Inside the VBA

In this edition of Inside the VBA, we discuss a few changes to our overall team management strategy, outline five mindset fundamentals for success as a VBA GM, and then do a deep dive on the All Star game matchups.

In this edition of Inside the VBA, I share my experience using two different roster/lineup strategies in the Premier League, discuss the benefits of investing in in-depth player data, and then do a live lineup setting walkthrough to show you what tools I use and how I approach setting individual lineups.

This week on Inside the VBA:

• How I plan rosters and scout each week
• Real talk on how to advance up the rungs of VBA
• When to use D Guards and 3&D Wings (I've won six games in a row when using them ... )
• Reminders on the importance of playmakers and shot hierarchy
• How to think about Interior D on both sides of the equation
• Q&A

And more.

It was a bounceback week for BTown, placing in the money in all of our cash leagues and actually winning six out of seven leagues. What worked? We discuss. This leads to a deep dive on best practices for managing multiple rosters effectively. Then we answer some GM questions about whether VBA is trending toward optimal lineups that make "basketball sense" and how to approach the market when looking to acquire new players. And more.

Last week was full of difficult lessons, as my top two teams both skidded to below .500 records. But the upside of their struggles is that it led me to ask a lot of important questions and question certain assumptions. In this episode, I continue working toward a winning framework for setting lineups in the VBA.

This week, we analyze what worked and what didn't last week playing in the top Competitive league, update our lineup-setting philosophy, assess the best mindset to have during Season0, and then take a deep dive into this week's exciting balance change and the impact we think it will have on a number of different archetypes.

This week on Inside the VBA, we analyze what worked after three teams took home league titles. This is includes in-depth analysis of the interior defense balance change, plus our basic strategy for how we research opponents and set rosters. Then we answer a few questions at the end.

BTown provides an update on his lineup experiments and what he anticipates the impact of the interior defense balance changes will be.