Posted by wpd73 on 7/30/2015 5:56:00 PM (view original):
Agreed. I have always thought one of the most unrealistic points of this game is the fact that if you extend your defense (+) you commit less fouls and if you pack it in the key (-) you commit more fouls. This is the complete opposite of real basketball.
I'm not 100 percent sure that's how the game engine actually treats things though.
To me it seems the further away from 0 a team strays, the more fouls beyond its baseline a team picks up. The tendency is definitely more pronounced in the negative numbers than it is in the positives, but I think a +3, +4, +5 consistently will yield more fouls by a team than a positioning of 0 does, all else being equal and effects of intentional foul situations removed from the equation.