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So currently, I have these two as trainees:

Weekly salary: $ 13 582
Role: regular starter
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DMI: 170000
Age: 23
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: inept Handling: mediocre
Driving: strong Passing: strong
Inside Shot: prolific Inside Def.: proficient
Rebounding: prominent Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: strong Free Throw: average


Weekly salary: $ 3 963
Role: backup
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DMI: 44300
Age: 19
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: atrocious
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable
Driving: strong Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: inept Free Throw: pitiful

I got the first one a long while back and he was my first trainee. Since then, I've seen people talk about the importance of secondaries, so his training has been kinda weird. That, and I didn't really understand training until he was 20 anyways, so he lost 2 years of training. The second one I got last season under the impression that I would be able to train him up to about 25k salary, hoping to have good secondaries trained as a young trainee. Now, I have also gotten this in the draft:


Weekly salary: $ 3 525
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: awful Handling: average
Driving: average Passing: inept
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: strong

I'm thinking he's also good to train, but I don't know if I should try to train the OD and PA on him or just go along with the big skills to finish the training for my first trainee. Thoughts? Should I keep training the first one, or focus on the latter two?

I think you should focus on the last trainee, he's got pretty good starting skills and now you know how to train properly, you can make a great salary efficient player of him. The first one probably won't reach his cap anyway, but if you can keep training him in the plan you have for the last guy so he'll still get better. The 2nd guy is nicely balanced though not that many skill points, but he can be useful if you keep training him. You could however get a similar trainee for practically free of the TL with same potential/skills (maybe a bit fewer skill points) but then 18 years old.