Thanks guys. I thought 100 speed would mean a starlike player.. But I guess he is too low elsewhere.

Posted by zorzii on 9/27/2015 10:52:00 AM (view original):
Thanks guys. I thought 100 speed would mean a starlike player.. But I guess he is too low elsewhere.

I think the spd is kinda mis used.  In man-man his defense is too low, and he has no per/lp to be a true offense threat.  He could have star like stats in a fb/press type system because of the spd/bh, but even then he still wouldn't be a star.

Physical-Off-Def-Reb-Guard Skills

I think you need multiple of those categories to be a star.

He has some physical(spd) and great guards skills, but somewhat weak defensively and really no true offense holding him back from being a star in my mind.

basically it all comes down to abilities. guards have 3 main potential abilities, guard skills, offense, and defense. for a player to be great, he has to have 2/3. generally that is true just to be good, but sometimes especially in d3 and low d1, you can get by on 1 if you are decent in other areas (especially if that one is offense). this guy is good in terms of guard skills but not strong defensively or offensively, so he leaves you understaffed in some key area. the general rule of thumb i give everyone i help with teams or mentor or coach with, is, you have to have a clear strength in 2/3 abilities on every single player (with the two exceptions being a lead scorer who is solid in something or a sf who has 1 clear strength and is solid in the other 3 - SFs have 4 abilities while everyone else has 3). if you think about that, thats 10 abilities per starting lineup, which would look something like 2 guard skills, 2 rebounding, 2 offense, 4 defense, which is generally enough to compete at the top tier of any division.

Nice info Gillespie. Thanks.