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im thinking he would make a great small forward, or a decent stretch pf
what are your opinions?
also is he good enough for u21?


Jim Rooney (17691500)
Power Forward

Weekly salary: $ 5 869

DMI: 10800
Age: 18
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: MVP
Game Shape: respectable

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

Experience: atrocious

He's an interesting guy. Honestly, it would be in your best interest to avoid trying to get him on to the U21 team. That route would mean single position training him inside from now till he is 21, at which point you would have an expensive C that you would then try to train his outside skills.

Just from his skills, i'd say you want to go for PF. It's going to take a long time to fix the passing and outside defense and I think those are critical for a SF. I'm not sure off the top of my head how i would train him though.

starting OD is too low for SF - at 6'5", unless you do 1-position training, it is going to take a long time to get it to at least prolific. I tried 2-position Level 4 trainer a while ago on a 6'7" and the pops took much longer than shorter players. The good news is for you if you do decide to go down this road is that your ID will pop as well while you train pressure and his height will somewhat help.

atrocious passing is also another difficult one. I like passing so this is a major issue, but only to me, not to everyone.

for me, the atrocious stamina and free throw are the final reasons I would urge you to consider selling him while he is 18 and the price is high - you are going to potentially lose a lot of games while training him because of stamina and FT - maybe not in Div 5, but most likely so if you move to D4 and D3.

Not the most happy comments, but it is only a suggestion. If you decide to train, good luck and may the training gods smile on you.