When you're scouting the unsigned players at the end of RS2 and find a player with 8 categories in green potential and a 97 WE who is unrecruited

Let's see this Aladdin.

ATHLETICISM	35
SPEED	34
REBOUNDING	34
DEFENSE	24
SHOT BLOCKING	13
LOW-POST	46
PERIMETER	27
BALL HANDLING	35
PASSING	28
WORK ETHIC	97
STAMINA	66
DURABILITY	45
FT SHOOTING	B-

Everything except Defense (yellow, which sucks that this is the one category he won't improve much), Stamina and Athleticism (black) everything else is green.

he is a project and hopefully will accept a Redshirt

Ah yeah that defense is the reason he was passed over. Is this d2? Trying to play him at SF? Maybe with 90 LP/Per he can get some offense.

I'm starting a rebuild of D1. He will be a SG/SF/PF backup. I signed starters at each of these positions as well this session. But by his senior season, he should be solid off the bench. I'm also going to be running a zone, so his Def won't be as detrimental.

Personally I think defense is MOST important in zone.

Yes, you can 'target' a player with low defense pretty easily in M2M but you can also target the player with zone, in a way.

But zone has the worst defensive rebounding and worst turnover generation of all 3 defenses. The main benefit (besides stamina preservation) is low FG%. 2-3 is best 2pt defense and 3-2 is best 3pt defense. For bigs, block is really important along with defense but block is much less important at the 1,2 and 3. Speed is also really important for guard defense but you still need Def rating.

In my opinion, Defense rating is the least important in Press. Press relies on Speed for turnover creation and Ath for fouling. Obviously defense is a component here but if I'm skimping on Defense in any set, it's probably press.

I wouldn’t go for him D1. Hard to play that Ath/Def.

Normally I wouldn't have gone after him, but finding good players that I'm able to get at the prestige I'm starting with, I just need good overall players. That's the quandary I have starting out at D1. Low prestige schools can't get the good players because the better schools want them too. He will be a player who will help me get up to a C or C+ prestige and then I can start competing for some of the better players.

Posted by tdiddy3 on 3/30/2020 4:03:00 PM (view original):
Normally I wouldn't have gone after him, but finding good players that I'm able to get at the prestige I'm starting with, I just need good overall players. That's the quandary I have starting out at D1. Low prestige schools can't get the good players because the better schools want them too. He will be a player who will help me get up to a C or C+ prestige and then I can start competing for some of the better players.

You do have access to any and every player that I can pull in at D2. I wouldn't sign that guy in particular. But I also understand that HD happens and we don't always get what we want. But just remember that basically any player you see on a D2 roster is basically a target that you CAN sign. So if you're struggling at all, take a look at some elite D2 teams and make sure your talent is AT LEAST comparable to them

Guy’s excited about a player. You guys tear him down. I swear most of you would have to cheer up to kill yourselves.

Posted by Benis on 3/30/2020 12:05:00 PM (view original):
Personally I think defense is MOST important in zone.

Yes, you can 'target' a player with low defense pretty easily in M2M but you can also target the player with zone, in a way.

But zone has the worst defensive rebounding and worst turnover generation of all 3 defenses. The main benefit (besides stamina preservation) is low FG%. 2-3 is best 2pt defense and 3-2 is best 3pt defense. For bigs, block is really important along with defense but block is much less important at the 1,2 and 3. Speed is also really important for guard defense but you still need Def rating.

In my opinion, Defense rating is the least important in Press. Press relies on Speed for turnover creation and Ath for fouling. Obviously defense is a component here but if I'm skimping on Defense in any set, it's probably press.

I'm not sure I'm convinced the zones are stronger defensively against even the 'overloaded' range than man...

I always considered stamina to be the overwhelming benefit of the zone. Also like the ability to put your best defender at the 3 and really beef up against any team's top scorer.

Posted by ab90 on 3/31/2020 9:15:00 PM (view original):
Guy’s excited about a player. You guys tear him down. I swear most of you would have to cheer up to kill yourselves.

Haha. That made me chuckle.

it's ok, when that guy ends up an all american (which he won't) I'll get the last laugh

Posted by ab90 on 3/31/2020 9:15:00 PM (view original):
Guy’s excited about a player. You guys tear him down. I swear most of you would have to cheer up to kill yourselves.

Ha. Love this response.

1: "I am happy about something and want to spread my joy."

2. "You are dumb."