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1717.23 in reply to 1717.21
Date: 10/23/2007 3:39:46 AM
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I was pretty certain that in HT there were volunteer scouts for each position, and the top players were saved in an off-site NT Database (though for some reason I'm suddenly having doubts about my accuracy here). I'm sure that there was public tracking in the forums for 17yo youth pulls for the future U20s...

Since it seems that salary is a better indicator of overall skill in BB, I thought it easier to track simply by salary before asking a manager what his player(s)'s specific skills are. As there are relatively few highly-skilled players, the TL is rather scarce when searching for players who may be NT material...

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1717.24 in reply to 1717.23
Date: 10/23/2007 6:09:59 AM
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A quick check of the top 5 leagues in USA netted the following:

PG [have yet to find a great example of a PG]

SG (367430),(342339)

SF (341465)

PF (342011),(343168)

C (341613), (341961), (367516), (341650), (341643), (367671), (342630), (367437)

The problem with this is that the "Best Position" of a player could be listed completely counter to what his skills dictate, so there may very well be a good center buried at SF, or a great PG at SF, etc. This list also only contains players with a salary above 7k (I think). Eleven players is rather deep, but I assume we'll need to go under the 7k mark to find a full roster of NT worthy players.

Also, if someone sees a player not on this list, feel free to add them ;)

Edit: Added Juice's centers.


Edited by darykjozef (10/23/2007 10:53:03 PM CET)

Last edited by darykjozef at 10/23/2007 10:53:03 PM

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1717.25 in reply to 1717.24
Date: 10/23/2007 6:14:37 AM
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The problem with this is that the "Best Position" of a player could be listed completely counter to what his skills dictate, so there may very well be a good center buried at SF, or a great PG at SF, etc.


I know. I just drafted a 6'11" shooting guard with respectable rebounding. Of course he has atrocious shot blocking... :-)

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1717.26 in reply to 1717.25
Date: 10/23/2007 6:40:11 AM
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yeah the heights make for some funny best positions.

my recently drafted 7'1" shooting guard and 6'2" center sure are going to look funny on the court.

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1717.27 in reply to 1717.24
Date: 10/23/2007 6:46:42 AM
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I have two guys at $7K salary on my roster.

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1717.28 in reply to 1717.24
Date: 10/23/2007 4:25:38 PM
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Of those two players you listed from my team (both centers), they are very inside skill oriented and wouldn't be good options other than center. If there's not any better rounded/shooting power forwards and we're going to play look inside or low post they might be good power forwards though.

We've got to have some point guards out there.

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1717.29 in reply to 1717.27
Date: 10/23/2007 10:54:15 PM
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I have two guys at $7K salary on my roster.


Sorry, I thought I got them. Edited in now. We're quite center-heavy.

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1717.30 in reply to 1717.28
Date: 10/23/2007 11:03:07 PM
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We've got to have some point guards out there.


My initial search criteria was all players over $8k/wk salary. When that barely produced enough players to put 5 on the court, I dropped to $7k/wk. I was not looking for any specific position, just for players who might be a cut or two above the rest.

I haven't had time yet to search for players at the 6k/wk level, as that search will probably take me beyond the 80 teams in the top 5 leagues. I also have yet to figure out a method of searching for American players being trained in foreign countries (who are not on the TL).

I was really hoping that by listing the players I could find, some proud manager somewhere would hold up his/her great player for all to see (it worked with JuicePats's centers).

Come on, someone, show us your great PGs!

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1717.31 in reply to 1717.29
Date: 10/23/2007 11:04:20 PM
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It's easier to train inside players, this is not much of a surprise.

We can prob play a center at PF if that center has some outside shooting ability. In base offense, the PF might put up a couple three's on average from my experience.

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1717.32 in reply to 1717.31
Date: 10/23/2007 11:20:49 PM
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It's easier to train inside players, this is not much of a surprise.

We can prob play a center at PF if that center has some outside shooting ability. In base offense, the PF might put up a couple three's on average from my experience.


I've found PFs as well (unless the BP on them is off), so we really aren't hurting for inside positions. This is likely due to your point about ease of training.

But there must be a decent PG somewhere, since I found a highly skilled SF, and SF is the hardest position of all to train...

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