[jinntu]

I don't know if anyone has ever noticed, but I'm 90% sure blocked shots is at least partially tied to On Ball Defense in addition to Vertical/Quickness. ODB is what sort of "holds them in place" for the block animation to trigger Vert allows them to jump and quickness makes them quick enough. That's why you get too many blocks on the perimeter by guards often times (has been true for years) but the bigs don't get enough because on ball d doesn't trigger when the ball-handler begins the layup/dunk animation and their on ball d is too low for it to matter on the perimeter most of the time except for when the chase down animations are triggered. And notice most sliders jack up the ODB and voila you get too many blocks by guards.