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Doesn't change the fact that your about as good of a manager as Isiah Thomas. You "claimed" that your team sucked because you focused on the NT yet once you stopped you team managed to demote shortly after..

Nah he is better than Isiah. Have you seen the Knicks.......Atleast JP won once and but a foundation for the US NT teams to follow.

Scouting of American players ages 18-21. Always miss some people, but most of the guys should be in the db and up to date.

Your question needs more clarity.

What are the secondaries for the pf and c? Are they passers, drivers, or dunkers?
What is their OD?
What is the ID of the guard and the OD of the forward that would be playing SF?
What is their stamina?
What level are you playing at?
What is their Game Shape?
Are they playing the same position both offensively and defensively?

The face value answer says a dominant Inside Team with a good guard - when you look at all the offenses and defenses you can play, 3 guards fits more permutations effectively than 3 big men do.
To give any further answer without knowing the answers to the questions I asked leaves you without knowing some key information. The game has evolved beyond those static answers.

Last edited by Bobos Playhouse at 10/8/2010 7:10:44 PM

Interesting did you know the name of your team is of a Soccer Drible and not a Basketball Dribble?

As a fellow demotee, what did you learn from your demotion and how is it going to help team USA?

Last edited by Bobos Playhouse at 10/8/2010 8:01:46 PM

Nice - High Five.... I would love to know what you found.....

Option A
Alright the PF has strong OD, 9 JS, and 5 passing and 10/13/9
The Center has 14/15/14 with 2 OD

Option B
The SG has 8 ID 5 IS/4 Reb with 14/9/14
The PG has 15 passing, 13 OD, but 2/2/1 peripherals

Option A:The Guard SF is 11/7/12/10/10 in his guards with 7/8/7 big man
Option B:The Big Man SF is 9/5/9/7/8/11/12/10

Assume GS is proficient on all factors, and assume stamina is at mediocre.

The team likes to run a PTB tactic.

So let us try this again, which team would you rather have in, let's say World Championships.

Again this question is for both Jelme, and Bobo.

Last edited by oriolekid at 10/8/2010 8:56:36 PM

I know I am in D5 and this is my first full BB season, but why not vote for me? When I took over last year, I brought a scrub team to the playoffs with dedication and being online every day. I know I probably will not win, but still. If the USA team was so "bad" last year, why not bring in someone who can turn it around? I may be a newcomer to BB, but you can't always elect 10 year vets, can you?

The Guard - pure and simple. I would probably switch the Center and the forward offensively tho.

Option B the guards are not as strong as the inside people are for Option A.

Absolutely...you're right. Taking a DV team to the playoffs (and failing to advance to DIV) absolutely qualifies you to be U21 manager.

You have my vote...

Option A.

I like the post with 14/15/14 and the versatility of the SF. With that high of a rating for OD for the PF I think this team's strongest tactics in a neutral scenario would be LP and 1-3-1 (I assumed 12 rtg is OD for PG "A").

14/15/14 is prob our 4th best U21 post currently though from what I can see in the NT database. Its also almost exactly my C on my current roster. We should (hopefully) see 18/19 rtg for top posts in IS, ID. Hopefully SOMEBODY is training their guards on passing.

Looking at a potential roster of NT Candidates I think we are an inside team this year. I think we need to maximize our post strength, start a big lineup and encourage the guy holding the 5 OD post to pause his inside training, go Pressure for 3 weeks, HN for 2 and then back to an IS,ID,REB rotation. Having a player who can anchor your D at the sf with a high OD and ID makes it much less impacting on your PD in a non-PD focused D.

Customized training plans should be sent to the top 12 guys. And we need to define a SF training plan that maximizes the overall depth at that position. Regardless of our debate on whether we can impact the training of a SF for the 21 team, it is most certainly our weakest position.