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Nice both of mine have 10 pops so far.

sorry about that again. I was looking forward to seeing what smith could do in the playoffs. and ya the 18 yr old being injured sucks too.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Weirdly, as of 2pm ET the league standings still haven't updated to reflect last night's games. Didn't hold back the power rankings, though!

And III.6 rejoices!

Some quick updates on some coolness going on around the league:

1) Super T Rex got two wins over the two teams challenging him in the Big 8, firmly placing him as the #1 overall seed and favorite for promotion. Good battle by Chicken Hawks though, and impressive 11(med) Inside Scoring rating. PS. Chicken Hawks and I will go head to head on TV for the last regular season game of the season. Looking like that will determine home court for round 1 of playoffs...

2) Big bummer for Smedlock with Eugene Smith. His team was certainly a dark horse for a playoff run, but with Smith likely going down to 5 or 6 game shape, not sure he'll have the power to take down Super T Rex in an away game. Expect a reloaded team, and even better Eugene Smith, for next season.

3) Does anyone have any idea what to expect out of the Great 8? I could see any of the Top 5 teams making it to the final game. A shocking loss from CA Foreigners has created more parody from an already packed league. The Door Mats will own a one game lead for 1st once the league updates.

4) I'm still watching the Lumberjacks lurking in 4th with a ton of cash from those sales earlier in the season.

POWER RANKINGS
1. Super T Rex, 24.739
2. Chicken Hawks, 18.395
3. Natellio, 17.622
4. CA Foreigners, 11.804
5. Thunderhorse, 6.366
6. Lumberjacks, 6.201
7. lakey, 3.367
8. The Officials, 2.537
9. East Gary Eagles, 1.386
10. Eclypze, 1.281
11. The Door Mats, 1.176
12. Cow Lickers, -4.228
13. New North Star, -17.110
14. Demon Hoosiers, -18.853
15. The Veggies, -20.200
16. EBW, -34.141

To place a high JS shooter in PF/C with Patient is an interesting strategy in BB.
I also had a JS 20 player for this tactics during season 20-22 (46060534)(49359989). And I realized it does not work at all when dealing with most of DII teams so now I completely stop to use the tactics.

First, jump shoot will be highly attenuated by ~32% and ~53% at PF/C position, comparing to SG with the same JS. Thus, if your bigs have acceptable ODs, let's say 9 in PF and 7 in C. The shooter will be shut down easily. I can imagine why our league scoring leader can easily grab 40+ points as most of PFs/Cs here only have terrible ODs at 1-4 level.
Second, it is harder to efficiently pass the ball to PF/C in a Patient setting. If your opponent has a very good overall OD to inhibit your offense flow. The tactics is a suicide as there is no additional bonus for most of game ratings.

I see. And I totally agree with you that Eugene is an unique one. (he has 15 JS based on his inside skills you described and looks like a Keven Love-type player) That's might also explain why he gets fouls more easily than the average.

In the current game setting, players like Kevin Love are not able to compete with players like Tim Duncan or KG and will get foul trouble easily. 11 IS is not good enough to beat 13ID in Patient setting (in LI, yes, it works at C as you get ~22% bonus for IS, 11*1.22= 13.42). Thus, Eugene mostly relies on his 15 JS, and high 2nd chance attack rate coming from his high RB to score (2nd chance attack offers additional 25% bonus for inside score).
Oppositely, as LI offers 22% and 15% IS bonus at C and PF respectively, Eugene's 13 ID is harder to defend his opponents.

Definitely, at the D-end, Eugene will be much better as he has high block skill.
Honestly, using Patient as your offensive tactics, he will have problem to deal with not only players similar to your Dorde Pusic at PF, but also Elar Hell-type players at SF. And both of them are way cheaper than Eugene.
It is my opinion that to build a Motion-/R&G- based team around Eugene as a PF would benefit you most.

Last edited by Dino Boy at 5/9/2013 5:51:06 PM

Both of my bigs have at least 11 JS. There are certain teams that don't have well rounded guys who're pretty vulnerable to them.