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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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1717.34 in reply to 1717.32
Date: 10/23/2007 11:41:11 PM
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I have a PG or two that if trained properly could be there within a season, but they aren't quite yet there.

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1717.35 in reply to 1717.34
Date: 10/23/2007 11:52:53 PM
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I have a PG that is respectable in handling/passing, Mediocre in jump shot and average in jump range. Atrocious outside defense though

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1717.36 in reply to 1717.34
Date: 10/23/2007 11:56:16 PM
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I have a PG or two that if trained properly could be there within a season, but they aren't quite yet there.


Exactly what sort of skill set would a player need to get them "there"?

Allen and Hayward are better than anyone on my team, but what do we suppose are the requirements of a NT PG?

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1717.37 in reply to 1717.36
Date: 10/24/2007 12:10:48 AM
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Hayward is a player that is stifled by one deficient skill, which sits at atrocious. If that one came up a level or two, he'd be fantastic. For a NT PG, I'd say we need:

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: respectable
Driving: respectable Passing: respectable

and decent skills after that are a plus.

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1717.38 in reply to 1717.37
Date: 10/24/2007 1:18:50 AM
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So, a 19 year old looking something like

Jump Shot: inept Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable
Driving: strong Passing: average
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: respectable

has potential?

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