NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

[19LloydBanks82]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

Does anyoneknow how the introduction and celebration thing works in pro am? Only the team owner is able to buy it, does that mean unless he's playing we get the basic introduction and celebration?

[bhzmfia14]

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How are teams stopping the "hard-dive dump it into the paint for a foul or easy two"?

This seems to be something my team struggles with sometimes. We're not able to intercept the pass no matter how well we time it, the opposing big usually warps into the paint off the catch and tries to draw a foul or gets a dunk. If the hard-dive doesn't work, its a lot of big to big passing. If its close to a 3 second call, they'll call a timeout. Its ridiculous, but I feel like it can be stopped.

Our 2-3 zone hasn't worked against this. It seems like any time we play a good team, this is the strategy they use.


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BTW, we are defending it well for the most part. Its easier against less skilled teams, but when we play teams with 90+ rated players with their badges maxed out, it becomes an issue. The few stops we needed to win the game basically comes from not being able to defend it on certain possessions.

[SirGaryColeman]

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Things I'd like for ProAm Patches this year:

- Let us choose our preferred position (Play Now basically the only mode that lets you choose your position).

- Fix the PA announcer. As a Point-man, I'd like to hear my name during the "Assisted by" instead of hearing the scorer's name twice (a bug) like it is now.

- Let us be on more than 1 team or let us have 15-20 people.

- Make the Team Stats sortable by each column. Love that we have working stats, dunno why we can't sort them

- Add a "Looking for Pro-Am Game" tag, so your teammates know who is willing to play right now.

- This one is a stretch, but if we can only be on on 10-man team... I'd love to see a way for Substitutions to exist.

[abuC]

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This is my build too - was talking about it before the game came out lol. It's precisely as I planned. Although I kind of hate you for spreading the word. Shh I don't want it to become popular. That would be Lame.

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lol, it will never be a popular build, you have to have a good bball IQ to use the lockdown defender. We're unicorns.

6'8 going to be able to guard/boxout 90 strength centers?

I lead our team in rebounding, I averaged around 5 rebounds per game for our first 20 games with my point forward, the last 20 I've been using my lockdown defender and my average is now 8.4rpg.

[Leasim96]

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lol, it will never be a popular build, you have to have a good bball IQ to use the lockdown defender. We're unicorns.




I lead our team in rebounding, I averaged around 5 rebounds per game for our first 20 games with my point forward, the last 20 I've been using my lockdown defender and my average is now 8.4rpg.

Eyy - cheesers are willing to exploit anything lol. Nah but my averages on walk on are very solid so far. I've been player of the game a few times. Have had a triple double - been close to it other several times. As for rebounding I've had several 15+ rebounding games so i would say it's a strength. But there are indeed times where height seems to triumph. It's balanced so far for me though in that aspect. Scoring has also surprised me. I am not maxed out yet.

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[Mike2001]

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You need 150 good contests on shots and 25 good transition defenses.


Basically turn the ball over on purpose, then get back on defense and be the first one back in the paint.

Thanks

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[SirGaryColeman]

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Anyone noticed this glitch in the pro am? The game will say my name after I score but then say "assisted by (insert my name) " instead of the guy that actually passed me the ball

Yeah.

As a dude who gets mostly Assists in Pro-Am, I wanna hear my name! This most definitely should be patched, seems like it'd be easy to correct.

[jyoung]

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Another thing I want to gripe about is this dumb patch! I CAN NO LONGER HIT AN OPEN 3. Before the patch my lock down defender was DEADLY from corner pocket. If you leave me open GREEN LIGHTS! Everyone in the park knew to fair me when I stepped on the court, but now? in Pro am, in the park, in my court, anywhere MISSED SHOT! I absolutely cannot hit a dead on open 3 nor get a green light any more.

I would consider the shooting update a success if an archetype that has a 60 open three rating is no longer able to get green release threes.

Lockdown defenders and slashers should be setting screens, cutting/driving to the rim, or lurking in the mid range on offense.

Last year the ratings threshold for green releasing an open corner three was in the mid 70s, which was a pretty reasonable target number. That threshold seemed much lower at the start of this year due to more lax shooting sliders and new badges like catch and shoot plus passers' ability to get a more effective "purple" version of dimer.

The mid 70s should still be the minimum ratings requirement to green release an open corner three IMO now that they are an automatic bucket this year.

[SirGaryColeman]

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I would consider the shooting update a success if an archetype that has a 60 open three rating is no longer able to get green release threes.

Agree.

LDD really should only be able to hit a 3 if they are really really good at shooting timing.

I just ran a Park game with an LDD last night. I got him some wide open looks (Point Forward) and he hit the majority of them, so that seemed like a good balance.

He was a good player, so I'm cool with him being able to hit em in the Park still.

[MaskedPhenom]

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Was it just 3pt shots that were tuned down? Almost shot my team out the 2 games we played today, combine 4-15 from 3 over 2 games with most of the shots being wide open in the corner. I did go like 7/8 or 7/9 from midrange with those being more contested than the 3s.

[laoala]

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I would consider the shooting update a success if an archetype that has a 60 open three rating is no longer able to get green release threes.

They need to be able to green with the proper boosts: HOF dimer + bronze catch & shoot + bronze corner specialist

why bother making a player that can't green no amount of other boosts can beat shooting 100% when wide open.

[abuC]

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I really like beating someone's 2nd team, when you know they remade the team to have a better record and then you come a long and snatch that perfect record from them.

[NoLeafClover]

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Is there any verdict in whether walk on Pro AM is properly giving rep now? Cause the times I have played it hasn't seemed to apply the next time I went into Park...

[Korrupted]

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Is there any verdict in whether walk on Pro AM is properly giving rep now? Cause the times I have played it hasn't seemed to apply the next time I went into Park...

Not sure what system you're on but people are still having issues on Xbox 1.

[Vroman]

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Pro am is not intended to give park rep. They only added park rep to walk on.