The disturbing truth about why driving to the basket is so easy this year...

[awg811]

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Anybody know why these videos won't play on my phone?

Never mind

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[ksuttonjr76]

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Anybody know why these videos won't play on my phone?

Never mind

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I always end up copying and pasting the certain links into my chrome mobile browser. You used to be able to click on the links, but that's been broke for a while now. I use Tapatalk on my phone.

[Mweemwee]

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Just run 5 out and space the floor and hit turbo and run into the defender and you'll go right past him. Wide open lane. I have been getting destroyed online against people who do this. There is no defending it. A lot of people have been doing it online, a lot of people are catching on that 5 out is even more OP than last year. If you play myteam, don't bother with centers. Run smaller players at PF and C. Scott OG falls asleep at the wheel for another year.

The antidote to 5 out is, and always has been, run a 3-2 zone

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[ch46647]

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A nice compromise for this would be to extend the ride the hip animation all the way to the basket and add a significant penalty for finishing the layup at the rim.

Just make sure we do not go back to the "brick wall" animations again. That was a game killer for me.

[ksuttonjr76]

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The antidote to 5 out is, and always has been, run a 3-2 zone

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I'm curious. How successful has that been for you? I avoid zone defenses like the plague, lol. Truthfully, I don't know the last time I used zone, but I might try it depending on your recommendation.

[chemist2720]

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I'm curious. How successful has that been for you? I avoid zone defenses like the plague, lol. Truthfully, I don't know the last time I used zone, but I might try it depending on your recommendation.

your opponent will be 80-90% from 3, regardless of who is shooting or level of contest.

[Mweemwee]

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I'm curious. How successful has that been for you? I avoid zone defenses like the plague, lol. Truthfully, I don't know the last time I used zone, but I might try it depending on your recommendation.

In 2K17 I played hundreds of online games and I literally shut down everyone who ran that against me. People would quit most of the time and I don't remember the last time someone beat me with it.

I haven't tried it in 2K18 yet though as I've been strictly on myplayer but I can't imagine much has changed. The principles of the zone spacing are covered with the 3/2 zone, you just have to do a lot of manual movement to cover all the 3 pt shots.

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[Goffs]

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This is the clipping I'm nore concerned with...where my defensive position is completely taken away..

https://streamable.com/5xotr

Some head blending on a drive means nothing to me in comparison..

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Oh god...drop step dunk is also unstoppable. Of course it's canned where my Big is at the mercy of the offense where he would dunk on you. For once I would like the defense to have some more canned animation.

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[garypayton]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

[The 24th Letter]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

Absolutely not.

[jlaz]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

if anything, it would be 2k16 for me. but no - overall, 18's gameplay is great.

[RainZ]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

No no no no no no no noooooooooooo!

[ILLSmak]

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driving to the basket HOF.

you don't need clipings actually. you just..... go.

Some of it is pretty bad. I think the main issue is that 2k has been programmed to 'defend' with their animations before, and without them there... it's a joke.

I kind of wonder how much of this is slider adjustment, too, without getting slayed by people talking about 'new engines'.. because I think one can achieve a similar effect in 17 if you mess with sliders. Maybe not that 'bad.'

I have more problem with the isos than I do with the breaks. I can live with the breaks, but the isos... the problem with those is that you don't need contact, most people would just steal the ball from you if you drove like that. You are driving right into them with the ball right in front of you, that's what is missing. Dudes would be poking that away almost every time.

Edit: but the ones where the ball isn't in a spot that it looks like they could reach their arm out and steal... look pretty realistic. Maybe more contact inside.

-Smak

[CaseIH]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

I actually kept 17 installed, and a couple days ago I decided what the heck Im going to finish out MyLeague season as I was starting the playoffs, but about 5-7 minutes into the 1st qtr I turned it off. NBA2k18 is so much better than 17, its night and day, its almost as big a gap between 17 and 18 as there is with how much better NBA2k18 is over Live18. And I actually enjoyed 17, but 18 is just so much smoother, and just plays a much better game.

I had planned on keeping 17 installed, as backuo just incase the devs dont fix MyLeague, alhtough I think they will since Dave has been in here posting, so I trust him when he says they are working on fixing it. A few yrs ago I wouldnt have trusted them, but they improved in the trust area the past couple yrs or so. So I went ahead and deleted 17. Hope I dont end up regretting that

[Hustle Westbrook]

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Anybody thinking about going back to 2k17?

Not a chance. 17 was WOAT.