Who would you put as a back up?
Player A:  Ath 71, Reb 57, Def 76, BLK 44
Player B: Ath 55, Reb 77, Def 48, BLK 64
DII, Do you go with Ath and Def or do you go with Reb and BLK?

Player A is starter for me, but not at C for sure. You are zone right?

Player B is a bad back-up. Hopefully player A still has upside on the REB side.

Sorry this is m2m.  Player A has blue in Reb and is only a SO. He definitely won't start, my starters are way better

Ok. Yeah, he is the backup then.

The difference in ATH and DEF are high enough that I would likely use Player A.

I would've said Player A, until I saw his 56 stamina rating while playing in a fastbreak offense. Since Player A is still in blue in rebounding, might still go with Player A, but you would probably need someone with a good stamina rating at that position to compliment him. Otherwise, Player A will be much less effective.

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/2/2015 2:31:00 AM (view original):
I would've said Player A, until I saw his 56 stamina rating while playing in a fastbreak offense. Since Player A is still in blue in rebounding, might still go with Player A, but you would probably need someone with a good stamina rating at that position to compliment him. Otherwise, Player A will be much less effective.

The starter in front of player A , ST is 96. So that will help out as the starter will eat most of the minutes. Plus player B will be in the 4th slot as a back up, back up option. Thanks for the input guys

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/2/2015 2:31:00 AM (view original):
I would've said Player A, until I saw his 56 stamina rating while playing in a fastbreak offense. Since Player A is still in blue in rebounding, might still go with Player A, but you would probably need someone with a good stamina rating at that position to compliment him. Otherwise, Player A will be much less effective.

Assuming we are speaking PF and not C...

I would still start Player A but have his setting set to sub as frequently as possible. At that point, I think Player B can step-in and be as effective as A until B recharges. It also allows you to use the difference between the players as a strength and hedge against a mismatch should one emerge that was unanticipated. Also, having a 77 REB as your #3 depth is an attractive alternative in FB since your #3 is probably better than their #3 at that point, in rebounding.

Also, I think that BLK is the most useless stat in the game. Give me 2 REBS over 2 Blocks every time. REB is the strength of the player and BLK is just a nice bonus. This is because a REB is a possession. BLK is not always a possession and in real life, is rarely a change in possession. Also, the value in real life of the BLK is intimidation. I do not think that is factored into WIS at all. I think it is a pure stat with no real "intimidation" factors at all and rarely a help on getting you possession. For that reason, I basically ignore BLK in my assignments.

Just my philosophy.

Agree with ermackey on blk.

Block is factored into altering shots in the post. It may not show up in the stat line but supposedly it alters shots, which results in a lower opponents FG%.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/5/2015 4:20:00 PM (view original):
Block is factored into altering shots in the post. It may not show up in the stat line but supposedly it alters shots, which results in a lower opponents FG%.

This is true....Blk is used in the equation that defends the ATH/LP scorers...it is weighed more heavily in zone than in man or press.

Posted by Trentonjoe on 12/5/2015 5:01:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/5/2015 4:20:00 PM (view original):
Block is factored into altering shots in the post. It may not show up in the stat line but supposedly it alters shots, which results in a lower opponents FG%.

This is true....Blk is used in the equation that defends the ATH/LP scorers...it is weighed more heavily in zone than in man or press.

Has anyone quantified the impact of BLK on FG% of opponents to validate the assumption and determine its significance?

Not that I have read...

Posted by ermackey on 12/8/2015 12:44:00 PM (view original):

Posted by Trentonjoe on 12/5/2015 5:01:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/5/2015 4:20:00 PM (view original):
Block is factored into altering shots in the post. It may not show up in the stat line but supposedly it alters shots, which results in a lower opponents FG%.

This is true....Blk is used in the equation that defends the ATH/LP scorers...it is weighed more heavily in zone than in man or press.

Has anyone quantified the impact of BLK on FG% of opponents to validate the assumption and determine its significance?

I'm not really sure how you quantify the value of the BLK attribute, but my statement was not an assumption-it was states by the developers in an old dev chat.

I also received that answer in a response to a customer support ticket.