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How high in salary do you think I can get this guy? Level 4 trainer, and all of my training revolves around him. He is my number 1 trainiee.

Weekly salary: $ 3 503

DMI: 21400
Age: 18
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: awful
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable
Driving: average Passing: average ↑
Inside Shot: awful Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: mediocre Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: inept Free Throw: respectable

Experience: atrocious

Last edited by DonutDunker at 7/16/2010 12:04:18 PM

I am going to train him to be great at Jump Shot, Passing, Handling and Outside Defence. I will be single position training him.

Last edited by DonutDunker at 7/16/2010 2:43:00 PM

probably not as high as u would like due to his low potential.

Why would you even train him? No offense but I wouldn't even waste my time. I'm guessing you will be training him as a PG/SG since he's too short to be trained efficiently anywhere else. In that case his Jump Range will take awhile to get to a respectable level with that low potential. I think you should dump this guy and look for one that's a better shooter so you won't have to work as hard to get him where he needs to be.

But to answer your question I'll say he'll get to around 40k by the time he's 27 if he's lucky. Depending on how you train him. As training his jump shot and jump range to high levels will make his salary inflated.

I would just like to point out that potential does not affect training speed. It affects how far a player can be trained before hitting a soft cap, which is somewhere between 30-35k, according to the latest knowledge.

He is all I have and I think I could train him to be a good player and sell him for 2-3 mil. I'm hoping to draft a Supersar+ guard in this season's draft. I really have no better options to train as well as no money.

you should sell and buy. training is effective if you have at least 3 trainees. this one is acceptable if only you are training two other potentially strong guys. so you should hit the market, and find suitable guys for your training regime with at least allstar potential. as i said, this player has nice skills overall but he will likely be unable to reach the levels his buyer would pay 2-3 million.

Incorrect.
a) Training speed is not effected by potential until you hit the cap.
b) One skill at "awful" is not ideal but it's not the worst thing in the world, particularly if you are trying to build a guard for an inside offense team and your other trainees are SGs anyway.
c) The cap for star players is closer to $30-35k as per the other posts in this thread.
d) Why would you train him up to age 27?

As for the OP: I think that $2-3m on the transfer market is a bit optimistic given recent market conditions, but I think you can create a good, serviceable role player for your team. A player capped at say $27k is still a rotation player for almost any team and I am training a guard right now who had similar starting skills and star potential who will likely be my 3rd guard in the long term. His skills at $21k salary were good enough to make him an effective division 2 guard and by the time he caps I don't see why he can't be useful in the Naismith if I ever get there.

he's not that bad. it's worth traininig him. you can cretae an all around player in 30-40 k range and he will help you. Don't get carried away by the potential, I have seen superstars ending up as mediocre players and starts becoming stars in this game. As long as initial skills and height are ok, it's fine to train the guy.