NBA 2k15 team play book thread

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

yes no problem taking the knicks with you already having a good feel for the lakers. I need to do the triangle anyway for 90s bulls (which i typically don't play too much with till after the finals in june), but i'll have a head start.

i've read tex winter's triple post offense and have been studying the triangle for years, i even ran it in 2k14 with the spacing based freelance playcalling i've been describing to you, but the challenge is to get the cpu to play that way.

i just played the cpu knicks with the default playbook and it was interesting to say the least...melo got his touches but it didn't feel like playing against the triangle at all despite the playbook being populated with 100% triangle plays as i only saw the moment of truth once (when it should occur on nearly all non-transition possessions), they called almost excusively specials. run plays are at 80 on default for the knicks.

i then played another game against them with run plays at 0 to allow the freelance the chance to shine and it was really good. there were some sloppy actions but overall had a very organic zen-ish feel and melo was featured more because in freelance play is where tendencies can play a bigger role.

so i think less is going to be more with the knicks, give them some specials, add some plays to clean up the action, but mostly keep run plays low and let the freelance do its thing, this will be take some testing to find the balance but my gut feeling says as low as 20 or 30 right now because the triangle freelance was excellent in moments. i would love a second opinion on this from anyone.

Ha those are my thoughts exactly with the teams who have the freelances that had more attention put into them like the pace, swing, and triangle. When I went through all the triangle plays I only had like 20-25 with action that had options that I liked so with Knicks having 50 that means 25 or so don't translate well.

The freelance and the plays with options are what I'm trying to give most teams so if option A is not open the cpu at will automatically go to option B and so on. That is why you won't see a lot of quick plays in these play books. When I was testing quick plays over half if not more there would be no open shots for players to get a good look and then the play was dead.

I agree though that the way to go might be lower play calls and let freelance and player tendencies play out more with those teams.

Side note- I'm right there with you on older Bulls and locking down a good triangle playbook with them not because I want to play with them but to have them play like old Bulls when replaying the 96 finals with my sonics! Lol! After I'm done with these those will be the 1st teams I do for classics followed by the 93 rockets and then the 87 Lakers and 86 celtics. That's a whole bother project though but I am definitely going to be doing classics too but have to go off memory mostly and knowing where players liked the ball, etc...

Remember don't feel like you have to go crazy with your 9 teams. Basic notes on sets they do is fine but by all means go crazy if you want and have time too! Haha! Looking forward to seeing what you end up with...

[jattnanga]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Ha those are my thoughts exactly with the teams who have the freelances that had more attention put into them like the pace, swing, and triangle. When I went through all the triangle plays I only had like 20-25 with action that had options that I liked so with Knicks having 50 that means 25 or so don't translate well.

The freelance and the plays with options are what I'm trying to give most teams so if option A is not open the cpu at will automatically go to option B and so on. That is why you won't see a lot of quick plays in these play books. When I was testing quick plays over half if not more there would be no open shots for players to get a good look and then the play was dead.

I agree though that the way to go might be lower play calls and let freelance and player tendencies play out more with those teams.

Side note- I'm right there with you on older Bulls and locking down a good triangle playbook with them not because I want to play with them but to have them play like old Bulls when replaying the 96 finals with my sonics! Lol! After I'm done with these those will be the 1st teams I do for classics followed by the 93 rockets and then the 87 Lakers and 86 celtics. That's a whole bother project though but I am definitely going to be doing classics too but have to go off memory mostly and knowing where players liked the ball, etc...

Remember don't feel like you have to go crazy with your 9 teams. Basic notes on sets they do is fine but by all means go crazy if you want and have time too! Haha! Looking forward to seeing what you end up with...

haha those sonics teams were fun, especially when kemp and gp were just coming up in the early 90s. this past summer i was able to watch a few playoff games from 91 of run tmc vs. the sonics and it was awesome basketball to take in. btw i have a run tmc playbook from 2k14 that may translate well to 2k15 so i can pass that along when the time comes.

but yea i wont go too crazy...the triangle is near and dear to my heart, so its easy for me to get carried away with this one. probably the triangle and the bulls will be the most in depth, but after that i'll focus on efficiency rather than OCD over minute details to get the 9 teams done in a timely manner.

also if you have anything that you can share with me as far as which plays to avoid etc that would be great, because i really focus on player alignment (who's where on the court) and the actions that best replicate a team's style moreso than which plays translate well into the cpu environment.

[dubnation01]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

i plan on posting some videos of what i've been running with the dubs to this point and i'll be sure to include a clip where bogut takes advantage of the defense cheating off of him.

Thanks so much man! Great info.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

I really miss the Horns 1 set.

[FloorGeneral]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

I really miss the Horns 1 set.

I'm with you man. Probably my favorite play ever from the 2K realm. So much good stuff you could do in that joint. To be honest, I'm surprised Da Czar didn't hook this game up with that play, or atleast something similar. I know he LOVED it too, being that he made like 58798093 GREAT videos on that play alone .

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

I just put together a universal playbook with plays that almost every NBA team runs and has in their playbooks. It's also user friendly and has the best plays with a given action. When I say user friendly I mean it's set up in 4's or 8's so you know what each page has.

It looks like this...

