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24882.187 in reply to 24882.180
Date: 4/21/2008 3:59:38 PM
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will the scouting that takes place during the playoffs count towards this season or will it carry over to next season?
It will carry over for next season.

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24882.188 in reply to 24882.187
Date: 4/21/2008 5:51:34 PM
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This is my first draft and I'm so confused on who I should pick. I have 15 players scouted but only 3 with full info. One is a center who sucks. One will be my first pick (SG, 5* star rating, A+ grade, 4* potential and I train guards). The 3rd is an SF with 4* star rating, B+ grade rating, 4* potential.. not bad but not what I would think of as outstanding and I wouldn't train him. So should I choose him 2nd or gamble on the others?

From: GypsyK

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24882.189 in reply to 24882.179
Date: 4/21/2008 6:09:23 PM
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19 players Scouted once.
5 Scouted twice.

Potential:
1 @ 3
3 @2
1 @ 1

Grades:
1 @ A
1 @ A-
1 @ B

Star ratings:
6 @ 5
4 @ 4

8 Centres
5 PG's
2 SG's
2 SF's
2 PF's

Of the graded players I will select the A- (best potential visible to me.)

I will ignore the A and the B and select the best 5 star players relative to their games stats. Max converted goals for one, max turnovers and blocks for other. (Trying to balance for minutes played.)

Quite frankly I don't like the new draft. Before it was simple, now it seems fraught with danger of wrong assessment. Too much information without knowledge for direct comparisons. It may still just be a gamble but last year I wasn't confused about anything, this year I can blame myself. :(







Last edited by GypsyK at 4/21/2008 6:11:55 PM

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24882.191 in reply to 24882.186
Date: 4/21/2008 8:15:47 PM
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This makes little sense. If height and age were available at second scouting, there wouldn't be anything to trade, since the only way that both 'traders' had this information is if both players fully scouted the guy, so nothing to trade there.


It helps greatly to identify the players in the draft. For example, I could ask you "what do you know about the 5'9" PG, the 6'10" PF and the 7'2" C?" You might only have one of those, but it would be a way to get more potential ratings than you are entitled to under the rules.

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24882.193 in reply to 24882.192
Date: 4/21/2008 8:41:24 PM
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Whoops, I missed the second part.

Still, players lying about their height and age happens all the time. All-time greats such as Wes Unseld, Charles Barkeley and even Bill Russell kept their real heights a trade secret.

I don't have a problem with these stats being missing considering 5 star players don't 'bust' in training camp the way real players do.

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24882.195 in reply to 24882.193
Date: 4/22/2008 12:47:35 AM
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Still, players lying about their height and age happens all the time. All-time greats such as Wes Unseld, Charles Barkeley and even Bill Russell kept their real heights a trade secret.


Yeah...Bill Walton always claimed he was only 6 feet 13 inches.

I could have swore he was 7 feet!

Steve
Bruins

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24882.196 in reply to 24882.164
Date: 4/22/2008 1:28:26 AM
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There is a disproportionate amount of 5-star players. Last season, I had 9 or so players scouted, and 3 of these were 5-star. This season, 10 of 20 are 5-stars. Is this a trend, or just a weird case of the fall of the dice?

I'm pretty sure the distribution is not uniform, and hasn't been in the past. I'm not sure whether 5 is the most common or not.

It is also possible that the star rating is based on a player's best skills (eg "5" might indicated that a player's 3 best skills are respectable, and gives no information about whether the other skills are atrocious or two more respectables and 3 averages). If the skills are independently generated, that sort of classification would make sense.

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