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My first injury all season and it is a 2 weeker to my main Trainee.....what to do? Do I still train 1 on 1 F's even though he only got 24 minutes or do I train stamina....all I know is this sucks

It is a great day and a sad day, Sapporo Fighters are dead and no-one will miss them. But to see Small Town Operators who have been here since season 3 fire their whole team is very sad. They had great players, all around 25 with $100,000 salary and MVP potential but they probably paid a lot extra for that then what they were getting from them. I hope he changes his mind and returns even though it would be a long journey he still has 1/2 a season of income a massive arena and his season ticket holders so is way better off than a new team.

In a 2 game week I had an injury just 17 minutes in and so have 1 player with 48+, 1 with 17 and now way too many guards to give them all decent minutes so I also have to choose. With luck I can have 3 x 48, 1 x 17 & 1 x 6 or it could be team stamina for me too but I normally prefer to do the team training during the playoffs when I don't like having to run training lineups.

All Star voting sucked. It was proabably fair but I still hoped for at least 1 starter or for Sonoda to make the team. Right now if you look at leaders Kaname Kouzuki has the highest average rating in the whole JBBL and Sonoda has the 6th highest but when you look at the rosters, wow, there are some great players around.

Just looking at what Small Town Operators could have made. I don't know what their full roster was but the guys they played against Stunners:

Oskar Elstermeier $115k 25yo superstar C bought $1.4 million despite proficient GS no-one thought he was worth $1 million.
Jesús Mijares $107k 24yo MVP PG bought for $ 1 623 800 but again no-one thought he was worth $1 million now despite it being cup week and him in strong game shape.
Hajime Matsuo $10k 20yo allstar bought for $400,000. Amazing that a $10k allstar is worth $400k but a $107k MVP isn't worth $1 million.
Adis Mehmedović 83k 25 yo MVP PF bought for $1.2 million 2 weeks ago sold for $900k.
Wang Daxuan 51k 31yo allstar PF bought from Free Agency for $ 765 000 and sold from Free Agency for $ 531 000.
Huang Jianchao 81k 24yo perennial allstar SG bought $1.4 million sold $800k.
Eugene Riddick 21k 22 yo all star SF bought $800k sold $1.1 million.
Waldemar Wieteski 113k 27 MVP SG bought for $1 million sold the same.

So if he had just sold everyone at an optimal time he would have made $6-8 million. This world is so upside down when the $20k allstar is the most valuable player.

We can now all see Sapporo Fighters' players.

Tom Pihla 17k SG nothing special.
Juan Vega 15k PG noting special but I'm upset to see he thought like me and has very low JR PGs , awful here.
Mitsuo Shibukji 64k PF and NT player, he is quite good, would be a great backup for me or someone in JBBL.
Serafim Grafite 52k PG great DR & HA and again only inept JR but the tremendous OD is low for a $50k player.
Avi Pollak the great 1, 2 time MVP, after all the doubts I can certainly say now Sonoda is VERY similar so I have no idea why Pollack always got the votes. It also is annoying that Sonoda capped with such similar skills but superstar potential.
Limay Girón Téllez 35k SG prominent OD lol.
Zygmunt Gieysztor 92k SF now this is a player, he is really good.
Jorma Kääriäinen 56k PG solid backup.


A big pity this guy wasn't saved for the U21 NT

Seizi Tanabe (24273184)
Center
Owner: Retired
Weekly salary: $ 6 621
Age: 20
Height: 7'0" / 213 cm
Potential: hall of famer

Not a lot of HoF potential guys going around.

Looks like I have a lot to say. Well with Sapporo Fighters and STO gone it looks like there is probably only about 9 real teams left in the JBBL that can actually compete with the top teams. Looking forward to next season already when hopefully we get Baikinman and Northern Kyushu Ramen Kings coming up. Maybe Umi says from 2/2 or Mythical Man-Month from 2/3 will be ready to compete as well.

To be honest, i think STO quit really trying to win maybe 4 seasons ago or so. At a time then, we though he quit but he grabbed some guys and kept training.

At times, this game is like Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

you just press abunch of buttons (rent high salary players) play aggressive (look inside) and hope it works.

They are making adjustments to the GE, that much is clear, wiether they admit it or not. but the bottom line is, player loyalty is only worth it if you have a home grown NT player that is trained not to be expense (guard with passing and no jumper / SF with no jump range / Big with no inside shot)...otherwise, no matter how good they are, the merchandise doesnt match the cost of keeping an elite player.

I think STO just grew tired of the Look inside era. If you look at his game vs stunners, he got smoked. If it were a closer game, he may not have reacted that way. but he you look at the ratings, i could see why he got frustrated.

Its just how buzzer beater is. you have to accept it for what it is.

If you want to see who is the better strategist, set a salary cap and ban look inside. Now THAT would be exciting.

A ball for you both, lots of good points.

On another topic has there ever been such a gap in the JBBL between the top 6 and the rest? In the Big 8 you drop from 9 wins in 3rd to 4 wins in 4th, in the great 8 is isn't as bad but still a drop of 9 wins to a losing record gets you 4th with just 6 wins. Wow.

Last edited by Lord Toranaga at 7/4/2012 6:29:03 AM

how about a 4 win team that isnt even trying is headed to the playoffs?

Its unfortunate the jbbl has come to this...but hey, in 2 seasons, my starting 5 will be all japanese...

the game isnt really because of anything other than the fact that we are systematically loosing the best managers in Japan.

Sad, but reality.