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5 potential players with an A rating are very rare. Always go with a 5/5 guy if he is available. You have a beast coming your way if you can draft him.

As has been suggested above, I think you have almost no chance of drafting either of these guys. The last two teams in your league with a quick look are not bot. If you need more info on your chances, have a look at your leagues economic averages for draft investment, if that number is above $10 000 I would suggest a good deal of the teams are watching the draft.

You look like you have as much chance as I do. : )

Thanks for the advice.

They're both a long way down the prospect list so hopefully ill strike lucky! Fingers crossed!

Everyone has a different list order.

Depends on what you want to train in this situation. I personally would want to train the SF because I hate dealing with big salaries in my rookies but the best prospect of the three would probably be the 7'1" PF because since he is a PF his secondaries are most likely fairly decent due to A+ skills and being listed as a PF instead of a Center. This way you can train him just like a center but he will naturally have better secondaries than all the other centers and will train just as fast as the other centers because he is so tall. He is the most promising player in my opinion.

Question: was that just a scenario or do you actually have these three players in your draft? :O because if so then your draft is stacked!

4 ball 18yo is better for training purposes as well. His skills will be slightly lower (let's say a 5-ball C might be something like 7/6/6/7 and a 4-ball C might be 6/5/4/7). That's a difference of 4 pops. He will easily make that up in a season of training, which makes him a better long-term prospect regardless of selling price.

To answer your initial question, I'd probably agree with EBW and take the 7'1" player. Chances are good that he has low OD, but if you're really lucky you'll get 5-7 OD on a 7-footer, which is rather hard to come by and great to have, especially if you take the time to train it up further. And you know you're getting solid JS (because of the PF label) and decent inside skills, which makes him a good center prospect at worst. I wouldn't take the SF for the reasons I stated earlier, and you could take the 6'10" PF, but you have pretty much the same chances of getting good skills as on the 7'1" player and the reward is higher if you get a skilled 7-footer than a skilled 6'10" player.

Last edited by Turtle at 5/27/2013 9:37:03 AM

If i was in your league , id be very bad here and do the scout combine learning the heights and ages of all players. Id then locate the 18 yo wwith heights 6'6 and 6'7 and scout them till i find the ones you mentioned. Id then steal these players from under your nose. I guess its a good thing im not in your league.

so evil

He is sitting 3rd in the draft order and first 2 are bots so he should at least get his top pick.

Last edited by aussie dude at 5/20/2013 10:10:00 PM