NBA 2k18 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

[AshamanCarnage]

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I've got a question, am I playing pro am wrong?
I'm a pure point guard, new to pro am, in my game today my stat line was 1/3 | 3 points | 9 assists | 4 steals

I focus in nit turning it over, spreading the ball and keeping everyone hot and involved, I feel like that's what a PG is supposed to do.

But then a teammate starts flaming me on a possession I didn't even touch the ball lol (I'm guessing he just looked at my points)

Bow I don't care about the flame, but is pro am just a shootout, are pure points a bad idea in there?

I wish I had a pure point even just once. Are you on Xbox?

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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5 out teams rely on stepback and hip ride animations from and ISO point guard. lmaoo 2k what is this bull**** . Because it’s not nba basketball .

[OrlandoTill]

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I just beat a team 1 v. 4 for 3 quarters on Walk-On. Quite possibly the greatest feat I'll ever accomplish in this game.

[howardphillips214]

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5 out teams rely on stepback and hip ride animations from and ISO point guard. lmaoo 2k what is this bull**** . Because it’s not nba basketball .

Nah bruh, every wide open shot is supposed to go in and by wide open I mean when the defender is all over the shooter and he just gets himself about a foot, green. I don't recall Ray Allen hitting too many shots where a defender never left him but he just steps back at 29 feet and an indicator comes up next to his head immediately letting him know it's a make so he runs back on defense immediately and one can spam triangle on anyone getting up the court who takes it to the cup before the defense sets up because he's 6'3 and has amazing defense at a 50 something lateral quickness and all block ratings.

Honestly, the lower your shot block rating the better you block.

[catcher_0_3]

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My team has only played about 50 games, none of us bought VC and we’re starting to find our game. I think though that we might have downplayed athleticsm the first go around with our builds because we can give up a lot of points. We can score 70-80 most games, but we can also give up that many, especially against athletic teams who can run and score at the basket. Anyways, here’s our roster, suggestions welcome.

Center - 85, max size, Post Scoring Rebounder
PF - 90, 7’1 285, Finishing Rebounder
SF - 76, 6’8 , Defending Sharp
SG - 87, 6’0, pure sharp
PG - 88, 6’4, Sharp Playmaker

The PF and PG are the ones most likely to start another player. Center could as well.

[howardphillips214]

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My team has only played about 50 games, none of us bought VC and we’re starting to find our game. I think though that we might have downplayed athleticsm the first go around with our builds because we can give up a lot of points. We can score 70-80 most games, but we can also give up that many, especially against athletic teams who can run and score at the basket. Anyways, here’s our roster, suggestions welcome.

Center - 85, max size, Post Scoring Rebounder
PF - 90, 7’1 285, Finishing Rebounder
SF - 76, 6’8 , Defending Sharp
SG - 87, 6’0, pure sharp
PG - 88, 6’4, Sharp Playmaker

The PF and PG are the ones most likely to start another player. Center could as well.

I don't play much team, but I'm very familiar with walk on. The center position is almost always useless on offense when they're Max size. Almost doesn't matter the archetype. Yeah, they'll get defensive rebounds, but a lot of shots go up before the defense is even set so half the time the center doesn't even cross half court before we score. We've run smaller line ups and dude may get boarded on a bit, we've also had games where we've out rebounded 2 7'3 bigs just with sheer athleticism and boxing out. Rebounding becomes a team effort at that point, but it vastly improves the offense as a pure athletic at center can BURN a 7'3 center down court. It seems the meta this year isn't 7'3 at all, it's speed.

Now, if you encounter a team that is getting back every possession and has a 7'3 that knows what they're doing you might have difficulty. But at that point all you gotta do is maybe switch to a 2-3 like them and hope you get stops. Once you guys get a sliver of a lead, man up and keep burning them in transition.

[Foldzy]

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I don't play much team, but I'm very familiar with walk on. The center position is almost always useless on offense when they're Max size. Almost doesn't matter the archetype. Yeah, they'll get defensive rebounds, but a lot of shots go up before the defense is even set so half the time the center doesn't even cross half court before we score. We've run smaller line ups and dude may get boarded on a bit, we've also had games where we've out rebounded 2 7'3 bigs just with sheer athleticism and boxing out. Rebounding becomes a team effort at that point, but it vastly improves the offense as a pure athletic at center can BURN a 7'3 center down court. It seems the meta this year isn't 7'3 at all, it's speed.

Now, if you encounter a team that is getting back every possession and has a 7'3 that knows what they're doing you might have difficulty. But at that point all you gotta do is maybe switch to a 2-3 like them and hope you get stops. Once you guys get a sliver of a lead, man up and keep burning them in transition.

My 7'3" slashing post scorer is almost always the leading scorer on offense

[howardphillips214]

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My 7'3" slashing post scorer is almost always the leading scorer on offense

My sharp buddy hung 50 on a team last night on 75% 3 point percentage from my HOF dimer and almost every shot was in transition from him leaking out.

