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Hi there, I have a 6th man potential and I'd need an advice. Any help is appreciated!

So, here are the skills:

Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: strong Handling: mediocre
Driving: awful Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: mediocre ↑

Weekly salary: 10.246

He's 6'3'' / 190 cm and 21 years old. Since I play in 3rd league, I'm planning on capping him and playing him in starting 5 for a while and then move to the bench when other trainees get better. But for now, he's one of my best players.

I want him to have proficient OD, prolific JS and good DR and HA. In salary calculator (which shows about 8% bigger salary than it really is), it shows $16.444 for prolific JS, proficient OD and respectable HA and DR. $16.444 minus 8% is 15.128. Do yuo think this is possible with 6th man potential? I read somewhere that 6th man reaches about 14-16k salary, but in previous season I found 20k-ish 6th men on TL.
Second question: I'd like to raise his DR and HA with One on one training, which unfortunately (as strange as this sounds) it trains also JS. I fear that with too much One on one training, he will reach his cap too early due to a pop in JS over prolific. What do you suggest?

Last edited by Koperboy at 10/13/2010 4:58:25 PM

No. I think he will be capped before then. I would only train OD until he caps.

Train OD first, and follow up with one on one until he caps. No JS training for him, one on one will take care of that already.

or, train his OD as far as you can. He's no driving SG anyway, with his Inside Shot...

Last edited by Mathcorejay at 10/13/2010 5:31:05 PM

Thanks for the advice to both of you. I agree, if I have to choose between better OD or JS, I'd probably go with OD.
One thing always bothered me though: how are Driving and Inside Shot correlated at all? My best trainee has proficient DR and pitiful IS and lately he's been improving in % of 2fg, despite of only awful JR (JS is strong). I play a lot of Look Inside and he's driving a lot.

On the other hand, somewhere I catched a theory that Handling improves shooting a bit because a player with good handling can set-up his shot better. Before I heard that, I thought handling was only to prevent turnovers...however, if this theory is true, that's why i want my 6th man trainee to train One on one.

I see what you mean. Now, there's still mid-range jumpers which give you 2's which aren't accounted for by the Inside shot, so that explains some of the 2s.

Handling will pop a little due to the PD training anyway. If you're very concerned about it, train Handling up to average before starting the OD training.