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67309.16 in reply to 67309.15
Date: 1/10/2009 8:24:19 AM
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i beg to differ. can a bb or gm pls comment on this?

the fg% is for all the shots made right? If a player "drives" the ball towards the basket and he is a Center or PF isnt than the driving skill the most important skill whether he scores or not? Or can it never happen that an inside guy "drives" the ball towards the basket??

My experience is that driving has a negligible effect for big men (which makes sense, since if you're already under the basket, there's no space to drive).

I doubt that you will get any details on this from a BB, my sense is that things like that are up to us to discover (and I don't have any inside knowledge on it other than my own game experience).

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67309.17 in reply to 67309.16
Date: 1/10/2009 8:28:18 AM
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ok than i will have to pay closer attention to the games i am playing. really would like to know this. you are right, a center will be more under the basket than other players.

BUT it also depends on tactics in my opinion. if you play 1-3-1 for example one off the 3 players is the PF not? And I would imagine in that case he would play further from the basket than he would normally.

The question I have than, does a C or PF never drive to the basket when he plays in one off these positions, or is it possible?

I am not trying to make a fuss about this. but there is a big difference between skills having no effect on a certain position and the shooting % or little effect. I always thought that it does have effect how little it is, if i am wrong, i would like to know...

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Date: 1/10/2009 8:33:05 AM
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ok than i will have to pay closer attention to the games i am playing. really would like to know this. you are right, a center will be more under the basket than other players.

BUT it also depends on tactics in my opinion. if you play 1-3-1 for example one off the 3 players is the PF not? And I would imagine in that case he would play further from the basket than he would normally.

The question I have than, does a C or PF never drive to the basket when he plays in one off these positions, or is it possible?

1-3-1 is a defensive tactic. It doesn't affect your offense. Along these lines, I don't think zone defenses represent literally the movement of a specific player.

There might be shades of gray in driving, as in even when he drives, we don't know whether his driving skill helps him as much as it would a guard that starts further away from the basket. But this is all speculation at this point.

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67309.19 in reply to 67309.15
Date: 1/10/2009 8:44:37 AM
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i beg to differ. can a bb or gm pls comment on this?

the fg% is for all the shots made right? If a player "drives" the ball towards the basket and he is a Center or PF isnt than the driving skill the most important skill whether he scores or not? Or can it never happen that an inside guy "drives" the ball towards the basket??


My take on this is that it maybe correct BUT the versatility of his player is going to limit his offensive options to Look Inside and Low Post only.

If the players in question are only highly skilled in the ID/IS/RB area (and lacking HD/DR/JS) there is no way they can make the transition to SF and even at PF are likely to be caught short against a more astute tactical opponent.

In minor leagues/countries for sure the ubermonsters will run riot on any bot/weak human in most positions..

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67309.20 in reply to 67309.16
Date: 1/10/2009 11:27:50 AM
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My experience is that driving has a negligible effect for big men (which makes sense, since if you're already under the basket, there's no space to drive).



thought that the driving skill shows how good a player can create his own shot and that you can need on all floor spots??

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67309.21 in reply to 67309.16
Date: 1/10/2009 3:26:24 PM
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I guess that big men just teleport themselves from under one basket to under the other and back than. Never giving teammates a chance to pass them a ball somewhereelse than under the basket. Right? LOL. If big men can shoot treys (they do) they can surely drive. Waht is the exact formula in game engine for this is arguable but drives of bog men exist.

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67309.22 in reply to 67309.17
Date: 1/10/2009 5:36:00 PM
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# Driving: Allows the player to create his own shot without a good pass from a teammate. Better driving creates shots more often and creates better shots on average.


that was from the rules it amaze me every time what you can find there so i think it is safe to say a center with high driving will be way more effective then a center with low one right?

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67309.24 in reply to 67309.23
Date: 1/10/2009 6:23:38 PM
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I wondered about this myself just a short while ago, since then i´ve payed close attention to my games and i´ve become so convinced driving matters for Centers i´m training that exact skill this week.




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Date: 1/10/2009 6:53:41 PM
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My experience is that driving has a negligible effect for big men (which makes sense, since if you're already under the basket, there's no space to drive).



thought that the driving skill shows how good a player can create his own shot and that you can need on all floor spots??

All I am saying is that a C with pitiful driving performs comparably (if not better) to a C with strong driving. That's in my very unscientific observation of what's going on in my own team. Make of it what you will.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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