Larry Reed is #67 on the Big Board.
Last season Craig Tyrell ended the year at about #3

In the five core C/PF categories (Ath, Reb, Def, Blk, LP) Reed is better by an average of about 2 points per category.
In the other skill attributes (Spd, Per, Bh, Pa) is WAY better.
Reed is +7 in stamina and a 1/3 of a letter better in FT.

Does this disparity on BB placement seem right? I feel like Reed is low. Obviously not complaining about that since he's coming back. Just trying to understand the rankings. What is "holding back" Reed?

I think you have a handle on what happened, you just want confirmation. For many of our internal rankings, Reed looks better, because we kind of min/max our position evaluations to emphasize the traditional categories for each position, the "cores"; but the AI doesn't do that nearly as much. So in essence, the AI evaluation is that Reed is purely a post player at this point, but Tyrell was a dynamic SF-PF guy, and it values that kind of player higher (generally speaking).

Different formulas here. Forward vs. Big is the biggest difference in the game

Thanks guys. Good to have the feedback!

yep - as noted above, nothing anomalous here. i have a big board forecaster that i’ve been playing around with which places these guys at #66 and #1 respectively.

if tyrell was rated as a center, he’d be around #20. if reed was rated as a forward, he’d be around #100. both are safely within the bounds of their respective position categories however.

higher speed, perimeter, and ball handling are the primary categories that increase likelihood of a player being categorized as a forward rather than a center. higher rebounding and shot blocking are the most highly correlated with center categorization.

unsurprisingly, when a player is categorized as a forward rather than a center, SPD/PER/BH all matter much more in calculating their position on the big board

hope this adds some extra color!