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What is the soft cap on his salary? Is it as much as 30k or more like 20-25k? I like this plan and I got him for very cheap considering the well spread skills so I definitely want to train him.

@Fluff, thank you for your input. I agree that neglecting JR/JS is a good idea and building a defensive minded player is a great idea.

@Manon, I do have one other trainee. Unfortunately I was switching training regimens from big men to SF's and I didn't have a lot of money to work with. I'm hoping after this season to get a centerpiece trainee. I am currently training my 21yo PF in some guard skills with the other trainees to round him out. Here is another trainee, what do you think?

18yo - Star Potential
6'4''
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: average
Driving: respectable Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: atrocious
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: pitiful Free Throw: strong

The main problem with this guy is the ID obviously. I like everything else. I play many teams that are JS oriented so I thought about training him up in OD. I also am a LI team so I was thinking about getting him some IS with my other trainee as well. I was thinking about 10 IS so that I have a decent scoring option at the SF spot in a LI offense. With his decent passing and driving already I figure that could help too.

Dont worry about the IS on SF,the only part of the game where is taken into consideration is when He gets an offensive rebound and try to score under the basket which isnt that often.Focus on shooting and Defs raise some SB and reb and youll be fine

What is the soft cap on his salary? Is it as much as 30k or more like 20-25k? I like this plan and I got him for very cheap considering the well spread skills so I definitely want to train him.

for sf the salary cap are pretty much messed up, and i personally think the number are estimated to high anyway.

And yopur second dude needs serious training in ID, you could lack a weakness in an scoring option more then in an defensiv option because you could design/choose your offense so that it weakness don't matter that much but defensivly you had to play what the opponent wants.

With that in my you could get trouble with your trainees, if this one reach 9 in ID the other dudes is maybe a bid overpowered there especially because he cann't switch to PF because he had the rebounding problem. Maybe you could focus more on guard training at the beginning, and then sell your second trainees(i would push all guards skill to 8 which should have an good effect on his selling price)

I disagree here. Dunking SFs do occur in this game. Coupled with high Driving, an inside SF will need quite some IS.

That said, I disagree with the others a little with respect to JS. Sure, you shouldn't raise his JR as that gets very expensive very soon, but some JS will allow him to score from mid-range more often. You won't need it above prolific, but getting it to proficient/prominent will pay off.

I think I agree with your assessment. Atrocious may be too hard to rebound from, however he could be a more productive guard trainee. I think you are right that I am going to have to sell the trainee if I am going to train the SF...or vice versa so I think guard training is the smart thing to do.

@Coach_D and Boss, thanks for the valuable insight. I love to hear various opinions about how the game works and optimal skills for specific strategies. Really appreciate the input.

Dont worry about the IS on SF,the only part of the game where is taken into consideration is when He gets an offensive rebound and try to score under the basket which isnt that often.Focus on shooting and Defs raise some SB and reb and youll be fine

this is fairly inaccurate
IS, I mean.

What is the soft cap on his salary? Is it as much as 30k or more like 20-25k? I like this plan and I got him for very cheap considering the well spread skills so I definitely want to train him.

I've seen a similar player, and he capped around 20-25k, if this helps.

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

Sell this trainee and get your first trainee to about 12 OD, in my opinion

if you are swapping big men to sfs, why not train the one sf and a couple of guards along side him?
the guy above is a guard trainee (a bit tall, but not the end of the world) rather than a small forward especially given his ID.

rather than buying another trainee now see if there is anyone else on your roster that could benefit from outside skills.
even if it is just for the rest of this season why you save up cash, invest in arena, and then next season get a better trainee.

so, looking at your roster it looks like you bouught the 6'4'' guy. There is your 23 year old Star SG that could maybe take a few more pops especially if he has a weak skill. i also see there are 22 year old big guys. these might be worth rounding out outside (JS and PAS are needed by all players). might be worth considering each scrimmage game when playing a big guy at PG or SG to train wont matter.

I'm not sure your issue for long term development is having the "right trainees". you probably have plenty of material to work with in the short term to make a bit of cash and improve court performance. You could look hard at managing your wage bill and other expenses/ticket prices to gve you the ability to increase your arena more quickly.

in couple seasons your trainees will be doing well, your other guys will be rounded out and youll have a pot of cash in the mean time through having grown your arena :)

My arena is up to 11k+ right now which I feel is pretty good for how long I have been around. I have been putting some in this season for sure. How would you change my ticket prices?

Seems like returning them to what they wre before the 5/17 price change would help, seeing as bleachers, lower tier and courtside were all close to sell outs.

when you have some cash and some of your prices are a bit low (indicated by sell outs) it is easy to optimise your arena by building more seats. this is especially true of the more expensive seats because they fluctuate less than the cheaper ones.

So for your LBs i would build 1 extra a week until you are 1 or 2 seats from selling out.

ive noticed that all my attendances are higher at the end of a season than the beginning and as you can only change prices a few times it can be good to price your cheaper seats a bit high and let the attendance grow to sell out levels.