4- ISO
4- PNR
4- PNFade/mid
8- PNR Option
8- low post
4- high post
4- cutters
4- mid range
4- 3 point

Total 44 plays

You could really assign this playbook for every team. The only play types that I had to stretch a bit is cutter, ISO, 3 point because obviously each team has variations here but I wanted to give in iso's for example a ISO on wing, top key, high post, and off PNR to account for different players on teams who might have ISO.

Anyways all these plays are action most all nba teams run and have in their playbooks. A lot of these plays I will universally be putting in all teams playbooks because number 1 the action you get all teams run and number 2 so when switching teams you get play familiarity.

The only thing if you entered for all teams is you would be lacking team individuality but in the rosters in doing I'm taking care of that anyways. Just wanted to give you guys something to have in the mean time that you can plug in and play with great nba action. Plus gives you chance to get familiar with universal plays I will be using in these team playbooks.

I'm gonna type it up and will post on op. Stay tuned, should be posted in next 30 minutes...

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Universal plays are now in original post. You could plug into any team and get great nba action. They are best plays with best action most all teams play with. I think you guys will really like them. You can punch them into standard playbook and assign standard playbook to a team or both teams when you play a quick game and test them out.

Again these are plays I will be using universally with best action so great way to get familiar with plays I will have in the play books.

Edit: see post above this for a bit more details about what's in the playbook...

[shayellis]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Which system are you creating your rosters for? I am getting the game for pc so i just wanted to know if maybe i could get these rosters

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Which system are you creating your rosters for? I am getting the game for pc so i just wanted to know if maybe i could get these rosters

Im on xbox1 but you can manually punch all these in yourself to have them in your game.

[vtcrb]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Universal plays are now in original post. You could plug into any team and get great nba action. They are best plays with best action most all teams play with. I think you guys will really like them. You can punch them into standard playbook and assign standard playbook to a team or both teams when you play a quick game and test them out.

Again these are plays I will be using universally with best action so great way to get familiar with plays I will have in the play books.

Edit: see post above this for a bit more details about what's in the playbook...

THIS is why YOU are a LEGEND.

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Guys, just so you know - this is all user preference but I like my playbooks organized and should have brought this up before. If you want PNR let's say to be in this order in playbooks from page 1 and so on...

PNR
Pnfade/mid
PNR option

Then you must enter all PNR option plays 1st, pnfade 2nd, and PNR last when entering them. If you have a favorite low post, high post, cutter, ISO, mid, or 3 PT play and you want favorite plays as 1st plays in that play type and at top of page then you have to enter it last out of all plays in a set category. Visca versa if you want least favorite play at bottom you need to enter it 1st. Switching plays messes everything up for whatever reason.

Pain in the *** but is what it is. Just wanted to give you guys heads up so your playbooks are organized. The way I put it in is in reverse order so just go backwards and start from bottom to top.

[FloorGeneral]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Guys, just so you know - this is all user preference but I like my playbooks organized and should have brought this up before. If you want PNR let's say to be in this order in playbooks from page 1 and so on...

PNR
Pnfade/mid
PNR option

Then you must enter all PNR option plays 1st, pnfade 2nd, and PNR last when entering them. If you have a favorite low post, high post, cutter, ISO, mid, or 3 PT play and you want favorite plays as 1st plays in that play type and at top of page then you have to enter it last out of all plays in a set category. Visca versa if you want least favorite play at bottom you need to enter it 1st. Switching plays messes everything up for whatever reason.

Pain in the *** but is what it is. Just wanted to give you guys heads up so your playbooks are organized. The way I put it in is in reverse order so just go backwards and start from bottom to top.

Yes, pain in the *** is right. And with the deleting plays problem you already noted in this thread, it's an even bigger pain. What I do, is add however many plays per type (16 PNR, 4 mid, 4 3pt, etc...you should probably add plays you're NOT gonna actually use), then go to the next screen where you assign play types to a player. That way you can see which order the plays will be in (for example, your PG will, at the least, have PNR, so you can see what order they're in). Then I put 'em down in Notes in the that order, and just go through and make sure to add the plays I want in the right order, replacing the corresponding play. Fun times, SMH.

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

Yes, pain in the *** is right. And with the deleting plays problem you already noted in this thread, it's an even bigger pain. What I do, is add however many plays per type (16 PNR, 4 mid, 4 3pt, etc...you should probably add plays you're NOT gonna actually use), then go to the next screen where you assign play types to a player. That way you can see which order the plays will be in (for example, your PG will, at the least, have PNR, so you can see what order they're in). Then I put 'em down in Notes in the that order, and just go through and make sure to add the plays I want in the right order, replacing the corresponding play. Fun times, SMH.

Ya it's what I do too. Do you know how many times I forgot or before I knew and went to a game to test and everything was backwards?! Lol! But I wasn't lol then! Haha! These are little things that make a big difference IMO. This would never ship like this if I was on watch! I'd bug the **** out of my engineer til we got it right... Oh well...

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

THIS is why YOU are a LEGEND.

Not a legend just OCD! Lol

[BobbyColtrane]

Re: NBA 2k15 team play book thread

As a huge Spurs fan I want to make one suggestion- please leave in "Zipper" as it replicates the action you seen in the Spurs' wheel play.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCdP3KPC70