That may well be why he took so many shots, in fact - because the opponent was simply awful.
It's because I use the motion offense, not because his team is awful. In motion, the focus will be outside, All 5 players will shoot more frome the outside, even the center and the power forward. I use the motion because of this GDP, It is for him and for my other opponents, to make them think that my team can also play outside game.
If he were going against a much better defender, even in motion, he wouldn't take as many outside shots (unless his passing and driving were also terrible and he got stuck with the ball outside, and had to shoot to avoid turnover) or unless it was very late in the shot clock (or end of half prayer, which at least one of his three point attempts was). The unfortunate truth is that the way the engine works, a mediocre outside shooter against an atrocious outside defender is a better shot than an open shot for a much better outside shooter. So if your player has the ball, he'll definitely shoot it more frequently if he's being defended by a terrible player.
As far as using motion to show you can play outside, that's a good idea, but this wasn't the game for that. Your opponent's roster is begging to be attacked inside. Knowing what you're best at is good, but that was the game to run an LI or low post to show you're capable of going inside, and save the motion for a team that is similarly weak on the outside.
I'd personally suggest you focus more on learning how to manage your game shape to at least the level where your top players aren't in inept GS before pointing the finger at the GDP
I am managing the gameshape, the stamina, even the free throws. I only don't have good trainers as you. there are times that gs, goes down even if you don't want it. GS is always changing here.
You played Szkandera 118 minutes last week, 96 the week before and 120 the week before that, so that's why his GS is so bad. And the weeks over 100 you had Cup games against bots, so there's no reason whatsoever you should have needed to play him that much. If you can't manage to avoid overplaying guys while carrying a sixteen man roster and playing against bots, you absolutely are not "managing gameshape" other than "managing to destroy" your gameshape.
It's only this time that I am lamenting in buzzerbeater, when they implemented the GDP, and they implemented it without warning, heck they just implemented it. other features i have no objection. But this is really absurd, guessing opponent's tactics in order to win.
They announced it a full season in advance, and had it in place for scrimmages a half season in advance. While there is some valid concern that the amount of the effect may be too big (I think one prediction is on the level of a 10% adjustment to defense, which is pretty massive), the thought that it's just now a guessing game is a complete overreaction, sounding more like someone who is just finding more reasons to blame the game for his failures.