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It starts with OD/ID (defense against the player) and only after a shot is taken, SB (defense against the shot) kicks in.

Ah, thanks for the info. Now that changes everything. SB looks like a safety net now.

However, as I mentioned in my previous post, I seem to observe the opposite of this:

It doesn't matter how high or low your SB is, the player will always try to alter/block the shot. But a SB 1 C will be absolutely overpowered and tend to foul.

From what you say it seems like every player will attempt to block, which I observe to not be the case, and neither am I alone in this. How do you explain very high SB players picking up more shooting fouls than their lower SB counterparts?

Tho yes I think one very good point you brought up is the opponent's offense and how the GE searches for mismatches. I do recall reading about that. So even if I have a ID 25 player, my opponents can still attack the other players.

From what you say it seems like every player will attempt to block, which I observe to not be the case, and neither am I alone in this. How do you explain very high SB players picking up more shooting fouls than their lower SB counterparts?

SB1 or 2 has almost no impact, but it doesn't mean, the player is not trying to block.
If you have ID20 and SB2, your defender will take away a hige amount of the FG%, let's say from 70% to 40%. SB2 is just so low, it will alter the shot on a minimum level. Maybe it drops by 0.5% FG%. But the atzempt is still there. You will have most of the time "shot altered, but goes in" as a result. If it is a bad shot block attempt, you will get a shooting foul.

It also depends on the level you play. In Div. 3 a ID13/SB13 guy could be the best solution. Give him more defense and the engine will search for other missmatches. Go with someone who has lower SB and he will foul more. The reason is, he is good enough to defend, but one step too late for the block.

Do you have numbers? Skills, amount of defended shots, amount of shooting fouls? Data that shows, that high SB foul more than low SB players?

Something like that (It is in german, but I think you get the main info)

Skills: JS 5 – JR 6 – OD 15 – HA 10 – DR 8 – PA 4 – IS 5 – ID 12 – RB 6 – SB 12

Haek lief in 25 Spielen auf und war immer mein Starter. Er spielte 871 Minuten und steigerte sich deutlich im Vergleich zur Vorsaison.
215 Defenseaktionen (im Schnitt 9,8 pro Spiel)
160 davon erfolgreich (74,4%)
66 Blocks (30,7%)
11 shooting fouls (5,1%)
Dazu holte er sich noch 37 Steals.


I made detailed analysis with skills and actions. The rate of shooting fouls dropped to 0% at some point. The better he got, his amount of defended shots dropped.
So, show me your numbers, which validate your points.

Last edited by Nachtmahr at 10/10/2023 2:30:58 PM

Interesting info. I don't have supporter to extract the play by play so I only relied on personal fouls. But for both the NT and U21, the players with high SB (for their positions) coincidentally have the highest amount of fouls (and in the few matches I've watched they got into foul trouble all via shooting fouls. But I get what you mean with needing a detailed analysis, let me see if I can pull something out when I'm free, or maybe some people might be able to help me extract info of our NT/U21 matches.

It doesn't matter how high or low your SB is, the player will always try to alter/block the shot. But a SB 1 C will be absolutely overpowered and tend to foul. So if you go for "giving up the block", it will backfire.

Does SB have the 3 skill difference max?

Ah, that is interesting. I wonder if that would reflect in other top NTs as well. If it does then it could likely be a matter of team strength (with Singapore NT/U21 being the middle teams).

Isn't this already explicitly stated on the training page?

You're right, it is. It's been a while since I've trained one on one

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"Just be careful how often you train GS. It's not 100% effective until the 5th week after you've trained it once."



Last edited by Fresh24 at 12/5/2023 11:39:58 PM