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Grouse stuff blokes,

yeah so I'll be doing his IS for a bit, I'll let youse all know how it goes.

A brief update on the U21 teams progress for those of you who are not on the offsite forums

We've asembled what I think is a nice group of players together, who can hopefully get us to the world cup. Things are going along pretty well as planned so far, we are comfortably through to the 2nd round without dropping a game as yet. Thanks to all the managers of the players who have kept the players in good game shape so far.

I'll be looking to add some more players to the team, probably starting in a few weeks (we have a few spots free). For those with players on the fringe of selection, keep training your guys up, and feel free to update me on their progress. And make sure to keep your guys in good game shape ;)

Alright being relatively new to the whole game and all I think I fared pretty well with some of the auto-generated players given to me from the beginning. Just need some advise on where to head to in terms of training and what I could expect out of these guys.

Also concerning the U21 NT, what would be expected out of a player to be eligible to play in it?

Ariel Hanlon (13991789)
Center
DMI: 50900
Age: 18
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: strong

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

And

Steve McGuire (13991787)
Center
DMI: 48100
Age: 18
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: strong

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

Currently I'm training IS for both players.
Anyway, cheers guys.


Last edited by Munkea at 5/4/2010 9:59:22 PM

Work on inside defense for a couple of weeks, that's the hardest skill to train.

OMG yet another example of a completly stupidly good start up team. One 18 year old with reasonable potential and 5K starting salary would be insane, but to then get another one who plays the same position, 5K starting salary and has MVP potential...

This is so unfair on those teams that start with like one 18 year old who has 3K salary and 6th man potential and their best player is a 6K 32 year old.

Ok back on topic, you have two of the best startup players I have ever seen. Buy a level 4 trainer right away, train them single position with 48+ minutes every week and in a couple of seasons you will have two truly amazing players who may make the U21 team and one who could some day make the national team.

I beg to differ.

Shaun McArthur (12525988)
Point Guard
Owner: Danyle Star

Weekly salary: $ 4 533

DMI: 12100
Age: 18
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable


Josh Dowd (12525993)
Shooting Guard
Owner: Danyle Star

Weekly salary: $ 6 453

DMI: 13800
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: respectable

That was last season...

>:( makes my blood boil!!!

The worst is I spent the maximum on scouting last season knowing I would get a low pick. Having a level 6 trainer and already training a U21 SG, I figured I could use the bad result as an opportunity to get the next and improve on the things I learned from training Johnson...

With pick number 6 and max scouting, I got a player that I sold for the cost of 1 week of scouting. There was 2 guards in the draft that have any chance of being anything (picks 1 and 2) and judging by DMI and gameshape, one of them isn't even being trained! When I need a young tall in a season or 2, I will just pay top dollar on the market.

Yeah after 2 bad drafts investing the maximum and not getting a good pick i've lowered my expectations and i'm only doing 10k this season.

Likewise...the draft is so unpredictable.

Just when you think u have decent player based on the balls, you can still be screwed over after discovering his height when you draft him

IMO, when it comes to youth, it doesn't hurt to spend on the market if you are going to train up. Johnson would have sold for around $500k when drafted and I wouldn't put him on the market for less than $4 mill 3 years later. The same season I bought another young SG who was decent value at $70k to train with him. At the start of the next season I sold him for $900k. This year I bought a 19 SF prospect with HOF potential (shame he isn't australian!) who needed some outside training. He cost $300k and his transfer estimate half a season later is $1 050 000 to $ 2 500 000.

I got lucky getting Johnson as pick 12, and I think the main reason was being in div3 with a lot more less actives, but I would much rather not scout and just save the money and pay for a player I know I want. I will be hassling players who draft quality big men in a season or 2 when Johnson is capped so I can train my SF in inside stuff and also pay off a lower ranked team who would most likely just waste a future national team talent. Much cheaper and effective than gambling on the draft.