Welcom kjt, ignore balonius, he's the sites "Total Tool" or is that "Fool', either way is fairly accurate. WRT req min's it's best not to push your players, if a player starts to exceed their RL stat's the SIM will put them into penalty and the players performance will suffer. That said, we all push our players in the open leagues, as a rule of thumb most consider 17,500 min's + rookies as acceptable. Defense does 1 thing on the SIM, it depresses your opponents FG%. Now this is important, ast% is how you increase the FG% of your own players, so ast% is how you counter defense and visa versa. Also, everything has a price, if you load any stat it's most likely at the cost of some other parameter. The SIM rewards balanced team design and smart league play. Currently there is a trend to bring as much ast% & defense as possible, whereas a year ago owners were bring as many boards & as much eFG% as possible. Turns out you don't need excessive boards and eFG% is strongly effected by ast% & defense. Hope this 411 will help you get a start. GL
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