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285586.60 in reply to 285586.59
Date: 5/1/2017 3:18:30 PM
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That's wild. Alright well I guess I don't know as much as I thought I did.

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Date: 5/5/2017 2:41:43 PM
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Would it be better to draft a 19 year older with higher starting skills or an 18 year old with lower starting skills.

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285586.62 in reply to 285586.61
Date: 5/5/2017 5:22:33 PM
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Also two more questions, When would you train free throws? and two would you play the guys that need extra time in cups and scrims?

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Date: 5/5/2017 8:00:56 PM
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Because free throws are in team training it doesn't require minutes. You can use it when your minutes get messed up or when you don't have enough minutes, like at the beginning of the season or when you don't have games during the playoffs.
And yes, cup games and scrimmages count toward training minutes. I have regular starters who get their minutes in the first two games. Then I use the scrimmage to balance the minutes of the remaining players.
Note: if a player already has 70 or more minutes you should remove them from the next game so they aren't even on the bench. They could still get subbed due to foul trouble and could go way over in minutes.

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Date: 5/5/2017 10:02:38 PM
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Thanks :D My other question was would it be better to draft a 19 year older with higher starting skills or an 18 year old with lower starting skills.

From: BPI

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Date: 5/6/2017 8:29:44 AM
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Yeah, team trainings work best at the beginnings (pre-Cup) and ends of the season, weeks where you forget to schedule or miss the scrimmage deadline, the All Star Week. Especially if your early league schedule is tough, game shape training in the early weeks can help you be more competitive, in theory. I'd rather still train skills, so I've been doing FT almost exclusively during those periods. Plus, I've seen JS pops while training FT.

The answer to your other question is more complex...lately I've been preferring 19 yo with better starting skills, primarily because I am still learning different training strategies on my own, and feel they are generally of better quality than had I trained them for a year :) However, if you want maximum revenue from selling the players, 18 year olds are still more valuable, because each year is significant for training...so someone who is an effective trainer, that extra year is gold.

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285586.66 in reply to 285586.65
Date: 5/6/2017 9:38:41 AM
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I don't ever train FTs to be honest. beginning is a good time, but even then, it's way better to train the people you've identified as long term cornerstones for your team.

As for drafting, go for the 5 ball overall / 5 ball potential guys, then i honestly think it's a matter of what you need more. I like to go for potential more, but it won't be much good if they're not really going to be trained.

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Date: 5/7/2017 2:22:19 AM
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Didn't your coach in school ever teach you anything? If there is one principle I remember it is that "Free Throws win games." Any time I lose a game and the point difference is less than my missed free throws I know what I need to work on. Any close game can easily be decided by free throws. Getting to the line not only punishes the opponent with increased fouls but gives your team the opportunity to change the tide of the game. I strongly believe free throws are one of the most important elements of basketball. Many of the top scorers in the NBA get between 25% and 33% of their points from the charity stripe.

Last edited by Penumbra at 5/7/2017 2:23:35 AM

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285586.68 in reply to 285586.67
Date: 5/7/2017 11:25:27 PM
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My philosophy is a little different:

"If it came down to a game of inches, that means you weren't good enough to handle them."

Aside from the 12 point loss, the closest game I've had was a 13 point win.

It's better to make sure your guys shoot, play defense, keep the ball and spread the ball around more. at around respectable level, training FTs is a marginal loss, since it won't really be worlds better, compared to what you could be training with those minutes.

From: BPI

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Date: 5/8/2017 11:50:26 AM
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My philosophy is pretty middle of the road. I agree with both sides. It's a minimal skill, but it's a skill nonetheless. But I also agree with if you're going to be bothered by little things becoming the difference between a win or a loss, then there's enough work elsewhere to be done. But I've seen some interesting secondary pops with FTs-in addition to JS, I've seen RB, IS, and SB...skills that may help draw fouls. So its not like its a complete waste, especially during slower weeks.

From: Penumbra

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285586.70 in reply to 285586.69
Date: 5/8/2017 9:08:19 PM
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I might have been a little zealous about free throws but I just checked my players' stats. My 5 players with strong or better FT shoot a minimum of 78% and the highest of 88%. I think these numbers are sufficient. What I hate seeing is my team below 50% from the line when 75% would have won the game.
So my official stance on free throws is I try to get my players to at least Strong. I also noticed that players with better jump shot had a better FT percentage than lower JS players with the same Free Throw skill. But it is not linear so may have some correlation but I don't have enough data to be exact.

Last edited by Penumbra at 5/8/2017 9:12:37 PM

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