Yea that was a tough loss you had last week at home. But what I found works best is, either salary or if you have low salary players make sure their young with at least all-star possibilities. And have at least an advanced trainer. And depending on how many players your training, (it's good to have an idea what type of team you want when training) for example, my team has been scoring a bunch of points for the last couple of seasons. But lack in defense. You guessed it, I've been working on my team in the defense department. And now in my third season of training, were not where we want to be yet. (I think we're near the bottom in this league like maybe 7th out of ten teams.) But we're improving. At least this should give you a starting place. Best bet...start next season,since we're near the end of this season