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Well, since the thread is about the draft, and the draft means young players, which means trainees, I really don't know why any other aspect is relevant.

You mentioned training, that's what I was responding to.

(I assume you were getting at height?)

Oh believe me I know of bad drafts, I was at WSU when Ryan Leaf was a stud and got drafted to San Diego, and everyone said Peyton manning didnt stand a chance in the NFL, didnt have an arm, didnt have the height. Ryan Leaf blew up within a year and now Peyton is a perrenial winner. But basically leaf was a headcase anyways, and I dont see attitude or intelligence as a stat in BB.

However, when it comes down to this being just about math, the luck I am referring to is the fact that someone that placed higher than me in the conference was somehow able to pull two very good players out of the drafts, one is going to start for him and has MVP or better potential ( I dont recall atm but it was high) and the other after less than half a season of training will start for him. So he got the recruits with better potential with better stats, based on the same amount of scouting, and I have the better spot in the order of pick. Thats luck when it boils down to it.

Maybe there is an aspect of correct methodology involved as well. Suppose your friend just had a better valuation sytem based on the box score / grade / potential / +/-variables available. Perhaps you relied to much on the box score, or not enough. How we determine which player is better is a guess because we don't have anything concrete which relates scouting info to skill levels. So if your friend consistently gets better picks than you, perhaps you should ask him how he chooses to separate and rank his scouted players based on the heiroglyphics avaliable to him on draft day.