04-16-2018, 10:26 PM
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MVP
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Re: The 7'3 Conundrum:
In the other thread about removing cap restrictions, this was my main concern. It doesn't even matter if you have a 30-40 speed difference between your match up because they can literally ride your back the whole way on the break. If there's no PHYSICAL separation between the players of course there's no reason to make a fast player off ball. And this is EVERY character, not just bigs.
Too many times I have a player with 90+ off ball speed and acceleration ratings but am unable to separate from my match up on the break because he's DEFENSIVE FOULING me the ENTIRE time down court.
Then there's the spam steal CATCH UP speed.
YOU'RE TELLING ME, IF YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOUR MAN SPRINTING, SWATTING AT AIR MAKES YOU RUN FASTER THAN RUNNING?!?
if a player has a 38 off ball speed, that should go into reaction times, slow trying to block, steal, laterally especially AND MOST SPECIFICALLY getting up court.
Shaq in his later years didn't come down on defense half the time.. and guess what? His match up wasn't necessarily torching him down court either. Shaq wasn't worried about getting back on defense because everyone he was defending was mostly as slow as him. In top of that, if the other guy was running down to score, he's leaving Shaq wide open under the basket.
SO IF YOU WATCH THOSE GAMES, Shaq and his man we're usually playing the game at THEIR speed, while the other teammates in both sides ran at a normal NBA pace.
WHOLE POSSESSIONS are what should be at stake here, and a lot more of them than right now.
These days, my 50 off ball speed on my 2 7' bigs is plenty to stick with the team. That's absurd. I'm beating my teammates down court sometimes if I take off early enough, which is unacceptable.
Dirk's whole career he's been guarded by faster and more athletic guys. He's so slow, if Dirk inbounds, his man is down by the basket playing help defense. That's good for early shots at the rim, but if he is late to get back to Dirk by the time he hits the 3pt line that's buckets. I've watched so many games, it's a good 10 seconds he's STROLLING up court. Sometimes it's necessary, he's tired, or strategy. But a LOT of times the defender gets distracted, and thinks he can recover in time, only to get screened off ball to prevent the close out.
I'm saying that some SLOW players use that to their advantage. Magic Johnson wasn't this video game 99 speed, 99 dribble playmaker like they portray "PLAYMAKERS" in this game. His patience when breaking with the ball and waiting for passing windows is what made him good. He was DECEPTIVELY quick. That doesn't mean he's QUICK, it means he can fake you into thinking he's going one way and change directions fast ENOUGH that it throws you off.
Andre Miller had a very healthy career by never over extending his athleticism. He played the game at HIS Pace.
The reasons for post scorers in the 80s and 90s was to SLOW THE GAME DOWN.
Playoff basket ball is STILL a half court game. There has to be positives and negatives to being a fast paced team, and a grind it out team.
You don't have anyone banging in the post on a VIDEO GAME version of basketball. The biggest scoring threat before 3s became as valuable as they are now is next to non existent.
If the post and athleticism was more valued, and defense to counter all of them was implemented equally, we got raw hoops again.
But every year it's height and 3s. Rebounding and shooting are not the only ways to strategize in basketball 2k.
If the NBA payed like 2k, everyone on the floor shoots 70-80% wide open and everyone's 6'7 or taller.
That's not a league I would watch.
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