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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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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
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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.

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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
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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.

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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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240994.13 in reply to 240994.11
Date: 4/26/2013 8:08:55 AM
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The biggest problem is that SF training is so slow that you don't end up with a team full of LeBron's, you end up with a team full of Shane Battier's and Hedo Turkoglu's. At least at the highest level's that's what would happen.

Back to the OP though, another problem with that strategy is that you really can't train more than 2 players effectively. Once you train more than 2 you're almost certainly not giving at least 1 player or even the entire group a full compliment of weekly training. Add the part where you want to train half of them with inside skills and the other half with outside skills and you've cut the training speed even further. So you're going to end up with a bunch of guys that cap out in the $10,000 to $25,000 salary range and you would only be able to compete in the lower divisions with that roster.

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240994.14 in reply to 240994.13
Date: 4/26/2013 12:11:45 PM
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Assuming the owner were able to assemble a roster capable of doing what he's seeking, what offense would take advantage of that skill variety?

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240994.15 in reply to 240994.14
Date: 4/26/2013 2:23:49 PM
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I think that's the biggest problem, there might not be a BB offense that properly fits the lineup he's describing.

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