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the position you see in the top right corner is more like a guideline

it depends on the skill set
so if you have a SG and you raise his handling and passing enough, he'll become PG

also an SF that gets inside training a lot can become PF, then with outside training again SF
and so on

it depends on the skills

Last edited by Kivan at 4/23/2010 7:22:07 PM

I'm pretty new too.

But from my understanding, the 'best position' for a player is based on his skill sets. And as you train them, different skills pop. So he might have skills sets that change his 'best position'.

As to height, it does have an impact. For example, your KG sized player would advance in 'small man' skills like handling slower than say a a player who is 'smaller' in size. 190 and below = small man, and pop in skills like handling faster.

That's my understanding I guess, and how the realism plays a part.


haha... but better to get a more exp player to confirm this : )

The suggested position is based on the skills of the player. If you train the player in skills that suit another position better, then as you continue training the suggested position may eventually change.

For example if you have respectable outside defence and respectable jumpshot and jump range it might have a suggested position of Shooting guard. But if you then trained only inside skills for the next 2 seasons until the inside skills are on prominent, then the suggested position will change to Center or Power forward depending on the other skills.

I think sometimes this thing is broken somehow so that a player ends up still having a really bad position suggestion which doesn't match skills or height.

heigth has no impact on the games, only for training and also in player generation :) But if you got a big PG, he will be as good, as the same one in small.

Height does not affect how your game is played just how fast he will train.

As you train your players their positions will change based upon your training.

Hope that helps

I just find it annoying to have a player listed out of position, pet peeve I guess. Maybe its just a more American way of looking at basketball as we train people for positions by bodytype in the US (talking real Basketball) and the idea of a 6footer and a 7footer matching up in a Real game of bball just cuz they got similar fundamentals (skills) is nuts

maybe you should see it that way, charles Barkley is a popular example of a small player who play near the boards. he still manage a lot of rebounds, but would you say he is a much bettzer rebounder then a bigger guy who get the same amount of boards?
I would say they are the same, but probadly it was harder to get to this level for Charles then his 7 foot opposition - so it is like here.

You also could say that charles "skill" is higher, but through his size he would get the same amount of board then the "weaker" opposition, but this would make it very very hard to compare Players and also would make it complicated to predict the value, because skill and size alone wasn't value the player and you end up with a comparision like it it done here.

Magic, oscarson, Kukoc and even sabonis(before his injury) played where different positions with inproperiet size during their career, and even if the most centers are big and most point guards small their are exceptions. And in generation of new player, size plays a role and big guys get most likely good isnide skill and wek outside skills, but you get also some exceptions especially on low level where they are even in reality more common.

I guess this is a suggestion but it would be REALLY COOL if we could set their position ourself manually while on our team. Like as a supporter feature or something.

I wouldn't like it, because the suggested positions, is in my eyes most important when i scout my opponent because you get a rough feeling for a player when you look at salary and suggested position - and if everybody could change it i expect lots of team order then randomly to confus the opposition.

"I wouldn't like it, because the suggested positions, is in my eyes most important when i scout my opponent because you get a rough feeling for a player when you look at salary and suggested position - and if everybody could change it i expect lots of team order then randomly to confus the opposition."

I totally agree. I would probably just change all the positions to "Point Guard" and that way they have no idea when they scout me :D

I guess this is a suggestion but it would be REALLY COOL if we could set their position ourself manually while on our team. Like as a supporter feature or something.

You know, the listed position is just a suggestion. You can play any player at any position you want. Heck, my two small forwards are listed in the game as SG and PF. You can ignore the position. Lots of people do.