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As for the salaries and team development, have you made any predictions/projections (with buzzer-manager or by other means) on how your team salaries will develop when we enter HGL Season 3? As we practically know, your young (top 8 players: 25,4 years, 4th lowest value in HGL) team will get a lot stronger in coming years...
And what kind of expectations do you have for a draft? It seems many teams are drafting before you, but only like 3-5 will be human teams (that I guess are the only real opposition in a draft, unless bot teams turn out to be real lucky)... So you might be getting at least one more cornerstone for your future from this draft, if all stars (superstars, perennial all-stars, and all-stars - pun intended) are aligned correctly so to speak...
Great questions, Wagner. You know me enough to know that I am always looking at all of these things.
My 1st team will go from $95k this season to $125k next season if training stays on track for the last few weeks; so, a $30k improvement.
My second team will go from $83k to $125k; So, a $42k improvement.
EDIT: I should note that the following season will see much larger jumps due to the type of skills being trained. It won't be long before both teams are easily $200k+ teams.
Both could have been a lot more but I deliberately went with 2-position training up until last week just to give more player more training. Something that I believe was necessary for a young side.
I have now gone 1-position training for both teams. I should have a very decent SF and PF for my first team by the end of next season before switching to guard training in Season 71. My SF, Livingstone, will be ready to adapt to guard training to finish him off. My 7'3" PF prospect, Hunter, will be a $50k+ 22yr old with plenty of training left in him.
My second team will have an exciting backcourt by the end of next season. Huysegoms should make the Belgium U21 NT next season as a somewhat rounded SF. Together with my current Irish U21 NT player, Donoghue, and my two secret weapons (shooting guards) who are yet to come into their own (Sevanyan and Bujor), the Tigers are going to be dangerous by the end of next season.
As for the draft?
Well, I am a couple weeks away from knowing exactly what draftees I will select for my first team, but there are some guard prospects I really want target as my backcourt is old and almost ready for retirement. I need to start training new blood soon!
My second team has a ripper 5/5 I'm hoping to get.
In both my first and second team leagues I will pick down the order, however, I have scouted each of the teams (their past history in drafting, their current needs and training) and feel confident I will secure some nice players if all goes well.
Importantly, nearly every one of my players on both teams have received some training this season so this has only increased the depth of both teams.
I am very excited about the future of my bigs on one team and the smalls on the other. Their weekly derby clashes have been very interesting while I toy with tactics and lineups in preparation for when they will actually play in their true positions.
So, my two young HG teams are progressing nicely.
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