Trading for players in slumps
My casual observation is that a traded player often shows dramatically different performance for his new team. Usually, I suspect, a player performing very well or very poorly tends to perform closer to his career averages and his ratings after a trade. I.e., reversion to the mean.
I wonder if this is your sense, too, and (if so) if trading for underperforming players is less risky than it might appear?
I have no idea whether the other team's AI takes current performance into account when evaluating trades, bit I would guess that it does not. Other teams' trade valuations seem closely tied to current/potential ratings (and team needs), not current performance.
Or am I missing something?
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