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The Greek PF that you refer can only play some SF on inside tactics. 8 at rebs making him useless as a big man. Even in my small country that we really need big men, i am not sure that he would be part of the NT. Really whats the reason to have 19 in DR? especially if you are a big man???

Well i have no prove that DR is useful for the big men. I did a research before some seasons ago, and i didnt saw any affect of the driving to the big men. Yes 2ndaries are good, but you cant eat dessert without main plate isnt? Matzios is a player without position.

(8170434)24ppg,67%FG and he has around atrocious or maybe abit better driving/handling.
(7558003)33ppg.
(6207145)23ppg,60%FG.
(4727139)22ppg,61%FG.
Most of those centers probably are without secondaries...
There are also some pf's
(4722050)22ppg,57%FG.
(4620068)25ppg,57%FG.
(4608787)21ppg,53%FG.
(4547159)25ppg,55%FG.
(6041371)24ppg,64%FG.





Last edited by Ref at 8/1/2010 1:03:50 PM

my most consistent cscorer over the last seasons is a PF with driving 3, and actually his low Rebounding rating from 14 is painful in a weaker competition because i get regulary outreboundet by huge margins(over 20 off rebs from the opponent, when they lineup 16-17 Reb centers/pf)
So i won't imagine when you lineup centers who get easily dominated from my 13/14 RB big guys, on a much stronger competition you need a lot of scoring and defense to fight those weakness.

1.) hard to figuring out the effect, it runs well for a long time without it(OD 4) for me but actually i got a Center who rotates to PF in defence with lot of OD(9) and i make an impressive run in the league(ok my schedule with easy away matches also play a role there).
So i would say good to have, but at least not so dramatic if you haven't it.

2.) (6877080) - this is the guy 1 steal is not bad but also not dramatic. The last time i tested the press defence was with a SF with OD 13 on PF, and i just get 5 steals more then he averaging normaly(often against 2-3 Zones).
Another reason i won't play press is that games mostly run like that -> (23028825) when you use the FCP. He gives me easy scoring oppurtunitys, and nearly extra 20 off Rebounds(he made a lot against my mtm so you could believe he was superior in this area). In the end a close game, become an very easy win for me :)
It is off topic, but personally when you try to force steals i would go for a 1-3-1 Zone which i like to test more often, especially because of this big guy. my first and only test runs pretty well, but i was superior to my opposition anyway but the pp100s was very low((22964875))

Edit: added the OD values of the important players.


Last edited by CrazyEye at 8/1/2010 6:25:22 PM

Since ive lost the last seasons championship from my weak OD on PF, (22678718) and the same team lost from a team that put a good OD PF, but in general weak player (24068288). In my eyes some OD (8+) on high lvl is essential for the PF's.

On 2nd i never seen high lvl team using FCP so i dont have an opinion.

3) Yes 3-2 zone is always better when your big men have some OD.


About the big men/driving. Some seasons ago i used to play 90% of my games LI (you can check it if you want) and i tried to compare my results with some teams that where using the same tactics on the long run. My conclusion was that driving didnt had any affect on the amount of shots, or the %. JS had something to do with it, IS, and maybe the experience.

In general i think that driving as a skill is overrated. The true value of it in my eyes is that 1st)trains lots of skills 2nd) the cheapest skill. I am not sure about the guards/driving, its my 1st season since i am playing (season 6) that i am training guards, but considering that (2370199) is really effective with only 8 DR, and my best player (6.9M for him gloup!) (8238456) has 13 in driving, makes me to believe that what i am thinking about DR and big men apply to the guards too.

Dont take what i am stating as a facts, rather some observations of a rather experienced manager.

Last edited by JohnnyB at 8/1/2010 7:30:46 PM