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162145.27 in reply to 162145.20
Date: 10/27/2010 12:24:43 PM
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What is the Princeton offence in reality anyway? Do any NBA teams play it these days? I heard somewhere that the Kings of early 2000s used a princeton offence - but they played a very uptempo game whereas in BB princeton is supposed to be slower.

If you read my reply (the very first reply in the thread) you would know what the Princeton offense is...

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162145.28 in reply to 162145.25
Date: 10/27/2010 12:31:44 PM
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Yeah, it can't be low post, probably more motion than low post.

...btw, if V were an animal what animal would he be?

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162145.29 in reply to 162145.21
Date: 10/27/2010 12:44:47 PM
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I read that before I posted. Even the wiki entry talks about more uptempo teams as examples of Princeton in the NBA. Whereas here its a slower tactic..maybe that depends on the abilities of the big men to find the quick pass or be consistent jump shooters. Which might explain the pace of the supreme Kings offence of old...love that team to bits.

From what I've figured, it seems that the big men take more jump shots than inside shots - either after they can't find a good pass or when they are open enough to take the jump shot. Which would explain the increased outside offence ratings and lower inside ratings in the BB version of Princeton.

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162145.31 in reply to 162145.19
Date: 10/30/2010 10:00:49 AM
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This totally in line with Josef Ka's analysis (see parrot tool)

From: Mehmet

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162145.32 in reply to 162145.20
Date: 11/3/2010 7:23:01 AM
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i might be wrong but i think orlando kinda played princeton, with dwight as C and others at behind 3 point line

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162145.34 in reply to 162145.32
Date: 11/3/2010 8:16:45 PM
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doesnt hornet play the princeton?

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162145.35 in reply to 162145.33
Date: 11/3/2010 9:37:13 PM
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Nice gimmick.

Last edited by somdetsfinest at 11/3/2010 9:38:34 PM

Once I scored a basket that still makes me laugh.
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162145.37 in reply to 162145.35
Date: 11/4/2010 7:09:02 AM
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I´m playing Princeton vers often. From my experience, it is a slow outside orientated offense that really needs high passing skills of your guards. I changed my PG from PS 14 to PS 8 and started training the new ones. Although I think every offense is mainly run through the passing skill of the PG, with Princeton it seems to be the main factor. With the training progress the offense works better now for my team, but it´s still a slow offense.
The big men need to have decent passing skills as well, and the PF can be a factor in outside shooting as well, but for my team the SG and especially the SF are the main contributors for the offense.
Either the SF or the PF (ideally both) should have superior outside skills as they can easily create mismatches. And Princeton seems to be the best choice to use those mismatches.

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