This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

[ch46647]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

CPU defenders need a significant decrease in their defensive assist feature.

[jfsolo]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Don't care for online but having it at 50 and now I'm doing contact animations against the cpu. I find it satisfying now that I'm doing the same **** they do to me.

I'm going to try it at 50 too. I had forgotten about DA, and was wondering why I couldn't do what the CPU was doing.

[ksuttonjr76]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

I usually keep mine between 15 and 30. I do it more to compensate for overall lag caused by the internet.

[iam31yearsold]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Nice post.

I just think that crowding the ball handler should do more to him. I can just Rstick defend crowd running into a guy for 5 seconds and he won't even pick up dribble.

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[cmsky80]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

I thought we determined last year that raising it was the optimal setting?

[Taer]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

I must be weird because I still prefer it at 0.

I am still getting used to this year's defense challenges but I am still averaging 2 steals a game and am still locking down my matchup.

When I tried the assist up, I found that my teammates would be caught too often in the middle of shifts and that their "help" was constantly being set-up to fail.

This is all off-line for me; ymmv.

[Jrocc23]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

as a competitor, u lack heart bro...



we dont do Defensive Assist around here...



your Sim status is under review by me...



dont even mention on ball d either because you are the CPU...



I have more respect for guys who play off ball with NO ASSIST...

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[Rockie_Fresh88]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

I usually keep mine between 15 and 30. I do it more to compensate for overall lag caused by the internet.

Agreed that's a sweet spot for me. Any higher is too much

[ruxpinke]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Looking for some help on L2 usage. Its confusing to me.

In the manual I see

Intense Defense: L2
Crowd Dribbler: hold L2
Dynamic Defensive assistance: Press and hold L2 (press harder for more assistance)

Ive been using L2 for years, mostly to make contact when the offensive player bumps into me. This year it seems like its making me stuck in the mud, and I'm picking up a ton of fouls while trying to defend the post with L2. Alot of these fouls end up being bail out fouls for the CPU when im all over them.

any advice on when these different L2 functions should be used? This is the first year its baffling me. Im also starting to think i probably dont need to use it as much as I do. I normally play very strong D in this series, and Im getting torched this year.

Hope this can get a good discussion going.

[FRANCHIZE NW]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Im gonna give this a shot when I get home. Have it at 10 at the moment, but will definitely test it higher and see the effects. Nice post man.

[EarvGotti]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

This is a great video by Sam Pham. I found his PnR defense extremely helpful.

As far as, defensive assist....its really about preference. I've seen more riding animations with the assist higher though.

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[ksuttonjr76]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Agreed that's a sweet spot for me. Any higher is too much

And not to discredit the advice, he is playing 2v2. The higher defensive assist is a complete pain when you're playing 5v5 in online games, because the feature will "pull" your player in a different direction and towards another player on the court. As a result, you'll find yourself "fighting" the controller in the half-court.

[raiderz4eva]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Anyway this works in my park? Would you have to go into my career and then change it prior to entering the park? I only ask because my defense is usually pretty spot on against most but if they match me up with a point guard or Sg that's fast and just constantly runs zig zags I can't hang.

[loadedlux]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

Just gave this a shot in 2 games one vs cpu hornets superstar/sim and 1 online vs spurs.




This along with setting shot contest to always seems to have improved my defensive dramatically (dont really like using always contest but right stick just doesnt work for me). I dont think its perfect, I run into some problems with pick n rolls especially when they plan to drive. Had some issues with the cpu just slipping past me with no contact. Kemba Walker shot 10-25 so did pretty good on him, MKG was giving me a headache tho lol. The online game was only my second so far, wasnt used to the lag (havent playing 2k online in over a year.). I personally felt if i played that guy offline i would have crushed him. But the assist did help me stay in front numerous times.

All in all this is pretty solid, probably gonna drop its a bit and do some more testing. Sometimes it feels like im fighting the cpu to control my defender.

[Japspec]

Re: This is the secret to Lockdown On-Ball Defense this year. Put them in a cage.

It's not going to be perfect but like I said earlier it toned down the fast break cheese a bit and also the zig zagging people like to do with steph curry and harden, kyrie included.