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I think i'm a little on-topic.
i've bought this player at the begining of the season:

Weekly salary: $ 3 799
DMI: 10200
Age: 19
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: inept Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: average
Driving: pitiful Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: inept ↑ Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: respectable


My ideea was that i would like to have a future PF that start off as PG and i got him.
I consider 2 things when doing this:
1.I don't really have to work on his guard skils, only on JS and DRV witch i can train without playing him as a PG/SG because of the Forwards training.
2.On this maybe some of the managers out there will not agree with me because of his IS = Atrocious and this could be an issue i don't know yet.I would like to see if something that i have read about here and there is true, that lower skills in comparison with his other skills will train faster + the skills that will train faster because he is a big guy.

I know i'm assuming some risk but still very curious about this ideea.My only real issue is that this player is 19 and not 18 but still going to give it my best.
Mybe you could do something like this with your player.

Last edited by LA-macabroo at 4/6/2010 9:55:13 AM

It is a decent idea u have but not quite the player to make it work. You are correct that lower skills will train faster but i think starting from atrocious IS and inept Rebounding will mean it will take ages till u get a decent player at PF.

Hey guys, what the heck do I do with this guy?

Tory Shaylor (13436902)
Shooting Guard
Owner: West Island Tigers
Weekly salary: $ 6 206
DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: atrocious
Driving: awful Passing: awful
Inside Shot: inept Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: atrocious Free Throw: mediocre

I like him a lot, I would definitively train him as a shooting Power Forward. Take some time developing his Inside Defense and his Rebounding, then switch back to training his Jump Range and Jump Shot some more. Don't give him too much Inside Shot.

This would turn him into an excellent big man to use with Motion or Princeton, something similar to Nowitzki or KG (after the injury).

Just my humble 2 cents. Good luck!

i will post the results of the training in about a season

I find it a good idea to get tall 18 year guy with outside skills and train him for PF. This way you're getting outside skills for almost free, because he's counted for SG when sold, and costs less than he should because he's so tall and there is no point to train him further as SG.

So, I bought one 213 cm tall guy for 38k 10 days ago. He was a shooting guard then, with DMI at 10k. Look at him now: he jumped 2 popups at once (training - IS, 5 players), turned SF, and his DMI is now quite decent to give him secondary role as PF in a serious game. I bet he will easily have 7-8 more popups till the end of this season (IS, RB and ID), and he will turn into very promising PF trainee.

Jean Pasquier (13375132) Small Forward


Weekly salary: $ 3 813

DMI: 38700
Age: 18
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: proficient
Jump Shot: strong ↑ Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: atrocious
Driving: respectable Passing: awful
Inside Shot: inept ↑ Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: average

Experience: atrocious

To the original poster I think what I would do if I were you is single position train passing if you can afford to for about 4 weeks to get his passing up a bit. Then turn him into a PF by training his inside skills. May or may not be what others would do and I have been playing long so take it for what it is worth I could be totally wrong.

Yes that's my point exactly.The start could be a little harder than on the convetional PF but i think is worth the trouble if you already have a strong team and you can play him only in cup/scrimmage or even in the games that you are sure you will win/lose.
Mybe you could post an update sometime maybe next season with the skills he gains.

I dunno, it seems like a lot of effort to get an all around average player to become a good one. I don't see his height as really the main problem, but his stats for me aren't eye -popping.

ok maybe he will not be a NT starter but i got him for 50k and in 2 season's time i may sale him for 2.5-3 mil without changing my training plan.