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You should work his inside defense on 1 position training. Hope to get some pop in rebounds and inside scoring, that are really low. Rebounds will be more complicated vecause it only works in 2 positions trainning.

You can train him and probably get eventually a great player, but you have a lot of work to do.

Besides, his ft and stamina aren't good either...

But is your draftee. If you like him, go for it. But prepare to be patient

I actually like this trainee a lot. With a 7 footer it's unusual to have the starting guard skills he has, especially that OD. I think he could make a very good PF in the future. And with 5 seasons of training he'll be very good for your team for a long, long time. You won't have to worry about him capping either, so really it's a question of how much training you want to give him.

Sure, his inside skills aren't great, but there aren't any atrocious skills. Like strilfe said, single position inside D for most of this season would be good, at least to start. Rebounding on weeks where you have only 2 games is good, though I would consider doing some 1v1 fowards as well. That will train JS, handling, driving and inside shot all at the same time. Not sure why rebounding is "more complicated" according to strilfe. If anything it's easier, cause you don't have to play your trainee for all 48 minutes to make sure they all get trained. Personally I would also train passing, because assisted shots are so important. Not sure how high you want to take it, but definitely get it higher than 1.

It may also depend somewhat on what other trainees you have. Are you training guards or bigs now?

Not sure why rebounding is "more complicated" according to strilfe.

What I meant what that it was slower because you can't do one position trainning, and 2 position training you may have more players rising skills, but it takes more time.

true I guess, but even at two position, RB trains faster than ID single position. Not that it matters, cause there's no other choice.

Perhaps, and his 18 year age would be the year to try it. And ID and RB are surely linked, right?

But I'm a believer that trying to set up an elastic effect is somewhat iffy. I think the slowdowns to boosting one skill are probably equaled out by the speed ups on the lower skill.

Still, in this case he might get a quick bump on the ID because RB is higher. And maybe his ID is a high sublevel, so I wouldn't discount you could get a good number of pops in his first couple years.

Yeah, I often am not so direct when I talk. I would give the guy a half season of one position ID and see where he ends up. At that point, the owner will know if the training is worth it, or could probably still sell him for some money.

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Einar Hallik (22971130)
Small Forward
Weekly salary: $ 4 514
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 0
Age: 18
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: respectable

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

Experience: atrocious

What about my new Draft pick?

Looks very good to me, and I'd make him a PF. His outside skills are a tad low to make a good SF, and at 203 cm height, they'll train a bit to slow to get high enough.

But, I'd still get a couple pops on outside stuff. Get that passing higher than 1, for sure. I'd try and get a couple OD pops too, and then some driving and handling pops with 1v1 forwards. He'll need inside training of course. The exact order of when you would do all these depends on your other trainees, and future plans. But he's certainly worth training I think.

Same training plan pretty much holds for both players. Both are great talents and can become terrific players if trained properly.

season 1: PA training, all season long, single position
season 2: 1vs1 training for forwards, all season long, two positions
season 3-7: standard IS/ID/RB single position (except RB which is 2)

If you both do this you might even end up with an NT player.