Yeah I understand. Here's a comparison of what I suggest vs a traditional lineup:
I assume you're using MVP potential players. A regular Center would have something like 17/17/17/8, with around 7 in the guard skills for a salary of 183k at his cap. If you switch OD and ID (17/9), you only have 70k salary and a free 20% towards the potential cap, or a PAS potential instead of MVP. Since this guy will be defending on the perimeter, he actually doesn't need 17 rebounding, but we'll leave it at that in order to get a little lower on the PG since he'll be a bit more expensive.
Then you'll have the PG, a MVP potential one for LI would have something like 14/12/17/15/15/16 with around 7 in the big skills (or 11 IS and 9 ID) for 131k. Switch up ID and OD (9/17) and you'll have a 74k guard at almost 20% cap left. Now when this guy is defending the key, he'll need more than 7 RB but if you make it 16 RB you'll still only be at 111k and within the cap. Now with the extra RB you'll need some more training, or you could choose to not make it as high because you already have high RB on your bigs. Say you'll put it at 14, and you'll be at 90k.
If you switch up these 2 players you'll save 150k salary (almost half what you'd have otherwise) while keeping the same overall skills (higher overall rebounding but a bit lower on the bigs, I'm guessing it kinda evens out).
Training schedule for 4 players:
Start with 3 seasons Pressure and Inside scoring for your bigs.
Then add your PG and do 1,5 season Rebounding, 0,5 season 1v1 and 1 season Passing.
Your C is ready (age 24), replace him with an SG and do 1,5 season Jumpshot.
Your PF is ready (age 24,5), continue training Inside defense for 1,5 season.
Train 1 season passing and 1 season Outside shooting to finish your PG.
Train Rebounding, 1v1 and some Ball handling to finish your SG.
By the time your bigs and PG are ready, they are 28 and 25. I think that's viable. You could also choose to short the cyle a bit and only train Centers and PG, but you'll save less salary.
EDIT:
You can also buy a semi-trained SF that has something like 13/10/7/9/10/7/8/10/12/8 at 22 or something and train him together with your bigs at the start. I don't know if this saves money, but you have a spare training slot at the start and you could use it like this.
Last edited by Jeründerbar at 2/11/2013 11:28:01 AM