[Donut]

I see this basketball themed game as being very similar to basketball in how defense is played. You can't just go out and knock your opponents around to be effective at defense; being defensive will be more about ball control and slowing down the pace of the match to suit your alliance.

I could see teams that are extremely effective at bridge balancing (meaning they can easily balance both partners with them on a bridge) design a robot that is very effective at getting balls to their side of the field but maybe doesn't care about scoring. Their whole purpose would be to reduce the possessions their opponents have to as few as possible, thus keeping the score low and allowing the point total from a bridge to win the match for them.

So, because of the difficulty in playing traditional defense, I think the large majority of teams will go pure offensive. But the few who figure out a way to slow down the match or control balls for their alliance may be in high demand come eliminations.