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251851.6 in reply to 251851.4
Date: 12/29/2013 12:51:43 PM
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I love how nobody but Ballus was mentioned from the Big 8. Rightly so... but it was still funny to read on paper lol. Last year I was just more or last trying to get to the semi's so I could get a paycheck for playing in Ballus's Arena.

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251851.7 in reply to 251851.6
Date: 12/29/2013 7:19:03 PM
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Just look at the rankings, some of the teams in the Big 8 are weak. I don't take you guys lightly though...at least they are giving me a couple weeks to hold onto Simpkins before I have to make my final decision on whether or not to move him.

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251851.8 in reply to 251851.7
Date: 12/30/2013 11:28:09 PM
Rogues
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
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Stardom Slammers
I took Georgia lightly last season, and received a beatdown for it. They're my pick to win that conference. Ballus is an old team, they won't be winning this league unless they add some new players.

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251851.9 in reply to 251851.7
Date: 12/31/2013 2:30:47 AM
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Just look at the rankings, some of the teams in the Big 8 are weak. I don't take you guys lightly though...at least they are giving me a couple weeks to hold onto Simpkins before I have to make my final decision on whether or not to move him.


I haven't looked into your situation with simpkins. Or if I have i've forgotten...*sigh*... old age. I just read the overextension tax forum thread. It was really interesting. Do you think the training exemption would help you keep him?

Personally I'm under the delusion that if we allow someone to win the division, we should have them run through the gauntlet to do so. For example, I'm solely convinced storms was not only the best team to promote, but will make whatever D.3 he went to hurt.

So I would like you to be able to keep whatever players you think will help you to win because I want our league IV.14 alumni to really earn there wins against you and me.

P.S. This soapbox was cool.

Last edited by DrChristopher at 12/31/2013 2:32:07 AM

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251851.10 in reply to 251851.8
Date: 12/31/2013 2:38:09 AM
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I took Georgia lightly last season, and received a beatdown for it. They're my pick to win that conference. Ballus is an old team, they won't be winning this league unless they add some new players.


Thanks man that means a lot coming from your team. I hope I can live up to the hype lol. I actually had to go back and re-watch our game, and honestly I probably should have lost the rebounds by way more than 4. Btw do you train bigmen or centers?

Because I've been trying to work Shot blocking into my training and could use another manager to bounce ideas off.

Cheers!

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251851.11 in reply to 251851.10
Date: 12/31/2013 8:37:12 PM
Rogues
III.2
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Second Team:
Stardom Slammers
My original plan was to put a strong emphasis on shot blocking for Hobbs and Aponte and see how that worked out with the revamped system. However, I kept track of all the big men in the age group and they were two of the best, so I decided to base my training on trying to get one of them on to the U21 team. That means they need to be real close to a 13 in IS, ID and rebounding by the end of this season.

So, that's what I'm working on for my training. And that means I had to scrap my shot blocking plans, though I'm still going to try and work some of that training in there as well. Their rebounding is fine, so everything I do the rest of the way will be single position center training.

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251851.12 in reply to 251851.11
Date: 1/2/2014 3:02:51 AM
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I'm jealous man. I'm doing two position training. So, I have to buy trainees that have good SF/SG skills and then train them into PFs. Rather than just build my own players.

I really thought shot blocking was nicely revamped in the new system. Since my best center was averaging like 6-7 blocks per 48 mins last season, for the first few games. I also tended to notice that the higher SB my players had (even at the SF position) the more often I saw in the play by play that they "altered their opponent's shot".

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251851.13 in reply to 251851.12
Date: 1/5/2014 12:18:35 PM
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Yeah, before there would be like 1-2 blocks a game total.

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251851.14 in reply to 251851.13
Date: 1/10/2014 3:26:49 PM
Rogues
III.2
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Stardom Slammers
Damn it...I've been using TIE so I could try and win my Cup game, but that backfired. Now I'm 1-3 and eliminated from the Cup.

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251851.15 in reply to 251851.11
Date: 1/11/2014 12:35:56 AM
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I feel like training big men in this game is not as valuable as training guards because an amazing gaurd is usually a lot more valuable than an amazing big man.

Like for example I can always get a decent 40 or 50 k big at age 24 for around 500k.

But to get a 40k pg at age 24 you are looking at around 750k and up.

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251851.16 in reply to 251851.15
Date: 1/22/2014 7:45:27 PM
Rogues
III.2
Overall Posts Rated:
4343
Second Team:
Stardom Slammers
I don't know, I think I'd rather have a great big than a great guard. From my experience it just seems like big men are harder to slow down. That's why Look Inside is such a popular tactic. I know that's pretty much the only offense the U21 team has run for a long time now. Things might start to change though with the improvement of shot blocking.

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