Posted by dahsdebater on 9/20/2012 7:30:00 PM (view original):
Why can he guard PGs and not SGs? That doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. Also, given that I play zone, PG and SG are defensively identical. And I play the triangle offense, so I really don't care if one or two of my guys can't really score.
My feeling is that if I play Buford at the 1 he'll probably put up 3.5-4 TOPG and Delvecchio at the 2 will likely put up 2.5-3, for a total in the vicinity of 6.5. If I play Vec at the 1 he'll probably turn it over 3-3.5, Buford will likely drop down to around 1. Maybe 4.5 total. If those numbers are reasonably close that means a 2 TO/game swing by playing Buford at the 2 instead of the 1. That's a pretty big deal. 2 possessions/game is what, maybe 2.3-2.4 PPG? And if anything, I think putting the better passer at PG bumps up the FG% for my other guys by a couple of percent, in this case maybe 2-3%. That's another couple of points per game. You really think Buford at PG is worth maybe 5-6 PPG more than he is at SG? If so, where is he making up those points? Not with scoring, certainly. And as I pointed out, zone makes it a wash defensively. Where do I win back those points?
yeah, i even mentioned in my first post I wasn't factoring defense into it. long day at work, not sure why I added that in.
either way, my point was, at least at PG he can contribute something. as a SG, he's basically a dead roster spot on the offensive end, so delvecchio can likely be double teamed without any repercussion (provided the sim is smart enough to double off of the worst player) lessening whatever benefit you get from putting him at pg.
i can see the logic in starting him at pg against a press, but against man or zone i'd still start delvecchio at sg