Posted by gillispie on 11/23/2021 4:18:00 PM (view original):
that might be a way to think of it or something along those lines, but that is definitely not how it is. i wouldn't recommend thinking of it that way either.
anyway, if you have 3+ always players on the floor together, there are not enough defenders and the setting is ignored. also, the complexity of fcp is significantly more than that.
This is how Tarek explained FCP in a 2008 dev chat. Not sure if it still operates this way but this is how I've always treated it.
Concerning the press double team.. is the effectiveness of a press double team calculated the same as if 2 man to man defenders were to double team someone. And do you expect us to be alarmed by the frequency that we see the double teaming in the new pbp, while running a press? (mlatsko1 - Hall of Famer - 2:33 PM)
Yes, it's the same logic. What differs is whether the defense is able to effectively trap since they're chasing the ball while in a man to man, they're already assigned a defensive target to double. That is done by comparing the the offensive team's speed, ball handling, athleticism, IQ and passing ability to the pressing team's speed, athleticism, etc. If a team is very fast and athletic and they're pressing a slow, poor ballhandling team (for example), you're going to see many more traps in the pbp and many less open shots.
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