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Yes and no.

BB Stats optimizes your line up based on certain concepts based on your team alone. Your best players in individual positions are chosen, not the best choice for a specific team match-up.

When I took a look at the BB Stats thing they gave me two different line ups. One line up used a player with good core point guard stats (Handling, driving, OD) and the other used a player at point guard whom had outstanding peripheral stats (jump shot, range, rebounding) but had slightly less core level stats as a point guard. Something like this might come into a consideration when using the BB Stat tool.

Another would be a match up against an opponent. If your opponent has a team of sharp shooters it might be wise to break against the norm and play a lesser talented guy who has a higher OD rating then what is "optimized" to start. Same for a team that pounds the ball inside...

BB Stats is a tool to be used, and a good one at that. One line up predicted my average line up 100% correctly. The other had some slight differences. But it's still a tool in the tool box. It's good to listen to the suggestions, but don't marry them.

i wouldn't lineup my team like they propose, maybe for trainign porpose(Triksters):

Jump Shot: sensational Jump Range: prominent
Outside Def.: tremendous Handling: prolific
Driving: sensational Passing: tremendous
Inside Shot: atrocious Inside Def.: average
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: pitiful
Stamina: strong Free Throw: prolific

Experience: inept

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Jump Shot: tremendous Jump Range: proficient
Outside Def.: prodigious Handling: tremendous
Driving: prominent Passing: prominent
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: respectable Shot Blocking: inept
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: awful

Experience: awful

If you have those two guards, which one would be your PG and which one your SG?
(For avoiding confusion, the second one was the PG the first one the SG - the same happens with my Center and PF both i won't give the skills of my PF)

This one was in Judgenik team my backup PG:

Jump Shot: respectable Jump Range: average
Outside Def.: strong Handling: respectable
Driving: mediocre Passing: strong
Inside Shot: proficient Inside Def.: prominent
Rebounding: prominent Shot Blocking: respectable
Stamina: respectable Free Throw: proficient

Experience: inept

also a bit weird ;)

Last edited by CrazyEye at 12/7/2009 5:43:20 PM

Ok, but their suggested lineups were pretty good and pretty close to what i´m using, with slight differences. for example- they suggested my center to play power forward, in my opinion very good decision, so now i know that i can use him in my first lineup as a PF. but also i have a good SF but with small potential, and JudgeNiks team lineups didnt have him in.

Thanks :)

for me it is pretty off ;) I like the one from Josef KA more, even or especially because he don't say it that clear ;) but in the end i would trust my own opion.

A center usually could play PF, but at least for my team both suggestion are the worst i could make with my three man big man rotation^^

Last edited by CrazyEye at 12/8/2009 4:38:33 AM

The team that JudgeNik suggests is actually the team I've been using this entire season (no losses so far). So yes, I will trust his suggestions. The team that Trickster suggests has some weird placements, but overall, it looks not that bad, maybe I will try it out sometimes...