In the last couple of seasons, I've had several games where teams shoot over 40% from 3 against me and kill me on the glass when I'm in +2/+3 defense. It seems that when I go "+" in defensive positioning, I am getting none of the supposed benefit (worse 3pt shooting) and all of the penalty (more vulnerable inside/more offensive rebounds). My players have in some cases been roughly even with the opponents, while in others they've been vastly superior. I've even had a couple of teams shoot over 40% from 3 on a "+" defense when their best perimeter shooters were in the high 70s or low 80s. I understand that there are a lot of factors that go into the efficiency of the three point shot for a team, but I am curious if my results have simply been unlucky or if other users have had similar experiences when going "+" with their defensive positioning?

I am also curious as to the effect that a big man's speed has when it comes to rebounding. I've noticed in a few games that although my player may have had the better athleticism and rebounding ratings, he is still being outrebounded by an opposing player that has lower ATH/REB ratings but higher speed, even in "-" defensive positioning. While I generally don't recruit big men that have no speed (usually around 30-40), I am wondering if users have seen success using big men with high 40s or 50s speed when it comes rebounding.

1. I use + defenses frequently. I find it effective.

2. Admin said in a dev chat that speed does not effect reboundIng. I know because I asked the question.

3. The main factors for rebounding are ath and reb. The secondary factors are: iq, fatigue, type of O/D, and +\- setting.

If you look closely, most of the teams that shot 40% of better against you were SIM teams. W/hat they do is they have 7 or 8 of their crappy perimeter shooters take 1-2 threes per game, probably setting those players at -1, therefore those 3's that they are shooting are mostly open look 3's.

Overall, on the season, it seems like your three point defense is at 33%, which isn't that bad. Against human coached teams, might be closer to 30%.

Also, if you have 4 guys in the lineup set to -1, it may increase 3 pt efficiency for each of the 4 players on the floor.

That's the conclusion that I've drawn from playing SIM teams.

As far as speed in bigs, i find it to be useless. I usually end up with bigs that have great speed (70 ATH, 50 SPD) and look forward to watching him tear up the opposing 70/10 center..... and it doesn't happen.

I don't target speed in bigs. It's usually just an added bonus that I end up with. But at the end of the season, I find that the bonus I expected from the extra speed was nothing at all.