I'm sure both of these have been asked somewhere along the timeline of this game. But here we go anyways......

Question one..... is IQ more important in different offense and defense styles? Like as a guess..... I would think in real life, triangle takes more presence of mind to master, in comparison to other offensive sets. And on defense, M2M would take less brain power to master ("see that guy, stop him. Period")....

Question two...... has anyone suggesting a defensive "matchup" in game setting? It cheesy to me that if my opponent has a guard with a 1 defense, and the other guard has 100 defense, that I can just switch positions in the starting line up, and get the favorable match up. Why not offer a defensive setting that allows you to pinpoint the matchup you want?

As I understand it, IQ is very important in zone. Like you, I think M2M and Fastbreak are more "athletic" O/D("run down the court and score" for FB) but I'm not sure the game captures that.

During Beta I suggested some defensive additions including a matchup setting, a triangle & two defense, a box and 1 defense, and a designated defender (when player A is in the game your defensive specialist enters the game to guard him. When player A goes to bench so does your defensive specialist).

1. I have never seen any evidence of IQ being more important in one O/D set than the other.
2. Your match up idea is great but it becomes a bear to implement. I want Player A to cover their player A but what happens when their player A isn't in the game, and then don't you need to set every matchup? It would be a drop down box that is 12 by 12!

I completely understand that Joe. But my question was vague, and I don't have a solution in mind. Just a thought. Maybe a "priority" sequence of some sort, rather than every player every matchup. I think it would be cool to tinker with a situation like this...... take your best defender, and put him on their second scoring option, and then double team their top scorer. Things like that.

Posted by topdogggbm on 9/15/2017 2:20:00 PM (view original):
I'm sure both of these have been asked somewhere along the timeline of this game. But here we go anyways......

Question one..... is IQ more important in different offense and defense styles? Like as a guess..... I would think in real life, triangle takes more presence of mind to master, in comparison to other offensive sets. And on defense, M2M would take less brain power to master ("see that guy, stop him. Period")....

Question two...... has anyone suggesting a defensive "matchup" in game setting? It cheesy to me that if my opponent has a guard with a 1 defense, and the other guard has 100 defense, that I can just switch positions in the starting line up, and get the favorable match up. Why not offer a defensive setting that allows you to pinpoint the matchup you want?

Question 2 is one that has been batted around for years and I think the problem is that there is no clean way to implement it. I'll use an example.
Your backcourt:
PG Jones -- 30 def
SG Doe -- 95 def

Their backcourt
PG1 -- incredible scorer
PG2 -- good passer who doesn't shoot alot
SG1 -- great defender, mediocre shooter
SG2 -- low def, great perimeter shooter, key bench points

Ideally, when PG1/SG1 is on the court, you want Doe on PG1, but when PG2/SG2 is on the court, you want Doe on SG2 and when PG1/SG2 are on the court together, you want Doe covering PG1 because he is likely going to have the ball in his hands more.

There isn't a good clear coding solution to create that outcome. If you have one, send in a support ticket.