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Personally, I think I should at least see the market and see if my players garner any interest. It's true, I have been re-thinking about my tanking approach as I'm sure my team can compete for the playoffs, but Im lacking a franchise cornerstone for seasons to come. To be honest, I spent a lot of seasons training, trying to earn $$$ from selling and buying, and going after cup in D.III (Alas, I also trained and sold the wrong players...). I figure if I keep some of my rotation players with my prospects, I'll be able to promote in 1 season back to Div 2 with a quick 750k+prospect training too.

On another note, I could just prioritize training, fall back on the standings and attain a high potential prospect, without getting rid of my main core. That would solve the fact that I still retain my core and get a future stud, though it'll be a costly move with less financial incentive.

Edit: It's true that we're only 2 games in, but it's quite costly to build a contender. I'm 100k over the player floor and there seems to be 7 teams that are paying more in player salaries in total and top 8 players. Not to mention, there's roughly 4 teams that are paying an extra 100k in player salaries over me. Personally, I think this is the best time to cash in and retool the next few seasons.

Last edited by Ben Jet at 10/4/2017 5:53:42 PM

Oh, just wondering, how was the experience in season 38 in our league and season 39 in division 3? I believe you tanked in our league 2 seasons ago. Just want to hear your experience, as I may do the same for high end prospects and prospect training.

I have tried the tank and regretted it. There may be 1, 2 if you're lucky, players in the draft worth tanking for and it looks like you may have some competition in the tank efforts. On the other hand, I am very much going for promotion this season, as I assume a few other teams are as well. My recommendation would be try to keep as low a salary you can while training and trying to pick up enough games to either make playoffs or have a substantial advantage in the relegation series.

Thanks for telling me about your experience with tanking. However, if I have to choose between competing and financial incentive, I'll choose financial incentive as even if I do promote, I would lack cash funds to compete in Naismith. I'll have to see if my players sell for a lot first (and a few more tries on the market). If they don't, I may swing for competing and sell rotation players, cutting my depth chart.

Tanking or not tanking both have their merits, but I would say if you're not going for promotion, then you should either be making alot of money or training up good players (or both). Without these things, progress is tough and slow to come by.

Alright, I'll make sure to aim for both (:

Day 3 (Saturday 7 October 2017) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
The Vancouver Blackfish 94 - Quebec Gators 81
Mayne 95 - Shaolinhood 109
The Elites 100 - Harlem Strikers 113
Syndicalists' BC 126 - Carleton Ravens 42
DR34M Hakeem 75 - April Rain 79
Sock Bears 85 - Kelvins team 99
Whitby Wolverines 111 - Masology 82
Gimme That Ball 86 - Calgary Spitfires 115

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 126 : Syndicalists' BC
Rebounds : 78 : Shaolinhood
Assists : 30 : Whitby Wolverines
Steals : 27 : Calgary Spitfires
Block Shots : 11 : Shaolinhood

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 43 : P. Falconer (The Elites)
Rebounds : 26 : G. Saggioro (Whitby Wolverines)
Assists : 10 : F. Brammer (Whitby Wolverines)
Steals : 5 : A. Pruuli (Syndicalists' BC), V. Zhosan (Calgary Spitfires), R. Jakobitsch (Calgary Spitfires), L. Surchi (Calgary Spitfires)
Block Shots : 6 : Y. Hoshino (Mayne)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : L. Zongde (Syndicalists' BC) (34 Points, 1 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Shooting Guard : A. Wagoner (The Vancouver Blackfish) (36 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 30
Small Forward : H. Bleda (Syndicalists' BC) (30 Points, 4 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 34
Power Forward : G. Saggioro (Whitby Wolverines) (27 Points, 26 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47
Center : A. Pruuli (Syndicalists' BC) (19 Points, 12 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 5 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 38

MVP of the evening
G. Saggioro (Whitby Wolverines) (27 Points, 26 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 47

The bad performance of the evening
M. Blake (Carleton Ravens) (4 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

