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What I'd like to ask is if you've noticed that in general seems to be better train defense instead of attack. I've good shooters but they are not able to give me a victory. What I think is that it could be enough to score 1 point more than my opponent but the % of score are still very low and I'm pretty sure this not depend totally from the defense of my challenger. When the defense is high there is no way to win but also when the defense is not so good (let me say mediocre against a strong attack), is usual to lose.
Another point is the huge difference between the % of score between inside attack and outside attack; I've seen players with a lvl 10 in inside shot making 50% of scores, also after the last changes no one of my player is able to score with a similar %.
At the end the questions are: why you should prefer to build teams with excellent defense giving them a bonus instead of creating teams with excellent attack and why do you prefer to "advantage" the inside shot instead of outside.
Naturally this is my personal point of view but there are numbers that speak for me
Thanks ;)

In real life the shooting % of 3FG is lower than the shooting % of inside shots as well, so that's normal. That's why a long shot counts as 3 instead of 2 points.

Koby Bryant's Post Season Numbers:

39.2 Minutes per game, 0.515% FG, .353% 3FG 34.3 PPG.

LA Lakers Post season numbers:

0.491 FG% 0.430 3P%

Nash is .504 FG% and .470 from the 3point line.
The Suns are .461 FG% and .338 3FG%

Garnett is probably the only exceptions with his 100% 3FG shooting in post season hehe, his lucky buzzer shot.

This is clear but it means that the winning tactic is to train inside shot instead of outside? Is too easy?

There is no single winning tactic.

I hope but if you check in Italy the champion is training centers and 4/5 teams that arrived in the top division are training centers; is this only good luck?
Then the numbers say that the % of score are much better for the centers and not to the small players. If you want to win a match playing outside you must have excellent players outside and great players inside, instead I've lost some games against more than excellent centers and stop, simply because they've better % of score even if the skill of IS is lvl 9 compare to the lvl 12 of my players in JS.
At the end, I still think that playing inside still gives an advantage; this is a discussion so I'd like to know also what do you think.
Other 2 things that I'd like to write; centers basically need 3 skills and as far as I understood centers thanks to these 3 skills will arrive later to the limt of potential, that's why I'm thinking to change my training...

Last edited by ned at 5/11/2008 6:00:47 AM

Well, I play in a small country so I have the luxury of not doing what everyone else does. I train all positions more or less equally over the course of the season. Most of my players are respectable or above in 5 or 6 skills. I play a lot of different tactics, both on offense and defense. I imagine in a few more seasons the teams that train one position and make unbalanced superstar types then sell them for huge money will pass me by (maybe even this season) but I like it the way I do it so that's what I do. And, I have gone 39-5 in my two league seasons. (40-5 including the first game this season...)

I like your approach. It should give you a lower team salary. If the transfer market collapses in certain ways, you might be the big winner I believe. The question is: Can you make enough profit for the time being?

If the transfer market collapses only those with the big $$ balances (or the ability to generate $$) will be winners. The speed it takes to train your whole squad up inch by inch would unlikely lead him to a) want to sell his players or b) have many managers biting the chomp to buy them off him.

One of the main parts of my approach is that I rarely use the transfer market, although I have been dipping in a bit more frequently lately. Also, not using the TL and having a big arena leads to a good amount of $$$ in my bank account.

Not for everyone and probably useful only in small countries, this is how I have played-

** very early on ( after making a few major beginner's blunders ) sold my best player to get solvent. have continued the tradition by TL-ing one of my best players early on in each season. This allows for younger players to get more minutes and provides me with operating capital.

** trained all positions on a rotating schedule

** increased my stadium as often as possible instead of buying and selling players

** bought decent old players very cheap to fill weak positions

** read the rules and forums extensively.

** always kept my roster to 12 players so that all of them get 48+ minutes every week leaving me with lots of training options.

I'm with you - not against you.

I do think you will need to dip into your cash reserves this season and buy big to retain the title though if the other managers continue to concentrate on more intensive training.

At least you have the ability to do so!