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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth
Because of the way most teams are now actively trying to lock up young talent for the long haul before they get a sniff of free agency, I wonder if we'll see a return to basically that, albeit in a roundabout away.
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I think that's a strategy coming from the use of advanced stats that make it obvious that if you are going to overpay (and you will overpay) for talent better to do it in the player's 20's vs his 30's.
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