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so I would say a new era of R&G its coming to BB and look inside will lose his power, which was really too powerful, unless the inside teams have good SF with good OD and good inside skills.

I thought the same that you, look inside was better to play from outside, anyway I'd like to wait the second match, in that one my PG had lvl 19 in JS but his % was really bad and his SF doesn't have a lot of OD. I hope it was because I played look inside, we will see ;)

Well, if this system benefits outside focused teams then I suddenly have a big obstacle placed in front of me in the middle of the season, considering I'm an inside focused team with poor outside defense, with my two main competitors being great outside shooting teams. Guess I'll have to restructure my team and hope to advance next season.

Its not that it benefits outside teams. Its that if you dont have a good SF, going 3-2 it will be for you really hard, i would not consider to restructure the team, its just that now is more balanced well at least i feel like it.

Wow, TV-contracts have brought much more benefit than earlier, but it's still a huge difference between the first and the second divisions ( in Russia - about 35000$), though my league is not much weaker than Russian Superliga. I think it's not fair especially when difference between 2nd and 3rd divisions is usually less than 15000$.

From my point of view, you are arguing to take away a viable strategy for teams with three good big men. I completely disagree that always playing three big men is advantageous. If you have three great guards and play FCP, you will get 20-30 steals. Should that be disallowed, especially if the opposing SF is a big man with poor handling skills?

It’s not necessary to play FCP to have advantage about 3 big men. In old GE I played many times on SF player with ID 8 and high outside skills, especially JS, against big man on SF. I played Push the Ball and Man to Man (yes, it wasn’t necessary to play 2-3 zone) and SF was key factor for my win.

I agree completely.

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I agree with both points. Playing three Centers was too powerful and quite popular, and having a perimeter oriented SF with great JS and decent ID and REB can mitigate such a strange lineup. Big men are easier to train too, which only fed the beast of LI even more.

IMO, LI is best suited to handle FCP if you factor in the other offensive sets. Perhaps not for turnovers, but shots, percentage etc. I think it plays well.

As regards the zone defense vs. an outside tactics - so as not to be angry, you should keep in mind how it is in the real basketball.

Zone defense in basketball is not particularly played against teams with good shooting skills as zones (all of them) are easy to beat from the outside. Zone defense was "designed" in order to force the other team to shoot, because when there are 5 players standing right "under" the basket, there is not much space for guards to drive or to big guys to post up as they can be double/triple-teamed easily without much chance to pass the ball. Instead, when attacking against the zone, players should be cutting without the ball and passing it as fast as possible in order to create an open shot - against 3-2 zone it is usually in the corner, against 2-3 it could be in the middle or from deep wing, if you know what I mean.

Of course, I dont know if the new GE is designed this way (and I dont say it is) but it could be; and even if it is not, this could be a hint when you are making a decision whether to play 3-2 (1-3-1) zone or MtM against outside focused team.