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Date: 3/14/2017 7:19:03 PM
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Welcome everyone to league IV20! We had some fun and new information in last seasons thread so be sure to review it for some important tips.
On that note I would like to congratulate myself on scoring the 5 ball pick I had in the draft. His name is Rich Younger and he has 52 TSP and a potential of Hall of Famer. I'm going to start single position training for he and Mantsur rather than my usual two position training.
Looks like a few other managers scored nice picks as well. BPI, did you get your 54 TSP pick?

EDIT: I also noticed my point guard, Isuzquiza who just turned 23 had his salary jump from 11k to 16k. I didn't expect it to go up 50%. I might be forced to sell him this season if it keeps jumping.

Last edited by Penumbra at 3/15/2017 12:50:29 PM

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285586.2 in reply to 285586.1
Date: 3/18/2017 11:49:09 AM
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I echo the welcome to the new teams and managers, good luck to all! I have not done much scouting yet of everyone, but I have 4 tougher league (divisional) games right out of the gate, so I have time to look at the new teams.

Yep, every one of my picks had TSP 54 or above. My top pick Weller has 67 with superstar potential. He's my second-best rated player and will start ahead of Alvarado from day one. Alvarado is productive, but only my 11th best-rated player.

I am going to start investing more money in my team this season, but my first move will be on better staff. I will try to flip some players before investing in new ones. Hopefully by then I'll have more than $12M in cash reserves.

I wouldn't worry too much about the salary jump, they made a one-time adjustment for various reasons this season.

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285586.3 in reply to 285586.2
Date: 3/27/2017 10:11:37 AM
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Really surprised I was able to win that one, Penumbra, especially since Perry shot so poorly.

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285586.4 in reply to 285586.3
Date: 3/28/2017 3:27:36 PM
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Turnovers are what killed me. I had 14 more rebounds than your team but my -10 Turnovers countered that point. I was surprised you only took 2 more shots than me, but they were both made 3's and combined with your free throws sealed the deal. Perry almost fouled out too lol but I had some poor shooting performances as well.
I just barely replaced my trainer but I had to go down to a superior level. I was -$40k in income due to inflated salary and I couldn't afford a new exceptional trainer because everyone is buying them this early in the season. They were going between $500k and $1m+ for salaries between 60k and 80k.
I still can't believe the league average for staff salary is barely over $40k. I haven't paid less than $40k for a trainer alone since my second season. And my PR/Doctor are a combined total of $30k. I was at $130k before my new trainer.

Last edited by Penumbra at 3/28/2017 3:29:15 PM

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285586.5 in reply to 285586.4
Date: 3/30/2017 3:51:57 PM
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That makes sense. Yeah, that is a frustrating in-game thing...I've gotten the other team's good players to 3 or 4 fouls early in the first half, and yet they are able to play smart enough to not pick up 5 or 6, even while playing significant minutes.

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285586.6 in reply to 285586.5
Date: 3/30/2017 4:55:09 PM
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I think stamina and defense have a large factor in fouls. Even if you have good outside D for guards they may be more likely to foul if the player they are defending drives inside.
I think the pace of the game has a big factor too, and there are high paced strategies for both offense (r&g, push) and defense (press). Fast pace offense against a low stamina team could result in them committing more fouls or more turnovers for fast paced defense. Plus there are more fouls and turnovers in the 2nd and 4th quarters due to stamina. Then imagine if both teams play a fast pace offense vs full court press; both teams will wear out quickly and it becomes a stamina battle. I think man defense and press likely have a higher foul rate.
Then there is supposedly a "hidden aggression" factor and each player has a different level of aggression. High aggression players will commit more fouls than usual but with excellent defense and stamina they will end up forcing more turnovers than their non-aggressive counterparts. I would like to think aggression has a factor in creating offensive plays as well.

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285586.7 in reply to 285586.6
Date: 4/4/2017 9:11:15 AM
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As for your staff question, I presently have only minimals for all 3 positions (only about $9K), but as I indicated earlier, staff upgrades will be the first component where I start investing a little more.

Last edited by BPI at 4/4/2017 9:11:34 AM

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Date: 4/4/2017 6:51:12 PM
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How often do you get training skill pops and how many positions are you training?
I would feel like I'm missing something if I had a trainer lower than superior.

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Date: 4/4/2017 9:51:10 PM
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Had a great game against BPI and my team was getting demolished early, the only reason I won was because of the face that his play style tends to get him ahead early and hopefully keep it as with the shortened roster he has happens to get tired as the game progresses. Luckily for me, my offensive strategy was patient to make sure I got good shots, and my defensive strategy was full court press, so that I could take advantage of the lowered stamina. Only reason I'm pointing it out is that even though I could have lost (my coach decided to keep the subs in until the last 55 seconds of the game) I ended up having fresh starters pressing a warn out team and took advantage of the turnovers despite the fact that the opposing team had almost a 30 rebound advantage. All in All, great game to BPI and I'm sure the adjustments that you make will blow my team out of the water and keep them there :) [http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/94549043/reportmatch.aspx?realtime=1]

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Date: 4/5/2017 10:07:48 AM
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Great game. Yep, that was probably the difference, also the TO disparity, which is probably attributable to stamina and the fact that I was trying to get a couple of my newbies who aren't that good to begin with 48 minutes. I also hadn't played either of them much the first couple weeks of the season, and McClain's game shape was only mediocre, and Torres' was only average.

That's the second game I've lost by just a single basket (the other being the season opener) to a team playing Normal vs. my TIE.

Considering I'm just trying to get as many guys 48 minutes and not utilizing my depth or balance at this point, I'll take it, even if those burn a little bit. :)

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Date: 4/5/2017 10:21:47 AM
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RE: Staff

Honestly, I've not had any success at all doing single-position training. I once had a superior trainer that I was paying $70K a week for with an MVP caliber prospect, and for 3 months I got 2 bumps doing single position training by the book. Complete and total waste of time, resources and energy. I could have gotten close to 70 bumps on my entire roster with a minimal trainer doing 2 or 3 position training using things like 1on1, FT, and rebounding.

It's rare I even try single-position training, unless I have been training say ID for a number of weeks and I suspect a couple of my bigs are close to a bump. But as I start re-investing in stronger trainers, I'll start being more selective in who, what and how many I train at various times.