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I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I just recently finalized my squad to try and push for promotion this offseason, but facing a bit of an issue right now. Basically in my starter 5 there are 3-4 new players, which means I'm yet to find optimal tactic. Before I only relied on one player and I knew what I had to play to get the most out of him, but now that I have multiple offensive options, I'm not longer sure how to get the most out of my team, so seeking some help from more experiences users.

Basically: All my offensive players are all-around players with high inside and outside shot. 2 of them are outside players, one is inside. Along with them I have players who are great all-around defenders. So, I'm trying to find a tactic/lineup that will get the most out of my offensive weapons! They are mainly played in PG, SG and PF/C positions.. if i play LI, the defensive center somehow gets too many shots. II gets me too many 3pt shots, which my team is not good at. LP i didnt try too much, but might be an option? And I play the SG in SF position instead? Or just go with Patient and make mismatch in positions compared to my opponent? Or some other option?

Cant really disclose skills too much since my opponents might see this thread tho.. but would really like some opinions.

If you have all-around players then you have to choose tactics according to your opponent. If your opponent has a lack of Outside Defence you have to use 'motion' or outside tactics. If lack of Inside Defense you have to use 'Look Inside'. LP is suitable when your opponent is stronger than you.

IMO "Patience" is most overrated tactic in this game. Sure it's just my opinion but i never recommend. I don't see any difference between isolation tactics and patience. It's not suitable for balanced teams.

Base offense maybe?

I don't really understand, you say you have good inside and outside shot, but you also say your team is not good at 3PT shooting. Do you mean you don't have a good 3P% in your games, or do you mean their JR skills are not high enough? Because low 3P% can have a different cause than bad skills.

Assuming it's just low 3P% and all things equal, I'd try Motion and Princeton (if your inside players have good flow skills, HA and PA). These offenses utilize your outside players best, while also involving your inside players. If you don't have high flow/driving skills among your players, I would think the ISO offenses are good too because you can have the 1 player with good flow generate open shots for the others if they cannot create their own shots. You can't go wrong with Base offense either.

Also, don't put too much weight into shot distribution; it could be that your defensive center gets many shots because the other players draw attention and dish to him when he's open, which is a good thing. Try to view some games to see wether he gets assisted or unassisted shots.

Disclaimer: keep in mind that without knowing all skills it's hard to give good advice.

Playing base offense and patient gives you a great idea of who is scoring what and the offensive habits your team naturally has...then after viewing the stats and or games you can better tweek the tactics going forward...but Princeton seems like the wisest choice...or motion if their passing rating are decent all across the board...just my 2 pieces of copper

IYO, by decent, do you mean at least respectable in regards to passing?

Strong or proficient

Hi guys. I've got a question regarding suitable tactics for specific player sets. I was thinking to examine this specific player set, so maybe anyone had an idea of best using those guys.
So I've got 10-14 PA on all Positions. 1-3 positions have 14+ JS and 13+JR, PF has 12-9 with 14 IS and C has 7-11 with 8 IS..at the same time SG SF have 12 IS as well..what do you think is the best tactic for this type of lineup? I know it depends on my opponents ratings and so on, so assuming my opponents defensive ratings are around strong-proficient when 1-1 and his Max outside def is around 10 and Inside def around 13 when playing corresponding zone defenses. I was thinking about princeton, since all of them have 9+ HA and 8+ DR and with their 10+PA flow should be nice. The weakest line would be my ID since C has 13 and two players are with 6 and two with 8 respectively. My defensive set would have easily been 2-3 zone, but what about offence? Because of their versatility I'm having hard time to choose offensive tactic, RG motion, Princeton, OI, all look tempting. Mostly the look more outside oriented guys, but I might insert a C with 18IS and 12-12 ID & RB, though with pretty low HA DR and PA. but 18-14-12-12 IS on 5-4-3-2 positions would have been nice too. Any ideas?

I'd say look inside.

I don't know what you mean with 14+/13+ JS/JR, but unless it's significantly higher it seems like your outside scoring isn't high enough for outside tactics to be worth it. Of course you can still use it to mix things up, and motion/princeton are good options because of the high passing and decent shooting of your bigs.

Otherwise outside iso would be good, makes use of the high IS on the SG/SF too.

I meant that PG SG SF had more than 14JS, namely 15-15-17 and 13-14-16 JR.