NBA 2K19 Play Now Online Thread

[ForeverVersatile]

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I'm confused. What should his Ball-Handling and Speed with Ball ratings be in your opinion? I mean....you're not saying he should be able to trigger blow-bys a la 2K18, right? An 84 rating is pretty high for someone who's in their 1st breakout season. I played TOR in my last game and the guy didn't go to him much but he didnt seem to have an issue getting to the basket. I know this isnt gonna feel good but user skill is mostly gonna determine how well guy perform.

He slides right by a solid defender and misses here but that's a skill issue and probably had a little to do with Embiid:

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He doesn't get the usual role player red-headed-stepchild treatment on his missed shot and goes to the line here:

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Its like we explained to ph33 earlier in the year: you're still controlling Westbrook--but depending on your skill you might be him on his 5-24 nights.

Driving baseline is easier than it used to be. I did it 2 straight possessions with Jaylen Brown against JJ Reddick this morning, but in other areas of the floor I couldn't drive by Shamlet or Korkmaz with Brown.

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[Kushmir]

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I just tweeted Wang about it this morning. I was stepping forward and got sucked backward.

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Be sure to let him know that "take charge" does the same thing. Fortunately I dont just spam turbo all wild. Ben was on a direct route to the basket and it sucked me towards his "draw charge".

CAN'T HAPPEN.

[ForeverVersatile]

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Be sure to let him know that "take charge" does the same thing. Fortunately I dont just spam turbo all wild. Ben was on a direct route to the basket and it sucked me towards his "draw charge".

CAN'T HAPPEN.

Yeah that happens all the time. That's actually the only thing the charge button works for because it damn sure doesn't draw charges.

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[striker3771]

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Where did all of the current year lakers fans go ????

Oh yeah, that Lebron guy is out and was put on the IR in this past roster update.

Fake fans......man up !

LOL! I agree. I use my Knicks full time with or without Porzi.

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[jeebs9]

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I just tweeted Wang about it this morning. I was stepping forward and got sucked backward.[ATTACH]160596[/ATTACH]

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I've been tweeting him for a while now about my foul penalty thread. He hasn't said anything about it. Not like him.

[ForeverVersatile]

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I've been tweeting him for a while now about my foul penalty thread. He hasn't said anything about it. Not like him.

Probably focused on the next game.

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[Kushmir]

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LOL! I agree. I use my Knicks full time with or without Porzi.

Props. Same here...I run with my Sixers whether we're rated 59 or 99 lol. Still see a few Lakers stragglers--not one of them has lost by less than 20 tho. [emoji23]

Ahhh.....The good old days:

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I decided to play the Warriors once more for posterity since Cousins is back. The outcome was predictable lol...like most bullies Warriors dickriders fold after they see you can punch back. They expect the Dubs to win the game for them [emoji23]

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[ksuttonjr76]

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So I play my first game against the Dubs with DMC back...and you STILL need to pause the game at the start to put on all your settings.

Anyway I was up 26-20 in the 1st and the beer delivery guy came so I timeout to go downstairs to get my goods. Must've been about 3 minutes. Score is now 45-26 wtf, and he hasn't subbed anyone out. Jacking up open 3s with Curry Gatorade I bet lol.

Anyway I started my come back but thought F it why bother with the all the effort against a cheat so I disconnected the net.

Pathetic.......who are these people?

Okay...I wasn't crazy. How was he back on the roster already when his first game is tonight (1/18/2019)?

[WBjam]

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Okay...I wasn't crazy. How was he back on the roster already when his first game is tonight (1/18/2019)?

Eager beavers. There's even more Dubs players than before if that's possible.

The next game I won but it was the most ridiculous thing ever, most of his points were some fast breaks and contested 3s.

As Kushmir said they just want the AI to do all the work for them....but then again he plays off ball D...see what I did there I'm not saying he shouldn't either...it's a flaw of the game.

Btw beer delivery is quite common in Asia Although technically the App convenience delivery service I use does not allow beer but if you enter typos or foreign beer names they can't detect it and the delivery guys don't care lol.

