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Admittedly, I trained these guys with no knowledge of what I was doing and made mistakes along the way. I am now ready to train bigs (and do it right). But my question is, should I train the guards below for one more year and train something other than JS, or should I move on and start to train bigs and leave these guys as is?

FYI - I have no bigs to train and would be getting them off the wire in the next 48 hours. Money is not an issue. And I am only in D4 because I want to be. I could have promoted already and I do plan to promote from this point forward. The only three players on my roster that are keepers are the three below. One is a two-time D4 MVP.

Player 1 - 22 years old
Jump Shot: prodigious Jump Range: proficient ↑
Outside Def.: prolific Handling: prominent
Driving: prolific Passing: strong
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: inept Free Throw: respectable
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Player 2 - 23 years old
Jump Shot: phenomenal Jump Range: prolific ↑
Outside Def.: wondrous Handling: prominent
Driving: proficient Passing: proficient
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: proficient

Experience: inept TSP: 89 (71 + 18)

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Player 3 - 23 years old
Jump Shot: colossal Jump Range: prominent
Outside Def.: prolific Handling: prominent
Driving: sensational Passing: strong
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: mediocre Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: respectable

Experience: awful TSP: 90 (70 + 20)

If I should train them one more year, what skill would be most beneficial?

Thanks in advance for any help.

I would train the OD up until all are at least 14 or better. They all need some passing as well, unless you plan on buying a really high passing PG that will be costly. The way they sit now may let you compete in some D3 leagues but they would be reserves on a competitive D2 roster. They are probably good scorers, they just need the OD and Passing, which will also give them better handling along the way. If you buy big trainees you will get to a point where you realize these guards aren’t going to get you there. I’d take the time to finish out their training and then start your bigs. Will also give you time to save money money and once you are finished with your bigs you can add a couple SFs from the wire and you would be ready to head to D2.

If I was to list your top 3 priorities, they would be: OD, OD, and OD.

Sure, your players might be MVP calibre now down in D4, but by D3 players 1 and 3 are liabilities on defence, and come D2 if you made it, player 2 is only scraping by.

I would echo the thoughts of the previous poster, I would recommend spending at least a season on just OD, ideally you'd want 15+ on all of them, then they'll be able to take you to where you want to be headed.

It's a shame their IS is so low, but that's okay in the lower divisions, if you maximise what they can give you in their outside game they'll make fine guards for D3 and at least be starter/backup calibre in D2.

I would always recommend forward planning for not one but two divisions ahead of where you're at (if possible), your stars in your current division should at least be good enough to be starters in the next div up, and at least good enough to be backups two divs above. Otherwise, you're wasting your time with them.

Good luck.

Thank you both for your responses. It is greatly appreciated.

I am still fairly new to this. I've never really taken it serious on the training. To be honest, the first time I asked for advice, I got criticized and called a few names for not knowing simple things about the game. That experience made me not want to ask for advice again. But, I cannot figure it out on my own, as you can tell by my training of those three players, so I am back looking for help.

I've done well with my money and have millions in the bank. So I want to take it serious and start to climb the ladder, and I appreciate both of you for giving me advice, and to the couple who have been giving me some advice in private.

I'm sure I will have more questions. But for now, thanks for the help. And I am training nothing but OD for this entire season to see how it goes.

For training the best thing you can do is taking Coach Parrot or the Training Simulator and using them. This way you will know what is reasonable to expect and how to play around cap considerations.

You can see the sticky thread in this section and this message in particular (100218.2). Other than that, your U21 staff should be willing to give you some pointers or even have written guides about training (I think Americans and Canadians both have them).

Last edited by Lemonshine at 11/23/2019 11:30:06 AM