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I just joined BB today and my teams record is 1-3, I'm looking to change that and become the best in my league but I don't know where to start off, I read the Game Manual and Im looking to buy a few players to help me win my league. Anyone want to give me some tips and advice on what else to start doing?

Welcome to Buzzerbeater! It's a great manager simulation, the best of the many I've played.

Here are some things I think are useful as a brand new player:

Don't go crazy buying yourself new players until you know what skills are important for each position, and what levels you need them to be in your league.

Players who are 33 years old are more can start to see their skills decline. They can still be useful, but take this into account if you're thinking about buying these old guys.

A player's potential (i.e., allstar, superstar, MVP,etc) has absolutely no effect on how well he plays, or how fast he trains. So don't overpay for players with high potentials. For your first crop of trainees, star, allstar, and perennial allstar is enough.

If you are going to train, pick training guards, or bigs, but don't switch between both week to week. Stick to training the same guys for a few seasons straight. That will make them useful players for your team for longer. If you are going to train, it's worth it to invest in a level 4 (advanced) trainer. Your trainees will train faster that way.

Put some of your new manager bonus into expanding your arena. That will be important to give you enough income to add new playeers in the future.

To be successful in most low divisons, like USA D5, you'll need to master managing gameshape and enthusiasm. Getting good at those two things alone will get you promoted from most D5 leagues.

Read the FAQ (144856.1), read it again, then ask questions. BB also has a great community of helpful people.

I agree with Tangosz. I looked at your league and almost every team has recently joined and everyone in your division has.

Oops, do you think I overspent on this guy, I paid 68k.
Weekly salary: $ 8 704
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)
DMI: 81300
Age: 31
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: awful Handling: mediocre
Driving: atrocious Passing: pitiful
Inside Shot: prominent Inside Def.: proficient
Rebounding: strong Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: proficient
Experience: respectable

Is it better to buy people from U.S.A because Im from U.S.A

I really think I understand training now, I found a U.S.A 18 year old player, how much do you think I should spend on him? He's already at 55k though.
Age: 18
Height: 6'4" / 193 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: mediocre
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: pitiful
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable
Driving: average Passing: average
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: atrocious Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: mediocre


Last edited by Mr.TripleThreat at 2/25/2012 12:08:43 PM

The first guy is fine. The price wasn't bad, and he'll be a good D5 starting center. He'll be good all this season, and next, before you would have to worry about skill drops.

As for the other guy, giving estimates of teh worth of a player on the transfer list is prohibited. But yes, USA players are good to have, as you will earn some of their salary back in merchandising (which you'll see in the economic update, on monday). As a prospect that player isn't that bad, but he has kinda a low JR, which trains slow, especially given his height (shorter players train most of their outside guard skills faster than tall players; vice versa for tall guys and inside skills). But he's a pretty good trainee.

Personally, I would suggest training guards, and looking for two 19 year old guys with allstar potential, and good levels in outside defense, jump range, and passing (inside defense is a plus too). These kind of players can be had on the cheap (5K and less to buy), and with one season of full training they'll be good D5 players, and with 2 seasons they can be really good D5 players, and decent D4 guys (add 3rd season of training and they'll be good D4 starters, and possible D3 backups).

Then I'd try and get one really good 18 year old trainee, who would be the focus of your training program. Perennial allstar or superstar potential is enough, and again with good starting skills. Often jump ramp, out. defense and passing take some time (and training slots) to train, so I like to find guys with good skills there. Then jumpshot, handling and driving can be trained fairly quickly.

Find another veteran big guy to play PF for you, and you should be in business. Now is a decent time to buy veterans, as at this point of the season the rush to get new guys is over (and people have spent their bonuses for promoting/the money they got from selling new draftees), but it's before the playoff eligibility deadline.

Giving estimates what a player is worth before a sale is complete is not allowed in the forums, so we can't comment on player #2.

On the first one, you didn't overpay for him, but you didn't get a steal either. He's in the right range.

As for your USA player question, you get a slight bonus in merchandise sales for having players from your home country. I would not factor it in too much when trying to find the best players available, however.