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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Every once in a while a player is so overrated…

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that a smart team could really get some value for them in a trade.  Sometimes it is because that player has been a one-year wonder.  Sometimes it is that the player used to be good but is no longer and the teams/scouts/fans/etc. are lagging behind.  Sometimes it is that a player has good or great “garbage” stats but poor “predictive” stats.  Sometimes it is that a player is still considered to be a good or great prospect or have great potential, but that potential is in reality a thing of the past (or was, in fact, never there in the first place).

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