I used to play on default Pro until I get comfortable beating AI and learning game mechanics.
Well, that was easy part to nail down, so moved to Armor and Swords Red slider set, stick with it until it became too easy (can beat teams by 40+ points).
I use User Timing. Never liked Real Player % for some reason (when you learn players hot zones it is a breeze isn't it?).
Now the problem is, I tried default All-Star difficulty. Even though, I can go 17 or 20 points up vs any team, they mount a come back in same quarter. It's not as if you can do anything about it either. All is going fine and then, all of the sudden, your players go out of bounds, play out of bound passes, pass the ball to opponent despite you NOT selecting that player to pass to, miss dunks when no-one is around, etc.
On opposition end, AI starts hitting every contested shot, every 3 starts to fall in, etc.
Bang your 20 point lead goes down to 2 or 0. IT HAPPENS IN EVERY Quarter, yet most cheesiness comes to shine in 4th quarter. It's almost certain AI is programmed to get you frustrated. You will either lose or win by small margin. Never a blow out like you can see in real life...
Ok, so end of ramble. I tried Super Star and it's a little too hard for me, but I don't notice anything STRANGE going on on this difficulty. So searching for a gapping slider set between Pro/All-Star to bring to Super Star.
It's like 2k didn't know what to do with All-Star difficulty, so they made it heavily scripted.
Help would be appreciated and I can feel I am not the only one with said problems ^_^