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so, i'm talking about potential here, and my question is, how will we know when a player can't train anymore? or do they ever stop training?

and also, what does an asterisk(*) mean if a player has one after their potential?

How does potential work?
Potential acts as a cap on training. Different potential levels cap out at different skill levels. So an MVP can be trained longer than an Allstar potential player. There is a rough salary estimate corresponding to the cap for each potential level. Once the skill set of a player reaches a particular point (The soft cap) that is equal to the potential level of the player, training really slows down and it becomes ineffective to train the player anymore.

0 Announcer: < 6k
1 Bench warmer: < 8k
2 Role player: < 13k
3 6th man: 15-18k
4 Starter: 26-30k
5 Star: 45-50k
6 AllStar: 60-80k
7 Perennial allstar: 95-140k
8 Superstar: 140-220k
9 MVP: 215-315k
10 Hall of famer: 500k+
11 All time great: 1M+

The above is a rough estimate of potentials and where they cap at. Note that centers are generally capable of attaining a higher salary than guards.

The asterisk means that the player existed before the potential system was introduced. I don't believe the cap is different for someone with a * next to the potential. However, most of these players are too old to keep training anyway.

So those "soft caps" are their maximum salary which is affected by skill pops right?

I don't quite understand the question.
Potential cap is based on skills, not salaries. But salaries are based on skills. So potential cap is loosely based on salary.
So in the post above I indicated the approximate salary at which a player with that potential will hit the soft cap.
You can still train after you hit the soft cap, but training is much much much slower! And is not worth doing.
So a player the 6th man potential could cap at 10k or could cap at 15k (just examples) because of different skills and hence different salary. So the salary is just an approximation, but you will know when you hit the soft cap because training will take forever lol!

so i can know when a players "in his prime" when i'm paying him the amount of money per week u listed above?

If you are paying him the salary listed above at each potential it means that he is either close to his cap, or has hit his cap. The only way to know is to try and keep training and if you notice it is a lot slower then he has hit his cap.
So in that sense he is in his "prime".

Ok now I get it