Chris Cartee or Ernie Richter at the 5?  I think IQs still make it reasonable to keep Cartee in my starting lineup.  I do already have 2 scoring threats coming off the bench, including my 2nd leading scorer (who also leads the team in minutes as the first backup at the 1 and the 2).  But I probably also have some loyalty towards Cartee as a 4-year starter, and Richter is a LOT more athletic.

I'd say Richter, his ATH is too good not start. His talent makes up for the IQ difference IMO.

This is how I rank them using my weighting system ... basically a tossup:

Name	GS	ATH	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	ST	FG%	FG3%	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	R	BH	O	D	Overall
Christopher Cartee	22	45	50	75	35	61	85	50	40	26	76	50.0%	42.9%	59.7%	20.6	9.9	4.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	1.4	1.6	64	36	68	49	53.64
Ernest Richter	0	71	35	70	61	48	61	14	31	28	67	55.2%	0.0%	59.3%	15.3	6.4	4.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.1	69	34	61	64	52.89

R is my rebounding, BH (the 2nd one on the right side) is overall Ball Handing, O is Offense, D is Defense.  They all take into account percentages of different attributes and IQs.  I would likely start Richter (even though his overall rating is slightly less) because of the huge difference in the Defensive calculation.

My D rating is calculated as (if anyone cares):  (DE*50%)+(ATH*20%)+(SPD*5%)+(BLK*10%)+(DEF_IQ*15%)

You say "defensive iq times fifteen percent". How do you numerically quantify defensive iq?

Posted by a_in_the_b on 11/22/2012 9:47:00 PM (view original):
You say "defensive iq times fifteen percent". How do you numerically quantify defensive iq?

I use grades converted by this lookup chart:

Letter Grade	Numerical Equivalent
A+	97
A	95
A-	92
B+	87
B	85
B-	82
C+	77
C	75
C-	72
D+	67
D	65
D-	62
F	57

My offensive rating does 6 calcs (based on types) and picks the highest of the 6 for the overall O rating:

Offensive Types	ATH	SPD	LP	PE	BH	IQ
LP	0.30	0.05	0.45	0.05	0.05	0.10
Balanced	0.20	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.10
PE	0.12	0.10	0.05	0.43	0.20	0.10
SlasherPE	0.30	0.08	0.05	0.17	0.30	0.10
SlasherLP	0.30	0.06	0.18	0.06	0.30	0.10
SlasherATH	0.38	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.38	0.10

Point Guard

Shooting Guard

Small Forward

Power Forward

Center

Rank

Player

Year

Pos

Rating

Rank

Player

Year

Pos

Rating

Rank

Player

Year

Pos

Rating

Rank

Player

Year

Pos

Rating

Rank

Player

Year

Pos

Rating

1

Terry Thornton

Sr.

PG

72.95

1

Terry Thornton

Sr.

PG

73.31

1

Michael Baker

Sr.

C

64.56

1

Michael Baker

Sr.

C

64.99

1

Christopher Cartee

Sr.

PF

64.84

2

Dennis Mellor

Jr.

SG

65.66

2

Dennis Mellor

Jr.

SG

68.54

2

Terry Thornton

Sr.

PG

61.58

2

Christopher Cartee

Sr.

PF

60.79

2

Michael Baker

Sr.

C

64.55

3

Michael Baker

Sr.

C

64

3

Michael Baker

Sr.

C

64.6

3

Dennis Mellor

Jr.

SG

59.68

3

Ernest Richter

So.

PF

58.91

3

Ernest Richter

So.

PF

64.3

4

Brian Claudio

So.

PG

60.76

4

Brian Claudio

So.

PG

58.33

4

Eddie Demby

Sr.

SF

58.54

4

Eddie Demby

Sr.

SF

57.82

4

Robert Murakami

So.

C

60.7

5

Eddie Demby

Sr.

SF

58.84

5

Eddie Demby

Sr.

SF

58.21

5

Christopher Cartee

Sr.

PF

58.11

5

Andrew Chambers

Sr.

SF

56.77

5

Arthur Hicks

Fr.

C

58

6

Andrew Chambers

Sr.

SF

54.38

6

Andrew Chambers

Sr.

SF

54.01

6

Andrew Chambers

Sr.

SF

56.52

6

Terry Thornton

Sr.

PG

55.56

6

Andrew Chambers

Sr.

SF

57.86

7

Christopher Cartee

Sr.

PF

50.55

7

Christopher Cartee

Sr.

PF

53.24

7

Ernest Richter

So.

PF

55.09

7

Dennis Mellor

Jr.

SG

55.43

7

Eddie Demby

Sr.

SF

57.17

8

Bobby Fett

Fr.

PG

49.86

8

Bobby Fett

Fr.

PG

48.82

8

Brian Claudio

So.

PG

53.61

8

Robert Murakami

So.

C

55.04

8

Larry Fleck

Fr.

C

54.36

9

Ernest Richter

So.

PF

47.94

9

Ernest Richter

So.

PF

47.01

9

Robert Murakami

So.

C

50.69

9

Arthur Hicks

Fr.

C

52.54

9

Dennis Mellor

Jr.

SG

49.15

10

Robert Murakami

So.

C

43.18

10

Robert Murakami

So.

C

43.88

10

Arthur Hicks

Fr.

C

48.28

10

Brian Claudio

So.

PG

49.99

10

Terry Thornton

Sr.

PG

46.37

11

Larry Fleck

Fr.

C

41.58

11

Larry Fleck

Fr.

C

40.3

11

Larry Fleck

Fr.

C

46.29

11

Larry Fleck

Fr.

C

49.78

11

Brian Claudio

So.

PG

44.9

12

Arthur Hicks

Fr.

C

40.69

12

Arthur Hicks

Fr.

C

40.08

12

Bobby Fett

Fr.

PG

44.27

12

Bobby Fett

Fr.

PG

41.78

12

Bobby Fett

Fr.

PG

37.83

Here's another one: Shawn Wilcox or Thomas Belcher at the 2?  Either way he's going to be the weakest link on the team, at least in the starting lineup.  Normally I'd go with the defensive option in Wilcox, but I have 2 reservations in this case.  First, he's the only guy I really feel comfortable with backing up my starting point guard.  If I start him at the 2 odds are that #3 on the depth chart is going to get big minutes at the 1.  Second, Belcher is my only viable perimeter threat at this point.  My starting 3, this guy, still has high potential in PER, so if I add a few minutes to PER practice maybe he gets up into the 70s by the end of the season.  But not now.  So it seems to be in my best interest to maximize Belcher's minutes and probably overload his distro a little bit relative to his efficiency to try to artificially prop up my team's 3-point threat.

I'd start Wilcox and put Belcher next at the 1 and 2 (although I'd leave an open space in slot 2 at PG so Belcher plays SG more). Better defender starts, Belcher gets lots of PT off the bench (possibly against other bench players, making him more potent)...