I noticed on Saturday after deciding to edit my defensive playbook for Philly that all the teams in the game have the EXACT same default defense plays. I know I haven't discovered fire or anything, but what I never thought about doing was editing their defensive playbooks to reflect how they actually play. For example, Dallas and the Mavs play a lot of zone so their first option should be a zone not man 2 man.
The good thing about this is that you don't have to edit a different team each game, you can save all your work under settings after you edit them under playbook manager. If you are playing a franchise, you could gear each team to stop you. Here's a list of some of the plays and a brief description:
full court/half court press: defense plays tight d starting at full or half court. weakness: in full, you may be vulnerable in transition.
full/half court press: D doubles ballhandler. W: leaves you vulnerable to a good passer
3-2 zone: guards perimeter teams with 3 high and 2 low. W: leaves you vulnerable inside.
2-3 zone: guards good inside teams with 3 low and 2 high. W: leaves you vulnerable outside.
1-3-1 zone: applys pressure on perimeter and makes it difficult to penetrate and work the ball inside. W: poor rebounding d and leaves the corner 3 open
Box 1 zone: four man box with defender guarding the others best player. Used against teams with one great player and forces others to step up.
My suggestion is to gear teams toward defending you with the best defense being the first option. If you have dallas maybe have others play 3-2 zone as a first option or have them go box 1 or 1-3-1 if you use philly. maybe have 2-3 defenses geared to you and the others more of a aggressive man 2 man or whatever you chose.
Combine this process with whatever sliders you use.
Also teams with a lousy defensive rating should possibly play more zone so that help comes faster if someone gets beat. Just a thought.
The good thing about this is that you don't have to edit a different team each game, you can save all your work under settings after you edit them under playbook manager. If you are playing a franchise, you could gear each team to stop you. Here's a list of some of the plays and a brief description:
full court/half court press: defense plays tight d starting at full or half court. weakness: in full, you may be vulnerable in transition.
full/half court press: D doubles ballhandler. W: leaves you vulnerable to a good passer
3-2 zone: guards perimeter teams with 3 high and 2 low. W: leaves you vulnerable inside.
2-3 zone: guards good inside teams with 3 low and 2 high. W: leaves you vulnerable outside.
1-3-1 zone: applys pressure on perimeter and makes it difficult to penetrate and work the ball inside. W: poor rebounding d and leaves the corner 3 open
Box 1 zone: four man box with defender guarding the others best player. Used against teams with one great player and forces others to step up.
My suggestion is to gear teams toward defending you with the best defense being the first option. If you have dallas maybe have others play 3-2 zone as a first option or have them go box 1 or 1-3-1 if you use philly. maybe have 2-3 defenses geared to you and the others more of a aggressive man 2 man or whatever you chose.
Combine this process with whatever sliders you use.
Also teams with a lousy defensive rating should possibly play more zone so that help comes faster if someone gets beat. Just a thought.
Comment