NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

[sirjam]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

You're the second person I've seen say this. I think the other is harder because it's camera relative. But with absolute you if you press that direction you’re going to get that. Honest I think that's easier

Say the pg is bringing the ball up on 2k cam. If I push left in absolute, he slides right on my screen but it’s to my guys left. That’s very difficult imo, especially on drives to baseline. Now camera relative if I push left he goes left on my screen. The only thing I haven’t figured out consistently is which way wouod I push for the rip steal.

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Say the pg is bringing the ball up on 2k cam. If I push left in absolute, he slides right on my screen but it’s to my guys left. That’s very difficult imo, especially on drives to baseline. Now camera relative if I push left he goes left on my screen. The only thing I haven’t figured out consistently is which way wouod I push for the rip steal.

I get it. This also seems like a fighti use to have with boys back in the day play James Bond or COD. We had that one friend that wanted to use reverse Y axis. So every freaking game we had to change it for him. I remember having friends who wanted to play broadcast while the other half wanted to play 2K cam. So we have change it every quarter to keep it even. So happy those days are gone LMAO.

But it's a learning curve for sure.

[sirjam]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

I get it. This also seems like a fighti use to have with boys back in the day play James Bond or COD. We had that one friend that wanted to use reverse Y axis. So every freaking game we had to change it for him. I remember having friends who wanted to play broadcast while the other half wanted to play 2K cam. So we have change it every quarter to keep it even. So happy those days are gone LMAO.

But it's a learning curve for sure.

The rip steal though?

[jeebs9]

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The rip steal though?

I usually look at it as which hand. I usually swipe in the direction of where the ball is. So if it's 2K cam ball on the right. Flick RS [emoji3591]. It's always going to be a left hand steal attempt.

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Played some great games with KAT the other day.

https://youtu.be/bOFlkN8xRno

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Jokic got Jokes LMAO

https://youtu.be/CBpXcpS0RCc?si=fnKzcu33_J2cPmaR

[jk31]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

i was watching Lots of Videos recently and also practicing the Tips and moves but as soon as There are opponents involved i cant get anything to work. In freelance i get Most of the Stuff, but in a game? especially against human opponents?
step back after "spin cancel"? right, just jump into the opponent Towards the basket and take a tight contested shot.
the thing with spinning Towards the middle and then Instantly launching a shot, which should trigger certain Animations when you are able to get a step on the defender? same as with the Step back, just triggers an Animation for a highly contested shot.

is this just the same thing that haunts 2k since years, that as soon as There is some Contact close to the basket, the actual direction of your right Stick input gets ignored and its yields a Contact Animation shot? i See the same when trying to trigger a eurostep on the drive while having contact.

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

i was watching Lots of Videos recently and also practicing the Tips and moves but as soon as There are opponents involved i cant get anything to work. In freelance i get Most of the Stuff, but in a game? especially against human opponents?
step back after "spin cancel"? right, just jump into the opponent Towards the basket and take a tight contested shot.
the thing with spinning Towards the middle and then Instantly launching a shot, which should trigger certain Animations when you are able to get a step on the defender? same as with the Step back, just triggers an Animation for a highly contested shot.

is this just the same thing that haunts 2k since years, that as soon as There is some Contact close to the basket, the actual direction of your right Stick input gets ignored and its yields a Contact Animation shot? i See the same when trying to trigger a eurostep on the drive while having contact.

Your post sounds a little disjoined.

You have to read the defender feet. Last cycle I wanted to make a video called the litmus test.

Dead Spin is one of the way to force a read on the defender. https://youtu.be/ylAgWKIQWc0?si=bJsNThJKJMTLl_Zl

It still works. While the spin is happening. You make a read and do the move to counter what the defender is doing.

[jeebs9]

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Another week another combo

https://youtu.be/_E-x41kwczE?si=dylmbZZYRoP_WMwa

This uses a pivot fake. I actually had to turn the sliders up to start seeing misses with certain players. Like I almost reported it as a bug last cycle [emoji23]. If you see multiple players in this weekly combo, that means it works too well [emoji23]

[sirjam]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Your post sounds a little disjoined.

You have to read the defender feet. Last cycle I wanted to make a video called the litmus test.

Dead Spin is one of the way to force a read on the defender. https://youtu.be/ylAgWKIQWc0?si=bJsNThJKJMTLl_Zl

It still works. While the spin is happening. You make a read and do the move to counter what the defender is doing.

Yeah but how do we cancel. Didn’t you say cancels are different with certain players?

[jk31]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Your post sounds a little disjoined.

You have to read the defender feet. Last cycle I wanted to make a video called the litmus test.

Dead Spin is one of the way to force a read on the defender. https://youtu.be/ylAgWKIQWc0?si=bJsNThJKJMTLl_Zl

It still works. While the spin is happening. You make a read and do the move to counter what the defender is doing.

for the moves that would get you past your defender, of course you are right, its important to observe the defense and find the counter. but with the stepback? the move should work, no matter what the defense gives me. but still in my observation my actual input gets ignored most of the times and instead my player will just go up for a "contested layup" animation without any stepback before that.

[sirjam]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

for the moves that would get you past your defender, of course you are right, it’s important to observe the defense and find the counter. but with the stepback? the move should work, no matter what the defense gives me. but still in my observation my actual input gets ignored most of the times and instead my player will just go up for a "contested layup" animation without any stepback before that.

Yeah auto animations dampen this game

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

for the moves that would get you past your defender, of course you are right, its important to observe the defense and find the counter. but with the stepback? the move should work, no matter what the defense gives me. but still in my observation my actual input gets ignored most of the times and instead my player will just go up for a "contested layup" animation without any stepback before that.

Ahhhh you're talking about this animation right?

https://youtu.be/yu6kZFpAc2Q?si=_IKDRiZpWpjo5syA

You know what's funny. This animation can be cancelled too. They left a HUGE window to cancel this animation. I think this animation is triggered if the defender is holding down L2 and the offense player is holding LS towards the defender. So what I do is as soon as I see the lift of the ball I zero on both sticks (lift my fingers up). If you go to practice mode you can trigger pretty consistently over and over doing the opposite of the above.

Now do I agree it's stupid. Yes. I think 2K put it in because post scoring has been too easy. The drop step and the spin were close to cheesy. Just my opinion, don't kill me [emoji28]


Edit also forgot you can counter this animation by holding the RS ether [emoji3488] or [emoji3487] with the RS to get that step thru animation. Just watch the feet.

Edit 2: I've found myself watching the defenders feet like 80% of the time in the post area. It's that or when I'm playing PNO. I look for the screen name to move.

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Yeah but how do we cancel. Didn’t you say cancels are different with certain players?

Here is a great example. I did another player exclusive combo video for Luka.

https://youtu.be/gK6v3yFoOKw?si=qPQT0DbhIBSW_eUM

[jeebs9]

Re: NBA 2K25 Community Triple Threat/Face Up/ Post Up (The Circle of Post Up Life)

Another week another post combo. I might slow down on these. Might change to a monthly format. I have 2 more qued up

https://youtu.be/6_t0ivBWm_w?si=tMkHRYzD4c-EaMuh