DDS19 Transition

[Rizzo]

Dennis - Being tasked with creating the rookies, I understand that bigs shooting threes is something we need to keep an eye on. With that said, if it is still an issue I believe keeping big men inside the arc (ATB and COR both set to 0) we should be able to battle that problem. Then, if we have big man that we actually want to make a three-point shooter, we understand how to make that happen. It’s something we will definitely be testing throughout the process though.

[Dennis]

Just saying that dds19 still has flaws and is unplayable if not stressed correctly. I've full trust in jon though. So I don't really worry.

[Rizzo]

For those interested in what all the new offensive sets look like:

[WillyJakkz]

Thanks for posting this Riz

That Grind Offense immediately made me think of the 90's Utah Jazz and 10's Memphis Grizzlies

[KW]

I love how 7s and Pace/Space look. Will have to see if they have the effect I expect them to have as I haven't touched strats yet

[Flaming Homer]

Same here. Love the possibilities we could have, but was not able to really test it yet.
I focused on finding obvious bugs in simulate 2-3 seasons.

[WillyJakkz]

Looking forward to the transition, I think my guys are better suited in that new engine style it appears

[Myles]

Great news, the defensive matchup setting does indeed work. I tested two things, one being the "Assignment" tab and the other being the "Individual Matchup" tab.

Assignment Tab
So I figured the easiest way to see if this works would be to try letting my center guard the best perimeter player for a whole season. So first, in the control test, where I didn't change any defensive settings and let the game just do its thing, my center faced 135 drives for an average of 1.6 per game and stopped 64% of them. When I ran the season with him guarding the best perimeter player, my center faced 643 drives. I ran these tests with the same exact philosophies and defensive scheme both times, and set the injury slider to 0% so there were no injuries, my center played all 82 games both seasons.

Control sim (no assignment): 135 drives faced, 1.6 per game, 64% STOP
Test sim (assigned to best perimeter player): 643 drives faced, 7.8 per game, 3.3% STOP

I used the matchup tab to do the same as above to see if it would work, and it did. I set my center to guard their point guard, and he faced an average of 5.5 drives per game in the playoff series. Without the matchup set, my center faced 2 drives per game in the series. So it's pretty clear, both the "Assignment" and "Individual Matchup" options work.

I've also watched games previously in the 2D game mode (outside of these tests), and I can confirm that the assignment is reflected in the game. So add this to the list of benefits we're getting by transitioning to DDS19

[Rizzo]

Great news! Makes things a lot more interesting and will no longer allow GMs to "hide" players across the lineup to get away from a team's best defensive option.

[Flaming Homer]

Awesome!
Now I only have to survive 1 1/2 CSL seasons with DDS3 without an heart attack

[Jestor]

Huge gamechanger.

[KW]

Huge gamechanger.

yup that is literally what this is

[hardenwithnod]

About damn time.

[Jestor]

This will also eliminate the randomness factor of whack-a-mole shuffling to try and guess where a GM is going to put a guy in the playoffs and the best-constructed teams will win more consistently.

[Rizzo]

This will also eliminate the randomness factor of whack-a-mole shuffling to try and guess where a GM is going to put a guy in the playoffs and the best-constructed teams will win more consistently.

Exactly. Not going to lie that my success so far this season largely stems off of being able to match Hezonja up on a weaker defender based on depth chart and rotations. That won’t be happening in PB19 and I’m all for it.

[HiGrade]

I just got a new laptop from work so I'd be interested in this.

Mostly more just interested in re-joining alltogether, I was without a laptop for a good chunk of my last tenure here and with work increasing became harder to maintain without one. But looks like all GMs might be active as of now?

I'll also note I haven't had my "own" laptop for almost 7 years so...this changes things for me, everything becomes much easier.

[WillyJakkz]

Bring back higrade get rid of supariki, he doesn't reply to pm's or post.

Supa is more focused on his main acct

[HiGrade]

Bring back higrade get rid of supariki, he doesn't reply to pm's or post.

Supa is more focused on his main acct

Ahhhhhhh...no idea who it is but makes a lot of sense now actually

[WillyJakkz]

Thoughts on expediting the transition?

This League is getting stiff it seems, activity low, I traded Paul George and DeMarcus Cousins last time this happened to liven it up which made Exum get traded because the GM didn't wanna be outdone.

Rigor mortis will soon set in....

[Andrewu91]

Thoughts on expediting the transition?

This League is getting stiff it seems, activity low, I traded Paul George and DeMarcus Cousins last time this happened to liven it up which made Exum get traded because the GM didn't wanna be outdone.

Rigor mortis will soon set in....

Contending teams are happy and rebuilding teams are also. The middle teams are having a hard time finding trade partners because they don't want to lose value, in a trade.