Your right about that. I had upset that team who is much, much higher rank than me, because of GDP. In that game, I really had won that because of GDP, and not because that I overplayed him. That is what I am talking about the effect of GDP. As you had observed my games. I only used the GDP three times, and then I stop using GDP, because it's unfair. I only realized that after I encountered the team Fantamaniacs. As I scouted his previous games, his team can only use the Normal Focus, meaning balance offense, balanced outside and inside shots. If other teams in our league have also observed that, that team will always be in handicapped with the GDP. I dont know why is he only using that type of offense focus, maybe he cannot afford to use other focus like outside/inside focus, or he just dont want to use them. As for me, I really like to use balance focus because there are times when you really need to shoot from the outside, and there are right moments to go for inside. But with GDP, I will be always in handicapped if I used normal focus in each game, and that is really unfair.
The problem why LI becomes a very powerfull and unstoppable offense, is that the zone defense here dont work very well. Zone defense is the solution to inside game, its the counter-measure for the LI. But zone defense here dont work at 100%. Just try playing zone defenese like the 2-3 zone in the next game. In the 2-3 zone, the inner zone must be occupied by the forwards and the center, the must stay in the inside zone guarding their post. But what happens when you watch the game, the forwards or even the center, sometimes foul players that are shooting outside shots, even the three pt shots. How can that happen if they are playing zone defense?? The purpose of the zone defense is to guard their respective inside area in order for the other teams to be forced to shoot outside, because they cannot get shots from the inside. In order to break the zone, outside shots are used, and in order to break man-to-man, pick and rool and low post plays are employed. That is how basketball is played. I used the 3-2 zone almost everytime, and that is why I observed a number times that my center is fouling a guard for shooting outside, sometimes blocking shots of guards as they shoot from outside. this is ridiculous, because if my center is playing in the inside zone, he wont do that kind of thing, unless my center is exchanging zones with guards, or unless he is not obedient to his role. If zone defense is actually working as it is, that will be enough to limit the Li. I believe that zone defense here must be fixed.
I believe that in order to limit or counter an offensive play in basketball, right defense must be used. but now with GDP, you can afford to just play man-to-man and the depend on the GDP. That is not anymore a basketball for me. Basketball is not a game that needs to be unpredictable or versatile in order to win but its a game of team effort, both in offense and defense. In basketball its not uncertainty or being unpredictable, it is mastery, that is the right way to win basketball games.