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Please,Follow a minute my reasoning
Do you agree that an outside oriented Sf would be however weaker than a guard in outside skills,because he had to lose some week to train some inside skills?Well,if you build an Sf with "poor" (7-8) IS,you can have various situations in the game,assuming that he plays against players of his level

1-he could fight against a guard.In this case,the matchup would go to the guard,because the guard would be stronger on outside skills,and your Sf would not draw the matchup with his inside skills
2-he could fight against another outside oriented SF,and the best will win
3-he could fight againt an inside oriented SF,and the best will win
4-he could fight against a PF,guard vs big matchup,it depends from percenatages of the two players

Your Sf would be like a guard weaker in primary skills with an ID as primary skills and the other inside skills as secondaries.

An outside Sf with a good IS(9-10-11) would have different matchups
1-against the guard,he could have the advantage because he can resist on defensive end and could win the battle with his inside attack
2-against the outside oriented Sf,the best will win
3-against the inside oriented SF.the best will win
4-against the Pf,it depends from percentages of the two players

You can handle every kind of situation,you can changhe often tactics,and you can force your adversary to make some mistakes in the choice of the defence,so having much more greater advantages than gaining some rebound

Your Sf would be like a guard weaker in primary skills with an ID as primary skills and the other inside skills as secondaries.

Rebounding is no secondary, and in an poutside attack the JS skill would be more powerful then the IS skill - and even with the JS skill he could attack in extrem cases the inside ;)

So he woould win case 2 against the balanced sf, because he is stronger in the most improtant skills without loosing to much matchups against any kind of SF. And he is closer to an offensiv factor, like the balanced SF, even when a Guard could shut him down a bit(but there he got rebound and still some easy points at the basket, even when it wouldn't be that much).

Ok now I have a qestion: how far should I train him in Inside Shot? Because I want him to play as SF, but if he stays listed as PF, improving his IS will increase his salary. Maybe he can change to SF, but I don't know how to do that. Also: How important is Driving for him?

Power Forward

Weekly salary: $ 7 357

DMI: 14600
Age: 19
Height: 6'9" / 206 cm
Potential: hall of famer
Game Shape: average
Jump Shot: strong Jump Range: pitiful
Outside Def.: prolific ↑ Handling: inept
Driving: inept Passing: respectable
Inside Shot: respectable Inside Def.: prominent
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: strong
Stamina: inept Free Throw: awful

Experience: pitiful

SF with only 2 JR? sorry i dont see it...Your best bet with him i think is a PF...or inside SF, but he needs +6 on JR, to be a traditional SF. Also is much much easier for his height to train his rebounding than his JR.

Last edited by JohnnyB at 8/31/2010 6:53:49 AM

SF primary skills:

JS, IS, OD, RB

Secondary Skills

ID, PA, JR, DR/BH

The reason I put ID as a secondary skill is that inside small forwards are few and far between, so it's more of a luxury to train that skill to guard against a rare type of player. Rebounding however is useful in every situation, as is inside shot. Even in an outside offense there are inside scoring opportunities.

This is a weak guard(low JR) with IS and ReB,it's not a SF

I think that there is a little misunderstanding when we talk about SF role.There's a evident difference between a SF(no matter if outside,balanced or inside oriented) and a player that you could put in the Sf position in some games
A true Sf is a player that can handle decently every kind of player in the defensive field,and can be efficient both in inside and outside scoring(then he'll have his strenghts and his weakness)
A player that you can put in the Sf position is a player that has primary skills relatively close to a guard or a big man,that you can use to boost a particulary attack or defence,and have some secondaries skills that should allow him to win the overall possible mismatch(big man vs guard),or at least to not lose it

Id is more important than Reb when you build a true Sf because you should need it against almost every kind of player,while Reb give you not so great advantages against a guard(you lose OD or IS) or against a big man(that have an higher rebound than your SF)

If you are sure to play against a player in SF position that can't shoot from inside,in THAT specific game,surely ID would be less useful than Reb
But you can't think to build a player to play against one team,in the general situation Id is more useful in that position that Reb


Last edited by Steve Karenn at 8/31/2010 9:46:42 AM