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To me, layups are the most frustrating dynamic in the entire game. I dread it when a layup is attempted. Whether it's an attempt by my prolific DRV, strong IS shot SF or my respectable DRV, sensational IS C (or usually, attempts by my higher DRV guards), they're simply not high percentage shots. I'm talking about games against bot teams even. I can also attest to playing against teams and players that I know whose guards don't have good inside defence, but I simply can't hit a layup to save my life. None of my players hit them with regularity.

I play RnG to basically try to avoid layup attempts with one of my players, but tonight he went 0-5 on them against a bot. Thankfully he was fouled on the 6th and 7th attempts. He has pitiful IS and I'm aware of how bad that is, but how much IS would I need to hit about 40-50% of my open layup attempts? This is mostly curiosity and frustration, not complete anger btw.

So if you'd indulge me, is there a point where layups can be made with frequency? Is extremely high driving necessary? Is high inside shot necessary? Both? Is there a relationship between the two that should be met? At what point would I have confidence that I'd hit even 40% of my layup attempts? I am positive that my PG and SG are hitting less than 30% of their layup tries. I would assume one of them is hitting under 25% of his layups and it's crippling. When I begin facing stiffer competition layups are going to lose me games.

Thanks.

Think about them not as an open breakaway layups but difficult contested moves to the hoop.

If you see where the lay-ups are taken who will see that some of them are kinda far from the basket.,