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I have never once drafted a single usable/trainable player. A couple I have managed to sell for 100k or so.

While some of you guys are right in saying that a lot of players never make NBA rosters it is extremely unlikely that a team can't pick up even once decent player in 7 seasons of drafting.

I have given up completely on spending money on scouting because it has made zero difference on the quality of my picks.

The disparity between a team with a top draft pick and the many others that get nothing is big enough now that if the team cashes in they can replace with a triple sensational centre.

Don't worry - this is not a criticism from me.. i am merely pointing out when players traded hands for much more (drafts seem to have maintained a high premium in early weeks of the season) the difference wasn't as great.

There are cries for more money for scrimmages/this that the other or calls for rebalancing staff wages/arena incomes etc.... the draft is single handedly the one feature that can propel a team whose manager has made poor decisions above and beyond someone who has made some great team choices.

1 lucky pick can create $2million. I would prefer to see a more balanced distribution of talent vs money spent OR wider risk/rewards for other parts of the game so that the luck from the draft can be softened elsewhere.

I just find it odd to have never come up with even an average pick in the time I've been playing. I used to spend the max every week on scouting too until I realized it did nothing for me.

1 lucky pick can create $2million. I would prefer to see a more balanced distribution of talent vs money spent OR wider risk/rewards for other parts of the game so that the luck from the draft can be softened elsewhere.

In extreme cases even 4 million. Although the buyer in that case was something of a nutcase.

Slowly.
First he had his two weeks of injury, then i started with two position OD training, i guess you can imagine.
But still, i´m happy, he will eventually become a very nice player.:-)

I just find it odd to have never come up with even an average pick in the time I've been playing. I used to spend the max every week on scouting too until I realized it did nothing for me.

I think you have had some bad luck as well in this regard. This is only my third draft, but I have managed to get at least one solid draftee (either to sell or to train) per draft. I have not picked better than 13th in either as well. Not saying this explains all of it for you, but 7 seasons without anything solid is bad luck too.

My top trainee and best Center was the 48th pick in his respective draft, lol.

draft mmh its still to much lottery...
training a 28 year old player, i cant even train my 23 years old ones, i still hate the potential... i dont even train them for profit i want to train them to be the best... whatever...

sf the problem with this is the height i guess , you train big or small guys, but you cant train a small one on a big position...

ticket prices its true, dont know why its only by month...

free agents might needed for smaller nations....

i will renew my supporter, coz i really like the game ^^

Draft--how many NBA teams spend a bunch of money drafting young talent in order to immediately fire 33% of them?

Definitely agree. The fix is the simplest thing in the world: Allow draft picks to have core stats that are higher than "respectable," and distribute said stats less randomly, i.e. in a manner that occasionally allows a rookie to have the skills to make a starting lineup. Maybe every five or ten seasons we could see a kid with a few "sensational" or even "wondrous" abilities to start with, like a Kobe/LeBron/Dwight Howard. But only one.

Of course, this will immediately lead to a flood of complaints as some teams hit the jackpot in the draft and either acquire superstars or peddle talent they can't afford to keep for zillions of fake bucks.

Another possibility, which would just result in better players across the board, would be to start all rookies at 16/17 years old so everyone would get an extra year or two for training.

Getting rid of retarded player potentials--I like games that are open-ended. If I want to train a player until all of his skills are wondrous, I should be able to, even if the guy is 28 or something.

Bad idea. Not everyone can have the potential to be great.

Making it easier to train a SF--just one or two single-position SF trainings, & I'll be happy.

Don't know how to solve this one with the current system of training pegged to height. However, if it were pegged to both height and the training position, perhaps it could be set up so that training the SF position results in disadvantages instead for very short or very tall players. I agree that the training system is a little too simplistic right now and should be adjusted to account for the fact that some skills ought to be easier to inculcate in lanky 6'6" guys. Can't tell me a Trevor Ariza-type shouldn't train outside D faster.

Free Agents--freaking stop it. There is no reason to release an Italian with 13k salary from a bot team.

What's the problem? Don't like him, don't buy him.

Monthly ticket prices--I like the fact that I can make my own mind up about what I'm charging at the gate, but I don't like the 1st of the month restriction. Seasons don't start and end (and promotions and relegations don't take place) on the first of the month, so why should changes in ticket prices?

Agreed. But it probably shouldn't be adjustable every game. Or there should be a penalty for owners who adjust their prices all the time and piss off their fans.


Last edited by crimedevil at 5/25/2009 2:02:32 AM