What does it take to have a good team

[Cleveland wins]

It seems like every year in a fantasy draft when the dynasty starts the first year until the 3rd or fourth year i have bad teams. For example I'm currently doing a fantasy draft with the miami heat and here's my lineup and i thought i had a good team.

C-Okur
c-kendrick perkins
pf-chris bosh
pf-heido turkulo
sf-josh howard
sf-rudy gay
sf-jason kapono
sg-adam morrison
sg-luther head
sg-jj redick
pg-shawn livingston
pg-dereck anderson
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I simulate all my games and i'm training most of the year mainly 3 players, rudy gay in offense, shawn livingston in defense i want him to become a stopper and adam morrison in offense. I don't understand whats wrong with this team I know my gaurds are young but i thought that my big men as well as josh howard could carry this team as well as having rudy coming off the bench. I want to simulate the games because it gives me a good feeling when they win on their own. And also what kind of centers, powerforwards, small forwards, shooting gaurds and point gaurds will make a good team? Thanks in advance for any answers, help is desperately needed.

[buckslayer]

team chemistry and to have a good leader. for example, kobe is a leader, lebron is a leader, dwight howard is a leader for future years. dont just get a bunch of decent players. get at least one superstar. you have a great lineup for your 7th or 8th year in dynasty but not for right now. after about 7 years here are some of the ratings of your younger guys. by the way, i have finished all 25 years of dynasty mode so i have seen it all. lol.....

chris bosh- 94
josh howard- 88
rudy gay- 92
adam morrison- 88
jj reddick- 87
shawn livingston- 93

jj reddick's 3 point rating will go up to a 91. good luck with your dynasty!

[buckslayer]

oh i forgot, here are a few guys that i personally think are great players for now and for the future.

C- Dwight Howard/ Lamarcus Aldridge
PF- Chris Bosh/
SF- Lebron James/ Carmelo Anthony/ Gerald Green/ Andre Iguodala/ Josh Smith
SG- Kobe Bryant/ Adam Morrison
PG- Chris Paul/ Gilbert Arenas/ Raymond Felton

i know you are thinking "Raymond felton?", but trust me, he gets really good after about 4 or 5 years. and sorry about naming so many small forwards but all of the end up in the 90's. Lebron stays in the 90's until he retires and green, iguodala, and smith become beasts!!!!! tell me how you do with this. peace out!

[Cleveland wins]

You're right about reymond felton i love having him on my teams in fact, i'm doing a charlotte bobcat dynasy and he progresses really well. I don't know if its because i have a training assistant head coach with an a developement grade or what. In one year he went from 78-83 and now he's 85 after training camp. I also have a big man coach with an a+ in athletics, a defensive coach with an a in defense and a shooting coach with an a- in offense. Two coaches are old 58 and 63 years old. I don't have the team with rudy gay any more because i wanted to do a charlotte dynasty and i didn't want to get rid of my cleveland cav dynasty gibson and other players were progressing nicely but i'm going to get rid of my cleveland dynasty because and i'm going do a fantasy draft this time and i want to train rudy gay jj redick and those other players.

[buckslayer]

alright....... jj reddick is a baller in a few years.... good luck with it.

[Fluke32]

My approach to a fantasy Draft is a little different to yours Cleveland. I have a more elaborate method in starting a dynasty so my dynasty rosters usually gets stacked up from top to bottom. And how good my team looks after each season is thanks to what I've set up in the draft.

Step 1) The first thing I do in the fantasy draft is to make sure I get to be picking the #1's on the draft.

Step 2) Then I get a player I'm gonna stick with for the rest of the Dynasty, aka Franchise Player.

Step 3) Get a Complimentary Player. Usually someone who doesn't have score too much but can also take over for the Franchise Player

Step 4) Next I try to NOT build around the franchise and complimentary player yet, but instead, go for the young players with the highest overall rating that are left in the current round, no matter what positions they have. I usually do this step from Rounds 3 to 8.

Step 5) Usually, the 9th to 12th picks of the draft usually are all about of the same overall rating so what I look for in these rounds are players with High Salaries. I call these Cap Fillers.

Step 6) After hiring staffs and training camp, my first priority for the start of the season is always filling the 3 Injured Reserves spots by first getting the mid-level exception qualified free agents with the highest rating. (You're only allowed 1 mid-level exception each year so it better be the best player you can get in the free agent pool.)
Step 7) Next, fill the reserves spots with minimum-level salary players.
Step 8) Trade for the players you like for every position. Usually, your transactions will be 2-for-1's and 3-for-1's, but when it comes to big-time players, with High salaries, you tend to have to let go of great players you've drafted besides 1st and 2nd round fantasy picks.

Step 9) And Finally, step 8 usually frees more roster space so you fill it up again with minimum salary free agents once again. Do it as frequently as possible every time you free some spots.

When trading, I always recommend to anyone to start from the bottom of the lineup then up. Usually, the bottom of the roster would consist of players with ratings of 67 and down.
Here's my guidelines for Trading excluding 1-for-1, 2-for-2, and 3-for-3 trades:

3 players with 64 or bellow for 1 player with 78-81.
2 players with 65-67 for 1 player with 76-80.
3 players with 67-69 for 1 player with 82-85.
2 players with 70-74 for 1 player with 83-85.
3 players with 75-77 for 1 player with 86-89.(can be with 1 65 and below player)
2 players with 77-80 for 1 player with 87-89.
3 players with 77-82 for 1 player with 90-94.(can be with 1 65 and below player)
2 players with 82-84 for 1 player with 92-95.(can be with 1 65 and below player)
3 players with 83-85 for 1 player with 94-99.(can be with 1 or 2 67-and-below players.)
2 players with 86-88 for 1 player with 96-99. (can be with 1 65 and below player)

3 for 2 trades usually only involve players with almost similar ratings. Sometimes however, the 3rd guy your trading is just to attract the other team to accept the trade just for filling the roster up.

And that's how I usually create my roster. During the fist year of the dynasty, I end up wit a 12 man roster, then a 13 man roster on the 2nd year, 14 man on the 3rd year and a full roster on the 4th year. The last man on the lineup for me usually have a 74 overall rating or above, and the team has at least 7 players with superstar freestyles every year with at least 3 players having a 90+ overall rating.