Just a heads up, while its easier to make a team a low post/inside team and is clearly a solid tactic, you also need to have the ability to run a different tactic when needed (Run'n'Gun/Patient/Motion) as better teams can spot an inside only team a mile away, and change there defense to force your SG/PG/SF to take more outside shots. Being predictable will cause your team to hit a wall somewhere around div3. I would say I am 60-70% inside tactics, and the other 30% comes from Patient, motion, or at the very least inside ISO.
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I don't really agree with this. I think in BB the key to success is rather than being okay at several things, be awesome at something.
I was very fortunate when I joined BB and immediately the #1 team in the country became my mentor...shortly thereafter I developed some connections with several other top level players in the game, and quickly understood all the nuances of enthusiasm and game shape managemnt. Those two things alone gives you a free ticket out of D5....I ended up in the toughest DIV league in game, and it took me several seasons to get out...but also forced me become a D3 team while still in DIV and I had no choice but build a solid team.
My origonal team had two players that immediately became my favorite players...unfortunately as 6th man, and starter potential, they capped nearly overnight. I heard about shorter players training faster, so I bought Gunay Onkol for $5K. Since then I have raised my standard on potential and wish he had more than Allstar potential, but he's been my starting SG since he capped...while his stats are not overly impressive, he does his job and fits my team well. I capped out a second player, James Shoemaker, and he has moved to SF. I am currently training Danila, Zvonc, and Bisi. Danila is absolutely sick!! My favorite all time player, and getting better by the week.
I have completed 8 seasons in BB, and have been then to the finals 6 times, winning and promoting 4 of them. I built a sick team when i promoted to D2, but it took 8 games into the season to get their GS up and having the team clicking in all ways...unfortunately I dug too deep a hole starting off 1-7....I had to play on the road in game 1...Without HCA, and playing PON vs POCT we gave up a layup at the buzzer and lost...most heartbreaking loss of my career. As much as I loved that team, it wasn't deep, and too foul prone...so I opted to focus on trainees, sell of the bigs, and drop down to 3 again for a running start.
I went 22-0 in my return to D3, and am now back in D2, and ready for a fun playoff run! Nobody has wondered what I will do since season 14 in terms of tactics. I play LI every game...I know it, my opponent knows it. I don't worry about it. I don't care if opposing teams play me m2m, or 2-3 zone...I believe my LI will be strong enough to prevail. I have a team built on defense, passing, and a team concept where everyone on the court is working towards the same goal.
I see too many teams in BB trying so hard to have a balanced attack, and I think in this particular game, in some ways those things work against you. I guess in a nutshell, you have to consider the tactics you are playing, and the ratings necessary to be successful at those tacticts, and also which ratings actually work against that tactic. So these "balanced" teams sometimes have players that actually work against the desired goal. So my philosophy is to have 5 guys on the court at all times, working towards the same thing, working together to make the collective 5 much better than they are as individual players.
I would encourage the newer players to find a mentor. Also, there are great Federations to join that have some top notch owners that are more than willing to talk BB, and help guide you in efforts to be powerful force in this game!