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This player is fine as a 3rd trainee as he is an original player you will get a merchandising boost from having trained him and it is good to keep at least someone from your startup team. For training he needs OD, PA and JS. With luck you can draft a second trainable player. Then I would just buy a third one and for the third make sure he has at least superstar potential. Everyone will scream at me for saying this but I think you should buy a 19 year old. For peanuts you can pick up a 19 year old with better height, potential and skills than you will be able to afford in an 18 year old. In reality, the 19 year old with better starting skills and height is probably only six months behind the lesser 18 year old but everyone goes nuts over the 18s.

6'0" $5,000 salary 19 year old superstars will sell for less than 6'6" $3,500 18 year old perrenial all stars. If you are a new team that wants to train guards the first is much better.

I agree with the Seagulls.
Also, you'll still be in DV next season, which will mostly be bots. As long as you scout for the draft, you'll probably get a good draftee or two after the season regardless of where you finish, since the bots don't scout. That may be where you draft the guy you want to build your team and training plans around.

I had a similar guy in my start up team. I messed up his training a bit early (a lot of 2 position training, no inside training), but he still has had a good career for me. Carlos Kenney: (11657221)
I've also enjoyed keeping him on my team more than if he had just been some guy I'd bought from Europe, but that's me.


Last edited by BrianMathews at 3/2/2013 1:59:49 AM

William Albert (29474474) Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 952
Age: 18
Height: 6'4" / 193 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: inept
Driving: respectable Passing: awful
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: average

This player is fine as a 3rd trainee as he is an original player you will get a merchandising boost from having trained him and it is good to keep at least someone from your startup team. For training he needs OD, PA and JS. With luck you can draft a second trainable player. Then I would just buy a third one and for the third make sure he has at least superstar potential. Everyone will scream at me for saying this but I think you should buy a 19 year old. For peanuts you can pick up a 19 year old with better height, potential and skills than you will be able to afford in an 18 year old. In reality, the 19 year old with better starting skills and height is probably only six months behind the lesser 18 year old but everyone goes nuts over the 18s.

6'0" $5,000 salary 19 year old superstars will sell for less than 6'6" $3,500 18 year old perrenial all stars. If you are a new team that wants to train guards the first is much better.

Kinda a shame that Mahoney wasn't the 18 year old and Albert the 19year old in my book.... I think this advice is very sound, but still maintain he should use his new-franchise start-up money (which it looks like he sank into his arena entirely), and buy 3 18year old guys if the draft is a bust. then just throw these other guys he has posted on a as needed basis to JS, 1v1, Reb, whatever 2-pos training he needs based on height of drafted/purchased trainees.

the 19 year old SS purchase is baller ... I think I might steal that advice myself for my own team...

i have to agree. very well said.

yep - this is what u should do - took me a good few seasons to work out training. no use having a good trainee when u first start out because chances are, is that ur gonna blow it.

ur in Div V though so its not like u need awesome guys. keep the guys you have, let them play for a few weeks, work out which ones are not performing, then toss those that arent up to scratch. u will most likely be up against bot-teams, and really, once you have a few weeks of this game under ur belt, then u can start reorganising ur roster.

Problem solved itself. 3 trainees a SS pot an AS pot and star. 6'7 6'7 and 6'6 in height.

I'll just throw others on the 2-pos stuff


Owner: Team of the Scroll

Weekly salary: $ 2 111
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'7" / 201 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: pitiful Jump Range: awful
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: mediocre
Driving: average Passing: average
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: pitiful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: pitiful

Experience: atrocious




Owner: Team of the Scroll

Weekly salary: $ 3 135
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'6" / 198 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: average Handling: inept
Driving: awful Passing: average
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: awful Free Throw: inept

Experience: atrocious




Owner: Team of the Scroll

Weekly salary: $ 1 897
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'7" / 201 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: pitiful Handling: average
Driving: inept Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: mediocre Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: atrocious

Experience: atrocious


Sad they all suck at SB... Training should be fun

Last edited by ShadowSlam at 3/4/2013 10:32:48 AM

So... Lets just assume I want the superstar guy to be a balanced SF and the other 2 get what they get, etc.

How should I train up Marks?

Initial plan:
Alternte IS and 1v1 forwards until IS=8
ID until =8
Reb until =8
OD until =9
Passing until =6
JS for wingmen until =10

I'm no training guru, but maybe you could start with DR for forwards to get up DR and HA quickly, so the other skills train faster with the elastic effect. Then depending on your chances in the league and the rest of your team, train them either at a spot that makes you weak (if you don't have a good chance anyway), or at a spot that doesn't make you much weaker (if you have a bad PG, training your trianees at PG isn't gonna hurt you as much), if you want to keep competing.

I'd save JS for wingmen for when you want to compete, because it gets pops from other training as well, and you can play them at their natural position thus keeping your team balance/strength intact.

Yeah... That JS wingman is like 2 seasons from now in his training and the 1-1 is alternated with IS well before the OD which has elastic effect

Initial plan:
Alternte IS and 1v1 forwards until IS=8
ID until =8
Reb until =8
OD until =9
Passing until =6
JS for wingmen until =10

I'm stealing this for a player of my own me thinks.