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Personally don't think so. It's not related to the positions you asked on, but my SF Marcel Marrinan has popped 4 levels in passing this season, and he's shooting the ball really the same number of times as the past 3-4 seasons (when you account for the difference in MPG). Likewise, if you look at my team from last season- my PF Issac Alamo had 1 passing (and 0 assists the entire year) and wasn't shooting the ball much more than Callao or Quinlan, my other two C/PF with much better PA. And Alamo was a matchup nightmare for other defenses as well (14/8 JS/JR, with high DR and IS as well).

It may be confirmation bias on my part, but i tend to agree with you hunch about shoot-versus-pass innate tendencies.

Alternatively, my hypothesis is that passing is conditionally modeled for big men - i.e. basket success is first evaluated on relative skills. if likely a missed shot, then with some randomness, a pass is executed instead based on passing ability. In this model, passing would allow a second attempt in the same sequence, hence adding value. However, if your player has tremendous scoring advantage over the opponent's defense, then passing is moot. This particular model may also be applicable only for certain offensive strategies, such as look-inside.

Of course, this is just a random guess, so definitely don't quote me and feel free to disregard a totally insane idea. I have absolutely no proof - it is just how I would like to model it if I were to design a game engine myself.



Last edited by rocket.science at 10/22/2012 1:49:09 PM

I left the game two years ago, playing in II division tired of:

- The insane advantage of outside shooters... Which now seems to be replaced by insane advantage of inside players.
- The hidden players stats/tendency: That's simply is not fair, you spend all your money in a MVP-legendary player and after several seasons of careful training they DO NOT make the difference. This keeps the same.

When I left the game low passing meant low offensive flow, which usually lead to a low score and lost game. Reading this thread it seems to have changed, does it?

Regards.