Anyone else think there should be an option where you can choose who you prefer to take a last second game winning/tying shot? I feel like this wouldn't be too hard (correct me if I am wrong) and would make for much more realistic endings. Like if say I am gonna have a last second shot in a game I should have an option of running an Iso for my best player instead of having my backup SF with a 56 PER taking the game tying 3. Just curious on what everyone else thinks about something like this.

I'd like something like this. Actually, what I'd really like is a "late game sub" option. Like, if trailing in the last two minutes, you have an opportunity to put your big scorer off the bench into the game. If leading, your lockdown defender. That kind of stuff. 

Yeah that would be really neat to see how different coaches approached the last few minutes of a close game. Think it could add a lot of strategy to the game.

Posted by tarvolon on 11/22/2013 12:05:00 PM (view original):
I'd like something like this. Actually, what I'd really like is a "late game sub" option. Like, if trailing in the last two minutes, you have an opportunity to put your big scorer off the bench into the game. If leading, your lockdown defender. That kind of stuff. 

Agreed.  I really wish they'd add these strategic options. 

Adding a big scorer off the bench makes sense, but adding the lockdown defender may help but not as much. The lockdown defender can't lock anyone specific down except perhaps in man defense, and even then you couldn't assign him to anyone - he'd just come into the game at wherever you indicated on the depth chart.

Also, even in a zone or press a better defender helps but unless he is an offensive threat too he could actually jeopardize the game for you because assuming the other team can get some buckets you may have a harder time doing so on the other end. I guess there is a trade-off there in that situation, so possibly more strategy is involved.

Another thing to consider would be the SPECIFIC defensive alignment at the end of the game. You want your best player getting the ball, but if I'm on the other side, I want to deny him the ball. Giving coaches the option to allow a certain player to take the final shot should be counterbalanced by giving other coaches an end-of-game option to play a "deny the ball" defense on, say, up to two specific players (similar to the way double-teams are assigned now, except it can be done in any defense at the end of the game).

I like all those options.  I would also like the ability to specify a player or players that must be in the game due to intentional foul situations!

I wouldn't mind an option that allowed you to specify who you WANT to take the last shot.  I think there should still be some variability that would force someone else to take the shot a certain percentage of the time.