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Train some OD and a little PA. Do you want him to be a PG or SG?

Makes no difference to me, I'd love scoring as well as some distribution.

Ronald Basham (37556311)
Center
Weekly salary: $ 2 225
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'6" / 198 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: respectable
Driving: average Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: inept Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: strong

Experience: atrocious TSP: 55 (32 + 23)

Just drafted....
(first instinct) due to how my other trainees look, OD was where I was going to go first. Holler at me if that's a bad dea (this week is a 1v1 forwards due to shortness)

So I just got this new player I rafted and was wondering if he was a good canidate. What do you guys think?

Dallas Barrow
Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 2 716
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 19
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: mediocre
Driving: respectable Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: atrocious Shot Blocking: strong
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: respectable

Experience: atrocious

Last edited by supreme baller at 11/9/2015 9:03:51 PM

1v1 Forwards is fine. I feel like I've seen you before - maybe you used to play or you've been here for a while. Anyways, I'd also go with OD, and maybe some PA and ID as well. I feel like if I had him, I'd make him a point forward or distributive big (Joakim Noah for example).

Got a couple of questions:

1. With the recent change to make game shape training less effective, is game shape still critically assessed for potential U21 players? I still attempt to play my trainees 48+ minutes every week (usually getting 10-20 extra at another position) so it probably won't matter for me one way or another, but I was just curious. I noticed my #1 trainee is only "Respectable" in game shape, mostly likely because an injury last week caused him to be used for any extra 45 minutes at SF randomly (so he got 93 minutes overall that week).

2. I saw the age 21 goals for PF were listed as "12IS, 19ID+SB, 12RB, 7JS". My PF trainee probably can't reach that (at least according to the training simulator, he won't). I forget the exact prediction (and am not home right now to check... but I'll edit this post with the correction when I do get home to check), but I feel like the best I could achieve was something like 11IS/ID/RB, 9SB, 7JS if I tried to keep things balanced. As far as potential usefulness goes... is it best to keep everything balanced or should I stack the deck in favor of something to give him some sort of unique worth? Like maybe pump more time into JS so he's a better shooter, despite weaker defense? I'm thinking rebounding might be the best thing to forego if I put less focus on something because it doesn't have 1-position training and thus should theoretically be slower than the others. Any insight/input?

EDIT: I was a little off on the numbers as expected. My current training program projects the PF to reach the following: 7JS, 12IS, 10ID, 9RB, 9SB best case scenario which is again short on the rebounding. I don't see any arrangement to get him anywhere near 12 in RB... so I'm guessing this guy is a sure-miss? Unless there's some other area of focus I can use to make up for it.

I have 2 other 'big' trainees but I'm not sure if either is any better off.

One is a C that projects to: 11IS, 8ID, 12RB, 9SB and also came with 6DR and 6PA if that matters any.
The other is a F that projects to: 9JS, 13-14IS, 6ID, 9RB, 10SB and came with 8JR and 8PA.

I can of course change my training plans to alter the course of the other 2 guys if they're actually more worth investing in.

Last edited by Crazy Li at 12/21/2015 8:37:28 PM

You just need to buy trainees with better starting skills and they will reach the requirements easy. Buying a good trainee is just as important as training his skills. Just because they meet the requirements doesn't mean they'll make the team. Most of the time they will need to be above the requirements. Since one trainee has star potential and other has all star potential I would start some secondary trainee and cap them out since it would be easy since they have a low cap. It should take you 3 to 5 seasons depending on how many secondary skills you train.

Next time when you look for an U21 prospect make sure they have at least 7 potential and good starting skills. Normally they will need at least 50TSP if they are a guard or SF. Big men just need like 22 big men skills starting out and need to be 6'8" or taller.

Sorry, I'm a new player. I can't really buy trainees since players on the market sell for more than my total available funds xP

Don't buy new trainees right now. I'm talking about after you cap the star and all-star. Just keep building your arena the best you can. The trainees you have now are good for a beginner just learning about buzzerbeater. You are just learning about training so you don't need super good expensive trainees.

whether the player is worthy of attention? :)

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David Donahue (41559848)
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Middle attacker (C)
Salary: $ 3 054
Role: Influencing not compromise player
DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'7 "/ 201 cm
Potential: Super Star
Shape: respectable

Throw: 2
Of hitting Length: 3
External defense: 2
Dribble: 7
Rushing: 3
Passing: 3
Close Shots: 6
Inner defense: 7
Fighting for the ball: 5
Shot Blocking: 7
Stamina: 5
Throws: 2

Experience: scurvy Skill amount: 45 (20 + 25)