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273184.14 in reply to 273184.9
Date: 8/29/2015 8:35:30 PM
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I say train them until they are 24-25...plus your fans will support the team more due the familiarity you would build up by keeping consistency amongst your roster...also...you can receive a nice payday if you choose to sell them in a few seasons...or can keep them as your starters while you focus on training rookies and younger players...also i believe in training players to their strengths while improving on their weaknesses...my two pieces of copper

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273184.15 in reply to 273184.14
Date: 9/1/2015 4:00:51 PM
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if you choose to sell them in a few seasons
I plan on selling every 4-6 seasons. After this season it'll be 3 more seasons to go. Just to create a new challenge every now and again and possible go homegrown sooner rather than later.
I may end up keeping my best young players haven't quite thought it through yet.

Heading on the right path so far. Are you?
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273184.16 in reply to 273184.15
Date: 12/5/2015 2:18:46 PM
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So I've been forging ahead and training the two players I originally mentioned - I have a question though -

When training big man skills I've been doing the following training rotation:

Week 1: IS
Week 2: REB
Week 3: SB
Week 4: ID

With the intention of eventually cutting out SB so that my 3 week rotation is:

Week 1: IS
Week 2: REB
Week 3: ID

Rather than rotating big skills every week would I be better off training each skill multiple weeks in a row and then changing the skill to train every few weeks?

*After I complete a 4 or 3 week cycle I will occasionally train other skills. Since Gerry Veilleux is very well rounded, I try to shoehorn him into whatever training I'm doing to maximize his pops.

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273184.17 in reply to 273184.1
Date: 12/6/2015 12:02:43 PM
Woodbridge Wreckers
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As a rough guideline to check wether a player is worth training, an 18yo should have around 50 TSP at the start of the year, and for every year above 18 the player should have around 10 more skillpoints. As said, this is a rough guideline because if the player has great secondary skills he can have lower TSP, and if he is trained only in primary skills or only driving/handling he'll need more skills to be worthwhile. Potential is a bit less important if you're not too familiar with training; anything from allstar and higher can be worthwhile to train, the lower the potential the more diverse you need to train though.

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273184.19 in reply to 273184.18
Date: 12/7/2015 12:45:09 AM
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Thanks for the responses the point on TSP was especially helpful as I didn't really have a general rule / range to go by...

But one other question, in the past I've had a handful of lower TSP players who seem to be productive whenever I play them - when I think I've found a player like this is there any merit to keeping him or will a higher TSP player almost always be better?

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273184.22 in reply to 273184.1
Date: 12/25/2015 3:45:33 PM
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Just wanted to provide an update on the player in the original post and see if anyone had any advice on what direction to go with his training (thanks in advance!):

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Player Data:
Name: Gerry Veilleux
Age: 21
Height: 6'10''
Potential: Perennial Allstar

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/player/36038773/overview.asp

Jump Shot: Respectable (7)
Jump Range: Respectable (7)
Outside Defense: Average (6)
Handling: Proficient (9)
Driving: Average (6)
Passing: Strong (8)
Inside Shot: Prominent (10)
Inside Defense: Respectable (7)
Rebounding: Strong (8)
Shotblocking: Proficient (9)
Stamina: Pitiful (2)
Free Throws: Mediocre (5)

TSP: 77 (43 + 34)*

*TSP Last Season: 67 (39 + 28)

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Is it worth going POP hunting on JR, OD, PA - or should I just go back to my 3-4 week big man training schedule of: IS / REB / SB* / ID?

*Eventually going to cut out of training schedule, but have a few other players who benefit from SB training right now.

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273184.24 in reply to 273184.22
Date: 1/1/2016 4:29:02 PM
Nightearls
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I love your player,

I would train his inside skills all up till 11.
than 1-1 till handling is 12.
than passing till 12 and OD till 8.

And than train the rest of the big man skills as you like till he caps. Remember that SB is counting less to his potential cap than in the past.

Only in the dark, we succeed!
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