Everybody says its not worth training 19 year olds I strongly disagree. Especially for a new team starting out.
I got my team days before the season 7 draft so this is my 3rd full season, my strategy has been to train guys that i could buy for cheap, pop their skills a couple of times and make a great profit. Then buy better trainees, and really good players in the positions im not training.
I have now gotten to the point where i have good trainees albeit not great, but again i'll most likely be selling some players off and training some more. Also the positions im not training, which is the big men. i now have 2 10k plus players and my sf's salarys are pretty misleading as they have average or better in pretty much every skill. By doing the turnover the way i do buying the better big guys helps me stay competitive as i re train guards with higher potential which again means more profit.
If you look at my transfer history you will see how the evolution of players i have purchased and sold has progressed, i have done what some people call "day trading" but it was just a circumstance where i was on and happened to check the transfer list and a great buy was available. I think this is huge if you really wanna get your team up and running quickly.
The place where i have made the most of my money though is buying say an 18, 19, 20, or even 21 year old then training them for literally maybe 2-3 weeks, sometimes only 1 and they become that much more valuable to sell.
I also have a level 5 trainer and they pop very well and its a great value if you're going to employ the strategy of turnover that i have decided to go with as it saves you $1 million plus by not buying a level 6 or 7 trainer.
One critical component of this though is deciding whether you're gonna train big guys or guards and then coming up with a training program for them. For example i train guards, i'll train one on one, then next week i train jump shot, then one on one again, then maybe jump range, then one one one, then jump shot, then one on one, then pressure, then one one one, jump shot.... it goes on and on.
One on one trains pretty much everything so thats why i do it so often as it helps make the specialized training like jump shot pop quicker as every week you're getting a little training there. Its different for big guys obviously. Which leads me to....
Your big guys look like the best trainees you have so maybe go with them and either keep them for the long haul, which isnt the best idea as with their age and current salaries its probably best to train them sell them at what you deem is their highest value. Buy better trainees to either keep or turnover.
I will say this, their seems to be a ton more people training big guys so guards seem to have more value, that is just my observation. Big guys can be had for fairly cheap based off their salary compared to a guard with the same salary. You cant go wrong either way.
In looking at teams that either started when i did or were playing before me i believe im moving pretty quickly through the game. My 1st season i made the playoffs, 2nd season i won my division, this season i could have made the playoffs but i decided to try and tank for a better draft pick and im gonna wind up in the 5th seed (lesson learned haha) but next year i really feel as though i can compete if i keep doing what i have been and turning over my roster.
If you want some advice or have any questions bb-mail me. I'm happy to answer questions if you want and i can tell you some more about my strategy if you would like to try it as taxes and things like that are critical to making money my way.
Best of luck,
Southpaw
Last edited by southpaw17 at 8/17/2009 9:41:39 PM