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Only in D4 so just looking for players that can help me compete at that level and carry over to division 3.

I scouted by revealing attributes which probably is not the most efficient but here is what I have. A 19 yr old I assume because he has strong attributes.

JS: Respectable JR: Strong Passing: Strong OD: Strong

Rebounding: Respectable SB: Strong

Ik theoretically you can train up an 18 yr old to that but this guy has really strong abilities, was thinking of putting up like 3 potential 18 year olds at the top of my board and hopefully grab 1 in the first round and put this guy 4th and maybe snag him in the 2nd or 3rd.

Good idea. i myself have bought 19 year old 67 TSP player (because draft had just 1 decent player at all that year...), while was in div 4 playinf first season, trained along with other guy, and now he is the best defender in the team, a swiss-army knife in div 2.

That guy would give you merchandise bonus. Also you would save 1 year of training, but definitely he shouldnt be first option.
Draft him only after the 18 year olds with potential 4 or above.
My advice would be to draft best TSP players who are lvl 4 potential or higher. Low potential players caps quite fast, if training primaries at around year 22-23, good for starters and to get out of div 4 and div 3.

Last edited by Vilkai [LTU NT] at 8/18/2020 1:27:11 PM

+1 @Vilkai

Revealing attributes is right when you want to choose by skills, it is just costly. And you still need to check potential.

you didn't tell us his size. If this draftee is very tall, an 8 OD might be worth it for example.

With low potential (3 or 4) and high TSP you can probably go for a short training cycle of 3 or 4 ig years. It might let you learn about training and let you get a better choice in a few years.

As it was mentioned, potential is the key. 5 balls is great, 4 is good, 3 is not enough, 1-2 is garbage even with excellent starting skills. I think you've got it already.

But let's say the potential of your top 4 draftees is equal...
Have you scouted all 10 skills or just 6 out of 10? Scouting all attributes is expensive, but it provides perfect knowledge and allows (almost exactly) to split 18 yo's and 19 yo's. Anyway, mind the gap that the 19yo has over 18yo's. If it's about 8 skill points or more than i'd prefer 19 yo draftee.

And I like the idea to pick one of the 18 yo's and then try to snatch the 19 yo, coz managers tend to ignore them a little. Moreover, a manager who don't scout attributes (most of us I suppose) will pass by 19 yo draftee with great skill sum (65+), coz he only sees the 5 balls in current ability, which is not ucommon. So he'll pick 5-balls 18 yo, whose skill sum will average about 50-55.

In general I'm a fan of what you're doing, good luck with your draft picks.

Last edited by MetalViper at 8/20/2020 10:32:29 PM

Hey guys, my first-ever draft is coming up, and still not quite sure what should be valued most. I didn't (and, still don't) quite know how it should be done, so I went with Group Demonstration and then kept interviewing the guys with 5-star star rating.

Right now, at two I've got at the top of the list:

18-year-old 5-star star rating, 5-star potential, A grade rating.
19-year-old 5-star star rating, 5-star potential, A+ grade rating.

Which one do you think I should go for, in your opinion? And overall, any tips for draft process?

No doubt, 18yo first

I prefer 18yo.

BTW, can we have players at 17yo? say 1 or 2 players out of 48 from the draft, so we will have more times to train them up.

I would prefer having Lebron and Dončič type players out of the draft. 18 year old with skills up to lvl 16-18

Last edited by Vilkai [LTU NT] at 6/25/2021 10:10:22 AM