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What are all of your plans for the teams guards? In particular the PG position?

Figured I should answer my own question. Obviously I can only base this off my limited access to the current builds of the players and at this point I have no knowledge if the players are or are not still being trained.

Point Guards

Michel Picard- Appears to be the teams leading candidate to start at PG. The guy is a true PG and will likely play that role.

Sylvain Milot- Not sure where Milot slots in. As I have not seen his build as of late. Obviously this player has an owner who understans what it takes to be a NT player so I anticipate Milot easily being part of the top five guards on this seasons team.

Stephen Pushkin- Tough to say that he is a shoe in, but with his experience he will be making a strong pitch to be back. I am pretty sure that he is no longer training so his days are definetely numbered.

Shooting Guards

Jabir Issa- After struggling to score early last season Jabir finished the season on a heck of a role. His team has recently returned to Naismith and Mr. Issa Will be looking to put a stamp on the season. No question he is leading the group of SG's that will be battling for jobs.

Ed Matthews- Mr Versatility. Ed has and will continue to play on the NT, the big question will be if he plays at PG or SG. In my opinion it will all depend on the tactic used and the opponent.

Robert Lakie- Have never seen the build but based on his ratings and performance I think he has a very bright future with the team.

Overall my plan would be to carry 4 or guards depending on there overall builds and the tactic I thought would be most benificial to them. As Chris has mentioned previously the team will likely only start with 10 players so picking the top 4 will be a tough and very instrumental decision. My group will start with Issa and Picard, the other two players will be picked based on the training plans of there managers but I have a pretty good idea of who I would pick.

What about you guys?

My plan for guards is to take 2 PG's and 2 SG's( as i mentioned before) p.s you frogot to mention my midterm exams :D

In all honesty, when I joined the game, it asked me 3 different names to enter, and 1 of which I entered hggriffin, 1 was Griffin, and 1 was Herman Griffins. The reason behind all of them is the high school I attended at the time, the Herman Green Griffins (hence the hg for herman green). It is pretty stupid now though, as my team name, my manager name, and my login are all basically the same thing lol. At some point, I'll probably be changing the names.

For the guards, I'd have to see everyone's skills, but for sure I'd start out with Picard starting. I would probably bring up Sylvain Milot because he will eventually become a part of the team midseason anyways, but I'd have to check over everyone's skills first. At SG, obviously Issa has his spot, and I'd have to see the progression everyone else has made to see who else should make it. At SF, I'd obviously have Abbott, and to be honest, I'd probably lean toward Essa more than Wendon because they are basically identical, and Essa is still improving.

My plan for guards is to take 2 PG's and 2 SG's( as i mentioned before) p.s you frogot to mention my midterm exams :D

As HPP will confirm I am not one to talk, but let me guess what the mid term is in...Political Science?

Any more info on the guards you care to share??

At SF, I'd obviously have Abbott, and to be honest, I'd probably lean toward Essa more than Wendon because they are basically identical, and Essa is still improving.

Although Essa has a very needy manager I tend to agree with you.


LOL :P

for SG's im going to look for Outside/inside shooters and as for PG im looking for Someone who can handle the ball and not cause many turnovers. it would be nice if PG could be good scorer as well

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Honestly, please stop with the ttrash!! It adds nothing to the debate and is rather annoying.

Last edited by Mod-beanerz at 1/12/2011 10:49:41 PM

i mean at least post good ASCII art

Two questions for Future NBA...

1) I think that as long as you know what lineups to set how to scout your opponent and how to manage enthusiasm and how to pick players then i think that you should be able to attempt to become NT

Why (be specific please) should managers believe that you know how to scout an opponent, pick players and manage enthusiasm? You not only failed to promote out of Division IV last season but squeaked into the playoffs with a losing record (10-12) and then got demolished in the first round. Some managers are very quick learners, your record suggests that you're not one of these managers please explain why you think that you record is not indicative of your skills as a manager.




Second question: Much of the more specific discussions about player development and u21 and NT tactics happen on the off-site forum so that sensitive information is only available to Canadian managers. Details about opponents and ideas about to approach national team tactical decisions are also posted there. Why have you never bothered to join and read or participate in these crucial national team discussions?

Question for everyone:

What are your specific and realistic goals for the national team during your two season tenure as NT coach?

Considering we will have HCA, my goal would be to advance directly to worlds by reaching the finals of the Americas. To be honest though, I really don't know how realistic this is. There are some teams in the Americas that are much better than us, including World Champions, Chile. However, as my backup goal, I would shoot to advance to the repechage and advance to worlds that way. I think it was a good idea to go to consolations this year, but you can't just do that every season. At some point, you have to risk it and go for it all. The team should be better now than 2 seasons ago as well, so we shouldn't have as much trouble in the Americas tourney as we did 2 seasons ago.