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No, I am not banking enthusiasm I really don't have a reason too because I am not planning on promoting so it's pointless; however, I will be playing TIE in the tourney because its a D6 team. I don't agree with this M2M idea. I mean they guy clearly is not going to have an outside game so why not run 2-3. It increases rebounding and it packs the inside. I really don't like the concept of having my trainee pg playing M2M against a center. Not happening, he's a trainee meaning he doesn't have good inside defense. 2-3 does increase your inside defense even if the players do not have the skills listed by w_alloy. LP would be an awful choice. If you notice they guy who beat him with LP has a 43K center. My guys are the same skill level so it wouldn't work. With run and gun, would not the guards run down the floor? My guards have atroticous to inept rebounding so it comes majority from the SF-C positions.

Patient is an option here too, especially if you know where his weakest perimeter defender is going to be and you have solid passers on your team.

Defensively I'd go man to man, you'll likely get about 2/3rds the TOs and you won't give up a bunch of easy buckets and more rebounding.

Why not 2-3? I still don't get going M2M when they have no outside threat. I think 2-3 is probably the best.

2-3 in this game doesn't work as it should so M2M is the best option, if you're guys have high Stamina maybe Full court press

Why not 2-3? I still don't get going M2M when they have no outside threat. I think 2-3 is probably the best.

Because it's hard for your nimble point guard to steal the ball from an out of position center if he's off playing in a zone somewhere. And you don't want to make the passing lanes too open, to the point that even three skilled donkeys can hee and haw and get the ball down low.

I'd actually give more consideration to the 3-2 than a 2-3 unless you've got some really specific skills on your big men. All the inside scoring in the world isn't a threat if every possession is a bunch of Gigantors trying to figure out how to get the ball near the bucket and either turning it over or having to take long, contested jump shots.

3-2 can work as well yeah.

2-3 is troublesome in this case cause it will allow poor OF players from being forced into more mistakes. It will also allow mid range shots which his PF might be good at.

3-2 will force long range shots, and since they are bigs, their JR is probably lacking. Add that it will make their poor OF even more apparent, this might be the best approach.

Also, Manon is a genius. That is all.

Here is why I think 2-3 will work. I played a guy with a 107k Center and a 23k pg. I went 2-3. Their point guard was 7-24. They shot 36-102 for the game. I had a strong inside defensive rating. That is what I really need in this game against a team full of centers. And in a game in which I played 2-3 again the guy ran LI. He had a 10k pg, 13k sf, and a 22k center. Once again I had strong inside defense and they shot 34-90.

Lastly in his only loss it was against a 2-3. I have proflic outside defending guards but I don't think that's going to help me in 3-2. I just don't like the idea of 3-2. Also my team does not generate many steals, its not their game I rely on rebounding. From what I can tell my team preforms well in 2-3 and this guy preforms bad against 2-3. Also 2-3 provides more rebounding and that is what my team thrives on.

It took me awhile but I think I really like running a patient offense. I am an okay outside team but I like the idea that if I have an open inside shot my team can take it.

So against LP do I want to run a fast pace or slow pace. Thanks for all of your help even if I disagree against some of it. lol

mate I agree with manon.probably because there are not many players around who have more knowledge than him.if you put pressure on his Guards then you can use his weak offensive flow to your favour.moreover his GS is weak so that is a plus point for you.he uses 2-3 which is a slow defense so i would suggest you to use RnG cuz it is fast paced and will leave his 2 outside defenders baffled.
so RnG with a 3-2 for me.
don't use FTP cuz it really weakens your defense and rebounding and i have faced it once(defeated the best team in India and that is the only time i have been able to defeat him).
2-3 will leave your perimeter wide open and it will give his guards an easy opportunity to pass the balls to his big men and then it will all come down to ID and SB of your big men.if your big men don't have good SB then you should never use 2-3.