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team training is a common choice in allstar weeks for teams that are not still in the cup.
In addition you could one position train your top two trainees (one in each game), or two position your three trainees and any other one that is fairly young (you might get lucky!)
For example this week i am one position training at PG. I will either train pressure or passing 2 of my 3 trainees.
I was considering doing 2 position passing (PG/SG) becaus you still get good improvement at passing in 2 position and that would do 4 of my guys.

As far as GS is concerned i think we all just have to manage as best we can.

A good solution would be to try to keep your starter players GS up (so play them 55-70 mins) and then as many of your other players at 48 or slightly above. Obviously across two games you are very restricted in the minutes you can distribute, but i guess the GS of your starters is more important than backups because they spend more time on court in league games.

the allstar game call ups can be a bit of a joke sometimes, but generally speaking the best players get called up.
Always an exciting game to watch as theres an infomral agreement between the coaches before the game starts that noone will play any defence!!

allstar game minutes do not count towards GS or training or anything - its just a bit of fun.

Thanks Adz & Fluff.

My training is a bit complicated at the moment, (some would say it's a shambles), but I think I will benefit most from team training so thanks anyway for the advice.

As for gameshape, ok. At least I know what to expect so will have to make a decision before game 2.

One last question, (and this is a bit embarrassing), but how do I physically get to watch the All Star game. There is no link to click on on my own fixtures and if I go to league and All Star Week then there doesn't seem to be a link there either, or will that page actually become the game page?

Sorry if I have missed something obvious. lol

I'm fairly confident the 'view live' link is available on this page after 7pm tomorrow evening.

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/league/981/allstar/overview.aspx

I might be wrong it might just appear in the top right corner, but im sure it's available on the above link.

In terms of your training, you can only really learn by practice, for example i've never trained pg/sg for passing before and on fluff's advice above i'm gonna try this week.

I messed up this week, indirectly because i made the OF of the cup which of course is great, but the unexpected 3rd game this week means i either throw my starting lineup gs completely out of the window or play my backups and maintain a good team rotation in terms of gs (9 of 11 are currently at least strong) for the week ahead!



Last edited by Adz (Giants) at 12/20/2011 9:18:50 PM

yep if you win the cup round before allstar week then you get an extra game compared to everyone else who is knocked out, so you can in theory train an extra player or two, potentially build enthusiasm and manage GS better