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Sacrifice a player
So here's the question.
You need to sacrifice a player on the team. When you sacrifice that player, you can combine their skills with another on the roster.
The sacrificed player ceases to exist.
The other player now gets their skills.
Considering age, contract status, etc ... what's the best combo?
Is it simple - sacrifice Battle and add to Barnes?
Is it more complicated - sacrifice RJ and add to Poeltl? But Poeltl is up for an extension soon and that would explode
More interesting - sacrifice Mogbo and give skills to Dick?
Interested to hear people's combos.
You need to sacrifice a player on the team. When you sacrifice that player, you can combine their skills with another on the roster.
The sacrificed player ceases to exist.
The other player now gets their skills.
Considering age, contract status, etc ... what's the best combo?
Is it simple - sacrifice Battle and add to Barnes?
Is it more complicated - sacrifice RJ and add to Poeltl? But Poeltl is up for an extension soon and that would explode
More interesting - sacrifice Mogbo and give skills to Dick?
Interested to hear people's combos.
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Barnes with IQs shooting and handle is an all time great. Same with a Mogbo sized Dick.
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give dick's FT shooting to Poeltl. RJ didnt shoot better than Poeltl at the line
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Duffman100 wrote:So here's the question.
You need to sacrifice a player on the team. When you sacrifice that player, you can combine their skills with another on the roster.
The sacrificed player ceases to exist.
The other player now gets their skills.
Considering age, contract status, etc ... what's the best combo?
Is it simple - sacrifice Battle and add to Barnes?
Is it more complicated - sacrifice RJ and add to Poeltl? But Poeltl is up for an extension soon and that would explode
More interesting - sacrifice Mogbo and give skills to Dick?
Interested to hear people's combos.
Ooooh, interesting!
I like the Battle > Barnes combo. 40% shooting from 3 with nearly 90% from the foul line would be instantly amazing for Scottie's scoring game.
Of course, we could author trickery.
What if we sacrificed Ingram and added him to Barnes instead of Battle? Then we'd have less lineup crossover, still have depth/spacing, and Scottie would be a considerably better scoring threat.
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Godaddycurse wrote:give dick's FT shooting to Poeltl. RJ didnt shoot better than Poeltl at the line
In fact, Poeltl had him by almost 4.5%.
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Obviously sacrifice a fringe player like Lawson and give his skills to Poeltl. He could actually be a lob threat that can shoot the 3 at league average.

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Bi's offensive craft with Scottie's body/defensive presence is insanity
IQ's shooting gravity with Sheads energy/defence becomes an unreal PG
IQ's shooting gravity with Sheads energy/defence becomes an unreal PG
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I'd be tempted to give Ingram's scoring & playmaking skills to Mogbo.
Mogbo is younger, less injury prone & a much better defender.
Now you have the BI/ Mogbo hybrid to pair with Scottie.
Mogbo is younger, less injury prone & a much better defender.
Now you have the BI/ Mogbo hybrid to pair with Scottie.

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MEDIC wrote:I'd be tempted to give Ingram's scoring & playmaking skills to Mogbo.
That's an interesting one. Similar size, greater athleticism, younger. Defense and rebounding, more durable.
That dude immediately becomes our franchise player, and probably makes Scottie expendable due to positional overlap.
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I like the Mogbo ideas because to me he has the biggest gap (offensive potential) that can lead to the highest ceiling, given how amazing he already is defensively.
I wouldn't want to sacrifice BI because I still want him playing SF on the team. I think sacrificing Gradey would result in the least amount of value lost (still hurts to lose movement shooting but he's on the bench next year) while still providing a huge delta for a player. Battle is still too limited in his shooting profile and handle imo, though giving Mogbo 40% on assisted 3s would obviously be huge.
Imagining Mogbo driving and finishing those wild Gradey-drives with added strength and size, while also being a shooting threat off of screens and pull-ups is pretty crazy.
I wouldn't want to sacrifice BI because I still want him playing SF on the team. I think sacrificing Gradey would result in the least amount of value lost (still hurts to lose movement shooting but he's on the bench next year) while still providing a huge delta for a player. Battle is still too limited in his shooting profile and handle imo, though giving Mogbo 40% on assisted 3s would obviously be huge.
Imagining Mogbo driving and finishing those wild Gradey-drives with added strength and size, while also being a shooting threat off of screens and pull-ups is pretty crazy.

