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I think the problem is both of your SF have a high physical factor. Hence they both pick up too many fouls. I would just keep trying to sell one of them. I posted Leon twice before he sold so....

I think blowing up your team this late in the season would be a bad idea. Hold out for the year and make some moves in the off season and early next year.

Even if you blow up your team and not win more game-which won't happen- you are going to get the homecourt in relegation series in the worst case scenario. You have nice pieces which will win some games here and there no matter what, so I don't beleive you should worry about relegation. But you are the one who knows this team best and it's up to you to choose the way to go.

That's very true about the fouls. They are constantly picking up fouls. Lorenzo Capps has played a RNG SG most of his career as a Goat and I started playing him as a SF this season even though BB has listed him as a SF since I joined. Lowell Webber is a 6'11" SF that if I could figure out how to train his OD and ID, then he'd be a beast. He shoots poorly majority of the time and his inside scoring is average at best. I really want this team to focus around the PG/SF/C relationship with the SG and PF being complimentary parts.

Moving Capps to SF and bumping Webber down was an attempt to make my bench stronger. I'm going to have to continue attempting to move Capps because of his age and hope I can find a buyer.

I've got a lot of decisions to make during this latter part of the schedule and heading into the off-season.

@Indi - as always, love the recap. thanks for doing it.

@Plotts - How do you know that his SF's have as you termed it a "high physical factor" What does that mean? Is there really a skill I can look at to determine if one of my players is going to be more prone to fouling?

thanks in advance.

It has been stated on this site that there's a hidden "skill" in determining a players physicality. I looked over both the SF's stats and noticed they incur a lot of fouls. It's more educated speculation, but I have owned players with a high physical skill before and fouls are a big tell.

One of the BB's mentioned how it can work to your benefit too. I believe he said they also draw fouls from opposition and that gets you to the free throw line in some cases so...

Booshes is right. I had a guy last year - most of you might remember - a PF who had a horrible penchant for fouling and creating injuries. He was most certainly a physical player.

The Physical Attribute is True. Check out Carmona on my team. He is a stud when he does not foul out. He often has games where he fouls out in 20 minutes or less. The BB guys say that the physical guys also benefit from that as well. Not sure how. But if you want to see the league leader in fouls check out carmona. Also he is near the top in FT attempts so it seems to run both ways.....

Just curious here guys, but what's the stamina of the players being mentioned? My guess is that this is simply part of the stamina factor. This game is essentially one big algorithim and as such must operate within the known variables. It could be that the perceived physicality is a factor of the player's post position skills and that a player who has a penchant for fouling out simply does not have the game shape or stamina to keep up with they player they are matched up with.

I think that explanation is much more likely than a hidden physicality factor. But who knows.

You could be right. Their stamina is mediocre and inept.

good call I would tend to agree with the assessment on stamina being a large factor.

As the weeks go by competition in Div III.4 is only getting tougher.

Let's start with an upset. Cresleys are on a roll and this time they beat one of the biggest contenders, Gavno: 94-81. Gavno has a big game on Saturday and TIE'd but on the other hand they played with their regulars. Gavno's 65 rebounds against Cresleys 39 was almost impossible to handle but 19 TO and 2/16 behind the 3 point line were the main reasons they have lost. A couple of weeks ago Cresleys were considered to be the team to relegate but now they have the wins and they have the hope.

After long long weeks Illusion is back to the top of Great 8. Their visit to Portland was easier than expected and ended up with a win over Rip City: 90-107. Greageaor Avalos was the star of the game with 32 pts and 24 rbds. Rip City now feels the danger of relegation more than ever.

The most exciting game of the day was between Cleveland and Chicago. Cleveland TIE'd and benched some starters, Goats also benched Partridge. In such a close game, you can't afford 4th quarter TO's and this is exactly what happened to Goats.

After suffering their first loss on Saturday, Hawks didn't want to lose another and took their job seriously against Knicks. 92-79. Knicks are way better than they were last week and ready to win some more bball games.

Steppers could pull an upset unless they faded away on the last quarter. Experience was the difference maker on that game and Booshers took care of the job: 107-87. Mercan’s 10 pts and 7 rbds in 19 minutes is a clear indication of his explosiveness.

Dragons could get their first win @ Marietta but when you play against 5 players plus 14.000 fans you better give your best on the 4th quarter: 117-106.

Tachenko beat Bangers 91-69 thanks to their great defensive effort. Beavers resisted with 28 pts and 21 rbds (10 OR) but didn't get any help from his teammates.

Flyers looked sharp against Knicks and hold on the 5th place: 101-85. Investors dropped to 6. Coach wasn't happy about his team's awful rebounding performance. He said "If they collect 30 more boards than you have, loss is inevitable" during the after game press conference. Top and bottom 2 seeds are locked in Great 8 but, there's just one game between 6th and 3rd seeds which makes every point extremely important.

There were some extraordinary performances on Tuesday. Among these Leo Woods of Flyers distinguished himself with 17 pts, 27 rbds, 11 asts and 6 blocks. Those are some sick numbers and make us forget his 6 TO's.

Inter conference play is over and Big 8 was the better looking side. Now it's time to heat up intra conferance rivalries. Big game on Saturday is Illusion @ Gavno. They will play for the homecourt in a possible Great 8 finals match up.

Last edited by karapaks at 2/10/2010 1:30:55 PM