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Hi, I've got a question on my mind, and maybe you could help me with it?


I've been in BB for 1 season now, barely avoided dropping to V division. My plan was to buy cheap players, and save money + use cash to get 3 good players from the draft. Well, I did that. After the season I only have 600k cash. I used like 150k to make my stadium bigger tho. I was looking for new players, and I could afford like one, max 2 "good" players. I don't think I should buy 1-2 good players while the rest of the team sucks.

So what should I do now? Should I try to survive for another season + train my new players and save money, or buy 1/2 "good" players? I kicked 4 of the worst guys out of my team after the final qualifying game, so now I'm left with 6 players. Of course after the draft I'll have 9 players. If I were to save for another season, I'd make my stadion bigger again, which wouldn't be possible if I'd buy new players.

Thx for the help!

lol didn't understand -.-

First things first, pay no attention to the player's position listed in the top right corner. Those are only suggested. I'm only saying this because it looks like you kept 1 of each +1 other.

Second, Lucey is only 19 and has pretty good potential to begin with, but your three guards are good fillers until you find their replacements. Your PG is getting up there in age though so you might need to find sooner than you would like to.

Without knowing what your roster actually looks like, Herman (PF) and Lucey appear to be your only solid trainees to begin with.

Decide what direction you want to go as a team on the court. Worry about building up your stadium, get 1 good player (don't spend a lot, just one that will be good enough to win you more than a few games. A good scorer, either inside or outside will put pressure on the opposing defense but keep in mind to build your defense, otherwise, the effort of that scorer will be fruitless.

Alright, quick summary: build your stadium because one you move to League IV, you'll want to benefit from the extra income. I have not looked at your ticket prices, but start comparing what you are listing the tickets at with those owners of successful clubs in the same division. When you feel like your team will be moving up to IV, start doing your analysis clubs in IV so you can prepare to raise your prices. Lower ticket prices combined with winning more than a few ball games will cause your fan rating to go up and in turn, expect your revenue to increase. Shop around for a good, young scorer, maybe between ages 28-32 as they can be cheaper and could come with a good amount of experience which, believe it or not, might possibly be the x-factor in a lot of your games. If that doesn't sound beneficial, search for a young trainee to pair with Lucey and start doing 1-position training. If you can find a young trainee with good potential (does not have to be better than Starter or All-Star), you can build two or three good players out of Herman, Lucey, and this young trainee which will help propel your team to IV.

Woah man, thx for the awesome post!


First of all, I didn't know that those any only suggestions :D . The entire season I've thought that the players are only good in the positions that they're listed for. Well that explains a lot. I am getting a new PG, I'm pretty sure I'll get it from the upcoming draft. I'll be the 6th to pick, and 4 of the 6 teams were made during the end of last month. So they can't have a lot of info of the players.

The PG I'm trying to get is supposed to be a good player, 18y/old , 5* and 5potential. I heard from someone that those don't really mean a lot, but we'll see. 5 more days, can't wait! I'll hopefully also be getting a PF and and a SG.

Well, to be honest, I've only trained the PF and SF the entire season. When I didn't know anything about the game, I just trained the whole team for like 3 weeks. Wasn't a good idea. Wasted a few level-ups during that 3 week =(

If I will get the PG, I don't know how I'll train PG + SF/PF. I really would like to train my SF+PF too. Don't want them to fade away. I've no idea how to train those 3 positions @ the same time. Maybe do SF+PF every 2nd week and PG every 2nd?

I just used around 270k to make my stadium a bit bigger, it'll be around 5950 after. I bought 5 VIP too , just for fun. I just found out that if I will keep the original ticket prices, it'll take 20 home games to break even. So that's like 2 seasons -.- . I'll have to re-think the price of the tickets after the draft. I've only sold-out once, and that was the final game of the season, the third qualify game. I guess Tmuston Beltic's fans are glory hunters.. They only come to the games if I'm on a winning streak :(. True fans, yea right!!

I'll most likely have to buy a C. I was looking for C's , I can't get a decent C for less than 500k. I have to think about that too after the draft. What I've found really annoying is that it's really hard to buy a player. There is always someone offering higher than you are.

Sorry for my long post :D

Don't alternate between training the PG and the SF/PF. Choose a position type to train and stick with it for a while.

The good news is that SFs and, to a lesser extent, PFs can benefit from a lot of the same training as a PG. The SF and PG both need quite a bit of Outside D, and it's very helpful for a PF to be at least decent there. Passing and Jump shot helps everybody. I'd focus on those three (in that order - OD, PA, JS) for now. Maybe add in some One on One after a while.

But, unless you want to turn your PF into a SF, you might be better served selling him and picking up a free agent big man with good defense and rebounding and maybe a third trainee to go with your SF and PG draftee.

I'll most likely have to buy a C. I was looking for C's , I can't get a decent C for less than 500k.

You don't need a C for 500k, that's way too much for your team to handle. A C for 500k nowadays have 40k salary. Try to stick to the rule to build a team that's slightly better than others (if you want to promote, that is). If you build a team what will wipe out entire competition, this mean you have a team too strong for your league and you are paying unecessary costs for salaries.

A C of 15-20k salary and around 300-400k price should be more than enough for your team. If you will look after such C's with age 22 or 23, I bet you won't find any under 500k. But if you are trying to buy an older one (27+), than you will get a good price. Just don't buy players that are too old (32+).

Don't worry about it too much. I jumped in halfway during Season 4, visited the playoffs, got 2 of 3 really good players that happened to have been cornerstones for my team in the future. I went undefeated during Season 5 with really only three good players (2 from draft, 1 from my initial roster) and advanced to League III. HOWEVER, like you, I was a newb but my biggest mistake was that during all of Season 5, I trained Game Shape. I then spent the next 9 seasons up in League III with playoff visits 8 of 9 and either 1 or 2 Finals visits (I remember 1, but there might've been a 2nd). I only recently dropped to IV because of a bad season and thus, I had to sell off some of those really good players that were gonna drain me while in IV.

ur doin it wrong.

Thanks for the insightfully informative post! Care to elaborate or were you really trying to respond to the OP?

I wonder what's the problem with ur team. Even though u started ages ago and spent a lot of time in D.III. u still dropped. What caused that? It must be the money, but lookin at your transfer history, ur in +. How much r your staff salaries and their level?

I'm just wondering cuz u gave good advice to the OP.