Quote: Originally Posted By kmasonbx on 4/15/2010
there is no penalty for shooting too much.
It seems odd to me that there seems to be universal agreement on the original premise here: "There is no penalty for shooting too much".
While I agree that there is something perplexing going one here, Im shocked that no one has pointed out that shooting percentages, in a normal-ish distro situation seem to be highly affected by the number of shots taken.
The thing that has allways puzzled me is why these bingballers shoot so well. In my experience, if I increase a star player's distro... his shooting percentage will drop, every time. and if i have a scrubbish player who is shooting 35-40%, if i lower his distro enough... he will increase to 45-50%, at least.
maybe it is the type of offense played? maybe some players are built-in shooters and dont have that mechanism that decreases thier shooting percentage with more shots? and the bingballers have figured out how to find these dudes? maybe its the kids who average 35ppg in HS? maybe its in thier scouting report in some kind of vague way?
personally, i have found that plus defense and/or double teaming works well. i think one of the reasons for the success of bingballing is that so many teams run the press and cant DT (which, in my opinion, is idiotic). plus, the press teams are at a little disadvantage on the boards naturally and if they cant match the bingballers rebounders, they will get eaten alive on the boards with a plus defense.
maybe it works because the bingballer SG's share the minutes and never get tired? I have allways thought that this strategy would work even better if the two SG could be on the floor together at least some of the time.
Bottom line... In my expereince, unless I have missed something... at D1 this strategy is similar to alot of other extreme strategies (such as minus5)... it will allow you to pull off some upsets against more talented teams... but you may also lose a few that you shouldnt.
Am I wrong?
Has a bingballer won a D1 title? I am only in one world so there is alot going on that i am not aware of. heck, it may have happend in tark and i might not know it.