Here's why you can lower 3-PT rating and still get the game to produce good #'s for CPU.
You can increase the 3-PT slider for in game stats and for teams that normally shoot the 3-pointer you can add the 3-Play Quick play as part of their playbook.
That solves both problems. I have Manu Ginoboli's offensive awareness at 18 I believe and he still plays like Ginoboli.
As far Smush Parker you have to lower his 3-PT rating but increase his inside scoring rating that will make him look to attack the basket more. That's what I did for Tony Parker i lowered his 3-PT rating to like 38 but increased his inside scoring to 85 since Parker looks to drive more than settle for jumpers. In fact both Parker and Ginoboli attack the basket while Finley, Horry, Van Exel and Barry settle for jumpers.
The reason why I said Offensive awareness has to be set lower is becuase it doesn't allow the CPU to always look for the fast break first. That is why some teams like Utah and Portland hardly tried to run because their PG's had very low offensive awareness. In fact if you put Sasha Vujacic in the Lakers starting lineup at PG even with his DEFAULT ratings they won't run as many fastbreaks as they would with Parker starting at PG.
Anyone over 50 for 3-pt shooting in this game is going to fire away at will regardless of who they are Bowen, Josh Howard, Andre Miller and so on. That is why the scale should range from 0-50 and the 3-PT slider should be adjusted to compensate for percentages within games.
I also think FG rating has alot to do with non shooters jacking up shots aswell. That is what I"m now testing since I've already came to a conclusion about Offensive awareness and 3-PT ratings.
All three of those ratings are the key to getting the CPU to be programmed to play halfcourt basketball with ball movement. The game is so heavy in favor on the offensive side of the ball that drastic measures have to be made in order for it to play balanced. Trust me guy's with 25 awareness will still try to score often and quickly. You just have to make sure that each team has it's best scorer's set up with the highest awareness regardless of how low it might appear.
The one acception I'm looking at is like you said the scoring big men. But even at 50 Duncan was still getting his touches because the rest of the Spurs were all in the 0-25 range so it still had him way higher than anyone else even at 50.
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