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208292.8 in reply to 208292.1
Date: 2/6/2012 9:15:39 AM
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And BB thanks you for not bashing them.... ;)

I look at the draft as either a home run or a waste of time depending on how it falls. The only way you are going to get that once in a lifetime player for cheap is to draft him. So for that reason, some seasons, its definitely worth taking a shot. You could either build your entire team around that player or if you sold that player on the market you could really get rich quick.

Other seasons are more like what you described, you would have been better off saving your money and buying a couple of trainees on the market.

When your draft gets posted, look through the 48 players and you will see that there are only a handful at best that are good prospects. And quite possibly nobody that is truly the once in a lifetime guy. But get over it quick, its happened to everyone here at some point.


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208292.9 in reply to 208292.7
Date: 2/6/2012 9:15:39 AM
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So theoretically you falled into those 11% staticticaly unlucky people. who got their first 2 draft picks stealed by bots.

I'm in the bottom 11 percent of the unlucky people? Hey, I'm moving up in the world :)

Yea, I don't even want to say I was unlucky. Being that I won the championsip and had the best record in the league, I got about what my team should have got with the last overall pick.

But it is a fact in most cases, unless you are guaranteed a very, very early pick, like top three or four pick, you're better off buying your trainees. I just went and turned my scouting points to zero and will keep it that way for the entire S19 season and will buy my trainees next season to see if it doesn't work out better for me. I think it will.

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208292.10 in reply to 208292.9
Date: 2/6/2012 9:17:37 AM
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Personally i think, who doesnt risk, doesnt drink champagne. So id have risked in your place like you did.

btw cant wait for my own draft 3 people went bots:D so insetad of 8th i basicly have 5th pick now, want some nice draftees

Last edited by Gajus Julijus Cezaris at 2/6/2012 9:18:59 AM

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208292.11 in reply to 208292.8
Date: 2/6/2012 9:21:05 AM
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Second Team:
Canada Purple Haze BC
Hey took my shot
more than 2 seasons woth of scouting
got a 4 ball 4 potential PG
that should be good..right?
wrong
guy sucks
not sure how he gets the salary he does...oh well

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208292.12 in reply to 208292.8
Date: 2/6/2012 9:21:34 AM
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I love the BB game too much to bash it. Plus, how many people you seen bash BB and come out ahead? Not like they will back up and redraft just because I'm bashing them over my injustice. If they will, then heck, I've got some things to say and want to say them to the highest ranking BB person you can find me :)

I was really just hoping to cash in on a stud trainee before I promoted, because as hard as it was to get a decent trainee in Div. 5, I can only imagin how much harder it will be at the higher levels.

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208292.13 in reply to 208292.11
Date: 2/6/2012 9:26:34 AM
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Hey took my shot
more than 2 seasons woth of scouting
got a 4 ball 4 potential PG
that should be good..right?
wrong
guy sucks
not sure how he gets the salary he does...oh well

A 4 ball, 4 potential player would have been a victory for me in this draft.

Honestly, I guess I didn't do that bad. I got a $4,500 salary 18 y/o with star potential, so he can be a very good player at levels 3 thru 5 the way I see it. But I think he tops out in level 3 and becomes a bench player/scrimmage filler if I ever make it higher than Level 3.

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208292.14 in reply to 208292.13
Date: 2/6/2012 9:30:01 AM
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I got a $4,500 salary 18 y/o with star potential, so he can be a very good player at levels 3 thru 5 the way I see it. But I think he tops out in level 3 and becomes a bench player/scrimmage filler if I ever make it higher than Level 3.

Would this be an accurante statement by me? Or is this $4.500K trainee with star potential not going to be a good player in Div. 3 with proper training, of course.

Here is his skills.........

Weekly salary: $ 4 510

Age: 18
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: average Handling: average
Driving: awful Passing: average
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: inept Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: inept Free Throw: average

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208292.15 in reply to 208292.14
Date: 2/6/2012 9:51:21 AM
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In Canada and many smaller countires that trainee maxed out could still be a fringer starter in D2 and a backup in D1. And he could definitely start for a D3 champion.

In the US, its probably harder to justify starting a $25-30,000 guard in D2. All the levels below D1 are stronger in the US than most other countries because of your much higher user base.

But just train him propely and he definitely has value, either to yourself or on the transfer market. Fast forward a few years and a well trained star level player is still more valuable than a poorly trained superstar prospect.

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208292.16 in reply to 208292.15
Date: 2/6/2012 10:03:10 AM
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I'm studying draftees, not just for my team but for others, too. And it appears that a guard with decent skills will have a lower salary than a big man with bad skills. Why is this?

I've already seen a couple of inside players drafted with no skills worth talking about that have a starting salary more than $1,500 higher than some guard draftees with better skills. Why?

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208292.17 in reply to 208292.16
Date: 2/6/2012 10:07:34 AM
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for the same reason why highest payed players in bb are centers- inside skills rises salary more than outside ones.

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208292.18 in reply to 208292.11
Date: 2/6/2012 10:14:44 AM
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My draft was so disappointing, I'm drinking cold Coors Lights left over from last night's Super Bowl party. And I've not drank this early in the morning in 20+ years.

And yes, the mountains are blue. They were left outside all night, so cold isn't even the word for them.

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