Mop up Lineups Topic

It would be nice to be able to set you mop-up time lineups.  Sometimes the mop-up substitution logic is questionalble: http://www.whatifsports.com/NBA/boxscore.asp?GameID=7463259&nomenu=1&teamfee=9.95  (In this game, why did the Sim put Hoiberg [2.26 mil] into to game in mop-up when Barry [787k] was available.  Those 6 minutes

Also, in the past (and maybe again in the future) I have carried some high-minute-high-usage players that I considered to be the worst player on the team, but, of course, needed their usage.  My druthers would be to have played them during mop-up time inspite of the fact that they were also my starter.

I like to carry players specifically to play as many mop-up minutes as possible, and when your mop-up player does not play during mop-up time it is very frustratrating, and can cost wins and losses as well.  In the example above, I think Hoiberg is a much better player than Barry.  If Barry had played I would have 6 more minutes available for Hoiberg to play today.  If I lose by 1 or 2 points today...

Automatically taking the player listed 4th on you depth chart during mop-up time, and the ability to add a player to the dept chart 2 times for the same position if one of those times is 4th on the depth chart would fix this problem.
9/30/2010 10:58 AM
Good point.  "Clear the bench" is very vague.  The Baseball SIM is so detailed compared to NBA.  We should be able to set a minutes with more precision given different situations.  Maybe next year...
9/30/2010 11:43 AM
They need to add timeouts and ball knocked out of bounds so there are a reasonable number of play stoppages.

Your end of bench lineup might never get in the game.
10/5/2010 2:58 PM
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