Operation Sports Forums - View Single Post - Defense needs to be the MAIN focus of development in NBA2K18

trandoanhung1991 · 01-28-2017, 12:42 AM

They really need to improve help defense and rotations. No point having all these fancy stats that don't mean anything.

Also they need to implement defensive systems or styles per team. Not all teams defend the same generic way. Some will go man-to-man, others will switch every time, still others are a lot more dynamic.

One thing I'd like to see added for defense is the ability to call what kind of defense should be played on a screen, and the ability to call for a switch. Giving the player the ability to interact in these situations, instead of just relying solely on the system working, will help out defense big time. It'll also encourage on-ball defense, instead of what we have now where most of the good defensive players won't play on-ball D, but off ball to allow them to react and disrupt plays, as well as taking advantage of sticky AI on-ball D.

Also, defensive stickiness should be toned way down. It's not fun to not be allowed to move around on the court, and this also slows down the tempo of the game in a very unrealistic way. Plays shouldn't take 10-15s just to set up.

01-28-2017, 12:42 AM	#13
trandoanhung1991 Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Nov 2012	Re: Defense needs to be the MAIN focus of development in NBA2K18 They really need to improve help defense and rotations. No point having all these fancy stats that don't mean anything. Also they need to implement defensive systems or styles per team. Not all teams defend the same generic way. Some will go man-to-man, others will switch every time, still others are a lot more dynamic. One thing I'd like to see added for defense is the ability to call what kind of defense should be played on a screen, and the ability to call for a switch. Giving the player the ability to interact in these situations, instead of just relying solely on the system working, will help out defense big time. It'll also encourage on-ball defense, instead of what we have now where most of the good defensive players won't play on-ball D, but off ball to allow them to react and disrupt plays, as well as taking advantage of sticky AI on-ball D. Also, defensive stickiness should be toned way down. It's not fun to not be allowed to move around on the court, and this also slows down the tempo of the game in a very unrealistic way. Plays shouldn't take 10-15s just to set up.