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Let's say a team takes 40 inside shots a game. Let's say 20 of those can be blocked.

The other question is when a player doesn't block a shot, does he reduce its probability by trying to block it or not? I think he should, in BB GE??? who knows. Maybe they are giving us more chances for a block to happen. If the attempted blocks don't reduce the possibility of a make...then SB is truly worthless.

The other question is when a player doesn't block a shot, does he reduce its probability by trying to block it or not? I think he should, in BB GE??? who knows. Maybe they are giving us more chances for a block to happen. If the attempted blocks don't reduce the possibility of a make...then SB is truly worthless.

You must be kidding.
That's exactly the way SB works according BBs.The % that reduce SB vary from 0 to 100... when is 100% it's a Shot Block and you can see it in the Box Score as SB.
A Shot Block attempt may fail and still produce a missed shot. That case cannot be seen in Box Score.
A Shot Block attempt may fail and result in shot made.
A Shot Block attempt may fail, produce a shoting foul and FT.

I beleive that players with low SB level trying to made a SB tend to foul.

Really???? Can you link me to where they have stated as such...
The way I have always read it is that if/when SB applies IF you are successful its 100% miss where as OD/ID can only offer reduction in probability once the shot is attempted. I have not seen that without an alteration or blocked shot that SB is always and constantly reducing shooting%...when you look at high SB players, they do SOMETIMES get more blocks...but they DO NOT seem to AT ALL reduce shooting%...LI/IS shooting %s are ridiculously higher than outside shooting. Because OD radically and consistantly reduced shooting% of outside shots...neither SB nor ID seem to do this for inside shot attempts...it seems they go in no matter

THis is an old quote but since no changes has been made to regular matches yet it still holds. And i think it will even after the change just that it occurs more often.
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To answer a few related questions about shot blocking:

Shot blocking currently does four major things in the game.

1) It helps a defender block some shots, which reduces their chances of going in to zero.

2) It helps a defender alter some shots, which reduces their chances of going in substantially but not to zero.

3) It contributes to the team inside defense rating, which is used as part of the calculation during every defensive possession not resulting in a back-court steal.

4) It allows quicker improvement in related skills during training.

As I've said on a few occasions, I'm going to try to keep out of the debate as far as whether these four major things are sufficiently strong - I've found that BB posts tend to stifle debate much of the time, and that doesn't seem like a very good idea here.

So it seems not all shots are touched by SB. I dont have time to look up the other quote.