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My most interesting observations regarding 3-2 zone:
- Opponent perimeter players sometimes grab a lot offensive rebounds although I have decent rebounders on PF and C. They seem to get matched against a perimeter defender of mine for rebounds.
- WHEN perimeter players grab an offensive rebound, they often attempt the direct tip-in or put-back. They rarely get matched up against my inside defenders when this happens. Thus, they usually score on these attempts. This is really frustrating because I have two very good inside defenders which do not defend here.

I play 3-2 zone since a long time with some success (3 championship title and right now my world rank is 5). I've got also the feeling that RB is a nice skill to have for at least one of your outside player.

My SF has got 13 in RB and he takes smthg like 8 reb. per game with 2 offensive one and he's always playing outside on a 3-2 zone. I'm consindering him as my key player, too bad he's got already 33 years, now I struggle to find another one like him...

Last edited by mplume at 1/10/2018 5:14:02 AM

I have some different question but I don't want to make a new talk.
I know that my opponent in the next match will play inside box and one defense. What offense will be the best against it? I have balanced and better team than him and I would like to play LI. But won't his defense stop my PF/C?

What is the ID - SB Combo of your PF and C? To stop driving layups you need both skills. Maybe OD plays a small role.

Yes, you need SB to keep the 3-2 running. Without it it is not as effective as it could be with high SB.

@Nachtmahr:
Do you have experience with 3-2 with high SB and low ID (on interior defenders)?

I'm currently considering a training approach which focuses solely on OD and SB. This would allow me to have decent RB as well and still keep the salary low.
Maybe MtM would be better in such a case though.
However, MtM is weaker against patient or generally teams which focus on a single scorer. That's why I usually prefer playing zone defense.

Do you have experience with 3-2 with high SB and low ID (on interior defenders)?

What's inferior for you? I played with bigs SB>ID, but the difference in skills was never higher than 2 skill points.
With a low ID and high SB, you go in for a trade of. The low ID will force more actions against this defender and with the high SB he will stop them. This player will have a lot of defense actions and blocks, but also a higher amount of fouls. At some point you could find yourself too weak. If the ID is too low, the defender will be outplayed and has no opportunity to try a block. So you have to keep your player in balance (compaired to the opponents).
My rule is, that there should never be more than 2-3 skill points difference between my players and the opponents. e.g. a IS 15 C has to be defended by a ID 13 player. A lower skill is too weak (for me). With a high SB (15/16) you could still compensate a lot, but there will be more undefended actions.

I meant interior (=inside) and not inferior (=weaker). ;-)

But you still answered my question anyway. So thanks a lot!