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First i'm trying to turn my starting shooting gaurd who is bench warmer potential into a great jump shooter, i want to have a run and gun style, jump shooting inside scoring team. I will work on defense a little though. My bench warmer starting shooting gaurd's jump shot is up to proficient now, he got two pops last week in jump shot and jump range.

Now i want my starting small forward to have good jump shot, jump range, decent rebounding skills, and good outside defensive skill, all at least strong, at least strong. I want my centers to only be good on their inside skills, shotblocking, inside defense and inside shot. I have only two centers, they are both rookies, one with mvp potential and the other is either allstar or star or something, i know its good potential though.

Do you think its a good idea to just have a good jump shooting team, or should i train players a lot in defensive skills as well?
I'm also going to train my very young 20 year old point gaurd in passing and boost that a lot. So what do you think of this idea? Do you think i can be successful at doing this?

I believe that while offense wins games, defense wins championships. So both are important, but ultimately, I'd assign a slightly higher value to defense than to offense.

There is one team in my league which is designed as you plan yours to be. While they are beating the weaker opponents in our league regularly because their jumpshooting is hard to stop, the better defensive teams in our league simply waltz them by hindering their shooting and abusing their lack of defense. They are a lock for the fourth playoff spot for the third season in a row, but they have no way to go further.

There are indeed ways to play high paced, jumpshooting offenses, of course. But you need to combine them with some way of getting the ball yourself - or else, your opponents will put a hand in your face, block out your shot, and attack themselves.

So, the way to go is to dump that bench warmer - he'll never develop much of a game. Then, decide if you want to train your rookie Cs or your outside players. You can't do both at the same time, and I'd go with the rookies (though try to give those boys some handling and jump shot; it's worth it). You can buy one more trainee and sell him once your guys are developed enough. Try to round out your trainees' defense first - you can always adopt an offense that suits your strong offensive players, but you must be able to adapt to opponents' offenses, so defense is key.

Thanks, i will start develop some defensive skills, i worked on shot blocking for centers a few weeks ago though and i got pops, i work on some more defense in upcoming weeks.

Defence is integral. A solid defence can keep you in games and make up for some offensive deficiencies. It can be the great equalizer. But the main reason it's so key is because of modifiers like home court and high enthusiasm levels, which boost your defensive ratings.

If you're not training your draft pick (Forest Bowie), or not training him with maximum efficiency, you should sell him. He could probably net you $400k, and $400k is a fair amount to construct a team that can dominate your league (but don't beat the Bullrats - I know that guy). I think you need higher quality trainees. You can think of trainees as assets with a stock you know will rise. They're your building blocks.

Nah, the qoute is supposed to be "Defense determines the winner, Offense determines by how much."

Oh yeah, i've trained forest bowie and am planning to do it again, either in rebounding shot blocking or inside scoring, i have a level 4 trainer superior, who has the career extention specialty.

well, it's not about training players once a month, the way to form great players is to stick to training 3-6 prospects, selling half of them when they are ready, and buying good complementary players for them from the returns. Training different players in different weeks usually leads to little success as the resulting players are very weak compared to fully trained players.

the most important defensive skill for bigs is probably inside defense, not shot blocking, so I would recommend it over SB (even though I think it is underrated - it is nevertheless not crucial)

Get the bench warmer to prominet jump shot sometime soon and sell him for about 100K.(Someone will buy him).

I agree myself with training defense. All my starters are great on defense as well as offense but im shutting every team in my league down. Im giving up an average of 50 points a game and winning big every gamem also the key is training the same position(s) for a long time and build around them. I have trained gaurds myself and they are dominating on offense and defense in div V. Defense will win you more games thoufh i think then a good offense does.

just consider the Ascona Nets in my league and you can see how they do ;)