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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a best player" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct form would typically be "the best player" when referring to a specific individual recognized as the top in a particular context.
Example: "In the championship game, he proved he was the best player on the field."
Alternatives: "the top player" or "the leading player."
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A "best player available" draft strategy is necessarily shortsighted; it involves no consideration of future picks.
The key to the Warriors' win was that they appeared not to have a "best" player.
If I'm stuck with one of those first five picks in a draft, I usually end up going with a best player available approach in rounds 2 and 3 after my first round running back selection, unless by chance a top tier RB2 happens to fall to me.
"There was not a best player of the season.
In 1998, he was given a Best Player award at a local youth tournament played at the Camp des Loges, the training center of professional club Paris Saint-Germain.
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Byrnes, who is batting.336, has been the A's best player this season.
By this method, they identified him as Serie A's best player in three separate seasons, most recently in 2012-13.
And Partizan Belgrade now has a best-player trophy in that pose.
— JONATHAN BALES The Jaguars' selection of Luke Joeckel isn't a huge surprise, and it was probably a best-player-available deal for them.
Sanchez, 22, was voted Serie A's best player last season having scored 12 times in 31 games.
Some scouts considered Fleury, who was born when Lemieux was a rookie, the best player in an exceptionally strong draft.
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