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So after a disappointing season losing in the semifinals I've decided to remodel my team.

I'm going to try and go for a defense focused team with no starter under Prominent defense, and most with far higher. Right now my team is

PG 1
Age: 26
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: prominent Handling: prominent
Driving: respectable Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: inept Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: average ↑

SG 1
Age: 25
Jump Shot: prolific Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: prominent Handling: average
Driving: prominent Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: awful Free Throw: average ↑

SF 1
Age: 23
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: prominent Handling: proficient
Driving: respectable Passing: inept
Inside Shot: prominent Inside Def.: strong
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: mediocre ↑

PF 1
Age: 22 (Allstar Trainee)
Jump Shot: strong Jump Range: pitiful
Outside Def.: awful Handling: average
Driving: pitiful Passing: awful
Inside Shot: prominent Inside Def.: prominent
Rebounding: sensational Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: awful Free Throw: mediocre

C 1
Age: 20 (Allstar Trainee)
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: awful Handling: average
Driving: respectable Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: sensational Inside Def.: prolific
Rebounding: sensational Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: average ↑

Backup 1 (PF/C)
Age: 19 (Superstar Trainee)
Jump Shot: inept Jump Range: atrocious
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: atrocious
Driving: atrocious Passing: average
Inside Shot: proficient Inside Def.: proficient
Rebounding: proficient Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: inept Free Throw: strong

Backup 2 (SG)
Age: 24
Jump Shot: prolific Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: proficient Handling: mediocre
Driving: respectable Passing: average
Inside Shot: awful Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: inept Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: respectable ↑
Looking to sell

Backup 3 (SG)
Age: 23
Jump Shot: prominent Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: proficient Handling: mediocre
Driving: mediocre Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: inept ↑
Looking to sell

Backup 4 (SF)
Age: 23
Jump Shot: prominent Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: strong
Driving: strong Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: mediocre Shot Blocking: mediocre
Stamina: average Free Throw: respectable ↑
Looking to sell

So my main problems right now are I am debating whether to sell my starting PF and C who's salaries will skyrocket this season for about 1-1.5 million total from the two of them, and to get new trainees with the money or keep the ones I have and take the salary hit and keep on training them.

Also with the money I get from the three player's I'm looking to sell I was thinking about getting a solid defender with sensational outside def. or higher. Do you think that a defense oriented team would work if my inside players still had a relevant inside presence on the offensive end?

I have 100k in the bank, and would hope to get about 700k more from the sale of those three players

Any help or advice on my teams future would be great thanks!

I strongly disagree with the logic of lowering the prices to sell more than 90% of the seats each match.

a hypothetical: say you have 500 seats of a given type. Let's say you typically sell 90% of those seats at $30 each; that is 450 seats sold for an income of $13,500. At those prices, to sell 95% requires you to drop your seat price by $2, but 475 seats x $28 is $13,300, or $200 less than you would earn by selling 90%.

In other words, if you are selling out your arena, your prices are too low.

I agree with pretty much all of this. Don't get too discouraged by your semi-finals loss. The team you lost to has a much higher world ranking although I must be honest I am not sure how he gets those game ratings with his roster. Plus you played look inside which played into his strength. But in general, follow the advice from Manon and you will be competing for promotion again next year. Good luck!

Do PFs need OD???

Not unless you are very particular about your PFs. I would not worry about it, but that's me. That's what makes BB fun, everyone has a different way of doing things, and there isn't a definite right way to do things either.

I disagree with these answers. I think a good PF should have some OD. It doesn't need to be great but I would prefer it to be around the average to respectable level. If it is too much below that when the opposing PF steps back and takes an outside shot or a 3 pointer they are going to be hitting at a very high rate.

PF Skills Order (My opinion)
ID
RE
IS
JS
PA
OD
The rest

Last edited by yodabig at 1/8/2011 7:50:31 AM

level 6-7 OD on a PF is lost in DIV in my opinion. In DI-III i can understand where you are coming from but not in DIV. there just arent that many PFs with high level JS in this division. 4-5 is the most i would worry about. But it really depends on the opponents in your league. If you can get higher then that's great but I wouldnt stress too much about it, As yodabig said OD is a prettylow priority for PFs.