The question is: is it worth gaining a certain marginal offensive difference by making the switches or could Offensive Rebounds be a stronger argument than this gain in order not to do the switch?
Yes, I understand the question perfectly and I have had my answer for me, personally for a long time. For the sake of the discussion I do not wish to type it in directly though.
Again, what you focus on in the quoted statement is the marginally better IS (20 <> 19), possibly coupled with some DV advantage as well. That 19 IS player has to play guard (presumably) in offense though in order for the 20 IS guys to attack the paint. So again with a question -
what else do you lose by playing your C/PF as guards with defensive switching?The focus in the current thread is on OR, so we are discussing this. And yes, in my humble opinion ORs is
one of the things one would lose by imploring the defensive switching. There are other things to be lost/gained too though, possibly even more important than OR.
In any case, back to your question, if the margin is so small (20<>19), for me defensive switching is definitely not worth it.
I've never (NEVER) looked at the ratings because I find them useless
Glad we agree on this one.
BBB: 2 (S37 S38); Top tier: 7 (S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S41 S63); Cup: 9 (S25 S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S40 S41 S61)