If your team is waiting for you to come down to the paint and catch bodies, you're literally wasting probably 20 possessions your shooters can score.

It's just math man, very simple. If you can score early in the clock, then why not? Plus, 3s always beat 2s.

Trust me, I wanted to be a post or slashing player this year as I always do. It's much more efficient this year to let shooters shoot. If I can score on the break with my point forward, I will. But if it's 2 on 1 they better stay home with the shooter and give up the easy bucket or my sharp friend will bury them.

If they start playing tight on shooters, obv start banging in the paint.

[Foldzy]

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My sharp buddy hung 50 on a team last night on 75% 3 point percentage from my HOF dimer and almost every shot was in transition from him leaking out.

If your team is waiting for you to come down to the paint and catch bodies, you're literally wasting probably 20 possessions your shooters can score.

It's just math man, very simple. If you can score early in the clock, then why not? Plus, 3s always beat 2s.

Trust me, I wanted to be a post or slashing player this year as I always do. It's much more efficient this year to let shooters shoot. If I can score on the break with my point forward, I will. But if it's 2 on 1 they better stay home with the shooter and give up the easy bucket or my sharp friend will bury them.

If they start playing tight on shooters, obv start banging in the paint.

Sure if you got good shooters, most of the shooters in walk on are trash it's hard to find a team that will feed me the ball still I make the most of my touches and usually come out on top

[OneDrop]

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My sharp buddy hung 50 on a team last night on 75% 3 point percentage from my HOF dimer and almost every shot was in transition from him leaking out.

If your team is waiting for you to come down to the paint and catch bodies, you're literally wasting probably 20 possessions your shooters can score.

It's just math man, very simple. If you can score early in the clock, then why not? Plus, 3s always beat 2s.

Trust me, I wanted to be a post or slashing player this year as I always do. It's much more efficient this year to let shooters shoot. If I can score on the break with my point forward, I will. But if it's 2 on 1 they better stay home with the shooter and give up the easy bucket or my sharp friend will bury them.

If they start playing tight on shooters, obv start banging in the paint.

Nothing you said applies to team pro-am at the higher levels. Sometimes you don't want to run & gun. Besides, if you're starting a half court possession by sprinting up court, leaving your center under the basket he just inbounded from you're essentially playing 4 on 5 offence. I walk the ball up court so my center who averages 15 ppg has time to cross halfcourt before I do. If it's a fastbreak sure you can jet, but there's very little reason to push the pace when it's not a fastbreak, unless the other team is trash and doesn't get back on D after a made basket, which never happens if you're at a somewhat serious bracket of team pro-am, which I assume Catcher is gunning for.

Catcher, you need at least one of your PF or C to be able to shoot from 3. I'd recommend a finishing sharpshooter or rim protecting sharp at the 4. That is, if your C actually puts in work in the post. If he doesn't he should make a shooter instead. If your PF or C can finish off da pop and off the fade you can run screens until the other team implodes. In my experience, you can't beat the top teams running 3 out 2 in. You need shooting to keep the defence honest.

[loso_34]

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got a 6'2 slashing shot creator. is it even worth going forward with this build..height was a dumb decision i know lol went with my real height.

[catcher_0_3]

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Hey guys, thanks for the responses. A little more color.

I am the Center. I average about 20 and 15, usually the top scorer on the team. For now i can handle my own down there. Our current PF was supposed to be the center but he wasn’t now pulling enough rebounds, which is why I created this guy. Ideally I would keep my Center since our teams record has gone from about 4-26 to around 24-34 since I made the switch.

Our style is basically right now our shooters shoot and we pull down rebounds. We shoot around 45% from 3 as a team so we need someone who can grab boards right now.

My first player was a slashing sharp 6’10 PF so I might go back to him if/when our PF gets HOF Hustle.

[catcher_0_3]

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Our PF has decided to start a new guy.

7’0 250, 1) Finisher 2) Defender

The idea behind it fits his playstyle pretty perfectly. Just don’t know if the build and size will mesh.

Thoughts?

[Ragnar53]

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If he's just looking to pull down boards, 7 feet, max wingspan, and any build that allows him to get at least silver Hustle Rebound is fine.

Silver will keep him from getting snagged on so long as he boxes out and jumps AFTER his guy jumps. Because if he tries to jump first, but his guy has gold or HOF hustle rebound then he's going to get snagged on almost every time.

[Caelumfang]

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I’m just being an *** from now on in Walk On. Was in a game where it literally just started, and I shot the first two shots because I was wide *** open, and the two bigs started immediately bitching because I didn’t hit them. So I literally just stood in the corner and never shot anything else, no matter how open I was, and continuously hit them with passes that purposely got them turnovers.

Getting sick of these idiot randoms who only think of themselves, especially bigs who become black holes when the ball even comes into their vicinity.