How to get more "blow by" dribble drives?

[TheWood56]

Thought I'd ask you slider gurus this one.

Defenders in the NBA are always getting blown by and beat off the dribble. Obviously help defense and the on ball defender generally recovering prohibits easy points inside, but ball handlers blowing by defenders is a frequent occurrence, yet in 2K, the herky jerky animations and getting stuck to your defender with a ton of contact is something I experience more often than I'd like.

So, what sliders effect this, and is there a fix? If I were to guess, I'd say: driving contact shot frequency (lowering could reduce the contact and "sticking" whilst driving), quickness (raising could give you more of an explosive first step), and on ball defense (lowering is self explanatory).

What's everyones thoughts on this? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[Shady Mike]

Driving Contact shot only effects the likeliness of triggering a contact animation on a layup attempt, that said:

Ball handling
quickness
on ball defense

It's a combination of the three.

[EccentricMeat]

It's more a matter of user skill than it is a matter of sliders. With the right combination of iso moves, you can usually get past your defender with regularity. Sliders come into play when trying to get the right defensive rotations and on ball defender recovery, and the obvious sliders (mentioned by OP and Shady) control that.

[TheWood56]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shady Mike

Driving Contact shot only effects the likeliness of triggering a contact animation on a layup attempt, that said: Ball handling quickness on ball defense It's a combination of the three.

Ball handling? I figured that's straight up dribble moves, which of course is going to help you beat a defender and break him down, but not necessarily blow by him on a drive, which is what I'm talking about.

Anyway. If it's a combination of these three, then why does everyone lower ball handling below default 50, lower quickness below default 50 and always less than speed, and significantly raise on ball defense?

Seems counterintuitive when trying to replicate sim basketball, no?

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWood56

Ball handling? I figured that's straight up dribble moves, which of course is going to help you beat a defender and break him down, but not necessarily blow by him on a drive, which is what I'm talking about. Anyway. If it's a combination of these three, then why does everyone lower ball handling below default 50, lower quickness below default 50 and always less than speed, and significantly raise on ball defense? Seems counterintuitive when trying to replicate sim basketball, no?

That's because unfortunately even with these tweaks, it's easy to blow past your defender with the right iso moves :/

[TheWood56]

Quote: Originally Posted by EccentricMeat

That's because unfortunately even with these tweaks, it's easy to blow past your defender with the right iso moves :/

I get that, but IRL it doesn't always take iso dribble moves to beat your defender and penetrate. A lot of the time it's just a quick first step to blow by the defender, then you're met with the help defense. Westbrook for example always gets penetration because of his explosiveness and quickness. He doesn't always have to put together the right combination of dribble moves.

[EccentricMeat]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWood56

I get that, but IRL it doesn't always take iso dribble moves to beat your defender and penetrate. A lot of the time it's just a quick first step to blow by the defender, then you're met with the help defense. Westbrook for example always gets penetration because of his explosiveness and quickness. He doesn't always have to put together the right combination of dribble moves.

One properly timed crossover or hesitation is all it takes to blow past a defender. To eliminate the need to do even THAT would unfortunately make on-ball defense essentially worthless.

[Hassan Darkside]

I will say one thing I've found that helps blow by's is to stay off of turbo. Personally, I use Shady Mike's sliders and have found more success blowing by guys without using turbo than with.