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From: O-Rod

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151546.7 in reply to 151546.6
Date: 7/13/2010 2:08:12 PM
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You have to believe that the BBs will have to put a stop to Free Agents hitting the market soon to try and stabilise prices. Chris hit the nail on the head though as people do seem to be paying decent amounts for average/mid level talent up to $10k in salary. Anything over that and prices do seem to have dropped significantly. It must really suck to be a seller in this market.

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151546.9 in reply to 151546.8
Date: 7/13/2010 6:00:16 PM
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but how can BB stablize the markets?

I don't see what they can do besides stopping the flow of Free Agents into the market, and/or having the system compute a minimum TL price based on skill and potential levels

From: O-Rod

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151546.10 in reply to 151546.8
Date: 7/13/2010 6:33:00 PM
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Imagine how well off someone could be doing right now if they sold their best players three seasons ago (replacing them with average guys) and decided to use that stockpile of cash now to go out and purchase players. I don't like the fact that teams can be rewarded so greatly for playing the market


It depends how you view this situation. I very much doubt that people have been doing this because as far as I'm aware there has never been a period of deflation in BB like this before which would be a pretty big deterrent to somebody doing this. And if somebody wants to sacrifice their on court performance to stockpile money then I have no problem with that. Its effectively what the Nets tried to do to get the #1 pick and then LeBron. Predicting the market in BB is such a tricky thing to do because our information is so limited.

I would expect it to pick up relatively quickly though when you consider that if there was every going to be a deflationary period it would be early in the season as most teams lose money for at least 1 week of the playoffs. A lot of teams also benefit from cup revenue in the early weeks, so more money will be out there for teams to spend (assuming that a lack of cash is why teams have seemingly stopped spending).

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151546.11 in reply to 151546.10
Date: 7/13/2010 7:30:53 PM
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this has been the largest deflation point i can recall since i started in season 3. i would lose many millions right now if i sold the primary players i spent 4 seasons training to this point when factoring in purchase price and salary for that time. i don't ever recall a point where anything was like that. my team is stuck in a massive recession at this point, with no light at the end of the tunnel at this point.

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151546.13 in reply to 151546.12
Date: 7/14/2010 9:16:34 AM
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It's not much of a surprise that HPP opened this thread. He's lost nearly $8,000,000 through the sales of star players that he's recently sold.

That really hurts... and to add insult to injury he had trained Turcan the whole time he was on the Paper Pushers (as far as I know) and ended up losing close to 4 million on him.


Yes, I am certainly not an unbiased source here.

Although, let's look at it another way. The first two players that I sold were not even at the bottom of the market (it seems). I have been searching around and noticed the following:

-I could pick up a better player than Arko for $4.5 million, which would only be a 500K loss
-There is no shortage of SG prospects out there, and I could almost certainly find one like Uypuanco for less than $5 million. I might trade some shooting for some outside d but is that such a bad thing?

The Turcan transaction was a bit surprising to me. Was that the market hitting rock bottom? Or maybe I just listed him at the wrong time?

I guess time will tell, but time is something that is pretty limited for me these days.

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151546.14 in reply to 151546.1
Date: 7/22/2010 3:55:48 PM
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Making mistakes is part of the process, it's also much more entertaining to rebuild a team from scratch!

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151546.15 in reply to 151546.14
Date: 7/22/2010 7:12:53 PM
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not if you spent literal years making it what it is today. its hard to promote and be successful in this game. and even more difficult to remain successful when your economic plans are torn apart because of market changes.

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Date: 8/7/2010 12:28:59 AM
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So far, I'd say i have benefited from this deflation.

I got an 18 yr old player with Superstar Potential for $222,222.

Then I got this 31 yr old PF with Sensational IS and Tremendous Rebounding for $406,300. He's also got some great secondaries. Also his experience is great.

So overall I'm pretty happy :).

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151546.17 in reply to 151546.16
Date: 8/7/2010 10:28:14 AM
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The market collapse has helped alot of teams, especially those in the lower divisions. I too have benefited from the cheaper transfer prices, but am in a position where I could never sell one of my trainees. So essentially I am locked into continuing to train what and who, as there is no point losing them for less than I think they are worth.

I cnsider the collapse normal as it is similar to something that could happen in pro sports. Can you imagine the NHL troubles if the exchange on the dollar got out of hand. Canadian teams in particular would be in huge trouble, but it would effect those at the top of the pay scale more than those at the bottom.

The BB's have a really tough job of trying to balance the economy and keep everyone happy. Long term I really think this adjustment is going to be good for BB. It evens the playing field in alot of ways and may help some new players hang around longer.


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