Play Calling - bigtreydawg's Blog

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Play Calling

Posted on April 15, 2013 at 12:56 AM.

The play calling engine is really good once you understand the restrictions (2k really should have a seminar about their game).

When you go to edit player you'll see an option for whether or not this player is able to "bring the ball down court and initiate the offense." This is HUGE for what type of plays this player is capable of running.

You ever noticed the computer running the same play over and over (2 Side B, anyone?). That is happening because one or more of the wingmen has pick and roll ballhandler as his priority but he is not allowed to bring the ball up court. So even though there are a gang of plays in Stephen Jackson's or K. Lenard's plays. He can only be eligible for the plays that don't require him/them to be the point man.

Now, there are about 20 or 30 of those plays in the game but usually a team only has 1 or 2 of those plays in their playbook. This is why you see 2sideB over and over again. The same goes for midrange plays for point guards. Most midrange in this game are not for point guards but if Tony Parker has midrange as his priority he will run the one midrange plays that is designed for the ball handler.