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Date: 11/6/2019 9:19:47 AM
Pentinkulman Pyrkivä
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What kind of different hidden skills are there in the game, how do they affect the games, and how much? Is there any way to get even a ballpark idea of these before (or after) the purchase of a player?

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301638.2 in reply to 301638.1
Date: 11/6/2019 7:07:15 PM
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Well nobody really knows exactly what hidden skills exist but one does come to mind from experience and general consensus of experienced managers:

Aggressiveness: How many fouls a player will commit but also how many they will draw. Many managers like aggressive players since they see them as a strength because they know they will go hard at the paint and draw contact every game. Other managers despise these kinds of players since they are known to foul out often and are a pain to train.

2x NBBA Champion: S55, S56. 3x USA Cup Champion: S54, S55, S56. WR for longest home streak ever at 11 in Season 47.
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Date: 11/7/2019 12:56:15 AM
Tampines Fusion
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Iirc it depended on how good your defense is. Low defense (and I think stamina?) players tend to foul out easily, but it becomes a strength when their defense is high. Not too sure tho, might need someone to verify.

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301638.4 in reply to 301638.3
Date: 11/7/2019 1:33:47 AM
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I've owned 2 guys, one was 17 OD at PG, the other was 17 ID, 13 SB at C. Both in D3 fouled out every other game. But they also fouled other players. They were like that ever since I drafted them and no amount of defensive training helped. They also however got a lot of steals and blocks. Ask around and you'll hear some other opinions on the aggressiveness stat.

2x NBBA Champion: S55, S56. 3x USA Cup Champion: S54, S55, S56. WR for longest home streak ever at 11 in Season 47.
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Date: 11/7/2019 3:56:36 AM
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Wow. I guess getting fouled out is pretty unavoidable then.

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301638.6 in reply to 301638.4
Date: 11/7/2019 10:32:10 AM
Pentinkulman Pyrkivä
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So if I would recognize that my guy has high aggressiveness, I could get a better bench player to back him up and get a potential advantage in a way if my #1 guy fouls out but fouls out opponent's #1 guy as well, and his bench player would not be as good as mine, I would have an edge. Did I reason this right?

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Date: 11/7/2019 10:39:13 AM
Pentinkulman Pyrkivä
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Is it possible that there is one for injury proneness or has that more to do with doctor level, possibly game shape/minutes played, and pure luck? How about physical attributes like pace, strength, etc.?

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Date: 11/7/2019 12:26:28 PM
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Yeah I mean if you've got a foul happy guy and you wanna put your best reasonable backup behind him that would probably make the most sense...

For injury proneness, minutes played isn't really the way to distinguish how likely an injury is. It's offensive touches. Basically, most injuries in BB happen off fouls or flagrant fouls, the players who get the most offensive touches will draw the most fouls and thus have a higher chance of injury.

I think if there are any other "hidden stats", they aren't relevant enough to go digging too deep into. Even if you somehow reason about figuring them out, they won't help as much as your primary stats will and likely won't help much in the long run. The only reason I bring up aggressiveness is because its the easiest one to spot. That's just my opinion however on the concept of "hidden stats", you may find others who have spent many seasons looking into it.

2x NBBA Champion: S55, S56. 3x USA Cup Champion: S54, S55, S56. WR for longest home streak ever at 11 in Season 47.
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Date: 11/7/2019 10:48:36 PM
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Thank you!

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301638.11 in reply to 301638.9
Date: 11/7/2019 10:50:16 PM
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Actually a great training facility
As I have what seems like an agressive player I feel like I have to tell something. It's a pain in the booty to train him, forget trying to train 3 players in 1 pos training.

Haven't had any injuries on opponents and it doesn't feel like Steinmetz is shooting from the line a lot himself.