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I would go with Jordi, but to make him a fantastic player start to train him in OD and he will reward you all the time you have waited. I have trained C For 1 season and that is over with this season and I am high in the sky of how much improvement he ha taken, Train him OD and you will be very happy after 6-8 weeks and one pos.. training is best...


L James

Do you think he will become fantastic even if he only has starter potential? I bought him cheap on the TF as a second/third tier trainee.
This is my number one trainee from the draft:
Merrill Hanson (14597197) Small Forward
Weekly salary: $ 6 393
Age: 18
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: star
Jump Shot: proficient ↑ Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: proficient ↑
Driving: average ↑ Passing: average
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: inept Free Throw: inept
Experience: pitiful

but I have 6 guards I train, so I use two position training. Do you think it's worth it to train all six, or just focus on three?
Here are some of the others:

Paul Brown (14597151) Shooting Guard
Weekly salary: $ 4 249
Age: 18
Height: 6'5" / 196 cm
Potential: allstar
Jump Shot: respectable ↑ Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: respectable Handling: respectable
Driving: awful Passing: pitiful
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: inept Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: respectable

Steve Curry (14597159) Point Guard
Weekly salary: $ 3 618
Age: 19
Height: 6'1" / 185 cm
Potential: allstar
Jump Shot: awful Jump Range: awful
Outside Def.: average Handling: strong
Driving: proficient ↑ Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: awful
Rebounding: atrocious Shot Blocking: atrocious
Stamina: awful Free Throw: respectable

Daniel Talbot (14376620) Small Forward
Weekly salary: $ 4 371
Age: 20
Height: 6'3" / 190 cm
Potential: perennial allstar
Jump Shot: strong ↑ Jump Range: mediocre
Outside Def.: average Handling: respectable ↑
Driving: strong Passing: awful
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: inept
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: inept Free Throw: strong

and the guy I posted earlier (Andrea Iannuzzi).
I got three of the players above in the draft this season, and the other last season, so they are my only "original" players, and my fans already hate me for selling players (1 ball in survey), so I don't want to sell them. If I keep training two position training, will the guy star potential and the guy with starter potential max out by age 22?

but I have 6 guards I train, so I use two position training. Do you think it's worth it to train all six, or just focus on three?

Keep training all 6. At our level, training six is the best way to improve our teams.

Be wary of following advice from players from small countries who have never had to struggle in a D V. They get handed top division economic resources and don't understand what it takes to rise up from nothing with D V money. Usually doing the opposite of what would-be gurus from countries with less than 60 players is well worth considering.

Don't worry about the fans hating you. Build the kind of team you'd like to have and don't worry about where the players come from. That's what I'm doing and it is working for me.

I didn't see that he was a starter but I think Merrill Hanson is the player that I would focus on training I didn't look at your team so I didn't see that guy...I would try to train him (Merrill Hanson), He would be a great SF or you can play him as PG.

I think it's worth it to train all of those players but I would recommend to train just 2-3 one pos... training.


L James

I have heard that the players grow much faster at one pos.. training thats why..

I would recommend to train just 2-3 one pos... training.

Why?

Different reasons.
One position trains faster than 2 pos. Because of this you will be able to sell your players for more money.
You dont have to play with so many trainees, which means no sacrifices for zhe league games.
Its easier to manage the minutes. You dont need as many players as with 2 pos, so you will have a cheaper team.

The two guys that I would put more attention to are Brown and Hansen (maybe even Jordi). They have the age and the potential to be future stars for your team. Infact why not make Brown an SF. He's got good Inside shooting. Rebounding and Inside D shouldn't be a problem to train :)

Last edited by Chiragsta at 7/23/2010 2:01:12 PM

One position trains faster than 2 pos. Because of this you will be able to sell your players for more money.

When you're finished training, you'll have players of exactly the same caliber, regardless of how you train them -- they're limited by their potential. True, maybe they will be 2 seasons younger (22 instead of 24, or something like that), but with capped players this is not relevant. So you really won't be selling anyone for more money.

Look at their potentials, they arent benchwarmers or something like this. If you try to sell a player when he is 20 the 6 pops more because you sp trained him are important for their price. If he trains the players correctly he wont be able to keep his players longer than 20-21 cause their salaries rise too far.

You dont have to play with so many trainees, which means no sacrifices for zhe league games.

The user in question is a V division US team. His trainees will be his best players in about half a season, so he probably wants to have as many trainees in the line-up as he can.

You got a point there.

Its easier to manage the minutes. You dont need as many players as with 2 pos, so you will have a cheaper team.

It's probably much easier to manage the minutes for 5 players in a 2-position training routine than it is for 3 players in 1-position training routine, and training 2 players in a 1-position training routine is not economically effective.

I think its pretty easy to manage minutes in 1-pos training. Just let all three guys play one complete game. And you wont get the full minutes, if you just train 5 guys. 48 minutes per week wasted.

I think its better for a DV team to train 2-pos too.
I just wanted to answer his question, why someone would train single-pos,
leaving out the possibility of a NT player oc.


Last edited by karagunis at 7/23/2010 6:38:38 PM