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1) I don't know what you mean by "properly". But the answer is probably yes. You can still fill in the backup to reserve slot too. And don't choose Let coach decide and such things. If you asking whether these three players get simillar minutes it is hard to tell, it would differ a bit game by game, influenced by stamina, fouls, possible injuries and difference between quality of a starter and his backup.

2)Yes, exactly. EVen in the same game - you can check these minutes in >players>Weekly stats

3)It is some team from your conference. It is important for fan surveys and for attendance. It influences these things more than just regular games. It is (probably) randomly drawned. Notice that each team with a human manager has a rival but its rival can have different team as a rival (or no rival at all if it is a bot). Even more teams* can have the same rival (and the rival can have completely different rival other than them).

*I bet no more than two.

I have a rival, but when I look at the history it says we have never played. How does one become a rival?

The rival is chosen based on the past games with the teams in your conference. I assume it's more precisely based on how close and important the games were. For example, my new rival is the team I lost against in the playoffs and which went on to win the title. My previous rival was the team I played some very tough games against and also beat in the conference final.

The fact that you have never played your new rival suggests that you've just been demoted/promoted or you have just joined the game. (I'm too lazy to check which it is.)

Actually.......both :)

Thanks