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Your calculations aren't fair.

You pick the whole FG% of the oponnent and only pick the 3FG percentage of your own. All your outside shots between the 3 point line and the bucket might have gone in or whatever.

You simply can't compare 3FG% with FG%.

And you need to check the whole offense, not only 1 part of it. Your OS is 1 level up comparing to his PD, but your IS is 1 level and 1 sublevel lower than his ID. You played PtB there, so that means normal focus, so he got a better defense at at least 50% of the shots .
On the other hand his IS is 1 level and 1 sublevel higher than your ID and his OS is only 1 sublevel lower than your PD.

I think the result of that match isn't that special, he was just the better team. You can see it easily in the points per 100 shots.

Last edited by BB-Patrick at 4/11/2008 7:25:29 AM

So the point is,
* if I could have 50% FG%, why the engine decided to shoot 3-point shots with just 20% 3FG%? Why don't go for regular shots?

I think is you played Push the ball and opponent high inside defense. Base offense also shoot more from 3 point than which i think they should if you don't want 3point try look inside...

What difference is needed to get 30-40% 3FG%? Or is it more related to the player skills?

High Jump Range skill

was it a double TIE?
maybe your 3 pointers weren't helped much by his TIE, while his inside shots became easy shots

Understand ;)

Once again good changes, next season I will completely change my strategy, thanks for the answer, it's really good to have a BB here with us

I've read this all the way through and would like to address a couple of points raised elsewhere.

1) In my only league loss this season, I did TIE but with fairly high Enthusiasm going in. In the closing minutes, my team started to take 3's and not make them. We did, however, grab the rebounds and stick the shots back in and make defensive stops so that we finally took the lead with 4 seconds to play. This is how I expect my team to play. I would vastly prefer to continue to pound the ball the inside rather than heave up unanswered prayers from distance.

2) With 4 seconds to go, the other team called a TO and made changes. They then went to the player guarded by my worst defender, as you explained the code called for. I think that's fine. However, if the game logic brings in shooters, you should also have logic that brings in my best defenders. With only four seconds to go, my team was never going to shoot the ball. Needless to say, they hit a buzzerbeater and I lost by one.

Hi Charles,

Just want to also speak up for the 'satisfied' managers, who may not be posting because they're happy with the effect of the mid-season changes. My team is definitely "balanced" - I took a decision at the start of the season to test out the commonly presented theory that it's better to only train a couple of positions, not the whole team. So almost all my team are young, improving players, and I've been training the whole team, firstly in jump shots and more recently 1v2 for driving.

I have tried to buy players who have balanced skills, and look for good defensive as well as attacking players in all positions.

Since the All Star Week my team has been posting better performances, and now sits mid-table in the top English league, having started badly, losing twelve of my first fourteen matches, including friendly and cup games. I feel that my balanced team, and balanced training programme is being rewarded, and I'm very pleased.

Also just wanted to say how helpful I found your comments earlier in this thread.