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Some things i've tested/noticed after 11 weeks of training SB;

I agree with BB-Charles, the effect of SB is not related to the number of blocks (that's why the managers doesn't see the effect of it, because they think it's just related to the number of blocks.

For example with my team after all this trainings i saw more helps from my players that had SB while playing in m2m(normally that play ends failed from the opponent).

So that means they can disturb a player while shooting, but you don't notice what happened, that's the main problem i see, you don't know exactly the impact of it.

- SB has no relation with fouls. If you have 1 player that makes lot of fouls, training SB won't help.

- When i play in zone, normally i make more blocks than when i play in m2m(X2). I guess it's because when you play in m2m the helps are not usually, but when you play in zone they make more helps so as a result they also make more blocks.


Another thing i've noticed is that a player with high SB can block an open shot or a 3 point shot without problems, so the skill can work with outside/inside players. As far as i know i just know 1 outside player with high SB that is training atm on Colombia.

More or less my guess is that it starts to be usefull >10, under 10 the effect is really reduced/low


Also noticed that against layups i make more blocks. That's a good point i saw, because sometimes it's impossible to stop the layups from the outside players.


Anyway is not a training where you see the effect it in just 3-4 matchs, it takes time, but in general it helps to defend. If i had to chose between having 1 player with SB 17 and the other on 7 or having 2 players with SB 12, i would choose the second option.


If more people wanna test this training, feel free to share your opinions ¡

Last edited by Marot at 6/8/2012 2:53:05 PM

From the game manual,

An inside or outside focus means that teams will try to get more inside/outside shots, but the players will still take the best shots they can, and if the opposing inside defense is making it impossible to score near the basket, they won't attempt many inside shots no matter what you do.

I usually play outside offense, but whenever my opponent plays 3-2 or 1-3-1, I see more inside shots. From experience, I found teams with good shot blocking and playing one of those defense troublesome.

Shotblocking happens 3 times a game!

a waste of time

shotblocking isnt only just the blocks in a game but raises the possibility the opponent to shoot with defence and not a free shoot which has more chances to go in.

shotblocking also helps i think if someone uses zones like 3-2...some shotblocking can make the difference

i average 8 blocks the game, so the other makes -5? And i have just one blocker who is sligthly in the double figures.

Edit: sry 2, one have 10 since the beginning of these season, the other 11.

Last edited by CrazyEye at 6/13/2012 8:59:34 AM

my team averages over 10 blocks per game as a team, and opposition shoots less than 30% against me. So what if my best Shotblocker has only 2.0 blocks per game

Blocking shots isn't just blocking. If it was. Dwight Howard would be a no name player comparitvely. "all he does is effect 3 shots a game" ....its much much more.

Maybe blocked shots only happen on your team 3 times a game because your team's SB sucks :P

Nah but seriously, I would read through the rest of this thread before you go making comments about something that has been previously stated and proven wrong with reliable examples a million times.