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11410.11 in reply to 11410.10
Date: 1/3/2008 10:18:17 PM
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I think eventually, most teams will consist of trained players -- and the 7 footers will have superior rebounding and inside defense than the 6 footers (because frankly nobody is going to waste their valuable training time training a 6 footer in rebounding). Likewise you're not going to be able to train a 7 footer to the necessary skill levels to be an effective point guard.

At least, that's the goal I think BB is aiming for. Whether is achievable, is another question.

Meanwhile, its encouraging to know that a 5'9" guy like myself could compete with 7'2" in BB provided my skill set is good enough: "Steve fakes lefts and drives the lane. From the foul line he launches himself and dunks over Yao Ming!" Time to ask for that contract extension!

Steve
Go Bruins!

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11410.12 in reply to 11410.11
Date: 1/11/2008 10:30:06 PM
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great - so what is the height restriction?

From: Huzzel
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11410.13 in reply to 11410.12
Date: 2/11/2008 5:13:42 PM
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I would love to know which skills are influenced by tall players and vice versa which are influencesd by small players.
Unfortunately nothing is written in the rules.

from my real life understanding i would say tall players train faster in IS, ID, SB and Reb. Small players train faster in handling, outs. Def and passing.
From the news I would interpret that BBs make small players train slightly faster in JS and JR.
but what about Driving. In real life I would say a 6´6'' player is best for driving.

this leads me to my next question. is the height modifier linear?
Does a 5´player train even faster than a 6´player in handling? In real life it would not make a difference, i would say. however it would make a difference in terms of rebounding.

any thoughts on this topic? does everyone aggree to this? Any other thougts are highly appreciated. Anymore thoughts of how they have programmed it?

Last edited by Huzzel at 2/11/2008 5:23:57 PM

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11410.15 in reply to 11410.13
Date: 2/12/2008 8:48:41 PM
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I wouldn't be so sure about JS. JS is a required skill for forwards (or at least they are classified on the basis of having a good JS). And tall guys might not have to jump as high to get the shot off.

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11410.16 in reply to 11410.13
Date: 2/17/2008 11:59:36 PM
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you don't necessarily have to be 6'6" to have optimal driving. i haven't really seen a set position or height that gets the most effective driving. jason kidd and steve nash can take it to the hole just as ably as kobe bryant and lebron james...the only difference being that bryant and james end the drive with a dunk instead of a layup.

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11410.18 in reply to 11410.17
Date: 2/18/2008 1:26:34 PM
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just a quick tangent: what is driving implying in BB...is it simply getting through the lane or is it driving through the lane and scoring? i can't seem to find the description for it.

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11410.20 in reply to 11410.19
Date: 2/18/2008 3:05:30 PM
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ah thanks for that...i've seen that page so many times but never thought to scroll down. i would suck at being an investigator.