When players are subbed in, the position listed in parentheses is the position they will be playing.  So Clements came in as the PG.  Parkley likely moved to SG which is fine as he is on the depth chart at SG.  I imagine everyone else moved down one slot, i.e. Clements/Parkley/Diapolo/Reed/Waters at PG/SG/SF/PF/C.  You don't mention if that makes sense with your depth chart or not.

How my depth chart was set up in regards to those players:

Clements - starting PG
Parkey - backup PG, 3rd string SG
Diapolo - backup SG
Reed - starting SF
Waters - backup PF and backup C

If they all bumped down, then the engine still didn't follow my depth chart. Diapolo should never be playing SF and Reed should never be playing PF. In this instance, it means very little as during this 1:19, my team scored a couple times without allowing them to score, and during a game where I never really felt the outcome was in question.

However, it shows that it is capable of happening, and I most certainly do not want three guards with no rebounding ability and my small forward with limited rebounding on the court at the same time while playing a +2.

Posted by dacj501 on 5/19/2011 9:45:00 AM (view original):
I went over it, and near as I can tell that PG moved to center... I'd send a ticket about it and see whta CS has to say, and then when CS gives a BS answer, see if you can get it through to seble and see what he has to say...

Why do you think he moved to C? Like was already said the position in parenthesis when a player subs in is the position they are being subbed into. Your starting PF also had 2 fouls at this time so that  changed the way your sub patterns work.

There's about 18 other scenarios that should have happened if that's the case. Putting three PGs with 1, 2 and 10 REB ratings on the floor with a 53 REB small forward at power forward is about the last thing that should happen.

Posted by kmasonbx on 5/19/2011 11:29:00 AM (view original):

Set your depth chart better. I always go at least 3 deep at every position to avoid things like this.

Thank you for your condescending advice.... but my PF and C positions were both 3 deep.

On top of that, if they're going to move Reed to PF even though he is listed at SF, why are they also moving my backup SG to SF? Why is my third string SG playing instead of my starting SG? 

If I'm just crappy at setting my depth chart as you suggest and they are worried about the fouls, why not just play one person out of position instead?

PG - Clements, starting PG
SG - Atwood, starting SG
SF - Sauceda, backup SF
PF - Reed, starting SF, only player out of position
C - Waters, backup C

Why are people so sensitive, no reason to get all defensive. Read the pbp thoroughly, 1 guy was in foul trouble others could've been fatigued. Like you said it was only a 1:19 stretch, so the engine could've compensated for these things and put guys out of position.

are you using fatigue or target minutes?

Posted by uglyskunk3 on 5/19/2011 1:39:00 PM (view original):
are you using fatigue or target minutes?

Fatigue. "Getting tired" for Atwood, Mosley and Waters. "Fairly Fresh" for everyone else during this game.

Great answer from customer support.....f***ing pathetic.

Chris,

It's impossible for us to tell exactly what happened based on just a play-by-play, but players can shift around to different positions, even if they're not listed at that position in the depth chart.

what did you want them to say?

as mentioned, you can set your depth chart to avoid this or just keep getting mad when it happens

How would you suggest I set it up, then? For that particular game, it was set like so:

PG - Clements, Parkey, Edington
SG - Atwood, Diapolo, Parkey
SF - Reed, Sauceda
PF - Roth, Waters, Powell
C - Mosley, Waters, Powell


Why would you leave my starting SG and backup SF on the bench, while moving everyone around and playing guys at SG and SF out of position? Neither were in foul trouble. Neither were tired. They had actually been on the bench for over a minute after only playing a 2:40 stint before that.

You're saying the logical move is to play my SF at PF (where he's not listed), my backup SG at SF (where he's not listed) and my third string SG over my starting SG (who's not tired, nor in foul trouble)? 

The answer isn't "set your depth chart better", it's that there is a flaw in the logic of the sim.