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Read back through the topic headings on the last 10 pages or so on Help. read anything that looked even remotely like answering any of the above questions. (I'm in my third season on BB and have done a bit of reading from time to time)

Found an official answer on the height question so I've linked that.

Doesn't seem like many people are asking questions directly relating to player attributes, which is what most of the original questions above are relating to.

ok, I'll try to give some answers: NOTE THAT THESE ARE MY ANSWERS and might be wrong!!

Inside scoring:
1)a) In my opinion JS is only used when the player effectively jumps, jumpshots are shown as jumpshots in the gamevieuwer. So I'd so, no, not ALL.
1)a.1) no, it's inside shot.
b) yes, a jumper inside the 3-point arc will use JS, other shots will use inside shot.
b.i) they try to take the best shot possible, so if their JS is high, they most likely take a lot of jumpers, BUT it also depends on defense, if the defense allows lay-ups more easely, he might go for lay-ups more, even though his jumpshot skill is higher.
c) it increases the quality of the scoring-opportunity, so one might say it increases the chance your shot goes in.
i) no. Driving is the skill that lets players create their own shots, so they don't need a good pass before they can get a decent shot up. More driving leads to better quality shots, no matter the type of shot.
ii) not realy
iii) not realy either. if a player with higher driving gets a ball, it is more likey he will manage to get a good quality shot, while one without driving might get forced to either shoot a bad quality shot, or pass the ball to an other player.
2) inside shot in my opinion.

Inside Defense:
3) don't know, but possibly yes.

Outside Defense:
4) don't know.

Offensive Flow:
5) yes
6) maybe, but not as much as handling and passing.

Driving:
7) only improves ability to create his own shot.
8) I think that there is no such ability of getting in free position or rolling off screens and such so far. I think that such things are determined by the passing skills of the player who gives the assist.
9) I don't think it is linked, so yes every skill can be used separatly.
10) Don't think so.


Shot Blocking
14) I think it takes a BB to answer this, and I don't think they will.
a) possibly yes, but dunno
b) same as a
c) most possibly either a or b, I think a combination would be more difficult to program and would not be more usefull.

13) Do players play to their strengths? yes
- Does a forward with no driving ability or jump shot tend to stay close to the basket on offense? not likely
- Are forwards with more handling/passing/jumpshot/jump range more likely to step out and use those skills than one who doesn't? yes, but the diffrence might be small. Under the exact same conditions that balance on the edge of taking a shot, the one will take it, and the other might pass. Mostly the shot-opportunity will be deemed good enough by both, and both will take the shot, or the other way around.
- Is a PG more likely to get the ball to someone with better offensive skills on offense, or someone that is on a hot shooting streak? (ie does a good PG play with intelligence). I think he passes to an open man, no matter his skills or hot streak. The receiver then decides if he gets a good shot opportunity or not and shoots or passes.
- Do the better rebounders crash the boards on offense while the poorer rebounders are more likely to run back up court and guard the fast break?
- Do pure shooters who can't drive attempt to drive anyway? Do great drivers with poor range attempt threes anyway? yes

Thanks for your time and your answers, much appreciated.

I have some of my own theories on various questions too, but I'd love to get some more "official" updates to the rules to answer some of the above definitively.

I'm afraid you might never get anything official on the above.

It is the joy of the comunity to figure it all out, and even then we will not be 100% sure.

If nowhere is updated with official announcements. (Such as the height only affects training, not player performance "fact") then you end up with knowledge being lost and a steeper learning curve for new players.

As a developer myself I know where user documentation normally sits in a list of priorities, but its the sort of polish that makes users a) stay with the game and b) more willing to pay to support the game.