How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

[AIRJ23]

I notice they gave MJ his own signature spin jumper animation. How do you trigger it? It isn’t in the tutorial and when I spin the joystick in a 360 it doesn’t do the stutter he does when viewing the animation in the signature’s menu.

Unsure how it differs from post fade as well.

[AIRJ23]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

Ok figured it out. Double tap the shoot button.

Is there a way to easily do it using the joystick? I try to stay away from the shoot button.

It also appears you can use the spin jumper animation from the post position if you double tap shoot too, unless I’m mistaken. Which in MJ’s case means you get a patented animation to him since his post fade is a more generic one but his spin jumper is his own specific one.

[AIRJ23]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

there is whole youtube videos about this

That’s where I learned it’s double tap X. But I haven’t seen a video explain if it’s possible with the joystick. I’m assuming it’s not. One guy said you can spin the joystick 360 and then shoot, but it doesn’t trigger the specific “spin jumper” animation.

[jk31]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

That’s where I learned it’s double tap X. But I haven’t seen a video explain if it’s possible with the joystick. I’m assuming it’s not. One guy said you can spin the joystick 360 and then shoot, but it doesn’t trigger the specific “spin jumper” animation.

what does happen instead, when you spin the right stick and hold it deflected after that? should be a spin jumper as far as I recall. at least it was in past years. I don't know honestly, I never use those "fancy" shooting motions. They are not really efficient/usable anyway.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

You can do it by double tapping X or kind of “half circling” away from your momentum. It sounds more complicated than it is, lol

Best bet is to check one of those YT videos with the hand cam…def possible though.

[AIRJ23]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

You can do it by double tapping X or kind of “half circling” away from your momentum. It sounds more complicated than it is, lol

Best bet is to check one of those YT videos with the hand cam…def possible though.

Will give the half circle against momentum a try. I was able to do a 360 spin then shoot but it didn’t seem to trigger the specific signature. Penny has a cool one too that gives him that dope inward trick spin shot he did. 2K seemed to quietly add them in a patch but never announced it.

[jeebs9]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

You can do it by double tapping X or kind of “half circling” away from your momentum. It sounds more complicated than it is, lol

Best bet is to check one of those YT videos with the hand cam…def possible though.

I've done it a handful of time. Square actually works better. For this move.

[dlxsf18]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

Will give the half circle against momentum a try. I was able to do a 360 spin then shoot but it didn’t seem to trigger the specific signature. Penny has a cool one too that gives him that dope inward trick spin shot he did. 2K seemed to quietly add them in a patch but never announced it.

haven't bought 2k22, are there any more new signature stepbacks/post fades/floaters etc. in the game? i was worried a lot of them had gotten taken out all together but for MJ to have his own animation now there must have been a few more added as well. it was kind of ridiculous having one for ben mclemore and glenn robinson III but not a player like Mike

[AIRJ23]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

haven't bought 2k22, are there any more new signature stepbacks/post fades/floaters etc. in the game? i was worried a lot of them had gotten taken out all together but for MJ to have his own animation now there must have been a few more added as well. it was kind of ridiculous having one for ben mclemore and glenn robinson III but not a player like Mike

Tell me about it. Even more annoying is when I played 2K20 Mobile (based on the 2K13 engine) and MJ had his own signature post fadeaway. Why TF would they take that away?! That’s his patented move that literally revolutionized basketball with all who copied it, and now he has a generic post fade. Granted the generic one he has doesn’t seem to be used by many if any other players (unless I’m totally mistaken which I may be) and does look like him I think. But adding a spin jumper for him is a good compromise as it’s basically the same exact move.

2K22 definitely added a lot more animations for legends and current players. Especially dribble moves. Compared to 2K21 Mike now has: Spin jumper, and two new dribble moves that are his own.

To note, in typical sloppy 2K fashion MJ does not come with the new spin jumper standard. You have to edit him to get it. Also for some dumb reason his patented triple threat move (where he palms and shows you the ball) isn’t set as standard either. You have to edit it in his signatures.

But overall I think his likeness is solid now in the game.

[jdizzle45]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

Does the game have to be updated to show his moves in the edit screen? I just purchased it but haven’t done any updates because I’m not sure I’ll keep the game. I strictly play with retro teams and right now it’s not looking too good. Still not able to give him the medium band or change shorts length. I’m on ps4 by the way

[AIRJ23]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

Does the game have to be updated to show his moves in the edit screen? I just purchased it but haven’t done any updates because I’m not sure I’ll keep the game. I strictly play with retro teams and right now it’s not looking too good. Still not able to give him the medium band or change shorts length. I’m on ps4 by the way

Wow PS4 still has that accessories bug?? Yeah next gen I think is a lot better for legends. But you should have the MJ animations I’d think. It’ll need to be updated to see the spin jumper animation.

Also his patented triple threat needs to be changed in. You’ll see which one it is (#4 or #5 I think).

It’s crazy how many legend signatures there are that AREN’T applied to the players. Penny is another one that just had his sweet spin jumper added. Lots of guys don’t have their own layup or dunk packages applied when those packages are in the game. Pippen doesn’t have one of his own dribble signatures applied to him (it’s one of the ones at the bottom). I spent insane amounts of time getting this all dialed in.

[jdizzle45]

Re: How do I trigger the spin jumper animation?

Yeah I can’t believe they took his armband away. That’s something that’s been in the game for ever. I know his spin jumper isn’t in there so I may have to update. The length of the shorts is what really bothers me. I can do the arm band fix but in 2k20 you were able to edit the shorts. He looks terrible with the super long ones