Triple-Double of the evening
F. Brammer (Whitby Wolverines) (17 Points, 13 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Block Shots)

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : S. Beneventano (Gimme That Ball) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : B. Amador (April Rain), D. Silk (Carleton Ravens), M. Blake (Carleton Ravens), M. Berthiaume (Quebec Gators), E. Maragkos (Mayne) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : A. Pruuli (Syndicalists' BC), D. Manuelyan (April Rain), T. Massicotte (April Rain), T. Lyons (Quebec Gators), G. Saggioro (Whitby Wolverines), F. Brammer (Whitby Wolverines), V. Laca (Sock Bears) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Hyży (Shaolinhood), A. Wagoner (The Vancouver Blackfish) : 7 Three points

The best performer : V. Depreux (April Rain), P. Falconer (The Elites) : Rating : 19.0

The worst performer : M. Warsiński (Carleton Ravens) : Rating : 2.5

Day 4 (Tuesday 10 October 2017) : Performances by (http://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Quebec Gators 60 - Mayne 109
Shaolinhood 93 - The Elites 97
Harlem Strikers 87 - Syndicalists' BC 101
Carleton Ravens 36 - The Vancouver Blackfish 126
April Rain 59 - Sock Bears 79
Kelvins team 89 - Whitby Wolverines 84
Masology 108 - Gimme That Ball 128
Calgary Spitfires 115 - DR34M Hakeem 117

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 128 : Gimme That Ball
Rebounds : 66 : Quebec Gators
Assists : 30 : Calgary Spitfires, The Vancouver Blackfish
Steals : 21 : Calgary Spitfires
Block Shots : 14 : Mayne

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 43 : Z. Weiss (Sock Bears)
Rebounds : 25 : A. Chouba (Quebec Gators)
Assists : 9 : A. Amat (Calgary Spitfires)
Steals : 6 : A. Amat (Calgary Spitfires)
Block Shots : 7 : V. Depreux (April Rain)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : K. Mohr (Mayne) (16 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots), A. Amat (Calgary Spitfires) (21 Points, 3 Rebounds, 9 Assists, 6 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 22
Shooting Guard : H. Ravera (Gimme That Ball) (33 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : R. Sherrod (Masology) (41 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Power Forward : B. Whitlock (The Vancouver Blackfish) (25 Points, 15 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41
Center : N. Neil (The Vancouver Blackfish) (25 Points, 18 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 39

MVP of the evening
R. Sherrod (Masology) (41 Points, 11 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots), B. Whitlock (The Vancouver Blackfish) (25 Points, 15 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 41

The bad performance of the evening
D. Silk (Carleton Ravens) (0 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 1 Block Shots), : Efficiency : -12

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : S. Ubbedissen (Carleton Ravens) : 8 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : V. Depreux (April Rain), S. Ubbedissen (Carleton Ravens), M. Garostidi (Kelvins team) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : H. Schutte (Syndicalists' BC), L. Hardy (April Rain), L. Minyong (April Rain), E. Ross (Harlem Strikers), T. Lyons (Quebec Gators), M. Harte (Whitby Wolverines), G. Limburg (Whitby Wolverines), Z. Weiss (Sock Bears) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : R. Sherrod (Masology) : 7 Three points

The best performer : P. Falconer (The Elites) : Rating : 19.5

The worst performer : D. Silk (Carleton Ravens) : Rating : 3.0

Falconer is a beast. His ratings have been really impressive.

Thank you ! He has really improved in the past 2-3 seasons with training. I wanted to pump up PA a little more but he has reached his 100% limit on BB-Manager. I'm not to sure if this is accurate, but it's fine with me. This means I get to train my big's and focus on Dylan Badham and Brent Malbury making U21 in 3-4 seasons.

I have a little message for Shoalinhood, if you ever read forums... Anyway's I always get lucky against you ! In the past 3-4 games we've played one of your starters have gotten hurt in the first quarter and I just key in on your back-up

Chris,
THE ELITES