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From: Esch_

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Date: 7/29/2026 9:48:52 AM
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Thank you for sharing this, I have one question as I am not totally up on what the abbreviations mean. I know what GE is, but what is SB? Thanks!

From: knecht

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Date: 7/29/2026 11:45:19 AM
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I honestly don't get the loophole part?

If SB was such a great skill we'd see many more shotblocking players, but as I percieve the salary formula any decent center is limited to being a one or two trick pony due to potential cap reasons, not to mention salary implications. Making bigs even more expensive sucks big time.

OD on the other hand still seems to be the best skill by far, even influencing FG % way more than ID and SB.

Lord of All the Beasts, Fishes & Hoes in the Milky Way aka Drip God from Vienna
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Date: 7/29/2026 1:10:13 PM
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What do you mean many more shotblocking players? The transfer list is full of them compared to 10 seasons ago, they exploded in number. Also in the current GE, SB'ers are way too effective for their salary compared to their IS centers counterparts, which is quite unfair.

Doesn't make sense that a 60k SB can be more than enough to defensively take care of a 150k+ traditional center for example, so these are quite welcome changes

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Date: 7/30/2026 1:02:05 AM
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If nerfing some skills was necessary they should of looked at OD first.

Lord of All the Beasts, Fishes & Hoes in the Milky Way aka Drip God from Vienna
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Date: 7/30/2026 4:08:08 PM
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766 players ID 15+
171 players SB 15+ on the Transfer List

Is the loophole in the room with us right now?

Lord of All the Beasts, Fishes & Hoes in the Milky Way aka Drip God from Vienna
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Date: 7/30/2026 6:28:20 PM
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Very weak argument.

1. What is the most popular defense at this moment?

2. What are the type of centers mostly used in top leagues?

3. What are the type of centers mostly used in national teams?

4. What are the type of centers mostly used in u21 national teams that qualified for the second phase?

5. What are the type of centers mostly used in the B3 / BBM 1,2,3,4,5?

5. Last but not least, what are the types of bigs all the previous winners of B3 have used on their quest to the B3, and what is the type of centers employed by the very recently crowned B3 Winner, dequestion?

Besides the fact that most SB'rs won't be on sale, due of their usefulness to teams, unlike traditional bigs, who being more well known and popular (lots of teams still play the traditional way, with high IS Centers), are also more expensive and less useful in the current GE.

I'll repeat the question, do you think it makes sense that 50k SB bigs can completely shutdown 150k bigs and display the same level of performance according to their builds? Why do you think that across all top leagues and top competitions that 3-2 is almost exlusively employed?