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Well, not much to say as a game recap: Scotland 54 - 125 Poland (59532)

Aim was a margin about -70. Final score shows: -71. So - a narrow defeat considering what our (or at least my) goal was.

I got the GDP right. I set the 3-2 defense intentionally in order to intercept their passes to their frontcourt players and to prevent the polish team from raining 3 pointers on us (if we had chosen a 2-3 defense instead). M2M wouldn't work with the roster (even though I still might have to play that from time to time).

The first few minutes were quite even, we were tied after 4 minutes at 6-6. Then the rout began. Not much more to say about that. The boxscore speaks for itself. We did have 15 assists. Not bad, considering we held Poland to 25. 35 rebounds was to be expected with a 3-2 zone defense - and no players with decent rebounding skills. Conclusion: we'll have to find frontcourt players. And not just some players with IS 14, ID 13 and Reb 13. But REAL inside players. Or lacking those, some that do have those skills and are going to get training in both secondary skills (e.g. passing) and then their primary skills (ID 17+, IS 17+, Reb 16+. Blocking is also very much appreciated but will have to be weighted with the potential and the build because it'll use up capspace.

Thanks for reading. I'll be sending out BB mails in the upcoming week.

Well, not too bad. I was hoping to keep the final score at less than -50. Which we definitely managed. -33 is almost too good to be true. I was pretty sure that they‘d play fast pace but wasn’t too sure if they‘d go with LI. I guess so far my predictions were ok. I‘ll probably get some wrong sooner or later but for now that‘s what we can hope to do.

Peter Lyle had his „real“ debut because of good training and perfect GS - not too bad considering the opponent. I did contact a couple of managers regarding their players and am quite pleased with the responses so far (one manager is willing to take on 1-2 new scottish trainees as soon as he‘s got the financial resources, which hopefully won’t be long). So if you‘re thinking of parting with a potential NT prospect, don‘t hesitate to contact me! I will continue contacting managers and definitely hope that I‘ll get responses there, too. Even though I know not all of them will answer or might not care about what I write. But one can hope, right?

Back to the game: obviously, apart from Lyle, still a couple of old(er) guys doing all the work. That needs to change because they won’t be there forever and the two bigmen we‘ve got have great GS but unfortunately declining skills. David Doles should be part of the roster (even though his skills will decline as well). But right now, his manager seems to have lost interest in the game and might even go bot. So if you’re looking for an experienced NT bigmen in about 3-4 weeks, keep your eyes open. If he really doesn’t log in before that, I‘ll have to call him in order to save him. His starting price will be 500k.

And again back to the game. The first 1.5 quarters were great, we were a lot closer than I would have thought. After that, we couldn’t keep up any more - but at least the last quarter was strong again, even if it was against Finland‘s subs. But it is the first quarter we‘ve won so far. So let‘s get a couple of more this seasons and maybe we‘ll even get a win out of it.

Have a great week everyone. Keep GS high, train your players if they aren’t already too old. And we‘ll keep this team moving into the right direction!!

Last edited by LA-Wendell Alexis at 04/12/2021 16:23:18

Great to see Lyle already getting some playing time. I responded to your BB-Mail days ago, hope it didn't get lost on the way to your inbox

What about this player: (47481047)

Great to see Lyle already getting some playing time. I responded to your BB-Mail days ago, hope it didn't get lost on the way to your inbox

What about this player: (47481047)

I got your message, read it - but just didn't reply yet. Sometimes takes some time. That guy was listed as possible. Since he had too many minutes in the week before I called the roster, I wanted to see if he adjusted by himself. Now I'll contact him (after todays cup-game) - also concerning possible training since he needs loads of training to be a real help for the future. Especially passing, if possible also some OD and then 1on1 and his inside-skills. So quite a lot of work, but at least not (yet) a player lost for the NT.

Oh, I see. It's still marked as unread, so I thought it didn't find its way to your inbox

Oh, I see. It's still marked as unread, so I thought it didn't find its way to your inbox

Well, I get them fowarded to my email-address so I don’t even need to log in. And also, after having read but Not having answered a bb-mail, i mark them as unread in order to remind myself to answer them as soon as possible.

15.04.2021 PF 30 6-12 1-2 1-2 3 9 0 3 3 4 1 14 15,5

Well, and that‘s what I expected to happen and was hoping it wouldn’t. It shows his manager doesn’t really care much about GS. I‘ll try to make him understand why that‘s important as well as training but as long as I see minutes like that, he‘s not going to be part of the roster...unfortunately!

Well, lineup is set. I'm still not sure about the GDP, might be the first time that I get it wrong. Or won't use one. But since we've again nothing to lose, we'll just continue with our small project. So far, some managers haven't responded. As expected, but not hoped for. I'll contact a couple of more, let's see what will happen.

As predicted: first time wrong GDP. I was kind of expecting a Motion. I knew they wouldn’t play LI and was pretty sure they would go with normal or slow tempo. With normal i would have also had standard and the two ISO-tactics, that‘s why I decided to give it a try. And since David Doles already had an ok GS 7 after his near retirement, I decided to test our offensive power with LI. Not too bad, given that we don’t have many players suited for that tactic. Yet!

Fitchy had his debut with GS 9, shooting 3-4 for 6 points. If he can promise that shooting % he‘ll play a lot more, promised!

The other „young gun“ Lyle didn’t score but dished out two assists and grabbed a board. And had (along with MacGilllonie) a positive rating with +1. So, we just have to find more guys like those two 22y olds. And more managers like the Highlander dedicated to training them!

Have a good week, everyone!

Alexis, thank you for sharing your thoughts NT on the forum. We, although we do not write anything special here, but we definitely read it.
I hope that in the last 3 matches of the group stage, the team will be able to fight the opponent