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Well, I would play him 48 minutes in one of the games per week, and have him backup a second game. That way he'll usually be in the 60-70 minute range. My three trainees who are getting time like this are all at 8-9 GS.

Note though that your time in D5 is actually the easiest time to train like this. Things are only going to get more challenging if you promote to d4.

And as for whether you train this guy or get another trainee, part of the battle (for me at least) is sticking with a trainee for a few seasons (assuming they're ok, which I think your guy is). Better to give one guy multiple seasons and creating a player who can contribute as you promote, than train a lot of guys for just a season, where they'll be lucky to be backups in D4.

One thing in Walton's favor is that you know his foul tendency. He shouldn't be that hard to get full 48+ minutes per week, since you probably won't risk a lot of foul outs.

I know his GS will be fine, I'm talking about the rest of my players GS. My whole team is based around my post players so I need them to have decent GS for my team to be successful.

Also, how exactly do you train only 1 position? The lowest I can go is 2? (Wingmen, Guards, Forwards, etc)

Last edited by Intensity at 12/16/2011 3:05:51 PM

well, you only have to start 3 players in a scrimmage, so with that, and your league games, you should be fine to get your main starters, who aren't being trained, 50-65 min per week. Usually I'd just start your starting post guys in both league games, and not play them in the scrimmage. There's no benefit to them playing in a scrimmage, and they can get hurt.

To single position train, any player who gets minutes at that one position will receive training. But remember that to get the full benefit of training a guy needs to have 48 or more minutes combined from the minutes that week. Since there are usually 3 games per week, at a maximum you can get three players 48+ minutes in the training position. To do this you'll need to have each guy play the entire game in the training position.

Say for example you want to single position train OD, which requires playing at PG. You have trainees A,B,C:

You might set up your lineups something like this

League Game 1 -> PG: Trainee A in all three spot of depth chart (starter, backup, reserve)
League Game 2 -> PG: Trainee B in all three spot of depth chart (starter, backup, reserve)
Scrimamge -> PG: Trainee C

In these cases, the trainees who aren't starting the full game, should be put as backups in other positions, so they can get a total of 60+ minutes per week, to maximize gameshape.

(note, if you are gonna single position, you'll want to make sure that you only dress 9 players in your game lineup, have your trainee at all three depth chart options, and it also helps to ensure that the reserves of the other four, non-trained positions are set with some player (usually the backup at that position). THis helps prevent your trainee from getting subbed out by the coach. Usually the only reason he won't get all 48 minutes is because someone gets hurt or fouls out. Then all bets are off.

Now, you could always train OD using two-position training, which you can do at PG/SG. Any player with minutes at either PG and/or SG gets trained. You could have up to 6 players trained like that on a regular 3 game week of course. But two position training is slower, about 70% of single position. So most people are single position training, to maximize how good their trainees can get.

That help?

How should I train this guy?

Age: 19
Potential: Perennial Allstar

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

Train outside defense rest of the season. He can get to 8-9 I think. One position training, of course...