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Age 18
Height 203cm 6 foot 8
Jump Shot: pitiful Jump Range: atrocious
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: respectable
Driving: mediocre Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: strong ↑ Inside Def.: strong
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: strong
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

Been rotating around IS ID SB past few weeks

Wow looking good there budy you potentially have a big scorer on your hands :)

considering he is still 18 i would suggest trying to train up his jump shot and even jump range a few levels this season, maybe handling/passing depending on whether you want him to be an assister or a good ball handler.

Most people i think will suggest you stick with training ID, IS and REB and forget about shotblocking because some will say its already high enough and just increases the salary. I tend to agree and his sb is already strong so thats perfect.

You will need to get his stamina up eventually though but i think for the rest of this season concentrate on guard skills and JS/JR and get them up to about inept/awful at least, maybe higher for your js. then all of next season you can concentrate on his mains and get his ID, IS and REB up a few levels.

Reb is one you have to be very careful with because you can only do it in two postions so if you have young people and wont pick early in the draft you may wish to train that up a few levels now.

you've done a great job so far :)

If he is your main trainee, I would just continue what you are currently doing in rotating but train Rebounding rather than SB. So rotate IS,ID and RB.

I can't see him being able to be converted to a PF as his JS is too low to even bother training so his best positional fit would be at C, so just do the rotation

I dont have any good power forwards at the moment.so shld i do reb now? or shld i go ID IS all the way till i draft a good power forward? thx!

It depends what type of C you want. For an all rounded one, I would train Reb till it pops till strong. Then I would rotate ID,IS and Reb as in train one skill until it pops then move to the next one

dont be hasty... train up his inside skills to make him more attractive... if you get a good draft and gotten better trainees, sell him. if not get his JS up since he could be an alright PF, if not keep training inside skills for a C.

I would personally go a different way with this player. I would train rebounding up to strong first up.
Then I would rotate training between one on one and passing until driving is at strong. By this time handling will be at around proficient/prominent. And passing will be around proficient. And Jump Shot will be around awful or inept.
Then I would train Jump shot until it got to strong. Inside shot will probably receive 2 pop ups during this because of the one on one and jump shot training, and jump range will receive 1 pop due to the jump shot training.
This will take you about 1.5 seasons to do from now I think.
So in 1.5 season's time you could have a player that looks like this:

Age 19
Height 203cm 6 foot 8
Jump Shot: strong Jump Range: pitiful
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: prominent
Driving: strong Passing: proficient
Inside Shot: prominent Inside Def.: strong
Rebounding: strong Shot Blocking: strong
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

This would be a fantastic player. He would be worth lots of money on the transfer list, and his salary will be low so you get a lot more out of him. After you get him to this stage you can then just train his inside skills for ages.
Definitely the way to go in my opinion.

Last edited by Naker Virus at 8/23/2010 11:18:16 AM

Hmm seems a bit confused with advice i been receiving. i got one side saying i should focus on ID IS and Reb, while another group suggest the jumpshot driving etc... what are the pros and cons of how i develop tis playa?

Okay there are 2 ways:

First way: Going with ID, IS and Rebounding
Pros: He will play well as a center but nothing else.
Cons: He can't play at PF well. His salary will skyrocket. He will be a monoskilled player that will be worth very little on the transfer market and will not be unique.

Second way: Doing what I said and training the guard skills.
Pros: He will be able to play at center or power forward. He will play much better because of great secondary skills. You would be able to sell him for 3 times the amount compared to if you just trained the inside skills. His salary will stay low so you get a great player with a cheap salary.
Cons: None.

But i heard from forums that it take forever to train team skills?

I didn't say anything about team skills...