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Sacrifice Battle and combine him with Poeltl.
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I wouldn't sacrifice BI but damn put his skills into Scottie's body and that's league MVP level right there...
But I'd be echo being willing to sacrifice IQ for his shooting to Scottie (Gradey is too much of a hypothetical than actual one) and Battle's shooting for Mogbo and we'd just have a ridiculous group of wings. But you know what sacrifice Gradey was well to give his streaky shooting to Yak and then we're dominating the league lol
But I'd be echo being willing to sacrifice IQ for his shooting to Scottie (Gradey is too much of a hypothetical than actual one) and Battle's shooting for Mogbo and we'd just have a ridiculous group of wings. But you know what sacrifice Gradey was well to give his streaky shooting to Yak and then we're dominating the league lol
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Don't you just put Dick in Barnes?
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PhilBlackson wrote:I wouldn't sacrifice BI but damn put his skills into Scottie's body and that's league MVP level right there...
Agreed. That was my first thought. But then I realized.I could take BI's skills & add them to Mogbo..........and still keep Scottie.
Now that I think of it.......why not just take BI's skills & give them to Chomche. Youngest player on the team. Super long. Super athletic.

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Sacrifice IQ to Barnes. Barnes with an off the dribble 3pt arsenal, slightly improved handles and is now an 86% FT shooter is a perennial MVP candidate. Battle is a good candidate but he doesn’t have the off dribble juice IQ does and that’s huge for a ball handler/creator like Barnes.
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MEDIC wrote:PhilBlackson wrote:I wouldn't sacrifice BI but damn put his skills into Scottie's body and that's league MVP level right there...
Agreed. That was my first thought. But then I realized.I could take BI's skills & add them to Mogbo..........and still keep Scottie.
Now that I think of it.......why not just take BI's skills & give them to Chomche. Youngest player on the team. Super long. Super athletic.
Why not sacrifice IQ and give his skills to Mogbo? 6’8 elite athlete who now has pg level ball handling and off the dribble shooting? I think in this exercise you don’t want to sacrifice your already best players. Taking guard skills and putting them into 6’8 super athletes is the way to go.
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MEDIC wrote:PhilBlackson wrote:I wouldn't sacrifice BI but damn put his skills into Scottie's body and that's league MVP level right there...
Agreed. That was my first thought. But then I realized.I could take BI's skills & add them to Mogbo..........and still keep Scottie.
Now that I think of it.......why not just take BI's skills & give them to Chomche. Youngest player on the team. Super long. Super athletic.
Damn never even thought of Chomche but yeah with his physical attributes that are damn near Giannis like with BI's skill would just be ridiculous, that's a multiple time MVP lol.
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tsherkin wrote:Duffman100 wrote:So here's the question.
You need to sacrifice a player on the team. When you sacrifice that player, you can combine their skills with another on the roster.
The sacrificed player ceases to exist.
The other player now gets their skills.
Considering age, contract status, etc ... what's the best combo?
Is it simple - sacrifice Battle and add to Barnes?
Is it more complicated - sacrifice RJ and add to Poeltl? But Poeltl is up for an extension soon and that would explode
More interesting - sacrifice Mogbo and give skills to Dick?
Interested to hear people's combos.
Ooooh, interesting!
I like the Battle > Barnes combo. 40% shooting from 3 with nearly 90% from the foul line would be instantly amazing for Scottie's scoring game.
Of course, we could author trickery.
What if we sacrificed Ingram and added him to Barnes instead of Battle? Then we'd have less lineup crossover, still have depth/spacing, and Scottie would be a considerably better scoring threat.
And healthier, more durable with better shooting/scoring. Thats a monster/borderline superstar.
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interesting game, we can add the difficulty with the other player with the skill exchange is not ceased, and the contract remains, so you dont want to exchange with another big contract.
Transferable: skills, mental, IQ
Not transferable: age, physical, contract
Agbaji <> Barnes
Battle <> Mogbo
Transferable: skills, mental, IQ
Not transferable: age, physical, contract
Agbaji <> Barnes
Battle <> Mogbo