I have mentioned this before, but I think a new metric should be added to the game called Clutch Factor.

You could have an offensive clutch factor as well as one for defense.

This stat could be used to help justify some players that do not get near the amount of love the deserve in the sim, and can further validate other players skills.  Clutch factor could be used in deciding games in the playoffs and last second situations in close games or late in the shot clock.

Think about how it could change making a team.  Players on offense like Bird, MJ, West, Isiah, Kobe, and Magic would be taking last minute shots instead of some random jabroni.  On defense Rodman, MJ, Pippen, Dream, Dumars, and Cooper would get a bonus as a defender.  These name just a few players, but some of our compaints center around how unrealistic the sim is.  Several of us have seen last second three pointers shot by less than ideal players.

Some sample rankings for offense:

Michael Jordan 99
David Robinson 40
Larry Bird  98
Ray Allen (in last years finals) 1
Paul Pierce 82
Kevin Garnett 12
Jerry West 99
Isiah Thomas 99

Some rankings for defense:
Michael Jordan 95
Scottie Pippen 99
David Robinson 25
Hakeem Olajuwon 99
Bill Russell 99
Clyde Drexler 30
Byron Scott 40
Hedo Turkoglu 20
Vince Carter .025

What do you guys think?  (and don't kill me on the ratings they are examples and some are just jokes....expect for Vince, he's a *****)

Personally, I like the spirit of the idea.  The fact that it would need to be based on completely subjective assessments would make it a pretty tough sell here, though...but I do see the point.  A big part of the greatness of Bird, Jordan, West, and - at their absolute peaks - Barkley and Olajuwon was that they seemed to be able to will their way to the tough basket just when their team needed it most.  I'd see Jordan starting to drive through traffic, or Bird squaring up with two or three defenders hanging on him, and think "Oh, here it comes!"

My most similar pet peeve with the sim is fast break.  The real maestros like prime Nash, Kidd, Cousy, Lebron, and Ginobili should get a boost from running up-tempo.  Late-career Mark Jackson, Mutombo, and Eddy Curry should get docked on the fast break.

Some subjectivity might actually be a good idea in a world where Troy Murphy is the greatest defender of all-time.

Posted by ashamael on 1/11/2011 11:44:00 PM (view original):
Some subjectivity might actually be a good idea in a world where Troy Murphy is the greatest defender of all-time.

+1

Interesting proposal, but considering the lack of time put into the sim as it is by whatifsports, I doubt that EXTRA time would be put in to do something else.

look at the suggestions forum in basketball that is supposed to be checked on a weekly basis...no one checks it, no one cares from WiS corp.  I have never seen a business that hates its customers more than WiS.

I was going to say 'rebound logic'?

PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
87-88 Larry Bird*	40	10/20	2/3	3/3	1	9	6	1	2	3	2	25
78-79 Moses Malone*	39	8/15	0/0	4/6	5	10	1	5	2	3	4	20
08-09 LeBron James*	37	9/17	1/1	2/2	0	4	9	3	2	4	5	21
02-03 Ben Wallace*	35	3/4	0/0	0/2	3	11	2	3	1	0	4	6
09-10 Jason Kidd*	34	5/8	2/4	0/0	0	2	13	1	2	4	2	12
06-07 Manu Ginobili	25	10/15	5/9	0/0	0	7	3	1	0	2	1	25
08-09 Kevin Garnett	22	5/7	0/0	2/2	0	5	3	0	0	1	2	12
07-08 Trevor Ariza	5	1/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
04-05 Wesley Person	3	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		51/90	10/17	11/15	9	48	37	14	9	17	21	123
		56.7%	58.8%	73.3%

PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
05-06 Kobe Bryant*	37	6/21	2/4	4/6	1	3	3	1	2	3	0	18
88-89 Magic Johnson*	37	8/13	0/1	1/1	1	7	10	0	4	2	0	17
93-94 Shaquille O'Neal*	36	11/17	0/0	3/7	3	9	2	1	1	2	3	25
03-04 Ron Artest*	33	3/10	0/1	0/0	0	7	5	1	3	4	2	6
09-10 Pau Gasol*	30	4/11	0/0	1/3	6	11	2	1	0	1	1	9
80-81 Kermit Washington	24	3/7	0/0	4/6	2	5	0	3	1	1	2	10
94-95 Eddie Jones	18	3/7	1/3	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	7
74-75 Jim Price	14	2/3	1/2	3/3	0	1	4	0	1	2	1	8
83-84 Kurt Rambis	4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
00-01 Greg Foster	4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87-88 Tony Campbell	4	2/3	0/1	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
TOTALS		42/92	4/12	16/26	13	45	28	7	13	16	12	104
		45.7%	33.3%	61.5%

* - denotes game starter

I mean why wouldnt a team with reb %s of 33/81 and all the indicator numbers against them  (def/off chances, missed ftas  - call it a 18 rebound weighted chance head start for the other guys)  play neck and neck on the boards with a team with reb %s of 40/110?

remember felonius one game is far too small of a sample size too really get a reasonable feel for the sim....in other words I agree it is screwed up....perhaps player intellegence could be factored in as well...as we know many of the best rebounders were the most intellegent players (I am talking about Basketball sense, because Moses Malone was one of the dumbest humans on the face of the earth, but he was smart on the court).

Posted by malone9975 on 1/13/2011 10:39:00 PM (view original):
remember felonius one game is far too small of a sample size too really get a reasonable feel for the sim....in other words I agree it is screwed up....perhaps player intellegence could be factored in as well...as we know many of the best rebounders were the most intellegent players (I am talking about Basketball sense, because Moses Malone was one of the dumbest humans on the face of the earth, but he was smart on the court).

glad you clarified that last sentence!

Posted by ashamael on 1/13/2011 11:00:00 PM (view original):

Posted by malone9975 on 1/13/2011 10:39:00 PM (view original):
remember felonius one game is far too small of a sample size too really get a reasonable feel for the sim....in other words I agree it is screwed up....perhaps player intellegence could be factored in as well...as we know many of the best rebounders were the most intellegent players (I am talking about Basketball sense, because Moses Malone was one of the dumbest humans on the face of the earth, but he was smart on the court).

glad you clarified that last sentence!

fo fo fo sho