You are on the executive NBA draft team for the Los Angeles Lakers. You are tasked with evaluating the top players based on their statistics and the competitiveness of opposing teams. One of the biggest challenges the NBA has come against is evaluating foreign players overseas. This is especially hard with “one and done” players that come directly out of high school, go to an overseas team, and then go to the draft. The only way to judge this is by how strong their opponent’s records are and compare that to the statistics of each individual player. The owner of the team would like a ranked list of potential draft choices from the most desired to the least. The coaching staff prioritizes points scored, assists, rebounds, fouls committed, and minutes played. Other statistics you might use are attempted shots, attempts completed, # of games played, # of games hurt, # of games, the team record, or strength of opponent.

Following the Polya method, Your Task is to:

1. 1. Determine what this problem is asking for. Explain the problem in your own words and detail the specific things asked for in this problem.
2. 2. Determine what data you would need to complete the problem successfully.
3. 3. Devise your plan for solving the problem.

No Excel-specific information should be included. I do not want to see Excel tools or functions listed. Think about this abstractly instead.

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