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Thanks for all the tips, everyone. My team is definitely set up to be a Run N' Gun team at the start, and I'll be training guards as well. I'd say my team is fairly strong, if only because almost everyone else in my league is a bot team. I guess I'll see what happens in the new season, and if I'll get any good guard trainees in the draft.

It almost seems like a good idea to grab 18 year olds on the cheap right now since they'll presumably be aged at the beginning of the new season. Would it be, or is the difference in training speed between an 18 and a 19 year old that big?

Well, I've already established that I probably only want to train 4 or 5 players at the most at one time, and that's while training at both the guard positions. So I'm not looking to fill my team with youngsters, just making sure I've got the trainees I need. I have two guards right now that are both good enough to start. The SG is a better player and has higher potential, so even though he'll be 19 shortly, he should still be pretty good for me. The other is already 19, and only has starter potential, so I may be selling him at the beginning of the season to make room for either a good draft pick if I get one, or another 18 year old that I'll try and snap up when the next season begins.

Otherwise, I'm already in the process of strengthening my big guys, which is probably the weakest part of my team at the moment. Trying to get a veteran on the cheap that should be a defensive presence. If I can grab one, I'll have three decent big men to share minutes at PF/C. But otherwise, I'm starting to feel like I'm in pretty good shape.

Now, when it comes to a training regimen, since I want to train guards, would rotating two weeks of training at a time between Handling, Passing, Jump Shot, Outside Shooting, and One on Ones be an effective regimen? Should I throw some Stamina and Free Throws in there too, at a week each? Pressure might also be a good idea, for perimeter defense. Just trying to get a schedule worked out now so I'm not wasting weeks of training when the new season starts.

I would strongly suggest alternating between Jump Shot and Pressure training bi weekly. The thing about Handling and driving is that many of the guard training also slowly trains HD and DR, so I would hold off on that myself. A great link to check out is the training speed analysis thread. If you click on the 'help' link you are taken to the link thread, and the first link is the training speed analysis thread. A very good place to start when it comes to selecting training.

Looks like you are on the right track. Once you get your lineup set I would suggest trying to get some seats built for your arena. The cool thing about BB (over HT) is that there is no 'ground breaking' fee. You can add as many or few seats as you like at a time without extra fees. Good luck!

I think it is a good idea to train stamina and free throws occassionally. By far the best times to do so are on weeks where you only have one or two games (such as the current week), as team training isn't affected at all by minutes played.

playing only 2.5 seasons, what i ve learn is that you train big men for example (my team), and eventually you sell 1 of the trainees, just to save money to upgrade the positions that you dont train. I dont like the mono skill training too. I train 1 skill until all of my trainees get a pop up, and then i train an other skill, with that way i have a very balanced big men, that they dont do anything spectacular but lots of things very good. About the arena, if you dont need a good player for now to be competitive spend money on the expansion, but try to be balanced. I am upgrading my arena as soon as i see that the sits are full on a very high price.