Draft rooms have changed a lot over the years. Information used to be stored on so many sheets of paper, keeping it organized was a mess. Today, you still find war rooms with lots of paper, but more importantly, a lot of information is now stored on laptops. Information is so much easier to store and find when you are in the time sensitive pressure of the draft. Preparation is key of course. You have to spend months scouting every player and find your own needs, so that you can end up with the best choices in the draft. When the draft is actually going on, there is a lot of pressure and craziness. Things never go as planned and you have to adapt within seconds sometimes. And then there are the trades. Only a few trades happen every year, but behind the scenes, there are a lot more trades that are at least being discussed. GMs will be on the phone a lot, sometimes with several different teams at once. It is shocking that anything can really get done, but somehow it works out! But you have to bring your A game, so that in the end you have a successful draft.
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