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In a 1-3-1 system, where does the center exactly play? My center has rebounding and inside def, but no outside def - so it's better to use 1-3-1 or 3-2 against an opponent who's attack style is motion? The tempo for 3-2 and 1-3-1 matters also, because I want it to suit my Low Post attacking system (which I play against his man-to-man defense) ..

Thanks!

Depends how strong your rebounding is compared to his. 3-2 Zone gives u more rebounding. In 1-3-1 your centre will still be near the basket he will just get less help with rebounding from the other players. If your opponents rebounding is a lot weaker 1-3-1 might be better because it gives more outside defense.

It's my first game, I haven't the game stats from previous matches yet. I can only predict that my rebounding is weaker, but his outside scoring is Mediocre, inside Awful and rebounding Inept..

Had a quick look at his team he has a couple of good rebounders i would play 3-2 zone he would kill u on the boards otherwise

do you mean 2-3 zone? 3-2 zone is the outside focused zone and actual has a slight decrease in rebounding.

No i mean 3-2 zone as compared to 1-3-1 zone. You wanted to choose between those 2 i thought.

Oh, sorry. Guess i should learn to read the whole thread before replying next time :P

Went with 3-2 zonal, the best option in my opinion too.. well, the first game in my career, one of the toughest teams in the league - 74-103 loss (-29p). Think he just had a lucky day with 3p shots or are they not so random in BB?
Discovered that my strong sides are inside shots and off rebounds.. got to buy SG though, NO 3p IN THE GAME FOR ME! :P
Well, 74-103 against 2. strongest team in league - good for first match newbie or not?

edit: KK Skaters put more into this game than The All Starz - did he make this crunch time game? :O the 74-103 loss isn't so bad after all, Normal enthusiasm from me.

Last edited by Styler_ at 8/25/2009 1:15:24 PM

From a quick view of u r team looks like that u r best and more potential players are u r big men. So my advice is 1st to read how to train big men, (you can find how on the help forum), then fire all the players with less that 2000 salary. Oliver Kut and Hugo Griisa and Siim Toll is the base of u r team for the next seasons. Hire a coach 3-4 lvl with fitness or no specialty, try to expand u r arena, and dont waste money on 100-200k players. Spend some money on the scouting, and try to find an other trainable big man.

You have 2 ways to get money. 1) arena but u r in very low division so is hard to fill a large 1. 2) Produce players. I am big men trainer too, so every year i am selling 1 of them and then i am buying a player on the positions that i dont train. This season i had 4 players on my NT. The main skills that a big man needs is inside shot, inside defense, rebounds, and less important shot blocking. Dont chose to train 3 positions. 2 is enough and productive. 3 positions they results are coming very slow. Also for a player to get a full training needs to get 48 minutes minimum on the positions that you train. On the regular season u have 2 championship games and 1 cup or friendly, so make sure that on those 3 games u r trainees will get at least 48 minutes. During the all star game or at the end of the season u can make a team training for free throws or stamina, and this couz u will have 2 games instead of 3.

I hope that i gave u the basic idea how to play the game

Excellent, thanks for the advice!

Any time. Especially if u need help for the big men training witch is my specialty