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I try to run my team realistically. I know that may not always be the best way to go, definitely in this game (buzzer beater)
But it's been working, I mean it's gotten me to 2 finals.
Like I'm the kinda coach who knows you can't run with the same 5 players for 22 games. Can u imagine how burnt out your players would be. And I started out with picking up older players, but it never really got me far in this game. You could make the argument that's because of how deep this league was back then.
But I started having success when I picked up younger players and trained the hell out of them. And it really just paying off when Romeu turned 30, and Ed 24, Lee 27. Albert and Eike fill in the rest.
And now it's about building my young players, who are on the team. My 19 and 20 yr olds, so when I do have to get rid of guys like Lee, Romeu, Albert, Eike. Hopefully I don't lose a whole lot, it all depends on my training program. And how will I can develop my players.

I know playing buzzerbeater this way, may not be for everyone, but I like trying to build my team, as if I was a real life coach lol. That's just me. I think this works for people who has an idea, and doesn't mind taking their hits, because they can see the bigger picture.
I know there are some coaches here like that, and I may not have won it all, but I hope I have at least showed you, that the system does work.

I think it's important to purchase the young players (18-22)with good potential, and building them up. Older players just take spots away from the younger players. Who then lose, training. Which hurts your team in the long term of things.

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Will be easier for everyone with me having sold two top players
I’m more interested in training and making money right now,
Promotion is easy but my last draft was so much better than expected

You got a nice core of young players on your team. Build those guys up plus with the money u have. Your still in line to be a high threat in this league. To be successful tho, u probably need to train your players up a bit. I mean successful beyond this league.
But yeah, you got the right idea lol.
I'm in the process also, in training my younger players. And also adding more money.
I didn't do to will in the draft. But I did get a PF. Which is really all I needed.
Win lose, or draw. My thing has always been training my players and watch em improve. Pick up young players as needed with high potential and train em up. My main 5 are definitely reaching the end of their careers. At least as everyday players.

Good luck to you this season

I'm not sure if I should go for 3 pops in Outside Def or 2 pops in Outside Def and 4 in Inside Shot. Both would cap out Darren, but the latter would obviously take longer, since he's short. I'd also have to play him at Center. I do like the second plan more though, since he'd be a more versatile scorer. decisions...decisions...

Last edited by Matt D at 4/28/2018 4:15:25 PM

I'll do the power rankings tonight. I'm grinding on another game atm, but I'm almost done. I forgot to do players of the game. I'll do those too

Last edited by Matt D at 5/7/2018 8:50:14 PM

Okay, no problem. I was looking for em Saturday, and when I didn't. I thought maybe u forgot or something. Hope your kicking ass in your other game!

Guys (and gals?), I made a separate power ranking thread and deleted my rankings from this one. My next ranking will be week 5 (after the next 3 games). I might start doing it every three games, so each ranking list has more context behind it, not sure though. There's 15 games left so going by threes works out nicely as. It even leads us into a ranking right before all star break.

Also, can you guys post in season 42 please? lol

Last edited by Matt D at 5/8/2018 1:59:03 AM

Would appreciate any thoughts you have on finding the right offense and defense for my team. thx

I don't know your players like that. My best advice just mess around with it and see what clicks.
You may not be able to know right now tho.
It took Lee quick like 3 or 4 seasons before I trusted him in my starting line-up. At first I had him starting and it was terrible to say the least. And Ed was coming off the bench, backing up Romeu. And i was playing look inside. But when my players improved, I realized that wasn't were their strength was. It took about 5 good games against the better teams in the league at that time, to realize my team has FINALLY turned things around.
And since I know I had or have a fast team I work alot on their energy, so they don't get tired as fast, they can last longer in quarters.

But I think you gotta give your players time to grow and see what you got, and once u figure that out, u can get rid of players that don't fit your scheme and pick players up that'll fit your team

Running Base Offense, until you make big upgrades is a safe bet imo. You can also choose an offense where your best scorer will be more of a focus than he already is.

My favorite offenses:

Base Offense - Standard offense where your team plays to their strengths naturally.

Motion - Great for a budget team with decent scoring guards that aren't exceptional 3 point shooters.

Princeton - I have no clue what personnel you need to make this run efficiently, but I found joy testing things out when I was building.

My least favorite:

Low Post, Look Inside - I think bigs are way too expensive both bidding and salary wise, until you have a big enough arena. You would have to solely have a defensive backcourt to run an affordable Inside focused offense with a small arena. Or you can have a big that can't defend or rebound lol.

R&G - Not a fan of sacrificing Outside Def for good shooters. This is assuming you're on a budget.

As for defense, you can look at the guide in the help section of the forums. It shows which defenses "match" the offenses, although it also depends on your personnel. I just run man-to-man unless I really need to shut down a player.

I run Outside Iso for offense, because I specifically trained Moody to be the centerpiece of it. I guessed what skills would benefit him based on how the Outside Iso is described.

Last edited by Matt D at 5/11/2018 4:27:46 PM

R&G has worked for us, and I don't feel like we're sacrificing anything. But my team is built for it. And the idea behind it is, our opponent will run out of gas before we do. Our goal is to run our opponents off the court and see em Gaston for air on the sidelines lol.
Now of course the best way to slow us down is by making baskets, but if you miss, you better be ready to run. I just feel it puts alot of pressure on the opposing team.

But your right, it all depends on your personnel, if your players do indeed turn into a fast pace unite. I highly recommend stamina being a big run, so that way your players last longer. And you can take advantage of tiring the other guys out.

The one problem with playing an offense where one player is your centrepiece, if that player is shut down by the defense, or gets double teamed. That team is beat. I recommend building a machine, that way it's alot tougher to single out one player. And if you do set your attention on one guy, another player goes off. That's why we have had success. If u look at our games, some nights it's Lee quick leading the way, other nights ED or Romeu and Albert quietly grabs 10 plus rebounds. So, if I were you, I'd try to build a team where no one player stands out. But everyone has their own way.

I know one thing, we are gunna make moody work for his points this weekend. And put pressure on him on the defensive side. Our goal is to attack him, I'm putting my strongest pieces on him. The goal is to tire his ass out lol. And if he refuses to play defense, were just keep scoring on em. I don't know what his stamina is like, but were find out on Saturday. Looking at Moody's defensive states against good opponents are pretty avg. So I think we can expose him in that area.
Attack their weakness

Last edited by Timberwolfs at 5/11/2018 5:55:49 PM