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From the Game Manual:

Players will only get better with a combination of out-of-game training and in-game experience, so you can have the coach choose to train one or two key players per week, who will then show a rapid improvement, or to train three or more positions with reduced effectiveness

Go to the the training page, select outside defense and see the percentages. It says:
- outside defense training default position is PG
- outside defense training for SG is 90%
- outside defense training for SG/SF/PF is 90% (same as above).
- outside defense training for SF/PF/C is 80%

These numbers represents the reduced effectiveness, do they not?
If they do, why would someone chose outside defense for SG over SG/SF/PF?

From the Game Manual:

Players will only get better with a combination of out-of-game training and in-game experience, so you can have the coach choose to train one or two key players per week, who will then show a rapid improvement, or to train three or more positions with reduced effectiveness

Go to the the training page, select outside defense and see the percentages. It says:
- outside defense training default position is PG
- outside defense training for SG is 90%
- outside defense training for SG/SF/PF is 90% (same as above).
- outside defense training for SF/PF/C is 80%

These numbers represents the reduced effectiveness, do they not?
If they do, why would someone chose outside defense for SG over SG/SF/PF?

It is like it is … Not everything is written down in the rules.

SG/SF/PF is 90% of the effectiveness of PG/SG/SF (the matching "correct position" three positions option). Because you're training three positions, you're approximately 40-50% as effective on any one player as single position training will be.

It that's so, why would they state 90% in the training page? I find it as a misleading (official) information, don't you?

Can't they (people in charge) just not state a false information in an official training page? What's the purpose of stating it is 90% for SG/SF/PF if it is not true?

It's 90% of the three position value for that training.

1. How do you manage player's minutes in the allstar week? My team has 6 trainees and not only I would lose 2 training spots but also the weekly minutes distribution looks unmanageable.

2. Outside defense training:
- 90% efficiency for one-position SG
- 80% efficiency for one-position SF
- 70% efficiency for one-position PF

but if you go for a three-position training for SG/SF/PF, all three receives 90%? Am I reading this correctly?

Edited to add another question

REGARDING OUTSIDE DEFENSE Training:

Training types Coeffs:

Coach Assistant Coeff:
1. minimal 0.88
2. basic 0.91
3. competent 0.94
4. advanced 0.97
5. superior 1.0
6. exceptional 1.03
7. world-renowned 1.06

Pressure (Outside Defense):
Pressure (PG): 0.5 OD, 0.1 ID, 0.05 Ha, 0.05 Dr. SUM=0.7
Pressure PG/SG): 0.38 OD, 0.08 ID, 0.04 Ha, 0.04 Dr. SUM=0.54
Pressure (PG/SG/SF): 0.2 OD, 0.04 ID, 0.02 Ha, 0.02 Dr. SUM=0.28

Therefore, for example, where a small young player in a PG position might get 1 pop every 2 weeks with 1-position (PG) training, this same player would get 1 pop every 4-5 weeks with 3-position training (PG/SG/SF).

I mention 'small young player' as height and age will play into this scenario, as will their potential.

So, to answer your initial question (in a round a bout way):

The All-star week is deliberately challenging. Many managers choose to train FT or Stamina in this week. If, like me, you want to utilise maximum training, then choose either 2 of your best 3 trainees (if you are doing 1-position training) or, like me, focus on 4 of the 6 trainees (if doing 2-position training).

As for minutes? Yes, you will not get all of your players the required minutes. So, as others have suggested, focus on those players which matter most. Your starters and/or your trainees. For me it is a mixture of both.

Regardless, this week is unlike other weeks. Accept it and make the best of it to the best of your abilities.

Good luck.



Last edited by MrJ at 8/23/2025 11:25:43 PM

Can't they (people in charge) just not state a false information in an official training page?

There is no false information, the rules just do not reveal every secret.

What's the purpose of stating it is 90% for SG/SF/PF if it is not true?

It is true, because there are players which are not lined up in the designated position for this training.

If training the same training on 3 positions would be as effective as training on one single spot there would not be any need of single position training … this is obvious so you have to take this reduction into account.

Lets do the math:
1 Pos. Training: 3 x 1 = 3

Same trainng but on two spots:
„2“ Pos. Training: 6 x 1 x 0,65 = 3,9

So you have an increase of 30 % but in comparison to the one position training it about 35 % slower.

Last edited by LA-flaterik123 at 8/25/2025 12:48:04 AM

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Hi all,

last July (2024) I bought a one-time supporter package, which I extended again this year.
However, the achievement “You made this all possible” (which requires purchasing the BB Supporter package) still hasn’t unlocked for me after more than a year and 2 purchases of the Supporter package.

As I’m a bit of an achievement junkie, it keeps bothering me. Does anyone know if this achievement only unlocks with a supporter subscription and not with a one-time purchase? Or could there be something else I haven’t considered? Maybe it’s even just a bug in my case?