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Yeh it would be nice to have enough talent to go around for both 21 NT and NT. During my time in Australian 21 NT (last 4 seasons) there have been guys come through who are now on the NT> The way it was train majors for 3 seasons and then in actual 21 season start training 2ndarys. We have a great PF who came through like that. Looking very good. But finding the balance is correct. My big issue is people saying they are training for NT but not actually training much at all. On smaller nations losing a MVP guy is a huge lose. Bigger ones not so much.

I drafted this excellent player & I can certainly afford a level 7 trainer. I wish the ID & SB were better makes it not worth making him a SF at all.

Ko Maruya (34868954)
Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 261
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'4" / 193 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: pitiful
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: respectable
Driving: pitiful Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: inept Inside Def.: atrocious
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: strong

Really low potential & 19 is a problem.

Tetsuo Soma (34868994)
Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 511
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 19
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: average Handling: average
Driving: awful Passing: awful
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: inept Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: inept Free Throw: pitiful

3rd draft pick is totally useless.

Yeh makes it hard to turn them into SFs. But you can make them good Gs with IS. Train losts of 1on1 for forwards. And then add OD and Passing and make them good driving PGs

Wow... drafting where you are, Maruya is an awesome get.

With a small group of potential trainers keeping MVP+ for only NT will servirley limit the 21 NT. It is more then possiable to train someone who can play 21 NT and be a well rounded NT player also. In fact getting a guy to play 21 NT can encourage training longer to make them a good NT player. Here are some who are currently on the Australian NT who also played 21 NT

Michael Wayne has played in 4 competitive National Team games.
Michael Wayne has played in 4 National Team scrimmages.
Michael Wayne has played in 22 competitive U21 games.
Michael Wayne has played in 4 U21 scrimmages.

Steve Pierce has played in 6 competitive National Team games.
Steve Pierce has played in 4 National Team scrimmages.
Steve Pierce has played in 2 U21 scrimmages.

Will Williams has played in 2 competitive National Team games.
Will Williams has played in 5 National Team scrimmages.
Will Williams has played in 14 competitive U21 games.
Will Williams has played in 4 U21 scrimmages.

Burl Barth has played in 13 competitive National Team games.
Burl Barth has played in 9 National Team scrimmages.
Burl Barth has played in 11 competitive U21 games.
Burl Barth has played in 4 U21 scrimmages.

Achudanandan Mahurkar has played in 12 competitive National Team games.
Achudanandan Mahurkar has played in 6 National Team scrimmages.
Achudanandan Mahurkar has played in 11 competitive U21 games.
Achudanandan Mahurkar has played in 1 U21 scrimmages.

Claus Querido has played in 14 competitive National Team games.
Claus Querido has played in 6 National Team scrimmages.
Claus Querido has played in 6 competitive U21 games.
Claus Querido has played in 2 U21 scrimmages.

Jackson Lochhead has played in 12 competitive National Team games.
Jackson Lochhead has played in 1 National Team scrimmages.
Jackson Lochhead has played in 4 competitive U21 games.
Jackson Lochhead has played in 3 U21 scrimmages.

Keith Anderson has played in 25 competitive National Team games.
Keith Anderson has played in 9 National Team scrimmages.
Keith Anderson has played in 4 competitive U21 games.
Keith Anderson has played in 3 U21 scrimmages.

Dylan Scoggins has played in 44 competitive National Team games.
Dylan Scoggins has played in 16 National Team scrimmages.
Dylan Scoggins has played in 16 competitive U21 games.
Dylan Scoggins has played in 4 U21 scrimmages.

Scott Schneider has played in 47 competitive National Team games.
Scott Schneider has played in 13 National Team scrimmages.
Scott Schneider has played in 7 competitive U21 games.
Scott Schneider has played in 2 U21 scrimmages.

Brent Degas has played in 41 competitive National Team games.
Brent Degas has played in 10 National Team scrimmages.
Brent Degas has played in 5 competitive U21 games.
Brent Degas has played in 2 U21 scrimmages.

And Ryan McMillan just missed out as we had a very good group of Gs that season.

Thats 11 of the current Australian NT who played 21 NT also. The 2 do not need to be mutual exclusive. In fact from my experiance playing both keeps managers interested in training the player and also allows them to solid players for the NT and their own teams.

There needs to be balance and NT.21 NT training should be done to benefit the team training them long term.

Lots of people in the past almost exclusively used covert 2nd teams to train their NT players. I hated this about NT system. Probably its still going on but I haven'T been around so I can't say. Even Japan has farm-fresh players on its NT. Guys were caught redhanded double-teaming SPECIFICALLY to boost our NT. They closed the accounts and made the products FAs....and those players are still in the NT system. They do this globally. All the cheater has to do is sign up again and they are right back at it plus the fruits of their labor not lost.

Pretty sure this is merely speculation on your part. It was then, it still is. Whilst I am quite sure that people game the system, being specific about Japan isn't something you *know* 100%.