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Update on Herbert Jones:

Weekly salary: $ 11 744
Role: regular starter
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DMI: 69700
Age: 19
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable

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

Experience: pitiful

Doing rebounding this week, expecting a pop. Is there any way I can get him on the U21 team, even though he's closer to capping than most of the other bigs his age? Otherwise I'll be looking to sell in a season or two.

Got another pop on my guard hopeful. Switching to Ball Handling. Will I get some driving training with that as well? Seems to me like I would.

Got another pop on my guard hopeful. Switching to Ball Handling. Will I get some driving training with that as well? Seems to me like I would.

Yes. Ball Handling Sub trains Driving and outside defense. Good luck!

I think youre better off making him a PF. He only needs a few more OD,PA,and HA pops. Put some DR on him,as what they said. Then,do his big man skills to about 13-15. Than cap him with 1 vs 1 forwards.

I've sent my player's stats to GM-Jason and the current u21 coach. Is it kosher to post them here, as well? I am looking for some advice on which direction to take my guy. He's on the outside looking in, that much I appreciate. He has had the benefit of single position training his entire career, thus far.

However, I think I've gotten him to the point where keeping the skills balanced will require some 2 position training. My concern is that doing 2 position training for a player who is already on the outside looking in will only increase that gap. Do I continue to focus on a skill that can be single positioned trained and hope that the other skills will come along or do I jump right on the skill that is lacking, despite wanting to create a player for the USA?

Last edited by Xarn at 4/13/2012 8:38:12 PM

In my team there is an interesting guy. I don't know, if it is allowed to post his skills here.

What I urgently need is:
1. realistic salary calculated.
2. hints for training schedule
3. remarks if it is with sense to train him nearly alone (means: if he could be a NT-player)

[USA] Mac Forte (22091705) - calculated salry approx. 16.000 $ (???)

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this season:
Mac Forte ?popped? in Jump Shot from respectable to strong.
Mac Forte ?popped? in Inside Def. from atrocious to pitiful .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Jump Range from strong to proficient .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Outside Def. from proficient to prominent .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Handling from awful to inept .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Jump Range from proficient to prominent .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Driving from awful to inept .
Mac Forte ?popped? in Jump Shot from strong to proficient .

This week: Outside defence training

1. Without knowing his full skills, I can't confirm your $16K salary estimate. However, it could be right, but that would be inflated because of his high JR. SGs with high JR have high salaries, but that doesn't necessarily make them great. I wouldn't single-position train JR, especially since it is higher than his JS.

2. Hints for training schedule. Well again it's tough to answer this without knowing his full skills, but I would keep working on his OD/JS/PA, especially passing if his passing isn't fairly high. Looking in the database, our top SG prospects with the exception of Lyle Duncan all have at least 5 passing (and Duncan's only 13th among SG prospects, not on the team at this point). Passing is also important since at least the last season or two the U21 team seems to be running a LI, in which case the guards need to be able to move the ball and distribute. I don't know what Mac's passing is, maybe he has respectable, maybe atrocious, but in either case it's an important skill.

3. Like Coco said, potential is too low for NT, but he could be a U21 player. There are a lot of good guards out there though and he faces a steep climb, and will likely have a difficult time of it. But regardless, he's young, good skills, definitely worth training even for your own team.

Thanks for the fast replies.

The full skills:
Jump Shot: proficient ↑ Jump Range: prominent
Outside Def.: prominent Handling: inept
Driving: inept Passing: inept
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: proficient
Experience: atrocious

The ID is low, but in general he has a good standing. I hope it could be an U21-NT-player for the American team.