[Kushmir]

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As Kushmir said they just want the AI to do all the work for them....but then again he plays off ball D...see what I did there I'm not saying he shouldn't either...it's a flaw of the game.

tsk, tsk...if you don't grab all your own rebounds/finish your own lobs you let the AI "do all the work" as well [emoji57]. And you're telling on yourself when u complain about off-ball D...you're saying your offense is only good if the other user isn't.

[Mintsa]

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Mintsa rant - Players Tribune Edition

Letter to my younger self.

“Hey Mintsa playing NBA 2K3 on Xbox, yes Vince Carter is OP, I know he’s your favourite of all time but he will get traded by NBA 2K5. It’s amazing how you can use Alvin Williams and Antonio Davis like a prime AI and Hakeem. Good work kid. But one last thing, the lag......oh my man the lag !!! LOL. If you only knew what was coming........you’ll be 16 years of older, have a wife, have kids, you’ll still be playing this game online head to head, but in NBA 2k19, the lag will be worse, really ?? Lag will be worse 16 years later ? Hasn’t technology advanced ? No young buck, it hasn’t, it’s actually worse, just wait and see”.

[ksuttonjr76]

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Mintsa rant - Players Tribune Edition

Letter to my younger self.

“Hey Mintsa playing NBA 2K3 on Xbox, yes Vince Carter is OP, I know he’s your favourite of all time but he will get traded by NBA 2K5. It’s amazing how you can use Alvin Williams and Antonio Davis like a prime AI and Hakeem. Good work kid. But one last thing, the lag......oh my man the lag !!! LOL. If you only knew what was coming........you’ll be 16 years of older, have a wife, have kids, you’ll still be playing this game online head to head, but in NBA 2k19, the lag will be worse, really ?? Lag will be worse 16 years later ? Hasn’t technology advanced ? No young buck, it hasn’t, it’s actually worse, just wait and see”.

Lmao! Great warning.

[killakrok]

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The steal spam is really a significant annoyance when you realize how much it goes unpunished and along with any kind of lag its even worse, which makes trying to run any kind of offense unimaginable.

If I play against a steal spammer I have to play to their spam. Not just actual steal animation spam that can knock the ball loose from across my body, knock me off balance with no penalty, and pick passes out of the air that shouldn't be hit, but the spamming of the actual button isn't punished, which makes it a no brainier for people to spam square/x.

Spamming steal gives you a huge chance of a direct turnover in most scenarios, it gives you an unpunished opportunity for a steal if your opponent happens to pass it anywhere near you at any time, and disrupts the ball handler consistently.

While on-balling and off-balling if the chance of something good happening while spamming is 75%, but the chance that something bad happens is say 25%, and you have no other options than spam or not spam, why would anyone not spam?

[killakrok]

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Mintsa rant - Players Tribune Edition

Letter to my younger self.

“Hey Mintsa playing NBA 2K3 on Xbox, yes Vince Carter is OP, I know he’s your favourite of all time but he will get traded by NBA 2K5. It’s amazing how you can use Alvin Williams and Antonio Davis like a prime AI and Hakeem. Good work kid. But one last thing, the lag......oh my man the lag !!! LOL. If you only knew what was coming........you’ll be 16 years of older, have a wife, have kids, you’ll still be playing this game online head to head, but in NBA 2k19, the lag will be worse, really ?? Lag will be worse 16 years later ? Hasn’t technology advanced ? No young buck, it hasn’t, it’s actually worse, just wait and see”.

I'ts crazy I've been playing since the Dreamcast and the online connectivity isn't any better. hahaha

[Kushmir]

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Spamming steal gives you a huge chance of a direct turnover in most scenarios, it gives you an unpunished opportunity for a steal if your opponent happens to pass it anywhere near you at any time, and disrupts the ball handler consistently.

Exactly this. You'll turn the ball over alot against spammers regardless of their skill level/timing. They'll miss steals and still be in perfect defensive position, the ball will warp towards swiping defenders so more steals can occur and the most egregious reaches will be Neutral Outcomes at best--at worst you'll get ripped. It doesn't matter who they use, or what steal rating they have. As long as they keep trying....they'll get the ball...ALOT.

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Mejri's a 7'2" center who's among the slowest players in the game. His steal rating is 43.

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