Posted by shoe3 on 4/10/2020 10:25:00 PM (view original):
“Lastly, I have a question... I have been told by some people the practice increase/decrease switch is at 8 and 4 (for LP/PER, but some say 7 and 3. What is it? I’m referring to the lowest number of minutes where ratings increase.”

Depends on work ethic, playing time, and potential.

For red, you can zero out, and they won’t lose points. Maybe once in a blue moon, if they had just recently moved to red from yellow, but I can’t remember ever seeing it.

For yellow, you can zero out and sometimes lose a point, very rarely 2. But if they’re getting PT and/or have decent WE, many yellows will hold at 0.

For black, if you don’t want decreases, 6 (3 for LP/per) usually holds, unless they’re not getting PT and/or have bad WE. At 7, they will start to gain slowly (assuming they’re getting some pt, and have decent work ethic).

For blue and green, they will often lose ground at 6, so 7 to hold, 8 to gain. Unless they’re getting lots of PT, and/or have great WE. For those types, they can gain at 7.

One other thing I neglected to say explicitly, but am reminded as I look through teams this morning. Players with high potential, high work ethic, and lots of playing time can sometimes make gains with fewer minutes practice. James Rabon is the example I ran into this morning. I’m not trying to get him drafted as a freshman, so I intend to keep most gains other than FT low this season. Started at 6 for rebounding and ball handling, 2 for LP. After 4 practice days, he’s made gains in all 3 categories.