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Alright, so between trainee's and established players I find myself in the dilemma of having 6 big men on my team. I have a feeling I'll need to lose one of them, or resign one of them to never getting training minutes and being nothing more than a reserve in case of injury. However, all of them have major upsides, so I'm having a hard time figuring out who to sell/bench, etc. It should also be mentioned that I was the runner up in my league last season, and I'd like to see some more success this season so getting rid of my two starters and only playing my young guys isn't the most appealing option to me.

STARTING PF
Weekly salary: $ 7 244
Age: 24
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: MVP

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

STARTING C
Weekly salary: $ 6 292
Age: 26
Height: 6'11" / 211 cm
Potential: perennial allstar

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

BACKUP PF
Weekly salary: $ 5 021
Age: 20
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: perennial allstar

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

BACKUP C
Weekly salary: $ 5 386
Age: 20
Height: 6'6" / 198 cm
Potential: allstar

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

ROOKIE C
Weekly salary: $ 3 556
Age: 18
Height: 7'2" / 218 cm
Potential: perennial allstar

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

ROOKIE C
Weekly salary: $ 3 323
Age: 18
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: perennial allstar

Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: atrocious
Driving: pitiful Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: awful Free Throw: strong
Experience: atrocious

OK, now that the important info for each player is up... what do you guys think? Right now my thought is I can put the starting PF (1st player) on the bench despite the fact that he's one of my best players. I'll move the backup PF to the starting lineup to get him his minutes there, and then since I usually played him in all my scrimmages, a scrimmage spot is opened up for one of the rookie C's to play. I'm also thinking I might transfer the backup C despite him being a potential triple double caliber player (played 30 minutes in a game once last year, 14 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks) as he's the shortest player, and has the lowest potential.

I'd LOVE to get some feedback and opinions from better and more experienced managers, though. Who's got something for me?

1st thing you need to do is sell your two starters... they are barely better then ur backups who will be better then your starters after like 2 weeks of training so no point of keeeping them both..... and another thing is that your starters are more turnover prone then your backups so basically it evens out there......... so sell them both and then buy 20k sg with the money you make...... for your training i would recommend just doing ID for like half of the season and then rest JS and DR.... your trainees may not be great but they have good height so there inside skills are gonna increase fast.... and you dont need like 10k guys in the frontcourt, use that as ur training area and base your offense on your backcourts strength and train the frontcourt for as long as you can...... btw i didnt mention but do 2 pos training since you have 4 guys that can be trained

The problem is that both of your rookies are pretty awful. One needs 5 pops in ID to be respectable there, the other needs 4 in IS to get to respectable. Either way, you can likely replace both of them with 19yos who don't have nearly the issues they do, for next to nothing (seriously, I had to fire a 19yo who was better than both of them this week, because nobody wanted him). If I absolutely had to choose one of the 18yos, to train, I'd probably pick the second one, and curse him every week the first season I trained him.

That said, your 20yo guys aren't bad, and if I were in your shoes, I'd probably focus my training around those guys, the backup PF perennial allstar guy in particular.

Now, these two:

STARTING PF
Weekly salary: $ 7 244
Age: 24
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: MVP

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


STARTING C
Weekly salary: $ 6 292
Age: 26
Height: 6'11" / 211 cm
Potential: perennial allstar

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

...can play SF in a LI offense until your trainees come up. If you choose to do 2-position training, the 24yo can get some minutes at PF, but I wouldn't waste any time training that 26yo dude.

Just my 2 cents.