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Facts about the first phase:

Offensive Strategy:
Look Inside: 26
Motion: 2 (both team lost)
Run & Gun: 1 (lost)
Low Post: 3 (2/3 lost)

Nice research but that is just depressing. The 32 best teams in the world are compeing. 26/32 decide to go with just one strategy out of the ten available. Six try something other than look inside and all but one of them lose. Wow that is horrible.

JR and SB changes have changed nothing, maybe the GDP will do something to change this.

Fun Fact: Since the current format started in Season 15, there has only been one team to win the B3 after finishing the Group Play with a loss. Season 21's Sant Mateu.
They actually beat Broken Roses, a team who lost 2 games in the group play, but BR had also, interestingly enough, been the team that handed Sant Mateu their loss.

Last edited by ______ (NZ National Team) at 11/25/2013 9:43:49 AM

I would also say that many of those who played LI also lost. The Motion and RaG were probably an "alleluia pass" and hope for the best.

32 teams, 16 games played, 5of 6 lost by not a LI teams and 11of 26 lost by LI teams

Sure 5/6 and 11/26 no big difference. Non li tactics just doubles ur chances to lose game. 83 percent compared to 42.

Last edited by Gajus Julijus Cezaris at 11/25/2013 11:20:13 AM

From 32 top teams on the world, 29 played inside tactic (26 LI) and 3 outside tactic and they lost.

It's not about that the changes are unsuccessful or not, the GE still work on the same way where the look inside tactic is dominant.
Now they will make some changes where you must guess some focuses or etc, its not lotto, its BB.

Now its possible that in the next round of B3 all teams use inside tactics, that's the reality.

I dont think the change came from changes in game engine. People were still training the same way after the GE, more passing but still tons of jumpshot (even in PF) and outside tactics, monoskilled centers and so on.

It was the salary formula, when able to play with different builds people realised that inside tactis were cheaper.

JR and SB changes have changed nothing, maybe the GDP will do something to change this.

So you are actually surprised that changes made a season ago, mostly on salary (and a bit GE for SB) didn't already appear on well trained players well over 100k of salary ?

They've had half a season to train those players. Surely that's sufficient time to get players with JR and SB, right? ;)

As suspected, my journey ended brutally against you. I tried something different and played a 3-2 even though I knew you would play inside, to see if I could stop your guards deliver those passes. It didnt work at all, but neither would a M2M have done.

I am proud to be in the top-16 with my rooster that arent at all ready, and with the lowest salary in the playoff's, with no player over 100k, your NT players totally smashed me back to stoneage ;)

Good luck to all remaining contenders

Round of 16
Metallist from Ukraine beat Goldena from Poland fairly easy, and I am really impressed in the ratings they are performing considering the Salary.
They will be facing Piulos from Spain that beat Spartan 300 from BiH a bit surpringsly to me.

Mloty from Poland beat Lalkers easy, and even more impressive to pull out Marvelous inside and Sensationalx2 defence with 865k Salary, splendid performance.
They will be facing Atsalakotoi from Greece that beat monoi with a salarycount with over 200k more in the toughest game of the round.

猛牛 from China easily defeated Kowloon from HK, both team performing impressive ratings
Gàidhealtachd from Scotland continue to win, this time over a badly performing Joué Basket Club from France.

King Drive from U.S made the process short with myself, and made it easy to the quarterfinals
Where he will be facing, not surpringsly, San Felipe from Chile that beat TSV Bogen from Germany, but the game was tight until the last quarter.


Even though San Felipe and 猛牛 performed the highest rating, I am much impressed by how Mloty performed consider his Salary, very well done.

Facts from round of 16:

Offence:
Look Inside: 13
Low Post: 3

Defence:
M2M: 14
2-3: 1
3-2: 1


Quarterfinals

16 Metallist Kharkov (44258), Ukraina, 970k Salary - 9 pirulos (80255), Spain, 1005k Salary
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4 Mloty Stargard (162788), Poland, 865k Salary - 12 Atsalakotoi B.C. (27693), Greece, 840k Salary

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2 猛牛 (70015), China, 1375k Salary - 7 Gàidhealtachd (57619), Scotland, 1550k Salary

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14 King Drive Ballers (22817), USA, 1220k Salary - 11 San Felipe Stars (40196), Chile, 1880k Salary