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261321.4 in reply to 261321.3
Date: 7/16/2014 7:00:37 PM
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I liked the new stuff a lot. From now on the 19-year-olds with high potential will have greater value and better chance to become something worthy in the future. Well done BB! (y)

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Date: 7/16/2014 7:01:41 PM
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Well keep in mind many people don't need to know every skill for a player. You may just want to know a PG's OD and PAS for the draft and not bother with some of the other ones. I know I will not be using that many scouting points. Knowing the potential age and height is still probably enough to decide between players without going into skills. Or at least in my personal opinion. Also, thank you for your kind comments on U21!

Murray/Harris/MPJ/Grant/Jokic - 2020 NBA Champs
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261321.7 in reply to 261321.5
Date: 7/16/2014 8:25:08 PM
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Yes, but if I'm going to train a player, I don't care about his one or two skills. I just care about total skill sum. For example, if a short guy has 1 passing and 7 IS, I would still train him as a PG, since passing is training faster.

Overall, I think I'm simply not going to use the new features. Star rating is enough information about players skills. If he's 5 star, he'll have solid overall skills.

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261321.8 in reply to 261321.7
Date: 7/16/2014 8:46:31 PM
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If he's 5 star, he'll have solid overall skills.
Not always, and you should know that. Sometimes guards just get that 5 rating due to a couple very good skills but could have 2-3 OD and 1-2 PAS. I remember last draft their was a player that Drafted a 5/5 PG and his PG had 7 handling and 7 JS/JR and some decent bigman skills but only 2 OD and 3 PAS so he sold him to find a better prospect. Chances are your player will be fine, but this new features are like insurance I guess, just to check to make sure your player has no huge holes for his position.

Murray/Harris/MPJ/Grant/Jokic - 2020 NBA Champs
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261321.9 in reply to 261321.8
Date: 7/16/2014 10:22:33 PM
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I like it... not ground breaking but it provides more options and its looking like this was going to be the season to tank and finally use my cache of scouting points. I did hope that they would just make the new scouting options a price (i.e. 50,000k a session) instead of using scouting points too.

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261321.10 in reply to 261321.8
Date: 7/16/2014 10:46:22 PM
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Unless in lower level leagues most teams do not draft every season. Most teams invest 2 points per week unless they are going to get a high draft spot then they might increase to 3 points/week.

So for me:

I will probably go with a 3 season route. That way I can see all the stats for all players and then probably take 10-15 players and get their potential.

All this does is make using draft points at high draft positions less fruitful IMO.

Also having 19 year old guys with 8's in stats is nice. This will make them reach higher potential than otherwise would be and increase the number of players that are likely to be useful from each draft.

Potential is still the most important stat IMO from the draft. And this still requires 3 draft points to get to.

Last edited by lawrenman at 7/16/2014 10:47:34 PM

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261321.11 in reply to 261321.10
Date: 7/16/2014 11:30:52 PM
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I think the main thing here is that it makes 19yo more desirable to draft which in turn means that the draft will run a lot deeper. In the past it wasn't worth investing unless you had a top 3 pick (probably only the top), but now if you can get 5/5 19yo it may actually be worth drafting and training him.

Don't know if the 10 points for 2 skills will be worth it if you still have to spend the 3 to find out potential. If you could find out potential without using any points to find the star rating then maybe spending the points to find out specific skills would be more advantageous.

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261321.12 in reply to 261321.11
Date: 7/16/2014 11:40:51 PM
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For me, this new adjustment comes at the right time Because I want to add a new player to my team who can add some umph to my bench.

Now, with these new scouting options, I can actually have more of a clearer view if i can train him or not.

I am a guy who personally NEEDS good OD in order to be successful. As well as PA in terms of NO donkey big man (all guard skills low)

I think a new era in big men is changing; that there will be more well rounded ones instead of the mono-skilled donkeys. Which is reason why I like this new feature (I can now get the OD, SB, PA, and JR at only 20 pts cost)

I also have lots of scouting pts saved up as well So this season its in to the draft boards and seeing who got it and who don't!

P.S. I probably will also still look for potential, because if its a MVP+, I'm probably selling him for cash.

3 Time NBBA Champion. Certified Trainer. Mentor. Have any questions? Feel free to shoot me a BB-Mail!
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261321.13 in reply to 261321.12
Date: 7/17/2014 3:06:25 AM
Cruesli
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Is the other anouncement about stamina influencing game shape also for this season or will it be introduced at a later stage? That was a bit unclear to me.

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261321.14 in reply to 261321.13
Date: 7/17/2014 4:15:34 AM
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"from now on, high stamina players will have a slightly better tolerance to higher weekly minutes as opposed to their lower stamina counterparts. "

The way I read it, it goes into effect immediately. I had a feeling there was already a relation like this, so now I know for sure there will be. Great change.

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