I understand that they don't need to be good and there's the luck of the draw in terms of relative quality, but in my group of three rookies I have nobody 100% at either PG or C !

it's not an issue if u build teams that dont need to rely on the rook's minutes... with current salaries the way they r, why is being short on minutes even a problem?

hmmm...

because everybody is trying to get the most bang for their buck. I have run into this a couple of times. Here's my advice, if you're dead set on drafting less than 19.2k minutes:

make sure that most of your backups can play multiple positions. Grab a guy that can go 100% at sg/pg to back up your back up PG as well as your SG. Grab a couple of guys that are 100% at pf/C. Look for a couple of guys that can maybe play 100% at three positions, even if you don't really intend on using them. One of my favorites for this is Brad Lohaus, who you can get for $270k and plays 598 minutes. I rarely even play him half of those minutes, but when a starter hits cluster foul problems and the back-up ends up extremely fatigued, I can sub Lohaus in for one game and let that sub get some needed rest. As the season progresses, I end up using him less and less, and I'm okay with that, because I didn't really waste a bunch of money on the guy..

yeah, yeah, yeah....

if u want the most bang for your buck that's one thing... but if u want the most bang for your buck and find yourself short on mins, then u can't complain about the rooks.

a rookie playing at 100% efficiency sucks, a rookie playing at less than 100% efficiency still sucks - is there really that big a difference between a 1 rating and 90% of a 1 rating? it's crap minutes either way

and besides as glitchy and outliery as this sim is you are just as likely to get a Jon Stockton performance from your 1-1-1 SG playing out of position for 3 minutes as you are to get from playing Stockton for those 3 minutes

I don't rely on the minutes except to relieve my $239K guys when the sim plays them overtime in blowouts/end of game situations and they end up at 85%..... It just blows to have them suck more than they already do.......