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I think the breakdown is that if you take a guy with high IS/REB/ID/SB he will be pretty astronomical on the salary scale, you have to save somewhere in order to prop up elsewhere, Id assume thats why most people dont train SB, they want the guy to rebound, where I would rather ride my Defense and hope for a team effort in rebounding

Yes, that is true. I however dont think that the impact of SB can be measured solely in blocks on the stat sheet. I think it helps the player play defense period, defend shots and not foul.

I dont take part in the forum discussion much, so forgive me if i have missed your previous analysis. For me i have gone SB > ID mostly to see what it can do as it is a vastly unused skill, and I have enjoyed my results so far. If Marin has confirmed that SB = ID is best practice why is this not public knowledge and why are peoples views on SB so jaded?? I would bet 95% of managers dont ever train SB.

The only part i have a hard time believing is that the Game Engine is that in depth. Personally, I think it is much simpler then they want us to believe, Theres only a few Skill's, Its basketball and has 1 clear way to win. Being someone who dabbles in creating simulations for fun I just dont see any real depth to the engine outside of, pick who shoots, > is he better then defender > x chance to make it > result > next play.

Haek is a very interesting player, Id like to create a guy with 20s in OD/ID/SB just to see how he plays.
What are his defensive splits?

I've been training almost all my seasons in the game(plus all the seasons in Utopia).
This season is the first ever i gave JR training.
I was SHOCKED to see my 24y old, 6'7" trainee, getting THREE pop ups in FOUR JR sessions, with two OD sessions in between.
That is a confirmed >0,50 in JR, per session, at 24y and at SF height!!!!!

If it's way behind the other skills, it can be quick. The elastic effect appears very heavy on JR - I have a level 6 trainer and my 20 year old 6'1" guy took 5 weeks of full training to go from 16 to 17 JR.

I forgot to mention, i have level 4 trainer in that guy's team.
His JR was one below JS before the first pop up, two up now.
It was 8 below OD though.
I am certain it's got something to do with the elastic effect too, but that much?

p.s 20year old, 17JR...and his daughter's name is Riley by any chance?