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This guy will cap between $35K to $50K with his Star potential. How should I train him? What position do you think he will be best at when he caps, and what kind of training should I do on him? What should I concentrate on this year?

How many seasons will I have to train this guy for him to reach his cap?

I'm currently in USA D4 league and don't expect to get higher than D3 for several more seasons, so I plan to train this guy to cap and I fully expect when he caps he will be a very good to star player in D3 and below. I have a future PG and SG already, so I had planned on training this guy for SF. What are your thoughts?


Weekly salary: $ 4 510

Age: 18
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: star

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

If he were a higher potential like HOF or All Time Great, I would think his height would mean something in his training and make his miss a few pops that would keep him from reaching his cap. But with his cap being in the $35K to $50K range, I wouldn't think his size would matter much at all. He should still cap rather easily, probably before the end of his age 20 season maybe?

I'm really glad i didn't buy your player now (No offense) but nice job with the outside D pop. ;) These are the two guys I got instead for a similar amount of money:

Age: 18
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: average Handling: inept
Driving: average Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: average Free Throw: average

Experience: atrocious

AND

Weekly salary: $ 4 966
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 12000
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: average
Driving: mediocre Passing: average
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: inept Free Throw: mediocre

Experience: atrocious

Salary doesn't matter.
http://bbtools.x10.mx/potencjal/

This lad will never become a decent SF, you will lose a lot of time training up his inept rebounding and stamina...

Find someone else with at least perennial allstar potential. I trained an Allstar to be an SF and was pretty disappointed how fast he capped once his skills were good enough to put him in the starting lineup.

Salary doesn't matter.
http://bbtools.x10.mx/potencjal/

Thanks a lot for this link. What exactly does this do for my player? Or, how do I read it? I kinda understand it, but not fully.

For example, when I enter my guy in, I get this

Zawodnik o tych skillach wykorzystał swój potencjał do poziomu:
(Potential Score)
1,700

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Szczegóły (Details):

PG : 1,475
SG : 1,560
SF : 1,700
PF : 1,370
C : 0,840

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Następne skoki zużyją następujące ilości potencjału:
(Next pops will change Potential Score as below)

JS : 1,990 ( + 0,290 )
JR : 1,870 ( + 0,170 )
OD : 1,830 ( + 0,130 )
HN : 1,725 ( + 0,025 )
DV : 1,715 ( + 0,015 )
PS : 1,735 ( + 0,035 )
IS : 1,725 ( + 0,025 )
ID : 1,825 ( + 0,125 )
RB : 1,865 ( + 0,165 )
BS : 1,715 ( + 0,015 )

It means that player exploited his potential to level = 1,700.
So if his potential is below 1,700 it means that he is capped already. And if his potential is above 1,700, it means that he isn't still capped.
You can write future skills (and test many versions of skills) to check how long You can train him, or how good potential You need.
Allstar = 6,000 - 6,999, etc.

Last edited by B.B.King at 2/11/2012 8:16:21 PM

It means that player exploited his potential to level = 1,700.
So if his potential is below 1,700 it means that he is capped already. And if his potential is above 1,700, it means that he isn't still capped.
You can write future skills (and test many versions of skills) to check how long You can train him, or how good potential You need.
Allstar = 6,000 - 6,999, etc.

Wow. This is going to be very helpful.

Is there a website that explains this tool? Like where can I find what the cap number is for Star and HOF and such? You show Allstar above.

In my opinion best you can get is guard, who can defend LI. Since ID is lvl 6 you can get it to like lvl 10-12