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Wow a 22 year old, this revives my faith that players over 20 can improve, you did a good job on this player. Can you say when you started training him?

he was my own draft. he was 19 when i drafted him. as i told: in his first season he just had a few ups because he wasnt my main trainee. in the second season i focused on him and he got one pop after another. last season again he did not get 48mins every week.

btw: next update, so yes 22y olds can improve ;-) i wonder when his cap will come... think its not far away anymore unfortunately.

Patrick Platthaus (13312224)
Center

Weekly salary: $ 35 519

Age: 22 +3
Height: 7'3" / 221 cm
Potential: perennial allstar(7)

Jump Shot: inept (4) +1 Jump Range: atrocious(1)
Outside Def.: mediocre(5) Handling: respectable(7)
Driving: awful(2) +1 Passing: respectable(7)
Inside Shot: proficient(9) +3 Inside Def.: wondrous(14) +7
Rebounding: tremendous(13) +7 Shot Blocking: tremendous(13) ↑+6
Stamina: mediocre(5) +3 Free Throw: prominent(10) +2

Experience: pitiful(2) +1

i've no idea about the talent in the current us age-group. but u21 could be possible for an allstar if trained properly. senior-nt: no chance at all

Weekly salary: $ 16 895
Role: regular starter
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DMI: 121600
Age: 21
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: prominent Jump Range: prominent
Outside Def.: wondrous Handling: proficient ↑
Driving: proficient Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: strong
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: inept Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

Coming down to the wire on this guy, but I plan to make him the cornerstone of my team, along with:

Weekly salary: $ 12 382
Role: backup
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DMI: 166300
Age: 21
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: proficient
Jump Shot: strong Jump Range: prominent
Outside Def.: wondrous Handling: prolific
Driving: strong ↑ Passing: strong
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: atrocious

Experience: atrocious

they would be a good guard combo, but I've also got:

Weekly salary: $ 12 847
Role: rotation player
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DMI: 81800
Age: 21
Height: 6'6" / 198 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: strong
Outside Def.: tremendous Handling: proficient
Driving: prominent Passing: proficient
Inside Shot: inept Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: mediocre ↓ Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

which is turning into an SF project. So what is a good plan to make these guys great? I've been going OD for most of the season and it's turned out quite nicely. Each of these guys didnt start getting training til 19 so I've tried to make the best of the situation. Any advice?

Last edited by Jaxbeast at 2/18/2011 8:30:20 PM

The only advice I can give is to try to give the second guy the ability to shoot before his potential cap. All of them can defend, none of them can score, really. I'd do JS & JR training until the second guy caps, and then focus on rounding out the other two guys.

Has anyone ever seen this?

Weekly salary: $ 3 869
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 35000
Age: 19
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: strong
Jump Shot: average Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: mediocre ↑ Handling: strong ↑
Driving: average Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: strong Inside Def.: mediocre ↑
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: average Free Throw: average

Experience: atrocious

Talk about one good week of training. Now if only he had higher OD...

Coming down to the wire on this guy, but I plan to make him the cornerstone of my team, along with:

I am not sure what you mean by this but don't stop training this guy. He is no where close to done or capped. I am currently training a 24 year old and will likely train him again next season, yes they train slower but it is well worth it.

As for advice other than simply training them. I would agree that they are all solid defenders so now is the time to give them some offensive up side. Train JS, JR, Passing and if you so desire a few interior skills never hurt.

Cheers and good luck!

What ya think about him? :p He's my startin PF.
I drafted him accidentally as a PG... :D That's why he has nice guard skills, except driving. He had ID at 4, had to get it to a higher lvl fast.

Weekly salary: $ 6 977
Role: rotation player(4)
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DMI: 48200
Age: 19
Height: 7'1" / 216 cm
Potential: perennial allstar(7)
Game Shape: strong(8)

Jump Shot: mediocre(5) Jump Range: average(6)
Outside Def.: mediocre(5) Handling: respectable(7)
Driving: awful(3) Passing: average(6)
Inside Shot: proficient(9) Inside Def.: proficient(9) ↑
Rebounding: prominent(10) Shot Blocking: mediocre(5) ↑
Stamina: inept(4) Free Throw: awful(3)

Experience: atrocious(1)

Last edited by Zolinho at 2/22/2011 4:58:20 PM