You also have players who tread water their first season or two before they finally "get it" and make big leaps their junior and senior seasons. You also have players who contine to improve for all four seasons, even if it's just tiny gains. Not all players improve the same way. Some improve fast, some slow, some early, and some late.

If you're going to play the realism card, that's fine, but at least have an open enough mind to see other possibilities.

And, as has been pointed out before, very few (if any) NBA players peak their rookie seasons. They almost all continue to improve until they are 26 or 27 years old.

This has all been beat to death though, more than once. Not sure what it's worth to keep discussing it.

I'm just hoping WIS comes up with an implementation that both spreads out the talent levels (less guys clustered in the 90s), and returns practice planning to the strategic element it once was. Several options have been discussed that would acomplish this, I just hope they find one that works.

Just want to see what rank I am now

No. Quite a few peak their rookie seasons. THey just tend to not stick around much longer in the NBA if they don't continue to improve.
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potential sucks....more dont like it than do....bad idea...maybe less time spent on fixing bad idea and more time spent on getting rid of it....i know it has been stated emphatically that it is here to stay but that just seems like some guys sitting around a conf. table not wanting to admit they were wrong...get over yourself

Quote: Originally posted by threedognite on 8/04/2009potential sucks....more dont like it than do....bad idea...maybe less time spent on fixing bad idea and more time spent on getting rid of it....i know it has been stated emphatically that it is here to stay but that just seems like some guys sitting around a conf. table not wanting to admit they were wrong...get over yourself

1st post about how much the game sucks... Good for you.

try reading the post zhawks........it says potential sucks, not the game. i'm tired of my inbox telling me how to coach my team in practice...if i thought the game sucked i'd just stop paying for it

Quote: Originally posted by threedognite on 8/05/2009try reading the post zhawks........it says potential sucks, not the game. i'm tired of my inbox telling me how to coach my team in practice...if i thought the game sucked i'd just stop paying for it

Then don't read your inbox. Potential doesn't suck, the new players are the ones who should have the least complaints you didn't have to change from the old potential to the new potential. Potential has changed how recruiting works. Now you have to RECRUIT the players you want to grow, as opposed to just growing them.

he's right zhawks, not much coaching of the team unless you count team defensive settings, and play dist. that usually means nothing when you can give one player 65% of the plays and another 12% and they take the same amount of shots....this has turned into a recruiting game and not much more with this stupid potential.....man they screwed this game up.

Quote: Originally posted by 421lateagain on 8/08/2009he's right zhawks, not much coaching of the team unless you count team defensive settings, and play dist. that usually means nothing when you can give one player 65% of the plays and another 12% and they take the same amount of shots....this has turned into a recruiting game and not much more with this stupid potential.....man they screwed this game up. 

I will call your 300 games and raise you 1500 more.

Quote: Originally posted by threedognite on 8/05/2009try reading the post zhawks........it says potential sucks, not the game. i'm tired of my inbox telling me how to coach my team in practice...if i thought the game sucked i'd just stop paying for it

I agree...I already knew what all these e-mails were going to say the minute I paid for future stars scouting waaaay back in the recruiting process.

Quote: Originally posted by flexbomb1169 on 8/09/2009

Quote: Originally posted by threedognite on 8/05/2009try reading the post zhawks........it says potential sucks, not the game. i'm tired of my inbox telling me how to coach my team in practice...if i thought the game sucked i'd just stop paying for it

I agree...I already knew what all these e-mails were going to say the minute I paid for future stars scouting waaaay back in the recruiting process.

I was unaware anyone actually read any of the messages they got in their inbox.

The way I see it, potential has well, potential, but it definitely needs tweaked, when a player can't grown in any categories his Jr and Sr year, that is not realistic at all and very frustrating. Hopefully the new HD regime will make some changes in the near future.

First easy fix is give the coach the option of even receiving the emails,etc.