Season 59 Draft Recap
I've long wanted to do draft recaps, but by the time I'd get around to trying to get the information, half the boys would be fired or sold, but this year, I got to it with only three players fired, so it wasn't too difficult to pull together. Here's some interesting information from the draft class this season.
Out of 48 players drafted, the following is true:
-> 25 18-year olds
-> 23 19-year olds
-> 12 PGs
-> 10 SGs
-> 10 SFs
-> 11 PFs
-> only 5 Cs
The average salary of all 48 players is $3,124.08 and they have an average height of 197.3 cm (or nearly 6'6" for us 'Mericans).
The lowest salaried player is a 19-year old PG named Kenny Navorro drafted by Hustlas with the 13th pick in the first round. Kenny's potential is as a 6th man and makes $1,316/week.
The highest salared player is a 19-year old PF named Damian Olivares drafted by The Beer Bellys with the 9th pick in the first round. Damian's potential is as a Starter and makes $8,042/week, or just over 6 times as much as Navorro. Close second to that came in at $7,268 in the form of a SF named Johnny Bourgeois with Star potential, drafted 14th in the first round by Philly Dribble.
Winner for worst player drafted is The Philadelphia Spartans 18-year old PG Benjamin Angel who is one of three players with Role Player potential and makes $1,822.
Best player in the draft is probably SG Cory Collins, an 18-year old MVP potential SG drafted by Żubr Białystok 24th overall with the 8th pick in the 2nd round.
Out of all 48 players drafted, here's the breakdown by potential:
Announcer = 0%
Bench Warmer = 0%
Role Player = 6.25% (all 18-year olds)
6th Man = 10.4% (3 18-year olds, 2 19-year olds)
Starter = 20.8% (four 18s, six 19s)
Star = 12.5% (four 18s, two 19s)
All Star = 29.2% (five 18s, nine 19s)
Perennial Allstar = 12.5% (five 18s, one 19)
Superstar = 4.2% (two 19s)
MVP = 2.1% (one 18)
Hall of Famer = 2.1% (one 19)
All-Time Great = 0%
The draft is generally a crapshoot, especially if you don't invest in it, and even if you do, it doesn't always work out, depending on your placement. But, all things considered, you know how much I like some numbers about some guys - I threw together a draft ranking by taking the total salaries involved in each team's draft picks (this ranged from $5.8K to $15.8K), divided that by 3, multiplied the result by the total of their potential and then divided by the total of the age of the players*. I'll list their "score" behind the team name.
16. San Dominica Warriors - 390.5
Total Salary: $5,857
Total Potential: 11
None drafted higher than Starter and only one with more than $2k salary (just $75 more).
Grade: F--
15. The Philadelphia Spartans - 575.7
Total Salary: $6,785
Total Potential: 14
Two Allstar potentials in the mix, including an 18-year old PF Sammy Putnam (salary only $2.2k), but a role player really brought down the potential here.
Grade: D+ - possibly a C+ if the potential gets fulfilled with solid Div IV training.
14. Carolina Rebels - 641.1
Total Salary: $8,976
Total Potential: 12
Potentials of 6th Man, Role Player, and Starter with ok, but not really good starting skills. SF Perry Downs might be worth training at 18-years old, but probably not in Div III.
Grade: D
13. Sweaty Socks - 670.9
Total Salary: $6,512
Total Potential: 17
Not a lot here skill-wise, but a 19-year old Superstar destined to retire too soon builds this draft class up a tad.
Grade: Bots get F for effing up people's draft efforts.
12. Linndale - 672.1
Total Salary: $8,531
Total Potential: 13
The second of only two Superstars in this draft class, Rolland Reynolds is also 19, but sports a decent starting skillset for him to be worthwhile in training or selling for a modest profit. Unfortunately for Speedtraps, both 18-year olds are garbage.
Grade: C-