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My plan is to ONLY train SF height people through the same basic training plan. And whatever differences they each have they each have, thus varying up my players to fit 1-5

I think you'll find that you will have to be more specialized in a few areas. For examples, your centers and power forwards just do NOT need training in driving and handling ever. They need to be strong in inside shot, rebounding and inside defense. If you train everyone through the same basic plan, rotating skills, you might have everyone strong/proficient after 3 years or so, when you could buy a few already specialized players for a couple thousand. Also, what are you going to do with all that cash even if you spend a ridiculous 40,000 a week on scouting. If you keep expanding your arena, but never get out of D-5, your team won't fill it up.

Last edited by Th3nt at 3/21/2013 11:35:48 PM

That overcomes the position problem, but you still have the problem of slower training speed when training so many people at once. You could feasibly reach D-4 with that sort of team, but getting to D-3 will be difficult. Good luck with your plan. I hope it works out for you. You got a nice base roster, some young superstars and allstars to work with.

Just 3 at a time get the single pos stuff, then when it's a 1-1f or reb or JS-f week 3 extra guys ride along

I think you'll find that you will have to be more specialized in a few areas. For examples, your centers and power forwards just do NOT need training in driving and handling ever. They need to be strong in inside shot, rebounding and inside defense. If you train everyone through the same basic plan, rotating skills, you might have everyone strong/proficient after 3 years or so, when you could buy a few already specialized players for a couple thousand. Also, what are you going to do with all that cash even if you spend a ridiculous 40,000 a week on scouting. If you keep expanding your arena, but never get out of D-5, your team won't fill it up.

You are completely wrong about bigs not needing driving or handling or passing etc.

For one. Those guys turn the ball over a lot when like that.
For two. Now, that would depend on what kind of offense I would be running now doesn't it? Pretty dangerous having a team of 5 guys able to defend inside and out. Shoot from inside and out .. Drive, handle, pass, makes it very hard to defend if I did any offense...

Who do you guys feel are the best players in the league?

Statistically, you can figure out who the best players are on buzzer-manager.com, where you input your buzzerbeater username and access code (can be set in Preferences tab of the Long Menu).

Opinion-wise, I vote on http://www.buzzerbeater.com/player/9534254/overview.aspx
Not even my defensive-minded team could really contain him.

For second place, I vote my own player: http://www.buzzerbeater.com/player/14754816/overview.aspx
He's basically the key to my team. I play a 1-3-1 with guards at the 1,2,3, and 4 position, which leaves just him to guard the post. He is also one of the passers of my team since I usually run the Princeton. Basically, he does everything and does it fantastically.

Agreed with your 1 and 2 top players. I can't believe Kosovic is getting sold! Is there a reason why you run Princeton? Not many people run that.

Last edited by Th3nt at 4/4/2013 11:19:13 AM

Good grief. I didn't realize Kosovic is getting sold. Quite the decision by Cincinnati Crusaders. I believe the Crusaders want to get some funds to buy a better team later since Kosovic is going to start getting skill drops soon due to old age.

As for why I run Princeton, I had decided that I wanted to create a team that greatly emphasizes Perimeter Defense. It greatly improves my chances of forcing turnovers and stopping those outside shots. The cost, of course, is inside defense and rebounding. I felt that the cost was worth it and that I would still be able to defend against teams that use the popular Look Inside tactic.

If you look at my games, most of my opponents end up with more turnovers than assists. Due to the nature of "Look Inside," which depends on the guards effectively passing the ball to the post, my defense can actually cause "Look Inside" to fail, especially against teams with low Offensive Flow.

As an example, my game against the Crusaders -> http://www.buzzerbeater.com/match/56050132/boxscore.aspx
Although I couldn't stop Kosovic, I was able to limit the rest of his team, which produced only 11 assists with 14 turnovers.

To run 1-3-1, I run guards at the PG, SG, and SF position. I run an SF with good OD (or a SG with decent IS and ID) at the PF position. Then, for the Center position, I bought a player with extremely high ID and decent Rebounding to try and make up for the losses of 1-3-1. With this 4-guard lineup, I pretty much have two choices. Princeton or Motion. Since my Center and PF also happen to have a decent Passing ratings, I opted to run Princeton. The two games in which I ran "Push the Ball" were just experiments.

Looks like we play next. May the better team win! =)

That's interesting. I wasn't really sure how it works! That ridiculous Center of yours is the king of the court. I don't know how to get around him. Our game is going to be interesting!

Last edited by Th3nt at 4/5/2013 5:31:02 PM

Well, that certainly was an interesting game. I structured my team to be versatile so that everyone has a chance to score points. Something must have gone haywire, because I didn't expect one player to just dominate. Ridiculous, http://www.buzzerbeater.com/player/13199923/overview.aspx scored over a third of my points. Notice that he didn't play in the 3rd quarter due to foul trouble. And what happens in the 3rd quarter? You own me, 23-8. That's just incredibly odd. Either the rest of the team was lazy, or something with your defense worked. Well, first half didn't go so well for you, but good job in the 3rd quarter. =) Good game.