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240994.3 in reply to 240994.1
Date: 4/25/2013 3:32:53 PM
Milwaukee Lethargy
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A lazy way of doing this would be to play centers for guards, and shooting guards for PF/C. Then switch them on defense.

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Date: 4/25/2013 4:43:34 PM
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Having a player who can play C and shoot outside means he should at least have good RB, ID, JS and JR. And with a build like that, he would probably be listed as a PF or SF? I think JR and RB are the 2 most expensive skill if i've not mistaken, so you might need to pay alot in terms of salary if you have to keep like 3 of them..but to be fair, people now are having inside beasts with 6digits salary, so I guess theres no harm trying?:)

But yeah, you will need A LOT of patience to build a team like that so make sure you're determined:P

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240994.6 in reply to 240994.5
Date: 4/25/2013 5:06:20 PM
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Since I don't think anyone else said it, actually training like that will be pretty slow. Height goes into training speed, so if you are trying to train tall guys in outside skills, it will go slower. The same is true for little guys training inside skills. Its the games way of balancing out how a 7' guy can rebound easier than a 6' guy.

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240994.8 in reply to 240994.1
Date: 4/25/2013 7:53:03 PM
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While your idea is a sound idea for real basketball, the way the BB offenses are designed I don't see it working out very well.
On top of that, the way players get trained, it would be a training nightmare.

All that said, don't stop thinking outside the box. We need more of that around here.

Last edited by Beener not Beanerz at 4/25/2013 7:54:29 PM

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240994.9 in reply to 240994.1
Date: 4/25/2013 9:33:08 PM
Aussie Pride
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It isn't a totally crazy idea in some sense. Guards with good IS can be effective and likewise bigs with outside skills. However the key is balance, while you could possibly get away with having guards with low outside skills (if u play LI all the time) big men with low inside scoring will limit your options.

From: Big Money

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240994.10 in reply to 240994.2
Date: 4/25/2013 10:28:17 PM
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Manon referenced an idea that I brought up a couple of months ago in a thread that I started. My idea was to have a 5 man training system. 2 players would be good at outside shooting and inside defense, the next 2 would be good at outside defense and inside shooting, the last one would be good at all of the four things. The biggest reason I would do this is to lower salary. I thought it through some more and decided it was a bad idea. Here are a few reasons: training is slow due to no elastic effect, too hard to find players on the transfer list that fit, too risky that the idea doesn't pan out. My advice is don't do it.

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240994.11 in reply to 240994.10
Date: 4/26/2013 3:21:57 AM
Surry Hills Peeps
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What about a team of LeBron's, SF that were about 6.6 ish and 10 deep? Some leaning towards inside some leaning towards outside. No absolute guns, but deep. Who cares if fouls are high... You go 10 deep.

Would be an interesting proposition. Might be able to source at least half the squad from transfer list if not more, then top up skills. Just a thought.

From: Hunterz

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240994.12 in reply to 240994.11
Date: 4/26/2013 4:00:03 AM
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Awesome idea!

LeBron builds (or well build forwards in general) are widely available and are even salary efficient. Couple that with the super cheap going rate for picking up these player types on the TL and you got straight domination thats easy on the finances.

We all should have gotten out of the box seasons ago!

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