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In Buzzerbeater there are only two kinds of shots- inside shots and jump shots- at least as far as the Game Engine is concerned. I don't know where the boundaries are but I imagine that shots taken in the key are inside shots and shots taken outside the key are jump shots. Jump range is a modifier for jump shots, based on the distance from the hoop.

In real life there are many types of shots- hook shots, dunks, layups, floaters, scoop shots, jump shots, set shots, and finger rolls come to mind. In general a player jumps while taking all of them except for set shots.

I think that the OD of the man guarding the shooter is VERY important in the equation of whether a shot goes in or not. I have a player who is 10 JS and 9 JR who until recently has been an amazing scorer. Lately I have been playing in a private league with teams far superior to mine and my "amazing score" has gone a combined 1-21 in his last two games against players with what I have to imagine are very high OD ratings.

I think you're under the impression that your big men sink more threes than they actually do. Your best 3pt shooter among your PF/C shot .292 on only 7-24.

considdering their jumpshot skill, I think that is a quite good %

I might be wrong, but isn't it so that in real basketball the centers seldom perform 3 point shots?

Because if I am wrong, that is where my misunderstanding lays. Actually I see every 3 pointer made by a center as a bonus, since I don't expect them to make any...

I might be wrong, but isn't it so that in real basketball the centers seldom perform 3 point shots?

Most centers don't put up a lot of threes, but there are a few who do. I believe that Matt Bonner (Center, San Antonio Spurs) actually leads the NBA in 3-pt percentage right now, right around 50%.

In real life there are many types of shots- hook shots, dunks, layups, floaters, scoop shots, jump shots, set shots, and finger rolls come to mind. In general a player jumps while taking all of them except for set shots.

This is the definition of Jump Shot I got from googling it: "Jump shot (basketball), an attempt to score in basketball and netball by jumping, usually straight up, and in mid-jump, propelling the ball in an arc into the basket. unlike a normal shot where your feet stay on the ground."

So I think this includes some of the ones you mentioned, like floaters, or maybe fade-aways or fall-aways etc. Inside shot could be considered a dunk or finger roll, and a layup too (short guy w/IS)

Thank goodness we dont have to train for each type of shot that there is a name,lol :P

Last edited by Heathcoat at 3/2/2009 7:42:08 PM

Centers (or better - bigmen) which are well guarded around the basket and has solid Jumpr Range sometimes shoot a few treys and make them - it appears t be they are totally unguarded. I'm speking about centers with low Jump Shot skill and higher (than JS) Jump Range. Not just my observations. It's not that common but it happens.