While most scouts and coaches prefer to watch young, talented prospects during their best games, one NBA legend does not agree with it and even gave a very interesting perspective.

No less than Hall-of-Famer Jerry West, told Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com, that he likes watching them when they play at their worst, as it gives him a better understanding of who they really are as a player.

“If I were going to a game and watch, I always wanted to see a player when he played his worst. His worst. Not his best. I think when somebody plays their best you always got excited about it, but that’s not really who a player is unless he’s extraordinary. Every year there’s a few extraordinary ones. For those kind of players, when you watch them play their worst, do they still play basketball? Are they still searching out shots, trying to make a shot and trying to impress? When they sit down, are they interacting with their teammates? How are they acting on the bench? How do they act with their coaches? Would they be good teammates? You can get a lot of information from people that are around programs to tell you what kind of a person a player is. But most of the time I think you can see it when they play. I really do.”

The 78-year-old league executive board member may have some valid points with his unique insight. Knowing players' tendencies on off-nights allows him to see if someone will be a good fit to a team's system and plan ahead on things they will need to work on with the prospect.

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During his tenure as the Los Angeles Lakers general manager, he was able to select prospects late in the first round that turned out to be very good players in the league. By selecting Vlade Divac, Derek Fisher and Nick Van Exel, just to name a few, West established himself as a very good front office personnel as well.

With this year's draft expected to have one of the deepest talent pools ever, franchises who own late first round or even early second round picks may want to consider the 1969 Finals MVP's strategy, as it will be difficult to contest it, especially with the success he's had and what he has accomplished with it in the past.