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The next two scrimmages will be U27 games. The first one against Bosnia, the second one against Bulgaria.
I will test our younger squad and look how well they are already.

Our two scrimmages with the young guys are played. the first one was against a older team of Bosnia, the second one against a U27+ecxeption team from Bulgaria.

What we learned until now:
- we are moving to a pretty well 3pt shooting team. 17-30 (57%) in RnG and 3-4 (75%) in LI are strong numbers. it's clear that with enthusiasm 1, there is no defense, but the direction is the right one
- Säfén and Birgersson are our two center pillars. They have the highest TSP and play already on a high level. If nothing bad happens (e.g. their managers sell them) the NT will have two exellent guys
- Danielsson and Westerlund played some great minutes and showed the stuff I hoped to see. They are different kind of players and with them we can go outside or inside.
- our outside cast is still a little bit shacky. Sunesson, Stjärnland and Carlsson are on the right way but still miss here and there some skills.
- we are not the best rebound team. There were periods, where we got outrebounded. I'm not sure if it was only because of the enthusiasm. But time will show.

Next Monday we play a U25 game against Germany. After some cheating with Birgersson's documents, he will play too He just looks younger than he is, so it's oaky.
After that we will play against Croatia. I don't know if this will be a U27 game of if I will try to go with the best possible team of established NT players and some of the young ones.

Illka will be working on his SB to bring that rebounding up to par. Always easier to rebound a contested miss after all.

Very excited about his first action! 10 more years!

Yesterday's game ended 134:126 for us. It was a close game but our young guys sealed the deal.
Man of the game was Birgersson. With 35 pts and 13 rebs he was a force. Säfén played against an OD 21 guard but still performed pretty well. The big positive surprise was Sunesson. 27 pts, a strong free throw shot and no stupid shots. Stjärnland had a well rounded game and he could turn out as a future triple double player.
Dehllund had some bigger problems with his opponent. He was fouled out and this showed, that his current defense has to improve. Danielsson had a low GS, but still managed to hold his ground. These two guys are our current defense prospects. Danielsson is even on the edge to be a well balanced player with a high defense.
Wetserlund had a good game as Birgerssons back up and Carlsson had to take a break... I could only bring one guy older than 25 years to the game.

Next week we will play against Croatia... if everything still is the same like last week. The upcoming game will be a with the best possible line up. That means the older ones like Tjädermo and Widerström will come back and the young ones will fill in the new empty spots. It's time to combine our two parts and see how well they are already.

I'm curious to know why you play Sunesson at PG and Säfén at SG? Wouldn't it be more beneficial to swap them around?

My thinking was like this:
The highest OD will be at SG. So if Sunesson has to play there, he will be overpowerd. Säfen has enough fire power to play against such a high OD. And Sunesson could make some points against a "weaker" PG.
But I didn't know that the SG will have OD 20+...

Well. At least you trust in Sunessons abilities at PG, which is nice! :)

He is a better SF than PG, but still he fills in quite well. During the next seasons, Sunesson, Smól, Stjärnland and Carlsson will switch around at PG, SG and SF. It will depend on their GS, their skills and our tactics. Some other players will also fill in (e.g. Lövlind as a defensive player), but these four and Säfén are currently the most reliable prospects. So don't be surprised if he plays as a PG this week and as a SF next week ;)

Martin Lagerhall is on the transfer list. Currently he is a part of the NT.

I'm one of the managers who will try to buy him. But I don't know if my money will be enough.
For everyone who thinks about buying him: he could be a part of the NT in 1-2 seasons. His cap is 87-94% and because he is a MVP, there is not a lot of space for inside skills.
But still, if you train him for one more season outside (e.g. 1on1 Guards) his cap space won't be affected as much as only with inside training.
Driving 15, Inside Shot 18, Inside Defense 18 and Rebound 16 are a possible skill set for him.

First of all, I hope the offseason was a successful one for you. I saw that some of you drafted some really talented guys

The second point is that Martin Lagerhall returned from Utopia to Sweden and now plays in the SBBL. There he will play for the eight time champion Isle of Wright. Thanks Closeman ;)

And now some words about the Monday Game against Latvija. The game was a first glimpse of the possible future. We played against WR 8, number 5 in Europe and kept the game open for around 43 minutes. During the last minutes Latvija got some more points and won with +12. Nonetheless it was a strong performance of our guys and it shows me, that you train them very well and we move steadily forward.
Next Monday we will play against India and the week after that the consolidation tournament starts. I really hope that we get some luck with the draws this season. Somehow we always end up with some of the strongest teams -.-

I almost finished the list for this seasons squad. It comes down to 15/16 players. I will nominate all of them in time and write some lines about them. The last 2-3 slots will be for nominations during the season.