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I'm thinking it's safe to assume most Team Owners do focused training on specific positions or position groups and right around time for the playoffs to begin, those teams that are a virtual lock for the Semis or the Finals are typically focusing on training Game Shape to ensure their players are in peak shape.

However, I am curious about those that train Free Throws and/or Stamina?

There are obvious benefits to training those categories. High Stamina means the player's decline in their skills in-game will not be as bad. What's the benefit to having an All World Talent on your roster that can only play at a high level in short bursts vs a player that plays at a high level for longer periods?

Same goes for Free Throws. If you have a star player that is a fantastic scorer as long as he's moving freely on the court, how many potential wins are you giving up by their lack of ability to shoot while standing still? Shaquille O'Neal is not an example I'm aiming for as his only real skill was being 7'3" and 350-lbs (just yanking the chain of Shaq fans out there). He was brutal in the paint but his free throws were atrocious. But what if Steph Curry, who is basically a quick-scope sniper on the court, or Klay Thompson, an elite sniper as well .... what if they were atrocious at the free throw line?

So anyways, back to my question. Are there any teams out there that are dedicated to team training Free Throws and/or Stamina?

I think managers who train National players or players just to sell them in the future to make a profit,or important young players,they dont care about training free throws and stamina because its waste of time....

Mostly,managers that have players 26-27+ they care about free throws and stamina because the dont have trainable players or their players need some skills only


Last edited by don_AnToNio at 6/22/2017 2:47:22 PM

Right. That's not a fair comparison though. Two players with 50 TSP, the one with higher stamina will likely outplay the other. So I'm thinking that if I have a player with 100 TSP and 5 stamina vs an 80 TSP with 7 stamina ... my player may outperform overall on the court but he'll be more likely gassed after 36 min and his shots go off target whereas the 80 guy may be able to last longer and only be gassed after 44 minutes.

Anyways, those are just random numbers to try and make my point.

Ahhh, no, I meant just in general ... nothing related to a drafted player. I've been thinking about training Free Throw or Stamina for a few reasons:

1) I see a lot of stamina drops throughout the course of the season. I have a player that I got off transfer back in December 2015 (Season 29) that initially had Stamina of 9. He's 31 now and his stamina is now down to 4. I'm not sure how much stock to place in a player with high stamina, especially when he's still a very efficient player with high skills.

2) If I was to shift my focus from training developmental players to training to win a championship, how much benefit would there be to focus on Stamina and Free Throws with Game Shape intermixed once in a while?

Regarding Free Throws, my top two star players have 2 and 1 Free Throw skill respectively. My #1 guy is averaging 3-4 free throws a game and shooting at under 50% so he's only losing maybe 2 points, which isn't that big of a deal honestly. Same goes for my #2 guy; he's averaging just over 2 free throws a game and is a career 0.238 free throw shooter so he's lucky if he makes his shot fall, which means we may miss out on 1 point on average.