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Hi guys. I've got a question regarding suitable tactics for specific player sets. I was thinking to examine this specific player set, so maybe anyone had an idea of best using those guys.
So I've got 10-14 PA on all Positions. 1-3 positions have 14+ JS and 13+JR, PF has 12-9 with 14 IS and C has 7-11 with 8 IS..at the same time SG SF have 12 IS as well..what do you think is the best tactic for this type of lineup? I know it depends on my opponents ratings and so on, so assuming my opponents defensive ratings are around strong-proficient when 1-1 and his Max outside def is around 10 and Inside def around 13 when playing corresponding zone defenses. I was thinking about princeton, since all of them have 9+ HA and 8+ DR and with their 10+PA flow should be nice. The weakest line would be my ID since C has 13 and two players are with 6 and two with 8 respectively. My defensive set would have easily been 2-3 zone, but what about offence? Because of their versatility I'm having hard time to choose offensive tactic, RG motion, Princeton, OI, all look tempting. Mostly the look more outside oriented guys, but I might insert a C with 18IS and 12-12 ID & RB, though with pretty low HA DR and PA. but 18-14-12-12 IS on 5-4-3-2 positions would have been nice too. Any ideas?

I'd say look inside.

I don't know what you mean with 14+/13+ JS/JR, but unless it's significantly higher it seems like your outside scoring isn't high enough for outside tactics to be worth it. Of course you can still use it to mix things up, and motion/princeton are good options because of the high passing and decent shooting of your bigs.

Otherwise outside iso would be good, makes use of the high IS on the SG/SF too.

I meant that PG SG SF had more than 14JS, namely 15-15-17 and 13-14-16 JR.

Patient finds the biggest JS vs OD mismatch...Isos don't.

it is possible to Play a princeton offense where your SF and PF are the main scoring Option, expecially if you have good passing on all your Players. you can mix it up with LI, because of the good inside scoring on 4 positions. makes you more unpredictable

also i have a lot of drives when i am playing princeton.

I guess it does make sense. I've used Princeton not very seldom and the "problem" has been the IS rating, cause I think it's too low than expected..Princeton still is more outside oriented offense, likely 70-30% ratio when compared to IS rating. At least that's how I perceive it according to my game ratings..If it was around 60-40 proportion that would have been much better and it should be killer tactic with multiskill players

I dont know, how good the JR of your PF is, but you could try a Princeton to get some good shots from 3P-Range by your PF.
If your Opponent play MM-Defense, then he should play on C, because most of them don´t have a very good OD, so he can collect easy buckets. I don´t know your season-ratings, but if you are very good in outside scoring, then you should suggest, that your opponent will go on that. I kind of have the same problem (but much much weaker than you :) and I usually play Motion, because I draw some fouls (not as good as LI, I kow) and your All-Round-Players can use all of their skills.
The luxury to have an Allround-Team, you can play everything, wich makes it absolutely difficult for your opponent, to estimate your next move. On the other hand, your team isn´t very strong at the peak. Therefore you have to go on the weakness of your opponent, trying to gain an advantage. I don´t know how long your opponent is playing this game, so maybe he will estimate that move.Then you maybe have to do the oppposit. That´s the lovely part of BB: The mind-games :-)

Looking at your last game, your OD seems pretty strong, but your 3P% was also very weak. The ratings weren´t that good, so I wouldn´t recommend to go on Patient-Offense again. Because of the good Assist-Number, your Lamar played last game, I guess that he has good PA-Skills. Therefore LP-Offense or II-Offense could be worth a try.

Good luck.

I have played princeton well with a big with High HA/DR/PA. I still think you need alot of JS/JR at PG-SG-SF in addition to the passing for it to work.