Posted by dahsdebater on 7/22/2014 3:14:00 PM (view original):
Shot blocking is by far the most underrated player rating in the game... Passing is not all that far behind.
even though i think a good % of people do under value sb, its hard for me not to disagree. shot blocking is not useless at all, but you've said statistically its THE most important defensive rating even for guards, which is outside of the realm of what i consider reasonable! the scary thing is, at least three folks who mine data and run regressions have said the same. but, someone who i have a lot of confidence in ran the statistics and said that was definitely not true. of course, im biased towards his opinion because what he said actually made some sense, given the context of my understanding. i could be wrong, and sb could be the most important defensive rating for guards, but i seriously doubt it.
i think shot blocking in bigs is undervalued by some folks but over valued by others. its important, but defense is still substantially more important, as best i can tell. i do think some people only regard SB for the shots that get blocked, which is a mistake. i do agree passing is pretty undervalued, and so is stamina.
back to the original question, outside of the obvious durability, for guards, i value sb not at all, but everything else is meaningful. depends on the role of the guard, what im willing to give up. obviously reb is lower than the other ratings, but ath, spd, def, lp, per, bh, pass, those are all hard to say you can give them up, without knowing the role of the guard.
for non offensive bigs, i value per and bh very little, while lp, ft%, spd, and pass are all pretty low on my list. for offensive bigs, pretty much everything is relevant. i would say sb, bh, and pass are the ratings i value the least in offensive oriented bigs. i've grown to value speed in my offensive bigs, for the impact it has on fouls drawn.
7/22/2014 4:37 PM (edited)