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Hi, i have just started up and would like it if you could have a look at my team, any suggestions to start with would be great

You have joined at an interesting time of the season. The playoffs start next week and at the end of the playoffs is the draft where u will get 3 new 18 year olds. The younger players are the faster they train so the draft hopefully will be kind to u. There is only 1 game of the regular season to go and the team you were given is in 4th so it might make the playoffs. The starting team u got is not bad as far as starting teams go iv'e seen a lot worse. Its a good idea to read the manual and help forums before u jump in spending as there are a few mistakes u can make when your starting out.

One of the most common mistakes is overvaluing potential. Teams see that they have a 23 year old with superstar potential on their original team and think he will make a good trainee. POTENTIAL DOES NOT AFFECT HOW FAST A PLAYER TRAINS it only affects what level he can be trained to before training slows. So if 2 players have similar low skills one is 18 and allstar potential the other is 23 with superstar potential the 18 year old is the better trainee because the 23 year old will never reach his full potential. Check your mail be easier to help if u can see the skills of your players.

Good advice :)

Overrating potential is a mistake i made early on in the game and i payed for it slightly but my team is gradually getting better.

Also i'd like to add something: don't trust the DMI, it is an incredibly ROUGH guide as to how good a player is, it also is greatly affected by the player's game shape. Generally especially at the beginning of a season when salaries have been updated its a good idea to check that as well. Like Aussie dude said the younger the player the better the train-ability but other factors such as Height come in to play.

Obviously if you have an 18yo with P.Allstar potential, if his salary is like 1k it means his skills are rather low. You want your trainee to have at least decent all round stats when you start so be mindful of that.

hopefully you get what i mean, its been a long day

DMI is evil. Look at a players's skills, age and height and make a decision from there.

ye lol i know!

i overated it when i joined :( But ye i've learned a lot since then.

Just started out in Div 4. Looking for a mentor for the rest of the season to get the tips that only experienced players know of. Anyone available or interested? I'm a pay-it-forward kid of guy, more than willing to do the same for others once I've been trained. Really enjoying this game so far and it definitely has me hooked.

start off reading all of this.

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thr...

then bb mail me.

Last edited by zyler at 7/26/2010 12:01:58 AM

The actual link to the guide is here: (144856.1)

fixed mine, forgot to make it a link.

I read the manual and the forum guide. It's pretty comprehensive. Keen for a few specifics and tips so I'll do what you said. Cheers guys.

Two vital things for noobs:

1) Make money
2) Train players

Less important is winning games - it comes with the other two.

To make money the first thing you need to do is get profits up and costs down. You have 13 players, you don't need that many. I would suggest sacking or selling about 2.
Victor Lupea (13090791) Point Guard looks like agrbage.
Valter Vidulić (16213814) Center is garbage.
Domenik Ahrendt (16213804) Small Forward is probably garbage.

Anyone who it says on their $ estimate is $10,000 or less should probably be replaced asap.

Next think about your arena prices. It looks like you are putting them up, good. You should have built some extra seats earlier. Maybe build just 2-4 luxury boxes soon.

Training

This is probably number one.
VERY SADLY you sold your most trainable player Jean-Marie den Adel for peanuts yesterday. This is a tragedy.
The only guys you have left who are even remotely trainable are

Connar Bragg (16213813) Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 617
DMI: 9100
Age: 19
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: average

and

Alan Wall (14844563) Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 4 299
DMI: 15700
Age: 19
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable

and neither is very exciting.

You need to make some choices.
1) Will you do 1 or 2 position training?
2) what position(s) will you train?
3) Who will you train?

At least Bragg and Wall are both PGs, so maybe you could buy an 18 year old PG off the TL and add him to those guys. It is a start.

You MUST get at least a level 4 trainer. You can easily pick up one with less than a 20k/week salary for 20k or less.

If you respond I will send you some more ideas. Good luck.