Right, a solid understanding of the game engine and how your team functions with each tactic will give you a big edge over your competition. Of course, defense is the key to success, and good form and enthusiasm help to augment that. That said, I always prefer salary efficiency (my 112k guard has ID equal to my new 76k center).
I actually just ran some numbers through a salary calculator, and for me to upgrade my current inside guys to even wondrous ID would cost me around 180k. And against a guy with 18+ inside shot, 14 ID is still not very effective. So, instead, by investing in outside defense I can not only shut down the PG, SG, and SF, but force them to take shots as well by preventing passes inside and forcing last second shots. So, with that, I don’t mind conceding 50% shooting from the bigs.
(35731201)At the D. V level though, the most important thing is managing enthusiasm and form.