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Welll you didn't have to tell me that...are you expecting something from? Lol, Im kidding if you want I can tell you my players stuff. And wow I didn't know Faina has prominent IS...Unless you trained that. I'll give one big piece of info away on my team. All of my bigs have respectable or below in rebounding. And now of my guards plus sf have above strong in OD.

Ohyea I'd like to congratulate myself on winning 2nd in the BB Blog Contest. Okay thanks bye.

Oh and the scouting reports are out so spend, spend, spend them points.

Last edited by Lemony at 9/20/2011 4:18:28 PM

Power Rankings + Game Recaps(Some)
(Same old thing...)
1. Bunny Humpers (15-0)
- Beat the Avenal Falcons, next week is the real challenge as we will finally see the top 2 teams face off.
2. Kittanning Tornadoes (14-1)
- Had two great games, killing the bots, but next week is also a challenge for this team, will they get revenge for that cheap win that the Bunny Humpers achieved in their first matchup?
3. War Eagles (13-2)
- Tore apart those bots, but lost to both top teams.
4. The Erie Razors (12-3)
- Has a better record than the Falcons and actually beat them earlier in the season.
5. Avenal Falcons (11-4)
- Lost to the four above, so I guess this team belongs here.
6. Green Mambas (8-7)
- Had a great win on Saturday, but could not handle the Bunny Humpers today. Sorry.


I lied about Game-Recaps..mkay.

Last edited by Lemony at 9/20/2011 9:48:40 PM

No I'm not expecting anything. I really don't think it's that big a deal or a big advantage though. I mean, all you can do is set your tactics to a 2-3 zone, which you probably would have done anyway, and perhaps switch your best inside defender onto him, in which case McNeill and Catapang will run rampant. The tactics aren't so specific that you can instruct your defender on exactly what Faina's going to do, so you can't make an individual defender more able to guard him. All it means is that now you know exactly what to expect from my players, but GE won't reflect any such knowledge in your players no matter what you do.

Also, in regard to Faina's IS, I've never trained inside shot, because then I would either have to play him and McNeill at C or two-position train, which is inefficient. I train forwards because you get so many pops in training 1on1 for forwards (plus my team started with McNeill, who had at least mediocre in everything, and average or respectable in most). McNeill and Faina at 21 and 20 respectively have popped several times in JS, HA, DR, IS, and each of them has also got a random pop from the new cross-training. Although I'm not sure why Faina's IS pops more than his DR. I think it has something to do with the fact that HA and DR alternate pops, because of their similarity, but IDK.

By the way, congrats on 2nd place! That's 1 month free supporter, right?

Yup 1 month free supporter! You should have entered, you probably could have won something. Also Faina is 6'9...I don't know about why he doesn't pop in DR fast though, since 1v1 for Forwards is pretty fast at training for JS/HA/DR

Also my old player Damian is back, have fun using him.

Last edited by Lemony at 9/21/2011 5:02:39 PM

His driving is popping at okay speeds, but IS is training faster which is odd even given the height thing, since it's primarily intended to train driving. But I'm hardly complaining. And yes, Damian is back and will be thrown into the fire, starting his first game in a Tornadoes uniform (scrimmage) in a little over 24 hours in order to start getting back in game condition. His GS is only inept; we can't have that. Hopefully he'll be ready to go when we face you in a week. I'm feeling something like 30 points, 10 rebounds, a couple of steals, one or two blocks, Gavino Ghinzani crying in frustration as Damian Aldridge shows his old team why they should have waited for him to return, things like that. lol He probably won't even start that game because his GS will still be low. He'll probably back up Tullio. But still, Tornadoes fans are entitled to dream, right? Especially if their dreams are reflected in positive responses to the Fan Survey.

To Everyone that actually cares, the draft this year for our league is very favorable to big men trainers. Basically, I got screwed over.

Hehe and by the same token, anyone who trains forwards just got pretty lucky. Not that I know anyone who does that...
*cough cough*

How much do you spend on scouting, Lemony? And if you've found some 5-5 prospect who's a big man, then why not draft them anyway and sell? You'll get a good price and be able to buy a guard more to your liking. Of course, it wouldn't break my heart if they went off the board with the 15th pick rather than the 16th.

I am going to spend 5k to 10k depends how the week goes with my finances. But nothing more, unless I see some good players that I like. Guards sell more and easier on the market, but I mean if I get a big man that looks great I will go for him. To sell of course.

I also want to train American born 18 yo guards that I drafted, makes me feel kinda proud.

The fact that half of my "5 star prospects" 19 year olds is very disappointing.

Oh and how much income do you get from your arena?

Last edited by Lemony at 9/21/2011 7:42:19 PM

102.5K, but I'm upping ticket prices slightly, so that should increase it. Everything but luxury boxes completely sold out last game; one nice thing about 50-point wins is it brings in the fans. I'm spending 20K per week right now, b/c my last couple of drafts have been disappointments and I'd like to get at least oone trainee on my team that I drafted. So far I haven't turned up any hugely great prospects, but I'm hopeful. And you should consider yourself lucky if you turned up a lot of 5-ball prospects; I only turned up two, one of which was 19. The other looks ok but not spectacular, so no luck there. Just looking at this draft, though, it looks somewhat disappointing; 21 19yos, most of the prospects have middling height (6'4"-6'9") which isn't particularly great for training speed. So far no 5-ball potential players either. From your point of view, there are no good 18yo 6'0"/6'1" prospects. So glad I'm not looking for guards, because there don't appear to be any (now that I say that, of course I jinxed everything and one of them will be some stud 18yo ATG with a 7K salary)

What do you get from your arena?

96 minutes for Catapang and 108(!) for Faina, looks good for me c:

And I get 88K per week eh.