I'll try to help as much as I can. Of course, you don't have to listen; these are just my personal opinions, and there's a million ways to play this game.
Sorry if I'm making this too long; I just wanna give you everything you need.
TRAINERS:
As far as training goes, the skill of your trainer will make a noticeable difference in how much skill your players gain throughout the season. And how much skill the older players lose as they get older. However, you will have to shell out big bucks for a high-level trainer, so I'd personally suggest sticking to a trainer with somewhere between basic to advanced skills for now. And it won't do much good to train your current players, anyway, as most of them will need to be replaced by better ones later.
TRAINING:
Your main focus in training for right now should really be getting used to managing game-shape. This stat goes up and down throughout the season based on how overworked or underworked your players are, and makes a pretty big impact on how well they perform late in the season. You can train game-shape, but it's more effective most of the time to manage it by making sure your main players get the appropriate amount of playing time (Try for between 48 and 80 minutes a week; not too much and not too little.) You can take advantage of the fact scrimmages don't count for standings or money to balance their minutes, and check their weekly playing time (the week for training runs Friday thru Thursday) on the weekly stats screen. In the mean time, feel free to set your training to any sort of basic, fundamental skill that your team seems to be lacking in.
BIDDING ON PLAYERS:
As for bidding on players, There's a few different ways to go about it.
My personal approach is to try to improve my team just a little bit at a time. Having a superstar or two is nice. But if he gets injured your whole season might be blown. Especially if my backups are weak.
When I wanna improve, I find the weakest area of my lineup, and buy a new player who's a little better than the best guy I have in that area. Then I buy another guy who's a little better than another starter. And repeat the process, until the team as a whole is all-around a little better than before.
LASTLY:
Remember, Buzzerbeater isn't a game you're going to get good at quickly. You have to build your team up over a long period of time. So don't be discouraged if your team has a hard time for now. My first season in this league I was 9-13. And my team was assigned to division 5 when I started, so I'd already had a half a season at a lower level to prepare myself for division 4.
Last edited by ThatDude at 12/03/2015 00:27:11