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BTW, what kind of offence would be affected the most by shot-blocking?

Jump shot or Inside score? Would higher jump range overcome the effect of shot-blocking?

Did anyone start training shot blocking now and look forward to next season?

I don't thing they are going to juice the skill of Shotblocking, I think they are going to add more SB/shot altering chances in the GE. Maybe more weak side help on lay ups or dunks. Maybe it is their way to beef up 2-3 zone. I guess we will see...

Well, if that is the case, I still think ID will be the main IS shot stopper. Some people were talking about bigs with 12 ID and 16 SB, I would still rather have a 16 ID 12 SB Big. I guess I am glad they are not JUICING SB as a skill. I really like that they are only adding more situations where a shot can be blocked. That only means some teams just need a SB tune up instead of a SB overhaul.

Last edited by Yellow cake at 5/13/2013 9:12:33 PM

Isn't shot-blocking cheaper than ID? Money-wise, 12ID 16SB would be preferred.

BTW, does SB mean anything in terms of offence? In NBA, those can make monster blocks are always good dunkers! Check out Shannon Brown and Nate Robinson in NBA.

Check out Shannon Brown and Nate Robinson in NBA.

Yeah, they are monsters on defence. Did you check your info before you post it? You need to do it immediately. They both have less blocks in career than Joakim Noah in 1 season.

12 ID + 16 SB is a lot cheaper, but it is still D3 level defence.

shot blocking is emphasized against some types of inside shots.

If this is the case, and ID is still the main skill used to stop ALL Inside shots. Why would you only have a 12 ID? The 16 SB wouldn't even help stop 50% of the Inside shots. I could see a 14 ID 14 SB, but I still think a 16 ID 12 SB would be best.

12 ID + 16 SB is a lot cheaper, but it is still D3 level defence.

GREAT POST....my thoughts exactly.
+1 for you

my guess is that shotblocking will be more effective against guards driving to the hoop, and marginally more effective against bigs trying reverse layups.

my guess is the intended effect is to make guard skill builds emphasizing IS, driving and OD less effective and have an implied effect that guard skill build becomes more about offering an outside shooting threat.

This is enormously difficult to get right, and all credit to them if that is what they are trying to do, and they get it right.

I've said it all along that SB was never broke but I with them altering Shotblocking some I look at it this way. Shotblocking will work more as help defense and with players rotating on defense, especially with zone defense. As far as man to man defense, I think it will actually make it even stronger because of more help defense which will only make man to man defense even better against LI if you have a center with high Shotblocking.

A an example, look at the Indiana Pacers. They play man to man defense but Roy Hibbert stays in the paint as much as possible. Now, on BB, I see a base offense becoming a lot better because you could put a good outside shooting big at the center position to take the shotblocker out of the paint.

Many of you also say that a player with 12ID and 16SB would only be good enough in D.III, but I'm not so sure about that. It would depend really on what type of defense you intend to play. A 13ID an 13SB has been very successful in the past in D.II and that's with the current SB. With them altering SB more, I think a 12ID and 16SB could be even more successful. SB alters shots and any shot that is altered instantly has a lesser chance of going in so an altered shot is just as good as a defended shot. There's no proof behind this except for own ovservation of how Shotblocking works in the current engine.

What I will be more excited to see is how effective 2-3 defense becomes. It already reuired SB on guards(which nobody had so everyone said it was broke) but if they make it so that players are more effective with less SB then we could see offenses struggle to score which could lead to owners training less defense and more offense.

I think this little change could change the overall effect of how people train their players. It could be great overall because I don't think players need such high defenses as it is because it leads to less offense already overall.