Small Center Build

[Rockie_Fresh88]

Re: Small Center Build

I think if you're good - you're good.

I'm 6'7" PG and I get stuck on Centers a lot and I love it because I exploit the hell out of the matchup.

Just yesterday I was playing a semi-famous 7'3" Legend 3 Center and his squad (some YouTube squad CJSOCOOL) and I was assigned the Center. Not only did I keep the Center in check, but I blocked him and changed his shots often. And on offense, I dunked on him easily by beating him with my speed and baseline cuts.

Just make sure you beef up stats in the areas that make being shorter an advantage (speed/dribbling) and exploit those advantages.

Ibe watched him and played against him . He's not very good at all . You'll get away with an undersized big better at the park than pro am

[SirGaryColeman]

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Ibe watched him and played against him . He's not very good at all . You'll get away with an undersized big better at the park than pro am

That was my claim to fame! I was just using it as an example, though... it happens on the regular.

I know it's easy in Pro-Am Walk-on as well, but I can't speak for Pro-Am Team as I only play that with bigmen teammates.

I know my 6'11" PF friend plays as our Center some times (or goes up against 7'3" PFs) and it's the same with him - uses his speed/athleticism to outplay the 7'3" dudes.

I really think Pro-Am Team is a cluster f**k - I don't think we've seen what could be done with a group of truly good players... My bet is that the matchmaking is so poor that we won't see the best of the best until they fix it and it won't be the 2 tiny dudes 2 giant dudes lineup in the long run.

[de5m0n]

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For park I agree it is better to have smaller faster guy because it is child's play with no defense but for pro am team? You will get clowned with a small pf/c. Your speed won't help you rebound with a 5'' disadvantage.

[SirGaryColeman]

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For park I agree it is better to have smaller faster guy because it is child's play with no defense but for pro am team? You will get clowned with a small pf/c. Your speed won't help you rebound with a 5'' disadvantage.

Is this really true? Even at the PF you have to be 7'3"?

I really hope it's just a case of it being such a new thing that people haven't shown what you can do yet.

Being 7'3" in real life (NBA) is something you rarely ever see and it is usually someone very slow/clunky. It sucks seeing such freakish players become the norm... especially at PF!

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Is this really true? Even at the PF you have to be 7'3"?

I really hope it's just a case of it being such a new thing that people haven't shown what you can do yet.

Being 7'3" in real life (NBA) is something you rarely ever see and it is usually someone very slow/clunky. It sucks seeing such freakish players become the norm... especially at PF!

I mean you'll be fine in most pro am games. My guess is you will probably win 85% of your games still . But those top tier 15% will give you big trouble if they have two 7'3 centers

[Breakstarter]

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Smh...you won't get killed in pro am going small...rebounding is all about positioning. If you know what you're doing you can DOMINATE with a small center. You just need those all important badges and make sure you're sf and of can rebound as well, because those 4 or 5 inches you're giving can be sacrificed if everyone on you're team stays thirsty on the glass.

[SirGaryColeman]

Re: Small Center Build

Smh...you won't get killed in pro am going small...rebounding is all about positioning. If you know what you're doing you can DOMINATE with a small center. You just need those all important badges and make sure you're sf and of can rebound as well, because those 4 or 5 inches you're giving can be sacrificed if everyone on you're team stays thirsty on the glass.

I believe this too.

I really don't see people pushing each other around enough in the game... I'm talking about basically running into your man and watching his arms flail all over his face lol - it works!

You can even set screens this way (without pushing the screen button) and it leads to steals too.

I consider this "bodying" my man in videogame form.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Good 7'3 centers with maxed rebounding + all the rebounding badges + max athleticism + max wing span will just grab the rebound over your head even if you box them out lol . I'm not joking . Good news is you don't see a lot of beast centers IMO .

Just imagine if you're good at positioning there is a 7'3 center who is just as good lol . Im not discouraging y'all because playing small is fun hell I made 6'11 big man . But I've also played well over 300 pro am games so I'm not talking out of the side of my neck here. Park is fine though.

[sirfreshalot718]

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If you play a small center or pf make sure he is a shooter. Did a pro am game with 4 guards n one center n we kept their 7'3 center/pf real limited on glass n low post defense because he couldn't leave the shooter open n we killed them because of it.

[GradyMac]

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I have a 6'6" PF alternate I use when my regular squad isn't on.

He is fun to play with and I have no problems with big centers. I do have to pay more attention to boxing out; but he isn't as under powered as a lot of guys on here will say. Plus he is faster than those 7'3" centers I get matched up with, so I can easily take them off the dribble or get back cuts.

Now finding a PG that can hit my cut in stride is another point.

[Ray Vibes]

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OK so last night i decided to play with a 6'8 PF i created just for the hell of it. The first game my team played that night we got matched up against a team that had two 99 overall centers. The game started off great for me, I was speeding passed my guy grabbing some rebounds and shooting my outside jumpers. Everything was going my way until the 3rd quarter hit and things got scary. The center I was guarding started grabbing rebounds over me even when I had him boxed out perfectly. I'm no scrub, but this dude dunked on me so bad I almost went out and bought Nba Live 16. He just over powered the hell out of me in the end. Long story short, being small can be a problem. Goodbye.

[FutureFame]

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Lmao gonna get bodied like chuck hayes in the paint