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39209.1
Date: 7/16/2008 11:55:21 AM
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the topic in subforum 'Help' says that centers dont need driving. It also says that every skills is usefull for every spot.

So my question is: how usefull is driving for a Center? Does anyone have a center with driving and did you notice a better FG%

Another question about driving, involving the PF spot: when you play looking inside, would rather start a PF with respectable JS or prof driving?


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39209.2 in reply to 39209.1
Date: 7/16/2008 1:45:54 PM
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I'm not an expert on this, but driving is really the ability to make your own shot (as defined by GLB). So, to some degree, the necessity of driving is dependent on the quality of the point guard and other passers on your team.

My highest scorer for the last three seasons (he's a little old now and his averages have dropped this season), is a SF with atrocious driving.

So that's the way I look at it.


Steve

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39209.3 in reply to 39209.2
Date: 7/16/2008 2:47:53 PM
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And on my team, my best shooter has the best driving.

I think it is a useful skill but is a secondary one.

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39209.4 in reply to 39209.3
Date: 7/16/2008 3:38:48 PM
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You are talking about Hubert Dulacka? Do you play him as a center?

He does have a high FG%.

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39209.5 in reply to 39209.4
Date: 7/17/2008 1:25:13 AM
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C/PF.

And yeah, he has a high FG although thats maybe due to me playing weaker teams.

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39209.7 in reply to 39209.1
Date: 7/23/2008 12:01:50 AM
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I've noticed that whenever I play against Man to Man, a player with good drive will always shoot better but it also depends on how high their jump shot is. However, I've notice that Centers mainly need IS and RB when playing Look Inside to score well and rarely need drive, but it's always good to have good drive cause they'll always create a couple extra scoring opportunities.

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39209.8 in reply to 39209.7
Date: 7/23/2008 1:54:00 AM
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so driving for a center is not a needed skill but also not completely useless?

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39209.9 in reply to 39209.6
Date: 7/23/2008 4:40:35 PM
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My highest scorer, Grijalba, ranks #31 in the United States for Field Goal Percentage (#3 in all of division II), and has atrocious Driving, atrocious Handling. I'm not sure what that means but it certainly isn't a desperate requirement to have good handling/driving.


Same here, I own # 11 Germany for FG% and he has driving level 1...

But he is only # 604 for pts/48min.

Therefore (and salarywise) I am considering to add some driving. I would thus be very interested to understand if more driving leads to more points. It should.

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39209.10 in reply to 39209.8
Date: 7/24/2008 1:25:09 AM
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It's not all that useless I'd say, but not as important as PF/SF/SG having it. It's always good for a few extra chances.

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