Dont misunderstand me on IS. I don't think it's the most important stat on a guard. I just think it's under-appreciated by a lot of lower division teams, who go out and decide that they can pick up C's and Pf's that are good at it so they shouldn't get too enamored with it on their guards. Instead, i play the 'i dont trust the sim engine' card, and i want to make sure that if it does something whacky with my guys on the floor, that each guy has some degree of competence in both defending and shooting from that position on the floor.
Salary considerations are an important 6th or 7th step in the learning curve, i just don't figure it's worth it to tell someone in their 3rd day now too much about it. Don't want an overload to happen.