Analogous to elite college admissions, pure performance in the sport is not the only factor when teams draft new players or offer contracts to free agents. Within the range of players at the highest level of performance in their sport, the teams also consider such factors as injury tendency (a player is no help if unable to play due to injury, and of limited help if playing is limited due to injury risk), off-field/court behavior (a tendency to get into trouble with the law is not publicity that a team wants, and legal problems can keep the player away from games), being a team player (versus a stat-padder), etc…