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well i think the free agents deflating prices so extremly are fantastic

i just bought Shalev Yaacov who was good enough to play in the finals on the Lietuva LBBL and who has been sold multiple times for more than $1,000,000 (1.3 was the top) for $395,000

this is awesome, it means that teams that have worked carefully for years, planned, trained and invested thousands of hours now into the game can be beaten by any punk who starts the game and gets a good original player /draft pick that they can sell

<-sarcasm

Isn't the problem that when lots of people stop playing the game, lots of free-agents are created, while lots of managers are lost?
That means supply goes up, and demand goes down, therefore prices drop. No rocket science there.

Thats right, but the problem is that with the huge increase in supply, the prices have dropped so much that at times its not even worth training players anymore.

I see it quite simply as two scenarios.

You can buy your way to success.

Or,

You can train your way to success.

Buying your way to success leads to almost instant results, but as a result of this, you tend to end up in a loop where you keep replacing players to maintain competitive as they tend to be older free agents, so you need to buy and sell. As you are more likely to sit close to your salary cap doing this, you make no money. So you remain stagnant and it's hard to improve.

By training, you sacrifice in the short term, but in terms of long term sustainable success, it's much more efficient. Not only will you make more money, but you can continue to improve those player as they hit their peak at 22-23, where they are just as effective as those 28-29 year old free agents. With that extra money you saved when they were 19-20, you can now buy the players you need to help you and your trainees to push for promotion to the top division.

yeah but the difference is while you train your way to success you used to also win, but now any nub can buy a triple sensational dude that can smack any 1 or 2 year trainee all over the place

you know a very successful coach that sacked his trainer, sold all his trainees, just bought old dudes and trained their stamina and free throws and was much better off

Short term success.

Everybody has different playstyles. I can be successful selling my two NT players and buying a new team for $10m.

No point, I take pride in building up an empire with players I've nurtured since 18.