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Patient looks for the best outside shooter to make the most of the shots. The rest of the team should have decent passing to distribute the ball to the shooter.

Look inside doesnt particulary looks for missmatches or best shooter, feeds the ball to SF, PF, C. If they can drive they do drive and shoot from inside, if they get all close to the basket they shoot the ball. PG and SG also drives if there is posibility to drive. PG SG and SF needs to have somewhat good passing to pass the ball to the bigs.
For sucessfull LI you need front with good inside shot and guards with somehwat good passing. But if they have more, like all positions driving and good inside shot then it is better.

19 year olds can have up to 10lvl higher total skill points, TSP. You can get first season training driving 18 year old ~20, maybe 23 skill ups. But the speed depends on the skill, since not all skills train at the same speed and it depends of the draftee height, because guard skills develop faster to small guys, and big man skills develop faster to big guys.

Generally it is not worth drafting 19 year old. But there are some ocasions when it is benefitial. For example high total skillpoints guy 65+TSP and decent potential 5 balls, which means MVP-hall of famer-all time great. Also you save up to 1 year on training if there is high TSP guy, which will save you money. But because it 19 year old ones trains slower, the final result might be just above mediocricity in most cases, which i doubt anyone wants to. 18 year old guys trains faster, overall gets to higher TSP during their career, and can play 1 season longer before their skills starts to drop at age 33.
I would draft 19 year olds only after 18 year olds. And if 19 year old has good TSP, like 65+ then would train. Otherwise it is a waste. When i started 5 seasons ago with this team i drafted 18 yea rold 53 or so TSp guy and bought 19 year old 67 TSP one because it was cheap. Now the ages 23 and 24, TSP axe exactly the same, 18 year old one catched up during the same time, their skill distribution was somewhat the same, heights somehwat similar too. And 18 year old one will have 1 more season in the tank before skills starts to drop. I dont say 19 year old is bad player, indeed it is my third best guy and best defender, but 18 year old would have been better. But since we all have limited resouces, sometimes 19 year olds are good too.


Last edited by Vilkai [LTU NT] at 10/30/2020 1:16:54 PM

Basicly PG-SF on offense and PF or C defense in both styles. If you do not switch him on defence then SF or PF is perfect position.

The idea is to take the advantage of the high passing your forward has on offense and high inside defense of your point forward on defense. Also taking advantage of your best shooter shooting over oponent center or power forward in offense, and taking advantage of your shooter defense playing him at natural position for example SG at defense.

Example with 2 switches and 2 point forward. You can only use one pair if you have 1 point forward. Idea is your best outside shooter playing against enemy front line with patient offensively and switching him back defensively to his natural position. With LI the same, but it is not best outsid shooter, but best inside shooter.
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Last edited by Vilkai [LTU NT] at 10/30/2020 3:49:48 PM

I'm sitting at 9-5 in my league, have not had any blowout losses, prices are toward the lower end of the price range, have an arena with 20,000 capacity and, I think, a $1 Million stadium upgrade from the options introduced a few seasons ago. Yet my attendance keeps dropping and it's now to the point I won't be able to keep these players til the end of the season. How are you supposed to produce a winner in BB if you can't generate enough revenue to keep your staff. I do not have a high salary cost; at worst it's probably a little above average for the league. Either I'm doing something wrong or BB has a poor formula for calculating how a team's attendance should be determined. Any advice?

S50 demotion could be a problem, what does your fan survey say?
And in addition, After the ASG there is a recalculation of the attandsnce.
Do you have an TVstation, PRmanager?

Last edited by LA-flaterik123 at 11/1/2020 5:10:36 AM

You lost your two matches before your home games, that must be the reason. Before that your income from stadium was better. Try to win your games before home games to maximize your income (also TV and rival matches).

Last edited by capali at 11/1/2020 5:13:55 AM

You lost your two matches before your home games, that must be the reason. Before that your income from stadium was better. Try to win your games before home games to maximize your income (also TV and rival matches).

Yes ... and the bleachers are more bitchy than LT.

Good stuff guys. Thanks. Unfortunately my 'rival' this season is going to beat by 40 points every time, lol. But I'll try to focus more on when I schedule more effort. I do have a PR guy but I need to review his level. Thanks again. I think the advice will help a lot.

If I have three trainees, how can I ensure they each play 48 minutes. Even if I set them as starter, back-up and reserve, and do SFDC, the coach still somehow subs them out?

It may be occur when you have a player in the roster(not in starting 5) and don't set him as both back-up and reserve of any position.

Just adding to what tunaaa_b said. If you train two positions, you should not dress more than 8 players. If you train one position, you should not dress more than 9 players.