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You might want to remove his name, and even his league from your post. A GM or even a BB could see this and delete it.

Hmmm tough, I didn't know you scouted cadavers for prosection. I'm assuming that's what prossects are. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosection

3) The argument "the USA is supposed to be a powerhouse" is faulty. In real life, the USA is a powerhouse because it's (a) richer than most countries and (b) devotes more money to basketball than anyone else. There is nothing corresponding to that in BB.

And all this time here I was thinking that it was because smart businessmen set up shell accounts in Malaysia to buy out the rights to players like Adam Morrison for millions of dollars.

So do you think that any US team will even come close to the B3 title in the next 10 seasons?

Whoa you guys need to chill. I'm not hating at all. Most of the time I'm just joking/being sarcastic. This thread was just a question, not hating at all. I just want to see the US win as it is odd that the US has been completely unsuccessful in the game( other than the U21). But thanks for answering my question.

Did I bash the NBBA? I asked a question, that's all.
As far as US NT, I was just pointing out some flaws while having some fun,being half serious and dramatic.

So do you think that any US team will even come close to the B3 title in the next 10 seasons?

The only way to win B3 in a large country like US is to tank starting from NBBA and dropping some series... being a good day-trader helps a lot too. The main problem is that in order to win B3 you need to pay 1.5M+ for weekly salaries, and that means losing tons of money... you have to burn everything you have in your bank account. As you can see the iranian team has a ~1.7M roster which he can afford without any problem only after 6 seasons he has been in a B3 finals. That means he can afford 1 or 2 seasons at the top of B3 only after 6 seasons of "tanking" (in his country first division)... nothing like that can be done in the NBBA.

Basically someone from the USA needs to model their team similar to what Dionysus has done in China.

He has 4 of the top 8 players in China on the national team.
His players are well rounded. He carries only one foreigner.
He has profited 11 million on his trading activities.

As of right now, I see only one team in the NBBA with a roster that could evolve into a Dionysus type roster and he just posted on this topic.

I know one NBBA team that is growing fast and using a good strategy to get to the top, but it does not include building a franchise of home NT players yet. However it has worked stunningly well to get him there in 8 seasons.

BUT Mamba started when guys were selling for 100X their salary. So profiting off the transfer wire was more abundant than it is now.

The thing about Mamba888 is he won the China Tournament in his 8th season. He won his first B3 in his 12th season.
During his first China Tourney run, most of his players were outside China. However, 2 of his players were on the team and still are in Season 24- 10 seasons later as guards. During his first B3 title run he had added to more China born players. Not until the last 2 B3 titles was he mainly all-chin.

So i think its possible for a USA team to win the B3. However, I don't believe anyone is on course to do so anytime soon.


Just FYI with a more restrictive trading activity format, teams like Dionysus probably wouldn't win the B3 as much. Teams from micronations would do better as they would need to rely on a homegrown economy. IMO the best way to become a top team is to sell players for way over their value in a top nation while building a good economic backbone and grabbing talented youth in your home nation. In a micronation the strategy is to tank/rebuild as that is easier/more profitable.

Overall the playing field needs leveled a bit. Some ideas would be to reduce the ticket pricing values in smaller nations, and restricting transfers in some ways (number of bids before sale/number of times player allowed on market).

Last edited by lawrenman at 7/10/2013 12:22:52 PM