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So,I've been thinking, are buzzerbeater players smart enough to use their skills to their advantage if you make them versatile?For instance, if I build a center to have high jump range and jump shot(comparable to Matt Bonner) will the game engine allow him to go to the three point line more often or will he still mostly just be inside and taking close shots because the game engine says "hes a center so dammit hes going to play like every other center ever"? Like wise if I build PG with great driving and inside shot but not good passing, will he play like a D--Rose? Or will he still try to pass often because he's labeled as a PG to the game engine?

Well a lot of it will depend on tactics that you choose, as players tend to play towards the coaches game-plan, even if it doesn't suit them personally. As for being smart enough to use their skills, I think players with more experience play to their strengths and make smarter plays more often. Much like in real basketball, your players have to be cohesive and work together, so you need to build a team that works well together, otherwise there will be players who don't play to their strengths for the benefit of the team overall.

Position does not matter for anything in the cap except for determining the salary of your player. Doesn't affect in game performance or training at all.

I don't think they're very smart. A smart man making thousands of dollars every week would probably change his wife beater at least every other day. A balding 19 year old probably wouldn't grow out his sides just so he could get a jump start on retirement. I think the staff members are pretty smart though. I have a transgender PR manager named Patty. He gets raises every week for doing pretty much nothing.

Wow, that was gold. +1

This explains it perfectly. Thank you. As for the rest of you failed comedians.....yea...dont quit your day job

I have noticed that the players play to their strengths within the confines of whatever offense you place them in...my two pieces of copper

When you say this every single post you make, you must have a lot of copper.

Two pieces of copper...two cents...not hard to have a lot of pennies...haaaa

One thing touched only lightly here is that:
a) it is heavily influenced by the tactics you're using
b) it is heavily influenced by the skills of other players in your team
c) it is heavily influenced by the skills of a player's direct match up

a) it seems that using tactics which favour outside shooting will boost the number of 3 pt shots across the board at any position, including big men. Equally, in LI even jump shooters will take more inside shots

b) it goes like this: depending on match ups vs their defenders, depending on Driving, Passing, Handling some players will take more shots than others. Example: a player with high passing will usually look to assist an open man when guarded by a player with high defensive capabilities. If all the players on your roster have good passing except one that one will take more shots and more bad shots than otherwise. Another example: Driving determine if a player can get open (I believe both with and without the ball in their hands) in some areas of the court, so usually high DR players, especially guards, tend to take more shots

c) if your big man is playing a high ID player, he will naturally take fewer shots inside the area. This means he will take more mid-range and 3 pt shots. If he has poor outside skills he will just take fewer shots as his team mates won't pass to him and/or he won't typically take the shot. However if he does have outside skills he will take a higher proportion of outside shots even when his total shot count is a bit lower. The individual match up is clearly compounded by the ability/inability of his team mates to find an open man or get open themselves and by the tactics used. Don't expect your guards to try to drive to the basket and use their advantage in IS (theirs) vs ID (their opponent's) if you run R&G for example.

Last edited by Lemonshine at 09/06/2015 08:18:48