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the problem with SB and REB has less to do with it being unfortunate that a guard gets some added skills, and more to do with the valuation that the market might have for a shorter center. probably should've specified, but when i wrote this my internet was cutting out about every 4th or 5th minute, and wanted to get it in there as something.

You got really lucky in the sense that you drafted yours. You dont have that initial up front cost.

I get what you're saying. However, one of the points that I also didn't really make well was that IS/ID can get some secondary training from things like OD or 1v1 forwards, but rebounding/SB can't really get secondary training from any guard skills. So for example: if I want 9-10 REB or 9-10 SB on Ogle, which I do, then I'll have to train those skills up and play Ogle extensively at C to do it. Whereas for a skill like ID, I'll probably never have to train it since in the process of getting 18-19 OD on Ogle, I'll also get 9-10 ID, which should be more than enough, and for IS, I can get a couple of the pops from 1v1 forwards, reducing the amount of time I have to play him at C.

And I'm definitely aware how lucky I got in drafting Ogle. Especially since he turned out to have really nice guard skills with only one minor hole in OD, it could have been much worse. PFs can either have really nice well-balanced skills, or they can basically be centers with 6 or 7 JS and all 1's and 2's for the rest of their guard skills. Ogle turned out to be the former, and that was a huge stroke of luck for me.

Depending what defense you play, SB on guards can definitely be useful.

Because of the fact that most of BB plays look inside, I think many people have been experimenting with the best way to defend it.

In a look inside offense, guards take a lot of the driving shots. If you play a 2-3 then SF, PF but mostly C shotblocking will defend those shots. If you play a 3-2, PF and C shotblocking will mostly defend. However, if you play man2man like I do, the PG and SG will defend most of those drives. In my experience, a center with 12 SB won't help much against driving guards in man2man.

I have a guard with 7 shotblocking and I notice that he defends LI rather well and can accumulate some blocks from time to time.

Good luck training Ogle. He should prove to be a beast when you are done with him.

Absolutely agree...finally someone, who understand the SB in 2-3 and 3-2 zone effect against driveing

perfectly logical at a higher level when looking for trainees. But these guys tend to push 1M, which isn't going to be worth it to most D.IV D.V who are looking for cheaper, less talented alternatives so that they can spend on arena otherwise.