Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

I also heard that the play by play is cosmetic, so no way to find where the points are really coming from on the court, except for 3 pointers.

Yes your rebounding will get by this year. Next year you will be in real trouble though.

Posted by DHOW69 on 12/24/2017 2:03:00 PM (view original):
Yes your rebounding will get by this year. Next year you will be in real trouble though.

That's probably true.

Just ran a fastbreak with bad IQs against a pretty good team. Just proves what I've known all along that triangle sucks and IQ's aren't everything.

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 1:10:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

Jeez man...math. He's probably the best candidate in your team to be an efficient scorer yet he's taken the 6th most shots. Conversely, Guyton has taken the second most shots and is shooting 43% from the field, 31% from 3's, and if you take out his 3pt attempts he's shooting worse from inside the arc than Duffy is. I'd bet good money if you upped Duffy's distro over the next several games his FG% wouldn't drop and he'd get to the line a fair amount.

I'll also add Duffy is shooting a higher FG% than your top 4 scorers.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 4:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 1:10:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

Jeez man...math. He's probably the best candidate in your team to be an efficient scorer yet he's taken the 6th most shots. Conversely, Guyton has taken the second most shots and is shooting 43% from the field, 31% from 3's, and if you take out his 3pt attempts he's shooting worse from inside the arc than Duffy is. I'd bet good money if you upped Duffy's distro over the next several games his FG% wouldn't drop and he'd get to the line a fair amount.

And also 48% is pretty good.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 4:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 1:10:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

Jeez man...math. He's probably the best candidate in your team to be an efficient scorer yet he's taken the 6th most shots. Conversely, Guyton has taken the second most shots and is shooting 43% from the field, 31% from 3's, and if you take out his 3pt attempts he's shooting worse from inside the arc than Duffy is. I'd bet good money if you upped Duffy's distro over the next several games his FG% wouldn't drop and he'd get to the line a fair amount.

I really appreciate your advice, but just don't agree. Even if he was my best offensive player, increasing his distro would only force more shots, which would result in lower field goal percentage. If he were significantly better than the other players on my team, then I would agree that increasing the distro would be the way to go.

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 4:50:00 PM (view original):
I'll also add Duffy is shooting a higher FG% than your top 4 scorers.

It isn't anything intentional other than my guards automatically getting most of the shots by default.

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 7:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 4:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 1:10:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

Jeez man...math. He's probably the best candidate in your team to be an efficient scorer yet he's taken the 6th most shots. Conversely, Guyton has taken the second most shots and is shooting 43% from the field, 31% from 3's, and if you take out his 3pt attempts he's shooting worse from inside the arc than Duffy is. I'd bet good money if you upped Duffy's distro over the next several games his FG% wouldn't drop and he'd get to the line a fair amount.

I really appreciate your advice, but just don't agree. Even if he was my best offensive player, increasing his distro would only force more shots, which would result in lower field goal percentage. If he were significantly better than the other players on my team, then I would agree that increasing the distro would be the way to go.

We're just going to have agree to disagree here, because I'm with Darnoc. Duffy is an offensive monster with that athleticism and low post and stamina. Especially at DII. Especially against backup bigs. Not to mention he's a senior with an A IQ in your triangle. He's shooting 48% for the season against the toughest schedule in DII. He's only taking four shots a game. That seems criminal to me.

Not only do I think he's the best bench scorer you have, I can make a case for him being the most offensive guy on your team.

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 7:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 4:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/24/2017 1:10:00 PM (view original):

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/24/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Why doesn't Duffy have more distro? He's probably your best offensive option.

You mentioned aejones in an earlier post-he ALWAYS had guys (and usually guards) that could score. You need those guys with PER or LP > 90 to compare yourself with his teams.

Duffy is only shooting 47.6% from the field.

Jeez man...math. He's probably the best candidate in your team to be an efficient scorer yet he's taken the 6th most shots. Conversely, Guyton has taken the second most shots and is shooting 43% from the field, 31% from 3's, and if you take out his 3pt attempts he's shooting worse from inside the arc than Duffy is. I'd bet good money if you upped Duffy's distro over the next several games his FG% wouldn't drop and he'd get to the line a fair amount.

I really appreciate your advice, but just don't agree. Even if he was my best offensive player, increasing his distro would only force more shots, which would result in lower field goal percentage. If he were significantly better than the other players on my team, then I would agree that increasing the distro would be the way to go.

How do you know his FG% would go down? You don't. He is, without a doubt, your best offensive weapon because of his ath + lp combo. It's basically not debatable. If your super athletic guards had more LP then it'd be a nice debate. And the fact he isn't even in the starting line-up is just comical.

The distro is nice and spread out which is great for motion, Duffy just needs more of it.

A lot of experts on here on my offense, so maybe someone can up with a logical explanation on why my team allowed the other team to go 12-19 inside the arc, playing -3, in the 1st half. This game has turned into a complete ******* joke.

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/25/2017 2:12:00 PM (view original):
A lot of experts on here on my offense, so maybe someone can up with a logical explanation on why my team allowed the other team to go 12-19 inside the arc, playing -3, in the 1st half. This game has turned into a complete ******* joke.

Are you also upset they shot 10-28 in the second half, well below the 42% you've given up this season? You're smart enough to know you can't analyze a sample size of one half of basketball. The WIS correction came in in the second half and they came back down to Earth. Maybe if Duffy had a little more distro and took more than 2 shots you wouldn't have lost by 2 ;)

Posted by darnoc29099 on 12/25/2017 2:38:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 12/25/2017 2:12:00 PM (view original):
A lot of experts on here on my offense, so maybe someone can up with a logical explanation on why my team allowed the other team to go 12-19 inside the arc, playing -3, in the 1st half. This game has turned into a complete ******* joke.

Are you also upset they shot 10-28 in the second half, well below the 42% you've given up this season? You're smart enough to know you can't analyze a sample size of one half of basketball. The WIS correction came in in the second half and they came back down to Earth. Maybe if Duffy had a little more distro and took more than 2 shots you wouldn't have lost by 2 ;)

I know it's a small sample size, but we've had too many halves like that this year, where the opponents had shot above 50% for one half. I don't understand it and can't seem to figure it out. Going fastbreak has helped considerably, even with D IQs, because it's putting the other teams elite scorers in foul trouble.

I think you need more balance in your defensive game plans. The further you go towards -5 territory, the more you are going to foul and they'll kill you with FTs. The closer you are to +5, the more layups you give up. Try sticking to -1 thru +1 unless the opponent has a clear perimeter or inside game. You can always set the halftime adjustment to "anytime" to let the engine adjust for you if -1/+1 is not far enough.

Also, your backups can't score except for Duffy (who I agree should be starting and taking the most shots). I would recommend inserting Duffy into the PF spot and running a slowdown offense to limit your backups' minutes. You say you don't like the Triangle/Man-to-man, but the overwhelming majority of title-winners in DII in all worlds are running that scheme. You just have to employ it correctly.