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Date: 8/9/2010 8:16:18 PM
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Outside offenses emphasize guards, inside offenses emphasize PF and C. Is there an option available (yet) that puts the emphasis on your small forward?

I guess what I would be thinking of would be an isolation type offense where your star small forward gets the ball and takes his man to school, inside or outside, depending on where he has the advantage.

Until such an offense is born, any ideas on how I can take advantage of having a very balanced small forward as my best player? Or, am I going to have to choose whether I'd like my guy to be more inside or outside focused? Should I just be playing man to man offense!?!

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153857.2 in reply to 153857.1
Date: 8/9/2010 8:24:01 PM
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well you could still use a guard based offense and just put your Small Forwards in the Shooting Guards spot when setting your line up for a match

It doesnt really make much of a difference except that you star is more used i guess

Last edited by Spade at 8/9/2010 8:24:22 PM

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153857.3 in reply to 153857.2
Date: 8/9/2010 8:34:14 PM
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I wasn't really clear, I guess - I'd like to develop my guy into a well-rounded player-equally dangerous from outside and on the inside. I guess the real question I have is whether this is a waste of time? Should I just get him to Proficient or Prominent in everything, and then focus on Outside skills (he's short)?

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153857.5 in reply to 153857.3
Date: 8/9/2010 10:12:30 PM
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You could see how he performs in a neutral offense like Push the Ball.

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153857.6 in reply to 153857.5
Date: 8/9/2010 10:57:26 PM
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i also suggest using a neutral offense.

from reading others posts and my own experience i know that the Game engine looks for the best possible shot within the tactic and will look outside the tactic if necessary. If your SF is your star player then he will be able to get the best shots, which means more shots, and idealy more points.

i have noticed in the past that the best players have scored even when the tactic wasn't focused around their position.

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153857.7 in reply to 153857.3
Date: 8/10/2010 5:17:45 AM
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well you can train his driving to the point that it is his highest skill then use a neutral offense. increasing his driving can make him make more shots and using a neutral offense he can of maximize his well balanced skills...

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153857.8 in reply to 153857.1
Date: 8/10/2010 9:59:40 AM
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In my experience Look Inside is the best offense to emphasize your SF. Especially if you have a small forward thats a traditional slashing type player - good driving and decent outside and inside scoring. By outside scoring I really mean more JS rather than JR. And if in addition he can pass the ball well, he could have a really big game.

Generally teams have better shooters at the SG position so in an outside offence the SG becomes the focal point, but if your SF is more of a pure shooter (with high JR + JS) he could very well be the one to take more shots depending on the matchup. However, thats more of an SG type SF than a real SF in my opinion.

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153857.9 in reply to 153857.1
Date: 8/10/2010 4:59:12 PM
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hmm. i guess the question is do you want good stats for your sf or do you want to win the game? if you train a 'balanced sf' he will possibly not win his matchup by points/100 but will still contribute a lot to your teams performance.

2nd: training a balanced sf is no waste of time. but i guess it will take a lot of time and be aware he often has to play out of position for his develpment

Last edited by schubrakete at 8/10/2010 5:03:03 PM