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So, basically, I wanna shoot for having about eleven players on my team, to cut down on salary costs, I presume. Is it better to just focus on one position? Because I have three good young guards, one is more of a PG and the other two more SGs. Also, should I be trying to upgrade my trainer as soon as possible?

For game shape reasons, it's ideal to get every player on your team at least 48 minutes a week, and less than 75 or so. I find that a roster of 12-13 players is just about right for this, and I'd recommend trying that out to start.

For your training program, you could train 3 players at a single position (such as PG, for example). Many people do this, as it trains individual players the fastest. If you train 5 players at 2 positions (such as PG/SG), you have a bit more flexibility, and I prefer training 2 positions myself. The draft is happening next Monday, and who you draft may influence what training program you decide to create. I recommend not spending much money on potential trainees until after the draft, so you know for sure what you have going into the new season.

For your staff, having a level 4 doctor, trainer, and PR manager is good to start; I think the level 5 trainers are a bit expensive for brand new teams. Once you have been running your team for awhile, and definately have some extra money to spend, then I would look to get a level 5 trainer.

Good luck with your team :)

I think lvl 4 doc and PR might be priceyer than you need for your division. Doc and PR you should be fine to start with lvl 3, way cheaper to buy, and cheaper per week.

Arena is a good early investment in BB, imo. I would wait for the draft to see what you can pull before you buy anyone else, at least trainees. If you are going to train primarily PG/SG (2 positions) there is no need for experienced extra guard. Any player who gets minutes at wait you train should be in the training age range. However it is my belief that once you get your trainees set it is not a bad idea to spend any surplus cash on better off-training positions, like PF. These player can be veterans as you wont be training them anyway. You can get some pretty servicable and experienced off-trainees cheaper because they arent good for training.

Patience is the key. Once your begining roster is set I would try and build up your arena a little at a time with the surplus. I have seen a couple of teams spend all thier money on players and ignore the arena. When the start of year salary bump happens or they want to buy a pricier player they cant afford the payroll anymore. If you max out your prices instead of building seats you may find yourself in big trouble down the road when you promote. You could go on a losing streak and all of a sudden your fans arent as interested and you are selling less tickets, and now you cant afford your salaries. These are all just my opinion but I think building arena for money now and raising prices on tickets later for money is the better strategy.

I have 5 players and it is fairly easy to have them all above 48 minutes a week.

Yea right.

How the hell do you get 5 players over 48 minutes on a single position?!


Then you gotta play each player 48 minutes in each game of the week. And there are so many factors why that might not happen (Foul trouble, big lead, big loss, injury)

Last edited by Majlajuna at 5/25/2009 11:18:59 PM

he meant 5 players on two positions. that's fairly easy to do

Why 5? There are 3 games so 2 positions would get you 6 players doing 48 minutes... right?

if you put only one player on each of the position technically yes.
but you have to take in account various factors like, winning a game :
1. stamina is important, if you use a player for 48 minutes his efficiency on the court diminishes towards the end
2. injury, players playing 48 minutes are more prone to injury (not 100% confirmed, don't take my word for it)
3. fouls, your players can easily make 6 fouls and be sent off before the end of the game if they play 48 minutes

in my experience (and talking to many other managers) it's very hard to give full training (48 minutes) to 6 players

exactly.

and it's jsut as hard to give full training to 5 players.


I mean if you don't give a crap about winning games, yeah, go for the training but if you want to do this you would also have to rest your best players for every other game, and for the games taht you do play them 48 minutes, you're gonna mess up your game because of stamina and etc.


why do you think this guy lost:

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Last edited by Majlajuna at 5/26/2009 2:18:28 AM

Because he played 2-3 zone against RnG?

Well the 2 ways to earn money is 1)Arena 2)Selling players, thats why i much prefer the 5 players training. For example, i this season i sold 1 of my trainees, and with that money i bought a good player on a position that i dont train. I am 2 great players away from being complete team so i will continue that tactic (training 5 selling 1 or 2) When i buy those 2 players i will switch to mono training couz is much faster. I train 5 players for a season and i rarely fail to get them all 48 minutes

An other good idea how to play is to adapt on u r opponent. Considering that most on your division are not experienced managers, you can easily changing u r strategy and comfused them.

What's the best way to begin expanding the arena? Bleacher seats first? I can't imagine I'd be able to fill luxury boxes in the lowest division...

And I guess it's best to aim for training either 2-3 players at one position, or 3-4 players at two, from what everyone has been saying, at least. As far as training regimes, am I better off training, say, all complementary skills for a certain position for a week or two at a time throughout the season, or is it better to focus on one skill for a long period of time?