Allowing 100K in salary for back-up players gives a total team salary ~420K, which would rank 15th in the NBBA. (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thread=158671&m=23)
So there it is: a cheap, badass team built around a rather unorthodox training idea. Of course with Pros this big there are gonna be some Cons. Some that I’ve come up with:
-restrictive rotation: the defensive assignments are locked in for the game, so any subs will have to fulfill the same role as the starters.
-team will only be competitive in one game a week. Maybe two if you’re very good at minute distribution/can deal with frequent drops in GS. Means each season will either be devoted to doing well in league or the cup, achieving success in both at once is rather unlikely.
-obscenely predictable: only one way to play with this line-up
-relatively weak ID: however, as Heathens has shown to great effect, good perimeter D is a hell of an equalizer
-heavily dependent on starters: strategy is screwed if starters are foul-happy or go down hurt
-worthless trainees: typically you can expect a multi-million dollar return if you decide to sell a player you’ve put six seasons of training into. not so here.
-must develop own players: the bigs this strategy is based around do not exist in BB. A very large amount of time and effort need to be put towards their development to see this strategy through. Also, new trainees will need to be constantly trained to replace the current starters as they age.
-elastic effect may be larger than predicted and impede training
-actual gameplay may not function as predicted. I believe this need for actual gameplay testing is the biggest obstacle.
That said, I personally believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Suitable trainees are dirt cheap because they only need a minimum of starter-star potential. In principle, this team is essentially unstoppable when it chooses to be and one win a week should be sufficient to either make the playoffs and promote or compete for the cup and then come back and win enough games to avoid relegation.
Also, the potential for a team built like this is INSANE.
With two additional years of training, better starting stats, and a level 6 or 7 trainer it’s possible to achieve an OD of 21 (20+) and IS of 15.
Using these stats and upgrading our other three starters* we get these ratings:
Outside Scoring respectable (medium)
Inside Scoring sensational (high)
Perimeter Defense wondrous (low)
Inside Defense prominent (low)
Rebounding proficient (low)
Offensive Flow average (high)
Total rating: 59.3**
Team salary: ~650K
*stats used from actual players formerly listed on TL
**coachParrot: Low Post, M2M, home court, enthusiasm =8, GS = 9 for all players
For reference, rating of USA NT vs Senegal (http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/12186/boxscore.aspx): 58.1
Cool beans.
Tl;dr summary:
1. One position train OD and IS
2. Play as C on offense, guard on defense
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
Last edited by Mujachi at 10/21/2010 1:33:03 PM