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I think FCP is a very viable defensive option, however it requires a team that's more specifically equipped to run it that LI does.

FCP lowers your Defense, Rebounding, and Stamina in return for higher forced turnovers. I think if a team was structured such that they had higher levels of those three stats and ran an Outside oriented offense to compensate for the cost of bigs with exceptionally high rebounding that FCP could be a force to be reckoned with.

I have the same feeling about zones... it's not the zone that's broken, it's the type of players we pump into them. Zones require more SB.

Pretty much like this? (34359550)

I don't know how he has been trained since I sold him, but he fits the bill perfectly.

I will show you something. To be honest, I already ran a test in season 27 on this matter.

(68686903) - 15 steals, 17 blocks and 50:71 rebs. my opponent scored only 72 pts
(68686908) - 11 steals, 20 blocks and 51:65 rebs. my opp. scored 99 pts
(71934974) - 20 steals, 19 blocks and 52:74 rebs. what a game!
(71934982) - 14 steals, 14 blocks and 56:57 rebs.

I played this games during with strong defenders. It was before I sold Deng. So they already had OD, ID and SB 15+. With Haek and Sutherland I had 3 defenders an the field. Do you see the difference between my FCP and the other ones? I had a lot of blocks. And during this strech, there was always one player who performed really good.
Especially Haek: 15 steals (3.75); 14 blks (3.5) and 55 rebs (13.75) and Sutherland: 20 blks (5.0)

Unfortunately my Stamina was very low (4 and lower) and the defense wasn't finished. I gave up a lot of rebs, but it was compensated through the high SB.
To make it short: you can run FCP, but you need the right guys. They have to have all four defense skills and 2-3 of them should score like there is no tomorrow ;)

About your surprise that you had a lot of TOs: FCP takes away RB and I think ID, but it gives your OD such a boost. With the right GDP it's a monster of a def. But it's hard to play.

All four games were lost.
Operation was successful, patient died.

Yes I lost, and now? For me it's more important to run some successful tests rather than win some meaningless games. Theses losses showed me that my guys needed more stamina. The defense Skills were already good. I learned that FCP will force more Blocks not only steals. And I know why. That's more important than a win in the PL.