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The only defensive tactic that makes your players tire faster is FCP.

if i understand the rules right the 1-3-1 should do it also, and a 3-2 or 2-3 less then man to man, expecting that low pace means that the player don't get tired that fast.

if i understand the rules right the 1-3-1 should do it also, and a 3-2 or 2-3 less then man to man, expecting that low pace means that the player don't get tired that fast.

This is what I see for FCP:

Full Court Press: Significant increase in created turnovers at the expense of stamina, defense, and rebounding. Very high pace.

The other defenses do not mention stamina at all. And nowhere in the rules do I see that pace = players get tired faster.

People have tried to argue this point with me before. However, it makes no sense that the BBs would go out of the way to mention it for one defense and not for the others. And if it is the case, the rules need to be changed.

so you don't see it into rng atack... so stamina doesn't afect at all...


well if stamina only works for FCP...

why are (almost) everybody so crazy trying to popup it until 5 to 7?

Stamina still clearly matters, just more pronounced in FCP.

Base Offense, Push the Ball, and Patient have neither an inside nor an outside focus. (Push is uptempo; Patient is downtempo.) According to the rules, you generally give up more than you gain when you play an inside or outside focused offense, so it makes sense to use one of these three if you have a balanced offense.

Others can speak to pace better than me. In general, I think a faster pace favors the better team, because there are more possessions, and therefore more chance for luck to even out.

Thank you the helps me out. I appreciate it

but you had to expect, that the opponents, most likely schoose the right defence or not the total wrong defence. With a balanced rooster i would switch the offense often, and ptb is a good strategy if you are the dominating team or expect the oppponent to gable for a Zone to get u.

Yes and no ;)

he play base and man to man, and get new player who are really easy to beat(which are listed with the salary like you described) - so don't worry.

Now that I have played a little bit more and seen what game tactics can do... here are my observations.

Defensive observations
1.) It's always good to gameplan for their highest scorers. Take into account how good your defensive tactics are against your opponent's best scorer(s). If you have somebody who is a very good defender against their best scorer, I have let it ride on Man to Man; single him out and let your defense go.
2.) If your overall defense is mediocre and they have 2 to 3 players scoring 15+ points a game, I would check shooting percentages for their highest scorers and gameplan for the best 2 out of the 3. Example... If your opponent has a SG and SF that both have high FG % and their C has a low FG % but all averaging close to the same amount of points per game, I would gameplan against the SG and SF with either a 3-2 or possibly even a 1-3-1 depending on the remaining inside players PPG and Rebounding. Always gameplan against their best players with your best players and if you don't have GREAT players to defend with, use tactics against their stronger players.
3.) Full Court Press isn't something that I would use unless everyone on your team is in Strong (or better) Game Shape. Full Court Press does seem to sap the players Game Shape a little faster than anything else. FCP will get you more steals at the expense of slightly higher shooting percentages from your opponent. If your opponent already has a low shooting % as a team, FCP is a good tactic even if your defense is questionable. Force them to shoot a lot; the reward is worth it with the turnovers you force. Also, if you're going to use FCP, I would suggest bumping your team's enthusiasm for the game. They will play even harder Full Court Press defense.

Just my observations... I am no expert... yet.