more and more on the transfer list.

My theory is that lower level teams rely on the draft early as well as purchasing cheap trainable players off the transfer list. As the players progress and the teams progress along as well, then they sell them high in hopes of acquiring better talent that allows them to compete at their new levels.

With each draft consisting of 48 players, that would give you 480 subjects to study. Before you begin your study though, you need to clarify your objective of this study. After pulling the data from this draft, I've concluded that I really did not gather anything more than facts and at this point I have no idea why I am studying this data other than the fact that I was interested in the actual results of our draft and wondering who pulled the best draft class in my division.

I do agree that you would need to gather data from quite a few of the major countries and quite a few minor countries. Then I'd compare the two samples of data with each other and see if the major countries are pulling strong draft classes than the minor countries. That would be something I'm curious in.

As far as standard deviation, I only learned about it during my years as a maintenance analyst for the USAF. I've been out for nearly 6 years now so I am not current with any changes in statistical analysis. The only thing standard deviation does is determine the average deviation between data. In this case, I was comparing the salaries in the draft class and trying to determine the relationship between their actual draft position (which I've determined that draft position has no effect on the actual salary as they are apparently pre-determined ... which I'm pretty sure had already been figured out by a lot of others here).

To calculate standard deviation, you'll need no less than 30 samples. Thankfully there are 48 samples in a draft class. To calculate the Standard Deviation in Excel, it's actually quite simple:

=stdev(selection of cells) <--- Only 1 column, cannot be a group of cells
=stdevp(selection of cells) <--- Only 1 column, cannot be a group of cells

The two numbers will have a slight variance but it won't be by much. Honestly, I have a hard time determining when I should use STDEVP and STDEV.

To determine the Z-Score, subtract an individual sample from the average and divide by the standard deviation. To understand the importance of the Z-Score, I recommend reading up on Wikipedia.

first leagues don't get better draft, the bb said it and i could say it too ;)

because i normally i check 10-20 draft in our country in search for new NT talents.

My theory is that lower level teams rely on the draft early as well as purchasing cheap trainable players off the transfer list. As the players progress and the teams progress along as well, then they sell them high in hopes of acquiring better talent that allows them to compete at their new levels.

I wanted to clarify my theory.

All draft classes are roughly the same talent pool across the board. You will not find a better draft class in Division NBBA than you would in Division II just because Division NBBA is a higher division. Two examples:

Ice Store BC, NBBA (Season 10 Champs)
Total Salary: $461,588
Avg Salary: $28,849
High: $69,213
Low: $2,320
Rookies: $3037 (#16 Pick), $2030 (#32 Pick), $2362 (#48 Pick)

My theory is that teams in the higher leagues have little use for their draft picks outside of training purposes. The Ice Storm BC in the NBBA League have 9 of 16 players with five-digit salaries, ranging from $69,213 to $27,339. The next player to fall below that range is sitting at $7,165/week. With 9 players (1 being sold off) hitting those high salaries, draft picks serve little use outside of playing scrimmages so they receive training so they can be shipped off later.

Dangerous Viperz, USA Div V.125 (Season 10 Champs, promoted to Div IV.63)
Total Salary: $79,953
Avg Salary: $3,476
High: $5,369
Low: $1,650
Rookies: $5028 (#16), $3011 (#32 Pick), $3038 (#48 Pick)

The Viperz managed to luck out with some of the best picks in their draft class. However, notice that their draft picks are on the same level as their average salary. My theory proposes that while they may be active participants on the transfer list, when it comes to a lower leagues draft, they are pretty much receiving younger players that are on the same level playing field as their current players.

The higher the league, the less likely you'll keep those players you draft unless you plan on training them. Therefore, I theorize that the transfer list is their best friend in terms of keeping their team competitive because it will take several seasons for a rookie to be on the same playing field as that team's current group of stars. Therefore, the only reason they should/would keep a rookie is if they are good enough for training purposes so that they can later sell them for high profit so they can boost their bank account for either hitting the transfer list, purchasing cheaper staff members, upgrading arena, etc.

Last edited by kaygdanimal at 12/16/2009 10:19:24 AM

how do you guys look this up i cant even find this years draft anyplace , i was able to break down the order i wanted my picks before the draft but i cant find the draft anyplace


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