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i dont think 99% of players really need anyone with mvp potential

on the other hand low potential such as bench warmer or 6th man can be really crippling

all star is an excellent compromise they dont cost anywhere as much as those mvp players and how many teams are going to be upset with a player who caps at 65k

if you are a new team i think you can go even lower maybe as low as starter as they can contribute still in div2 on a 24k salary

check the tl you can find very similar players but the 19 year old with mvp potential will be selling for at least double the similar 19 year old with starter potential

In my opinion, it's not really worth buying that career extension speciality trainer. If you have the money you can ofcourse. He will drop more in skills. Your overall ratings are not bad. Uros is nothing special, so no point in building a team around him:) So try to get lvl3-4 cheap trainer and some decent young players. You can buy older players as slot fillers until you have your young guns in training. Remember 30 year old players might help you a few seasons before droping in skills.

Yeah, I like Uros, but he is not really a long-term integral part of the team. But I like his last name :)

I have a level 2 trainer. Should I get a better one? I am already paying him more than even my most productive player, and I am still getting 2-3 pops a week.

On the "Manage my Team" screen it looks like I get one more league game a and a scrimmage before the playoffs. I still want to train rebounding on some of my young PF and C. I hear there is like a game drought where there aren't any games and people train Stamina and FT because they are dependent on minutes. When does that happen? Do I still have a week or two to train other stats? Sorry for the noob question, but I am 2nd in my league and might get promoted if I do well.

If i were you, i would sell him at a good price first, employ a better trainer immediately (choose level 4 initially, target level 5 two seasons later).

The next step is to wait draft done and review your own training plan based on what players you picked.

If you have spare time to spend, try to purchase some "below market price" players during playoff & off-season period, because most BB players is not active on spending these days, thus you may find good players at competitive price, THEN you may sell them at higher price when new season starts (BB players like to switch their squad to suit their training plan in new season, bidding war may happen).

Below is some of my transfer history i did it in between season 9 & 10, these information can be checked by everyone, so i think it can be shown here.

Alexes Venus Bought Ginebra San Miguel GinKings 8/26/2009 $ 50 000
Alexes Venus Sold Eastharbor 76ers 8/30/2009 $ 125 000

Rade Meglič Bought KK JEBAĆI 8/25/2009 $ 12 000
Rade Meglič Sold f. stromp 9/2/2009 $ 66 400

Xenaro Chan Bought Skullsyellows 8/9/2009 $ 30 000
Xenaro Chan Sold BERMIO 9/24/2009 $ 51 800

Francisco Martinez Ruiz Bought C.B.Cunilleras 8/26/2009 $ 20 000
Francisco Martinez Ruiz Sold The Radioactive Monkey 9/30/2009 $ 50 000

P.S. young age (18-year-old is the best) & long-lasting trainable (potential is star or above) are both important when looking for "below market price" players

Last edited by Wallace Lai at 3/6/2010 12:35:28 PM

My trainer also get's paid more than my highest paid player. I think lvl4 is cheap enough for his work (remember there are 7 levels, 6 of them can be hired, minimal is appointed only when you fire your current trainer with no new assigning). Train FT or stamina when you have 2 games a week. If you go far in playoffs you still get 3 games a week (with finals tiebreaker).

The only flaw I can see in this thinking would be if there are caps on how high a player's skill can go in a certain area if they are a lower potential. For example if you could only train JS to a certain strength if your player was a 6th man even though he was below the salary "cap". I do not know if such a thing exists.

Excellent question.

A perusal of the transfer list suggests that there are no skill-by-skill caps. Just search the transfer market for any combination of one high individual skill and low potential, and you'll find matches. For example there are 3 guys with "wondrous" or better jump shot and "6th man" or worse potential. Clearly these guys have only been trained in one area, but their low potential was not a hindrance to attaining a very high rating in 1 or 2 areas.

What I do think -- and I have no evidence of this, but it makes sense -- is that it gets harder to train a skill the higher you go. A player might have a potential that translates to 6 bumps. But it takes more training to get 6 bumps in one area than 2 bumps in 3 areas. It takes more training to go from "respectable" to "tremendous" than it does to go from respectable to proficient three times.

That's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

I think it only gets harder to train the higher you go because players get older and training slows with age. Training will also be slower if the skill is several levels ahead of the complimentary skills. ie. if IS is respectable the further you train ID above respectable the slower it will get.

Hypothetically say you have an 18 yr old Hall of Famer and an 18 yr old 6th man with the exact same skill set...my question is will these two players train at the same speed up until you max out the 6th man or will a higher potential player train faster simply because of his potential?

Potential doesn't affect training speed until the cap is reached.