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what does driving does for a center, meaning that he could do occasional layups?
im training him with
[Hellas]
Spiros Grekas (14798376)
Center
Weekly salary: $ 14 190
Role: rotation player
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DMI: 49800
Age: 20
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable

Jump Shot: pitiful Jump Range: awful
Outside Def.: average Handling: pitiful
Driving: average Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: sensational Inside Def.: prolific
Rebounding: strong ↑ Shot Blocking: average
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: inept

Experience: atrocious

AND ALSO

[Bulgaria]
Sinasi Cemre (14954885)
Power Forward
Weekly salary: $ 8 536
Role: rotation player
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DMI: 17200
Age: 20
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: allstar
Game Shape: mediocre

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

Experience: pitiful

The thing is, I dont have potential SF for training...meaing i don't think i would be able to do one on one trainings for the sake of not training my other 2 prospects....any other advices?

OK, those other two guys are better balanced.

Your guys all lack ID and Rebounding to be really competitive. work on those two for the rest of the season. Try to get a younger SF who needs JS, and train 1on1 and JS for Forwards next season

1on1 for Forwards trains JS, IS, DV and Handling at a quite good clip. Increasing your players' handling will mean less turnovers, while the Driving means they'll find an easier way to the rim - so you'll get more out of their offensive skillsets.

what does driving does for a center, meaning that he could do occasional layups?
im training him with
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The thing is, I dont have potential SF for training...meaing i don't think i would be able to do one on one trainings for the sake of not training my other 2 prospects....any other advices?

You don't need a SF prospect to train driving. The Bulgarian you posted could turn into a hell of a PF with some 1v1 after you get his primary skills up.

In addition to FT, they'll all need stamina training at some point, which will make them perform better with the same skills at no cost to you. You can pepper in stamina and FT during the all-star week if you're out of your country's tournament, and at the end of the season once you're eliminated from the playoffs.

Big men without at least 4 on passing doesnt worth anything for me. The good thing here is that PA training is not dependable on height. PA/JS for me are the most important 2ndaries for the big men. SB for me worthless. Just extra salary...

Now if you manage to buy C's with some decent OD, it will helps you to defend the outside oriented teams, and avoid to get in to foul troubles...

Now if you manage to buy C's with some decent OD, it will helps you to defend the outside oriented teams, and avoid to get in to foul troubles...

I've yet to see any proof that defense skill (inside or outside) has anything to do with whether or not a player gets in foul trouble. Care to enlighten me?

My player: (26109918), go on season 12 that he was playing as a PF, with 1 on OD. His foul rate was 1 foul every 7,15 min, and against teams that they where running outside tactics with good JS at PF, that number was even worse.

On the 13 season the same player playing this time as a C, 1 foul every 9,25 min. Same rate for the 14 season, 9,03 for this. For me its a huge improvement. My PF with good OD, doesnt have any foul troubles at all, except some occasional game, but thats expected.

The good thing here is that PA training is not dependable on height.

What? Do you have a proof? So a PG with 6'00'' trains equally fast at passing as a C with 7'11''?? I don't know if that's true, it's same as saying said PG would train Inside shot or Shot blocking equally fast as the C...

As a Cyprus NT coach i am following several players, and from what i saw the statement is correct. Actually tall players are getting trained slower only on OD/JR

About the 2nd part, actually since i discover that, i feel that is very fair. Just count how many skills you can train on the PG/SG, and then do the same for the PF/C. Plus that training OD, you train ID too, but ID doesnt train OD.

My player: (26109918),

This player doesn't exist. I'm trying this one (2610918). Nope, him either. There's not a single player in your team whose ID# ends in 918.

Anyway,

... go on season 12 that he was playing as a PF, with 1 on OD. His foul rate was 1 foul every 7,15 min, and against teams that they where running outside tactics with good JS at PF, that number was even worse.

On the 13 season the same player playing this time as a C, 1 foul every 9,25 min. Same rate for the 14 season, 9,03 for this. For me its a huge improvement. My PF with good OD, doesnt have any foul troubles at all, except some occasional game, but thats expected.

Wait, that's proof? So he moves from PF to C and instead of averaging 5-6 fouls per 48 minutes, he now averages 4-5 fouls in the same span?

It sounds to me like your player is "aggressive."

As a Cyprus NT coach i am following several players, and from what i saw the statement is correct. Actually tall players are getting trained slower only on OD/JR

Damn, just when you think you know everything about training...

Well, I guess it's not that hard to train it for inside players. When training PA on one position, you place the C on PG spot in a scrimmage, while in defense you put him guarding a C or PF so he doesn't foul out.