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You posted the same players twice instead of your whole roster. But I don't have the time our desire to specifically tell you who to pick and chose. Obviously if this is your starting team it needs some work. Here's what you need to do with your starting roster. Be merciless with your roster.

1.You need one decent player at each of PG,SG, SF, PF and C.
Take the best one you have been given at each position. (As you go along the season, upgrade the positions you choose, but remember to trim somebody off. Either the guy who was your starter or the guy who was your backup and demote your previous starter to the backup.)

2.Plus two more players of the position you are currently training (18-21 year olds)

3.You also need two or three competent backups.

4. It is useful to have a really cheap scrimmage dude. The cheaper the better.


But a small roster is Necessary! Instead of playing players who take your money each week, and are a hassle to get their minutes, get rid of them! Fire them! Sell them! Tell them to get lost! Call them names! Push them down stairs! Do anything to get these jabronees off your team!

Just Remember:
If you want to be decent, read the game manual.
If you want to be good, read the forums.
If you want to be great, sell your soul to BB.
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Last edited by RamQ at 1/7/2011 10:16:02 PM

Depends on how good your league is. You want a team that's good enough, but not to good for your division. Ex. You might be able to obtain two 20k who would win your division, but you might also be able to obtain two 10k guys who would win you division. Either way you will win your division, but with two 10k guys you would be saving 20k a week as compared to the two 20k guys.

Okay, first i would like to say that it may not be necessarily best to try to advance asap. When i joined buzzerbeater i started with a mediocre record my first full year and just continued to improve over the course of two more seasons. I used the first season to get a feel of all the tactics and training methods. From personal experience, which i believe im the top ranked team in div v and will win my division championship this weekend with a perfect record, i would play one full season with the same team you were given but buy one cheap but good trainee along with the players you draft after this year. Train those players through your first full season that way they will be great div v players without spending money on players. In your second season you can finally look to upgrade positions you havnt been training to get a solid starting five that could compete for a championship. Finally if you dont promote after your second season then go buy that player that would put you over the top to win you division. This method will leave you with a fairly good team that could compete in div iv right away i believe. Dont forget to build your arena either as that is a key to getting more money. Also get a good training plan. If you need help with setting a plan then dont be afraid to seek some help from other managers. This may not be the best method for everyone but i personally believe it is a good one.

Last edited by Isaiah at 1/8/2011 1:57:29 AM

Thats why i suggest taking the first year with what you have now to make money....fire/sell players till your down to your 12 best players and train the guards. Then after next season you will have money to buy players to compete. Your trainees will also be about $8000 salary as well so you could compete all around.

Last edited by Isaiah at 1/8/2011 2:02:40 PM

I'd suggest finding some guards to train, not only are they worth more to sell when they're complete, their salaries stay lower longer as well..

To add to that, 29-30 year old 50k big men sell rather cheap, but 50k guards still go for double what a big would go for. So financially, if you were building your team, its cheaper to train guards and buy bigs than training bigs and buying guards.