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What are the "basic rules"? I'm following this rule:

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/forum/read.aspx?thread=144856&m=37

No, it's always been like that.

Lineup of 5 players: as it has been explained, the only chance he won't get 48.0 minutes is if he fouls out or gets injured.

Lineup of 9 players (8 if you train 2 positions): as above, plus he can get subbed if someone else is shooting free throws as Garbage time begins, plus he can be subbed if he has bad stamina and/or someone who started on the bench is much better than him at the position he's playing.

In the first case 4 backups come in and the FT shooter is swapped into the position of the trainee. Next break the trainee will come back in. In the second case, a starter other than the trainee will go in and the backup of that starter will replace the trainee. This mostly happens when the trainee is really bad compared to the starter or has no stamina.

You can therefore play 9 players with strictly or CPfDC provided that the trainee has decent stamina (4) and/or the 4 backups are better at other positions (so if you train PG, you will not want your best PG with 9 stamina and 9 GS as backup of your SG, as there is a good chance at some point the SG will go back in and he will replace the trainee at PG). The better the players become compared to the rest of the roster, the fewer problems you will have. It's rare for a player with 2-3 seasons of training to be substituted like that.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 10/19/2017 11:37:08 AM

That is really comprehensive!!! Thank you!

If stamina is the issue playing at low pace helps a little. Most problems arise with garbage time, but sometimes (stamina/ability gap) also in non garbage time games.

Since you are not competing, my suggestion would be to always use Strictly and check what works with your roster, leaving the last game of the week to round minutes (if possible) until you see there are no issues anymore. Alternatively (say you trin 3 players single position) you will have to play 5-man lineups for the player(s) who can't stay on the court.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 10/19/2017 11:56:09 AM

Yes well, if you put weaker players than your trainees it is likely that they will be subbed out instead of the trainees in the first place ;). I did this on purpose a few times and it worked.

This is true and since I've always trained and competed I will say that:
1) if you are also trying to win, training single position hurts less than 2 position training, for obvious reasons
2) Because of 1), training more than 4 guys while competing becomes a problem because you need to play 2 of them in at least a league game and it likely means losing that game
3) Training 3 guys single position is possible, it simply means playing with a handicap. Because of what has been discussed in this thread, at least 2 of the 3 trainees need to be able to stay on the floor without having to use a 5 man lineup. This is because playing a 5 man lineup reduces the options for managing minutes correctly for the whole roster (but it's still ok)
4) Managing GS while playing 3x 8 man lineups with 2 trainees, 3 starters and 3 backups each week makes it very hard to manage minutes, but it can be done with some luck. If you play 2x 5 man lineups it is impossible.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 10/19/2017 6:46:51 PM