yeah and if the ISO guy doesn't have enough DR to get himself an open shot? He will either take a contested shot or he will pass. I think we already established earlier in the thread that the ISO player creates the offense, he doesn't necessarily look for his own shot, but he might create for others (passing). This is consistent with what others have said and is consistent with my big men scoring at a much better clip that they should have done in the game above (they mostly had open shots).
Well, if the iso guy doesn't have enough driving, it's not the right offense to run. That's kind of the point of my post - I've seen enough people wondering why inside isolation doesn't get their super stud C with dunkalicious IS a ton of baskets. Now, the other skills are important in any offense, but if your player does not have good driving, running an isolation with him is madness.
One of the thing that do not make sense in the GE right now is that in many cases an open shot has a lower FG% than a guarded shot (depending on the specific defender and the type of shot). So let's put it this way: if your ISO player has very high driving he may be able to consistently get an open shot. Is an open shot going to be more efficient than a guarded shot? Not necessarily as Trainerman has argued repeatedly bringing data and evidence to support his claim (this is particularly evident on lay ups for guards and 3 pointers for big men).
It hasn't made sense for a long time, and specifically three pointers against big men was the examples that came up as an example years ago. It's even more than that, though, as I had a player that was one of my best jump shooters, who never played at a big man spot, who consistently over several seasons shot uncontested jump shots at a lower percentage than other players with far less JS playing the same position, but hit a much higher percentage of contested ones.
You talk about DR and point to the Game Manual as if you're giving any meaningful information. I know for a fact that the defender on my SG in the game had more than 20 OD (and good ID). So the useful information about DR you should provide, if you are able to, is how much DR is needed to overcome 20-10 OD-ID to get an open shot. Even a ballpark figure would do.
Roughly on the order of "more." On everyone. And even then it may not be enough.
If I knew a more specific answer, I'd give that. If I knew why the SG position in Princeton so frequently will put up those 20% shooting days with estimated PP100 over 90 I'd probably answer that too. On that end, I'm just hoping the fixes supposedly coming for outside shooting may at least make things sensible. On isolation, though, it's just more driving - mostly because it's absolutely abysmal if you don't have it.