by Tim*The King*Duncan on Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:51 pm
Just like in real basketball, the speed is the key, that's why the suns are so successfull on the break. In live, lets say Amare is guarding ben, Chauncy throws in to him and he starts to back down, Have trust in Bens weak offensive rating and Amare's rebounding rating, so do what they call "Cheat" with Marion just like the real suns. Have him in kinda toward the three point line but not too far from Rasheed to not contest in the case of a pass. So that when ben shoots and misses, Manually run Marion down the court, he's faster that Rasheed so he'll beat him down, its not the literal "Cherry picking" but its very effective, have Amare pass to nash, He's speed rating is faster than Chancy's so have him run it up to half court, Manually running Marion past Halfcourt will have him sitting under the basket with Rasheed close behind, have nash pass to him, remember, its not considered an assist if nash isn't past half court, and that's a fast break, now in the 06 season, D'Antoni will have Marion at the samll forward, that's even better with Thomas and Amare rebounding and Defending, Marion can run out on the break even easier because he doesn't have to stay near the key, He's faster if not hte fastest forward so the suns will be even stronger. I can bet money that Marion's rebound stats will go down but his assists will go up. He's speed is as domanant as Shaq's power.