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When drafting, do you take the player who is the best fit or the BPA?
« on: May 15, 2013, 08:00:31 AM »

Offline BleedGreen1989

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Always curious in people's philosophy's on this subject. Really for all sports but talking the NBA draft, say you have a PG as your top guy when the 16th pick rolls around do you take him or draft your highest rated big because you know it fills a need?
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Offline Rondo2287

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Depends on the situation/sport. 

In baseball I always want my team to draft pitchers early.

In football I usually say BPA, so many injuries in that league that depth is crucial.  Also thats a league where you can play 5 WR's at a time for instance so having some redundancy isnt a huge deal if the BPA isnt necessarily a position of need.

In basketball, if you are competing for a title and one or two pieces away go for need.  If you arent competing for a title, take BPA and hope they turn into a star or can be packaged for a star
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2013, 09:00:30 AM »

Offline masteremile123

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It depends :
In the lottery: You go for the best player available.
Picks 11~30 are generally a good player with a couple of flaws so you go for your needs as all the players have similar values. Unless of course you see something in a guy that no one else sees ...
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2013, 09:07:38 AM »

Offline Donoghus

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Best player available.

When you start drafting for fit is when you start getting into trouble. The risk is more  inherent when drafting for fit.
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