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That one's tough. His primaries are good with no weak spots but his secondary skills are poor. You could train him, but his value isn't that far from its peak right now. He could become a great player but never a salary efficient or very valuable one.

After 2 years, I'd think you would be able to post in "National Team Debate Thread" or "National Team Speeches" but that's just me.

I have three about the same players in my opinion, which of these three players would you train if you had to choose one? Currently I have two trainees so I'm looking for one more.


Iain Wright (34359469)

Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 814
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 11600
Age: 19
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: average Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: strong Handling: mediocre
Driving: mediocre Passing: average
Inside Shot: inept Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: strong

Experience: atrocious
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Dean Raftery (33558956)

Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 813
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 14200
Age: 19
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: pitiful
Driving: respectable Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: respectable

Experience: atrocious

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Cody Shultis (34359456)

Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 127
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 8300
Age: 19
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: average Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: pitiful
Driving: average Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: strong Inside Def.: atrocious
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: pitiful

Experience: atrocious

#1 or #3.

Both need ID.

#1 you could train ID a little but of course focus on guard skills.
#3 needs a lot of ID but will train it OK at his height.

Depends who your current trainees are and what training plan they are on. I wouldn't alter them for either of these two, who are not main trainee candidates IMHO.

There are some changes to training. Now you can train even ID on player playing PG with a penalty on effectiveness (penalty specified when setting the training)

I just invested a large sum of money on this player. How should I train him? I want to try and reach his potential.

Ralph Hansen (34359405)

Point Guard

Weekly salary: $ 3 438
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 7200
Age: 18
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: inept

Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable
Driving: respectable Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: average

Experience: atrocious

What level trainer do you have? 5 is an absolute minimum, 6 is prefferable. I would start with 1 on 1 for forwards and IS, but at this stage defenses and jump range wouldnt be bad either

Congrats. Nice buy.

What I'd try to do is get heavy 1 position training out of the way as early as possible. I think inside scoring for centre would be optimal training. 7 handling and 7 driving means you don't need those trained urgently right now (if you were to train forward 1-on-1), while 1 inside scoring is urgently needed to be improved. It's only possible to raise atrocious inside scoring to a sufficient level with a lot of inside scoring training and 1 position training is the "harder" way to train. If you can get a good chunk of the harder training out of the way at age 18, it'll be easy sailing later on.

Inside scoring for centre, pressure for point guard, inside defence for centre, and 1-on-1 for forwards would be my top 4 choices if you could train those.

Last edited by Stajan at 11/13/2014 6:45:00 PM

Thoughts on this gent?

Weekly salary: $ 17 272

DMI: 38600
Age: 20
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm

Potential: allstar
Game Shape: mediocre
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: average
Driving: awful Passing: inept
Inside Shot: prolific Inside Def.: prolific
Rebounding: prolific Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: atrocious

Experience: awful

Last edited by Marauders at 11/26/2014 2:15:21 AM

He's on track to be a U21 starter next year.
He could get some 1/1 for forwards.

Considering
a) he's going to be a starter?
b) you posted his skills for other managers to see

> Outside Def.: atrocious <

is not going to get it done.

A smart U21 manager from another country will eat that for breakfast.