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Yeah thanks I know this therfore I have tried to play motion, so he doesn't take inside shots... but what mainly bothers me is his bad shooting %... his offensive skills are good.

and by superb I meant compared to the other players in my division (a german 2nd league...), ok superb is a bit exagerated. Currently he is training jumpshots. Afterwars I'll be going with one on one, but as you said he needs FT as well...

thanks for now

He will take inside shots no matter what offense you play. That's why his shooting percentage is low. No matter what offense, a player will choose to take an inside shot over an outside shot because it SHOULD be a higher percentage. And since your player has a nice driving skill, he will try to get closer to the basket even though, for him, this is a very bad thing to do.

You will simply have to live with his low overall shooting percentage and understand the good parts of his game.

As to training, he needs INSIDE SCORING, not JUMP SHOOTING. His outside skills are very good, but his INSIDE SCORING is causing him to miss every close-to-the-basket shot he gets. His ONE-ON-ONE is very good, too.

If he is trained in Jump Shot at PF or SF, his Inside shot will also improve, albeit a tad more slowly. One-on-One will also improve both his JS and IS, while focusing on the driving the OP wants to train him in. Just a thought...

A decent suggestion for team training, but why not attack the huge problem of Atrocious IS directly? Remember, the lowest level ratings take the longest time to upgrade, if we are to believe the rules.

hmm, I thought the exact opposite...

I should go read it again I guess, maybe you should too.
One of us is obviously wrong...
;)

Remember, the lowest level ratings take the longest time to upgrade, if we are to believe the rules.

From the rules:

For the other training types, players will improve more quickly not only with additional playing time, but also a more skilled player will improve more quickly. For example, a great inside defender and rebounder will find it easier to improve his shot blocking than a poor inside defender and poor rebounder would. This encourages you to develop players with a combination of skills, but there are many combinations of skills which work well together -- you can develop players who will be a good fit for your team's needs.

The part in bold seems to disagree with you ;)

Remember, the lowest level ratings take the longest time to upgrade, if we are to believe the rules.

From the rules:

For the other training types, players will improve more quickly not only with additional playing time, but also a more skilled player will improve more quickly. For example, a great inside defender and rebounder will find it easier to improve his shot blocking than a poor inside defender and poor rebounder would. This encourages you to develop players with a combination of skills, but there are many combinations of skills which work well together -- you can develop players who will be a good fit for your team's needs.

The part in bold seems to disagree with you ;)

Absolutely not. It is 100% in agreement with me. It is the wording I referred to, in fact.

hmm, I thought the exact opposite...

I should go read it again I guess, maybe you should too.
One of us is obviously wrong...
;)

Seems to be you :)

Hope this discussion helps everyone else who was mistaken, as well.

indeed.

Remember, the lowest level ratings take the longest time to upgrade, if we are to believe the rules.

From the rules:

For the other training types, players will improve more quickly not only with additional playing time, but also a more skilled player will improve more quickly. For example, a great inside defender and rebounder will find it easier to improve his shot blocking than a poor inside defender and poor rebounder would. This encourages you to develop players with a combination of skills, but there are many combinations of skills which work well together -- you can develop players who will be a good fit for your team's needs.

The part in bold seems to disagree with you ;)

Absolutely not. It is 100% in agreement with me. It is the wording I referred to, in fact.

It disagrees with you 100%, and I'll diagram it for you if it will make more sense that way. But first, here's the sentence from the rules again:

a great inside defender and rebounder will find it easier to improve his shot blocking than a poor inside defender and poor rebounder would

Let's throw in some player skills based on that sentence:

[A]
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: prolific
Rebounding: prominent Shot Blocking: atrocious

Notice how this player is a "great inside defender and rebounder"? The line I have now quoted thrice suggests that this player would "find it easier to improve his shot blocking" than, say this player:

[B]
Inside Shot: average Inside Def.: pitiful
Rebounding: awful Shot Blocking: proficient

A "poor inside defender and poor rebounder". Given my understanding of both this line of the rules and the English language, one could easily assume that player A can expect to improve his shot blocking much more quickly than player B, even though player A has what you refer to as "the lowest level ratings".

So, unless that specific line in the rules is poorly crafted, it disagrees with your assessment that "the lowest level ratings take the longest time to upgrade". Either way, I am currently testing this theory with one of my centers, so I should be able to either prove or disprove that portion of the rules within a season or so. ;)

I thinks he was talking about the piece of text directly in from of your bold part...

but also a more skilled player will improve more quickly