interesting comment and interesting thread
i am one of the few 'SB believers' out there.
currently i have two Centres whose SB skills are 13-16 and 14-15 (ID-SB)
ID works better than SB
What ID doesn't do is block shots. What ID doesn't do is stop bigs from attempting shots. There has been some stats done that prove this.
Also ive experienced players having a higher game rating with the SB topping up the defensive skills of the player. AND - i think that a 13-16 ratio of ID-SB will give a higher game rating than a 16-13 ratio. No stats to back that up though.
also - as i recently mentioned to Trainerman in another thread - everyone forgets SB and OD - guards still try to block shots at the 3 point line right? ever had a guard with decent SB stop 3's with blocked shots? works wonders :)