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Anyway: congrats again and good luck for the season!

Yesterday we played scrimmage with Austria, the last match before the start of the tournament.
I decided to test the empty arrangement again with the normal accent and tempo. I was a little surprised that in the end the computer chose a completely non-obvious roster. After the failure in the first quarter, the game leveled off, we lost by 26 points. I really liked the implementation of MacShimes in the . SF position. This suggests that he needs to be tried in this position with rebuilding in defense, since without rebuilding he gave quite a lot to score through himself.
The tournament for us will start with a difficult match with the Lithuanian team. Our task is to finish the match with the smallest difference in points.
On Friday, upgrades were caught: MacShimes +1, and unexpected at Ballie +1.

It's not really surprising to find MacShimes at the SF position. The engine usually puts the player who fits that position OFFENSIVELY on that spot. So that doesn't necessarily mean that he's good for that position DEFENSIVELY. Just keep that in mind. But using a blank lineup as a test is always interesting ...

Yesterday we played the first match of the tournament with the Lithuanian national team.
Our team did not approach the game in the best shape. Only 6 players out of 17 were able to catch shape 8. And mostly these are the players on the far side of the bench. As a result, I had to invent, I decided to play a game with a shooter in position C. It seemed to me that this was a good plan of attack specifically for this situation. At first, the match was going pretty well, we managed not to let the opponent go into the gap, it turned out quite often to earn FT. In the second half, the fatigue of the players affected, they began to play worse in attack and defense. As a result, we finished with a difference of - 49.
Of course, after the first half I wanted more. But we are moving on. I hope for a good shape of the players for the next match.
Only 1 update last week: Boyd +1. Now he has become the player with the highest TSP in the team.

In addition, an interesting question was sent to the mail from Mr. Skerys:
"With this tactic, the team practically throws at most one player. The shortcoming due to rebounds is also clearly visible. What do you think?"
Well, you can see the indicators in the attack of my players: 18/45 for Lyle and Fitchy, 2/37 for everyone else. Given the poor form of the team leaders, my plan seemed good enough to score some points in attack. And I must say that it turned out pretty well, but only before the break. After that, the opponent's players with higher endurance got quite a huge advantage. A heavy defeat could not be avoided absolutely in any scenario. Yes, we played - 49. I think this is not the worst option.
On rebounds: yes, we have weakened, but in numbers it is not so noticeable: 10-9 on rebounds in attack. With a different arrangement, it would be better. But why jump for a rebound if the opponent gets into the basket? =)


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As for the Cyprus national team, their main strength is under the basket and the front line is the strongest. In that case, I would make quick attacks with a 2-3 zone. Their tactic is to isolate close throws. And zone 2-3 will increase the chance of bouncing more balls. I'm just afraid not to choose wrongs. Here is my guess and suggestion. It is a pity that Spens is traumatized. But we’ll play in the home arena, and that’s a plus.

The potential of the players of the future for the national team is terrible. Is there anything in the draft that is a rookie exchange? There are no young people for sale in the market, the image is formed that their teams do not invite at all.

Potential 8 is quite enough. In PG-PF positions, it is possible to get a player with a TSP of 120+.
Just so you understand, we have only five such players in our team right now.
According to my forecasts, 1 more player will be added this season. By the end of next season, 4 more players will approach this.
We also need to understand that players need a good level of defensive skills to get time in matches.

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here is a guy with a pot 10 for sale, but a small TSP, and he is 19 years old, it takes quite a lot of effort to grow up to the level of the national team.

No option, no 1 × 1 at all, and another 19 years. In any case, it needs to start 1 × 1 and hold for a long time. I’ve already switched to OD in the utopia, and I’m finishing 1 × 1 tricks with the main team.

We played -18 with Cyprus.
Before the match, we had fantastic problems with the squad. Two injuries (Spens, Murchie) and two shape 6 (Barrie, MacKersey) players in the front line. Of the nominal bigmen, only Losiak remained in shape 7.
As Skerys correctly pointed out, Spens turned out to be a huge loss for the team. It's quite disappointing to see an injured player, the only one from the squad in form 9, with a DMI of 5+ million.
As a result, I could only experiment, attack through the perimeter with Boyd and Blair in PF/C positions.
Yes, as a result, Blair with a salary of 35k and in the form of 8, played personally against Psariadis with a salary of 220k and in the form of 9.
But there wasn't much choice.
I thought about the proposal to play zone 2-3 in defense, but decided to play personal defense in the end. We just don't have a third player who would be good in close defense. It seemed to me that the strengthening of the short-range protection would be quite insignificant, but the external one would weaken a little more. Perhaps in vain.
In the match, the team looked pretty good. The attack and even the defense looked quite reliable. We lost on rebounds and FT, we were on equal terms in terms of implementation. If there were Spens, we would have fought for victory.
Cyprus has an objectively stronger squad, but the team struggled, which is very pleasing.
Regarding the form, I unsubscribed to the owners of players with bad minutes, let's look further.
And so 11 of the 17 players had minutes in the range of 58-74.
Upgrades: Boyd +1, Lochiel +1, MacShimes+1

There was an unsuccessful game with Greece, -58.
I chose a completely failed defensive tactic, I expected, as in the last match, an internal game from the opponent. But the coach of Greece did not start from our weaknesses, but played tactics from his pool. I am also not very happy with the attacking tactics, We got to earn few free throws, there are few rebounds in the attack.
I'm really looking forward to a number of players recovering from injuries, and a few more getting in shape. It's not good when a player with shape 7 plays in the starting lineup.
Upgrades: Boyd +1, Lochiel +1.
Ahead of the match with Andorra, we need a good shape of players