Brick Wall

To test Brick Wall we ran 5 separate tests and we attempted over 10,000 screens.

Test 1: Weight

• This test helped show weight in relation to effective screens.
• We tested three players who all had 83 Strength and Legend Brick Wall on HoF difficulty, but their weights ranged from 250 to 350 lbs.
  • These three players went against a player with Bronze Pick Dodger and 85 Per. Def.

Test 2: Strength

• This test helped show strength in relation to effective screens.
• We tested two players, one had 83 Strength and the other had 99 Strength.
  • Both had Legend Brick Wall on HoF difficulty
  • Both went against a player with Bronze Pick Dodger and 85 Per. Def.

Test 3: Height

• This test helped show height in relation to effective screens.
• We tested three players who all had 83 Strength and Legend Brick Wall on HoF difficulty, but their heights were 6'8, 7'0 or 7'4.
  • These three players went against a player with Bronze Pick Dodger and 85 Per. Def.

Test 4: Body Types

• This test helped show body types in relation to effective screens.
• We tested three players who all had 83 Strength and Legend Brick Wall on HoF difficulty, but their body types were Burly, Ripped or Thin.
  • These three players went against a player with Bronze Pick Dodger and 85 Per. Def.

Test 5: Badge Test

• We tested Brick Wall at each badge level and no badge.
• The player had 83 Strength and Legend Brick Wall on HoF difficulty. He went against a player with Bronze Pick Dodger and 85 Per. Def.

Test 1: Brick Wall Weight Effectiveness

• Weight does not directly affect your ability to set screens.

Test 2: Brick Wall Strength Effectiveness

• 83 Strength vs 99 Strength show only minor differences. This highlights the importance of using a Max +1 or +2 on this badge if you want to set better screens.

Test 3: Brick Wall Height Effectiveness

• Taller players will generally set better screens regardless of outside variables
• Stronger holding screens see a linear boost up until 7 ft , where they start to get slightly better for every height thereafter.
• Although being taller will help you set better screens, you still want to find a good balance of height, speed and strength to be effective on the court.

Test 4: Brick Wall Body Types Effectiveness

• Larger body types set better screens
• With the same exact attributes for each body type tested, Burley showed nearly a 5% boost in stronger holding screens when compared to Ripped and nearly an 8% boost when compared to Thin.

Test 5: Brick Wall Badge Effectiveness

• Bronze only provides a slight step up from no badge.
• Silver shows decent effectiveness. but only saw about one strong screen out of every 5 attempts.
• Gold gives a good boost, but still only one out of every four screen attempts were strong screens.
• HoF provides strong screens on roughly one out of three attempts.
• Legend provides a solid jump, but there are some diminishing returns and it may not be worth the investment in the grand scheme of things.