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Thx Aussie...I just learned something else new. Didnt get the salaryissue. I'll get you skill sets later. Late for work now.

Train those young players first. Forget everything else! Think about it, some seasons down the road they're either gonna be the one you're building your team around with -- in the way that's best for your team -- or players you can profit from (selling). Side by side with a training program, you slowly upgrade your arena. Few seasons later, you will (whether you like it or not), not only promote (if you haven't) a tier but be competitive enough for USA DIV.

THX!!!! A ton for the advice. NOW i have a more confusing situation on my hands when one fella tells me that they're really not worth training b/c of they're salary. This McCledon guy for me just cant seem to get into any kind of basketball zone..cant shoot, cant play d...he is a 6-10 guard and was originally gonna train him for a PF or C position and got nothing all last season.

If you consider a base trainee has 4k wage then 23 isn't considered young for training purposes. If the 23 year old has 20k+ salary then they may be worth training. Also be careful not to overvalue potential. A 19 year old 4k star is a lot better trainee then a 23 year old 4k MVP.

OK Aussie; Here is my pg....

Weekly salary: $ 3 374
Role: backup
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DMI: 12100
Age: 21
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: average Handling: average
Driving: respectable Passing: strong
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: atrocious Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: inept

Experience: pitiful

OK Aussie; Here is my NEWLY drafted Wing player

Weekly salary: $ 2 282
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 8500
Age: 19
Height: 6'7" / 201 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: inept
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: inept
Driving: mediocre Passing: pitiful
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: atrocious Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: strong

Experience: pitiful

OK Aussie; Here is my 19yo SG who is 6-10 and I tried all last season to train as a big guy. I GIVE UP and will train him as a SF

Weekly salary: $ 3 302
Role: backup
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DMI: 11100
Age: 19
Height: 6'10" / 208 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: mediocre Jump Range: respectable
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: atrocious
Driving: average Passing: atrocious
Inside Shot: pitiful Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: inept Free Throw: mediocre

Experience: atrocious

OK Aussie; AND my PF/C who is an MVP and did pop in a few categories last season..You mentioned earlier who wasnt worth keeping unless you seen his stats..see below.

I APPRECIATE all your valuble info as this is the 1st season I have really started training. BUT, I am almost considering training my wings and my PG and the rest on team Stamina for the season as I want to be in tip top shape when playoffs roll around. THANKS A TON!!!!!

aGAIN HERE IS THE jOSE GUY YOU TALKED ABOUT IN AN EARLIER MESSAGE TO GET RID OF.


Weekly salary: $ 4 115
Role: backup
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DMI: 16600
Age: 24
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable
Jump Shot: strong Jump Range: atrocious
Outside Def.: mediocre Handling: average
Driving: average Passing: pitiful
Inside Shot: proficient Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: strong
Stamina: proficient Free Throw: inept

Experience: atrocious

I don't think you should waste time on any of those players. As suggested earlier can you find a good trainee for a small sum.

I could not even get $1000 for my rather poor draft pick, still I would much rather train him then your candidates. And I am surely not advising you to buy my player. My point is only that you can for very small money buy something better to train. Your 24 year old players can surely benefit from the training he already has god so no reason to kick him out or sell him in my opinion but you train im too slowly to be worth it and he also has too poor rebounding for inside training and too poor jump range to be guard or small forward.

My player just an illustrative example on a player that in my opinion is better but still not someone I recommend you to train as you can find better players for a cheap sum.

Weekly salary: $ 2 525
Role: draws a paycheck
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DMI: 8400
Age: 18
Height: 6'8" / 203 cm
Potential: star
Game Shape: respectable

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

Well..Im trying to understand the whole training thing as I havent really done it since I started playing this. I basically thought if you had a Star or above potential player at a young age and depending on his size and position..he will have pops. I guess Iv been wrong there. I try to buy star potential and up like MVP's. BUT, i did give up on a starter potential trainee last season and was told he wouldnt last in a more competitive league. AND he was awesome for me. I guess i need look more into TRAINING manuel as well to get a grasp at training. Thanks.

It is not a big difference in training efficiency between an 18 and 19 year old but in the long run will that difference still make a big difference. If you compare with even older players it will be an even bigger difference in the long term.

If you keep training your 23 year old player he will surely be better than a cheap draftee for the coming 3 seasons or so but after that his advantage right now will be upbeaten and he will not really improve at all despite some low skills.

Your other players has ok skills for training but thing is that you can always get a similar 18 year old player for basically no money so why train an older player then? My player that I posted was at most marginally worse than your own players but as they were older it should be more propriate to train my player. I will soon kick my player as he got no bids for 1000. You will certainly get better players than mine for small money so you can opt for better than him.