I drafted this center with the 1st overall pick of the draft. Ratings-wise, he looks excellent with very high blocking and scoring while being a good rebounder.
However, despite having a team relatively void of scoring (two PGs, 21.7/15.1 on 66/77 scoring respectively are the leading scorers), the center absolutely refuses to shoot the ball. I'd love some insight on why this is.
Here is the player in question (dynamic ratings is disabled): https://imgur.com/a/oWdNcsu
That is on roughly 5 FGA per game in 29.7 MPG. He fouls too much to get more minutes. This season, he's shooting a terrible 40.3 FG%, but last season he did 49.9% with similar volume.
Here are some ideas I had that could be the cause
#1) The high passing % under ball actions: This was my first thought, but I see other centers also in the 70's scoring 25+ PPG, so I doubt a few percentage points did that.
#2) His tendency to only post up: No retort here. However, I do run a slow paced post focused strategy, so I can't imagine that the opportunities are not there.
#3) Player's cannot get him the ball on offense: Doubt it. PG has 75 passing, and all other starters hover around 45-50.
#4) His kind of low inside shooting: a 25 PPG center has 84 inside, and a 20.3 PPG center has 78, so that doesn't seem to be the sole cause.
#5) Not very effective at FTs in general: Sure, but I'm looking pretty much at FGA here.
#6) No shots to go around: Already addressed earlier; the team could really use the offense.
And that's all I could really think of. I've seen centers in past versions struggle when they shoot 3/200 on 3's or, like him, have no range whatsoever and attempt primarily jump shots. I'm not sure I've seen one who just refuses to shoot, especially with such a high scoring rating.