Curious about the significance of a 1 LP rating for a wing player or point guard. For instance, a SG with an 80 PE and 4 LP rating would seem to be fine for an outside shooter. Having said that, however, does it mean the player is completely one dimensional and can only play on outside? How should this impact usage settings and 3pt settings?

My interpretation has always been that the player simply can and/or will not shoot near the bucket. So for distribution purposes, it's best if this player is farther from the post (so pg is much better than sf, for example). If I have a guy with single digit lp stuck at sf, I will tend toward low distribution, unless he's an elite perimeter shooter in a flex where that is emphasized and utilized all over the court.

I don't necessarily mess with the 3pt setting much in this case, like I don't set it higher just because he can't hit lp shots. It's not like I have to tell him not to try any skyhooks or anything. If it's a guy in the 50s or low 60s per, he can still score ok with good ath/spd/bh, he'll just primarily be a 2-pt jump shooter.

Well first, it ALWAYS depends on other ratings too. If the player has a 1 ATH & SPD, then I’d give a different answer then if he has 80 ATH & SPD.

Let’s assume it’s a D1 player with 75 ATH & SPD. if he has 4 LP and 80 PER, I’m setting him to +2 with low distro. Since the 80 isn’t super elite. But if he has 80 LP and 80 PER, I’d raise his distro a lot. But I’d also turn back his 3pt frequency to maybe 0.

but even that changes for me if instead of 75 ATH & SPD, let’s say he’s a 92 ATH & 58 SPD. I wouldn’t set him above 0 3pt frequency if he had 80 PER and either of 4 LP or 80 LP. Because without the speed it may hurt his shooting, but WITH the ATH he can draw a lot of fouls and get some inside buckets

I’ve got my own little mental setup that sometimes I can’t even describe. But I at least know what I’m doing with it all haha

My absolute favorite player to recruit:
90 ath / 70+ spd / 40 lp / 70+ bh / A ft

I don't even care what their other ratings are.

I'm returning after a while away. A player like the one above is liked, I presume, because they would be a great slasher/driver. Is there anything I should do to make a player drive more rather than post up? What you do setting up on 3 pt frequency? Anything else I should do?

basically just set him -2 unless he's got 80 or 90+ per. and unless he has rebounding theres not really too muc else to do besides run the right offense to maximize those type of players

Posted by mlitney on 1/11/2023 11:11:00 PM (view original):
My absolute favorite player to recruit:
90 ath / 70+ spd / 40 lp / 70+ bh / A ft

I don't even care what their other ratings are.

This is spicy, I love it.

I personally look at Offense (scoring) several ways and pick the best numeric value as the overall rating of the player offensively based on this chart:

Offensive Types	ATH	SPD	LP	PE	BH	IQ	Total
LP	0.30	0.05	0.45	0.05	0.05	0.10	1.00
Balanced	0.20	0.10	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.10	1.00
PE	0.12	0.10	0.05	0.43	0.20	0.10	1.00
SlasherPE	0.20	0.10	0.09	0.24	0.27	0.10	1.00
SlasherLP	0.30	0.06	0.18	0.06	0.30	0.10	1.00
SlasherATH	0.38	0.08	0.03	0.03	0.38	0.10	1.00
SpeedPE	0.08	0.27	0.05	0.25	0.25	0.10	1.00

Offensive Ratings
SpeedPE	LP	Balanced	PE	SlasherPE	SlasherLP	SlasherATH
64	55	61	65	64	61	65
73	44	62	73	68	61	68

First Guy (Rossi)

2nd Guy (Vernon)

I normally play both those guys at 0 for "3pt" and Vernon with 10 and Rossi at 6 or 7 for "Disto". Generally my team would have around 80 for total "Distro".

I'd have to be super desperate for 3 point shooting to put a 65 perimeter player with awful speed and average bh at 0.