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Hey guys,

I have 3 trainees and have been training 2 position training in guard skills but am struggling to get enough minutes as none of these guys start for my team. I was originally thinking I would train some guards skills then work on Mollins (aim for PF) and Zonglun (SF) for inside skills. I dont have the patience for one position training. Thoughts

Kobi Weinstein (18065240) Weekly salary: $ 4 562 SG

DMI: 28700
Age: 19
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: strong
JS: respectable JR: strong OD: strong H: mediocre D: respectable P: respectable
IS: inept ID.: pitiful R: pitiful SB: respectable
S: average FT: mediocre

Carles Molins (17862654) Weekly salary: $ 4 049 PG

DMI: 42400
Age: 19
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: proficient
JS: inept JR: strong OD: inept H: respectable D: respectable P: respectable
IS: inept ID: respectable R: mediocre SB: respectable
S: respectable FT: mediocre


Cai Zonglun (17828226) Weekly salary: $ 7 049 PF

DMI: 27700
Age: 19
Height: 6'6" / 198 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: strong
JS: strong JR: awful OD: respectable H: pitiful D: average P: mediocre
IS: respectable ID: respectable R: respectable SB: average
S: awful FT: awful

Hi Manon,

Thanks for you honest feedback. You are probably right that I am dreaming trying to train 3 players. I will sell Mollins and train the other 2 in guard skills at one position training. I will train them at PG as my starting PG can play SG that way I will only play him one game at PG. Thanks for helping me make a decision!

PS - I have come runner-up in D2 in 3 seasons. I am so ready to promote!

Hey all. As I've noticed some pretty good advice being given around here I would like to get some on one of my projects. I have 2 main trainees and a lvl6 trainer. One position training is a close friend of mine and my trainees almost never have the wrong minutes. Keeping all that in mind I have a question about the development of my future PF. Here are the questions:
1. Is it worth it to go for 10-12OD? I will most likely go for it anyways since the SF I am making with him will need around 14+ but does it make any sense to have a PF with such high OD or is it just a giant waste.
2. Considering he will needs alot of outside/JS/DR trainings I would rly need to know how long would it take for him to pop in ID or RB at the ages of 21 22 23 and 24. Would it be closer to 3 weeks or even 4+? Its a big deal for me since I still need him to be over 100-140k in salaries with with 10+OD and 13+JS.
3. Related closely to question 2. Would it be better to give him a full season of ID at the age of 21 and full season of JS/DR at 22 or the other way around? Can I get 6pops in ID and 6 pops in RB from the 1st week after he turns 22 by the middle of the season when he will be 24. Btw he is 19right now and high hight is 6,10.

So to sum it up my questions are: Is it really worth it? Can it be done?

Would really appreciate some advice quickly since I still can go in another direction.

1) it can be worth it, but you shouldn't go further. OD 12 would stop most outside PFs from shooting jumpers with any reliability. He'd probably get quite some steals, too, since there aren't many PFs with Handling or Passing good enough to get a pass off when covered by him. On the other hand, more than 12 would be overkill in most cases.

2) I don't know too much here, but my 21yo C does still experience regular pops, so it's probably closer to 3 weeks.

3) depends on the position where you give him the training. If JS and Driving are trained at the Forward positions, it might be worth it to train them earlier, since they help raising the IS which helps with the elastic training aspect of training ID. 6 pops in ID and 6 in Rebounding in 30 weeks for a 23yo sounds doable, because they do help each other, but it'll be hard. rather expect 4 or 5 pops in each - but I might be wrong.

2. Just a suggestion, I would train his primaries and then his secondaries. So train his secondaries around age 22.

Here is my trainee, I'm quite proud of him:


Weekly salary: $ 6 075
Role: backup
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DMI: 83300
Age: 18
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Potential: superstar
Game Shape: proficient
Jump Shot: proficient Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: proficient Handling: proficient
Driving: proficient Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: pitiful Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: pitiful

I got him on draft, he was the best player from his class. I'm training him to become U-21. I don't know if he will be able to play for NT because of low potential for NT, but I hope he will be at least a reserve.

I have trainer lvl5 and three weeks ago I started with OD training single position. He popped twice in two weeks, never happened before. But then, I never used single position training since now. He'll pop this week in OD again.

Here's the question: unfortunately he started with atrocious FT. Do you think I should get his FT at least to inept-mediocre or it's better to train the basic skills for a guard for a purpose of U-21 and train FT at the end of his 21 years?

heres one of my main trainee :

Weekly salary: $ 4 471
Role: regular starter
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DMI: 42200
Age: 19
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: strong

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

any tips how to train him??

I would have focused on JR and OD first, and no One on One until he's a bit older. But that's me.

Fantastic player, but those low inside skills are kinda drawbacks...

I'd say that you train JR for the rest of this season, and next season train OD until it is around tremendous. Then train passing and handling little and focus on JS and JR.

His potential is good enough for NT. I'm sure the manager of the U21 NT and NT are already excited to have a player like him.

Atrocious FT is a pain in the neck. Yes I'd say train FT sometime to at least awful. I have a player with pitiful FT but he can make FT with 55% consistency. Even getting FT to pitiful can make a huge difference.