BuzzerBeater Forums

The ABBL draft was as usual not very impressive.

Draft Round 1

Saunders, Monte Whitebeard 1 1 scrub.
Harding, Lopeti Pancakes with Jam and Cream 2 1 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Phillips, Alan hopelessly addicted 3 2 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Tuong, Thuc peaceNroll 4 1 scrub
Rutland, Jared Black Label Society 5 1 scrub
Bryan, Xavier Whompas Donkeys 6 1 scrub
Salter, Igor Persepolis Immortals 7 1 $4k 18 superstar
McBryde, Ernie Urmummas 8 1 scrub
Plaza, Dan Guanzheng Goldfish 9 3 $3k 18 perennial allstar
Shulgan, Nick Yarra Park Bears 10 1 scrub
Hearst, Preston Monkey Business 11 1 scrub
Slipper, Bryce WA IS A DUMP 12 1 scrub
Ward, Neil Aussie Pride 13 1 $3k 18 allstar
Youmin, Ma Chelsea Seagulls 14 2 scrub
Mahmoud, Benji Stone Slashers 15 2 scrub
Salter, Dwight Koopasaurus 16 2 scrub

Pick #24 Urmummas got a $3k 19 year old MVP.
Pick #36 peaceNroll got a $2k 18 year old superstar.
Pick #38 Whompas Donkeys got a $3k 19 year old superstar.
Pick #41 Guanzheng Goldfish got a $2k 18 year old superstar.

Guanzheng Goldfish were the only team that didn't get one of their top two picks in the first round. Persepolis Immortals got the only good player with the 7th pick of the draft.

Best player:


Igor Salter (32053154)
Point Guard
Owner: Persepolis Immortals
Weekly salary: $ 3 633
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: superstar
Igor Salter was pick 7 in the season 25 draft by Persepolis Immortals.

Second best player:

Leonard Benga (32053151)
Center
Owner: Urmummas
Weekly salary: $ 2 990
Age: 19
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: MVP
Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: atrocious Handling: mediocre
Driving: inept Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: pitiful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: average
Experience: atrocious
Leonard Benga was pick 24 in the season 25 draft by Urmummas.

For the 3rd best player in the draft we are down to one of the three $3k 18 year old perennial allstars or the $2k 18 year old superstar.

a perfect running mate for Fatty Dick!

Well i am spewing about the potential of my draftee - his starting skills are unreal and salary is nice too!

Phil Newton (32054007)
Center
Owner: Western Islanders

Weekly salary: $ 4 199
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'4" / 193 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: pitiful Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: inept Handling: respectable
Driving: mediocre Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: respectable
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: inept Free Throw: respectable

Experience: atrocious

yer that is a bummer, but make him a secondary trainee for a season and see how far u can u get him to go. Defensively he isnt going to be of any use to anyone in Div III or upwards, but offensively he could cause some damage in overseas leagues.

Killian Maynard (32053185)
Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 2 608
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: inept Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: respectable
Driving: awful Passing: mediocre
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: atrocious
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: pitiful

Any advice on what to do with this kid? His inside skill are terrible so i was thinking of selling.

He will sell for a fortune. This is a moment of decision for your team. Are you going to become Maynard's team or will you sell him for instant success? If you sell him ask a vet for advice about what to do with the cash or you could easily waste it.

As bad as his IS/ID are, his primary guard skills don't have any major flaws (they just aren't great), which is good. And his reb/SB are both great for a guard. I have a HOF guard trainee that started with great reb/SB, its very useful. Last season, in div 2, he averaged 5.3rebs a game, and 0.8blks a game (ive never trained either from his starting skills), great stats for a guard.

If you kept him, you could start with some 1on1 fwds, which would train his JS, IS, DR and HA all at once. So you wont need to train IS itself and get some pops there. And the ID will slowly pop up when you train OD, so by 21 he may be 5/3 in IS/ID anyway, which is fine for a guard. So dont base your decision to keep/sell based on his inside skills.

Selling him would grab you some great cash and get you up to div 3 very quickly. But training him into a home grown franchise player is the ultimate goal and in my opinion the highlight of this game!

Either way you've been given a great Christmas gift that will improve your team big time. Congrats.

Last edited by whitewind at 12/24/2013 6:14:56 PM

I think i might keep him and train. I am in a bot league so it's not like it will hurt me a lot. I think I'll start with the 1v1 forward training like you suggested and then maybe ask the help forum or someone else for advise later on.

Cool. If you decide later that you want to sell he will only grow in value if you keep giving him 48mins a week and training in something each week. And dont be afraid to ask for help, there is a great group of aussie trainers with a heap of great advice.

my draft scrubs (draft picks implies a) I wanted them and b) they have some value) were so bad that one dropped in stamina this week

Gold!