NBA 2K24 MyPlayer Thread

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by howardphillips214

I have never willingly launched my team. Lol I summed about 10 games to get everyone healthy. THJ averaged 8ppg for that whole stretch. Weird how the guy can drop 30 in a quarter when I play with him, but sim stats are so different. Just held POR scoreless for the first 5 minutes. We're up 15 to start the 2nd. I always have good team D regardless of our individual numbers. You may want to slide up to the 3 if you want your defensive badges. Matter of fact, you could slide you to SF and switch your matchup with Luka so you guard the ball. That'll help get all your perimeter badges. 94 won't trigger unless you get a hipride animation passed the hash. So around halfcourt or just straight off the inbound will help. Ankle braces was tough to get Silver and that was on a PG build I had. Pick dodger should also fire a lot more when you're guarding the ball. Derek Jones Jr should be fun to watch in the starting lineup. He'll grab a few boards and can jump out of the gym. Luka Green You Jones Jr Lively That's a ton of lobs for Luka.

That's what I've been doing. Unless, I'm playing a star PF, I usually put myself on the star wing or even PG. Stacking badges really make for powerful results. 94 feet + Immovable Force + Clamps+ Fast Feet + Workhorse is a strong combo. There's time I can get steals in the backcourt just by the player dribbling in front of me and them losing the ball. Usually when my matchup is the inbounder, I quickly try to guard the PG before my matchup passes halfcourt just to trigger 94 feet. There was only two games where Ankle Braces actually triggered. But that was when I was guarding a guard. I got it to Siver. I focus on doing drills after every game to grind badges. I do have they Winner Takes All performance multiplier and Overdrive, so I'm a few games paway from maxing Workhorse and 94 feet.

I don't know why Lively has a 58 3pt and 95 Spot Up 3pt tendency. He ends up taking 1-3 3pt shots a game

[howardphillips214]

Quote: Originally Posted by illwill10

That's what I've been doing. Unless, I'm playing a star PF, I usually put myself on the star wing or even PG. Stacking badges really make for powerful results. 94 feet + Immovable Force + Clamps+ Fast Feet + Workhorse is a strong combo. There's time I can get steals in the backcourt just by the player dribbling in front of me and them losing the ball. Usually when my matchup is the inbounder, I quickly try to guard the PG before my matchup passes halfcourt just to trigger 94 feet. There was only two games where Ankle Braces actually triggered. But that was when I was guarding a guard. I got it to Siver. I focus on doing drills after every game to grind badges. I do have they Winner Takes All performance multiplier and Overdrive, so I'm a few games paway from maxing Workhorse and 94 feet. I don't know why Lively has a 58 3pt and 95 Spot Up 3pt tendency. He ends up taking 1-3 3pt shots a game

Yeah the fact Lively won't rim run is dumb, I agree. The difference from when I run PNR and when Luka runs it is crazy. They lazily run to the rim with Luka on set plays.

I don't like putting steals on the right stick. I always use it for hands up, I'll try and put my hands up quickly and it goes for a steal and I get the foul. But having STR at 60 I get bump steals, so I can only imagine if that was upgraded. I still get forced pick ups with bronze badges so you should be great guarding the ball. Have you taken him online, or played any of the blacktop games?

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by howardphillips214

Yeah the fact Lively won't rim run is dumb, I agree. The difference from when I run PNR and when Luka runs it is crazy. They lazily run to the rim with Luka on set plays. I don't like putting steals on the right stick. I always use it for hands up, I'll try and put my hands up quickly and it goes for a steal and I get the foul. But having STR at 60 I get bump steals, so I can only imagine if that was upgraded. I still get forced pick ups with bronze badges so you should be great guarding the ball. Have you taken him online, or played any of the blacktop games?

I have 90 strength and with the combo I was saying earlier, I can get bump steals easily. I got 2 off of Morant. I don't use steal button unless I'm trying to intercept. I use just hands up mostly. Even blocks, with Bronze Anchor and 77 block, I can get blocks just off of hands up defense. I'm a game away from getting HOF 94 Feet and Gold Ankle Braces. So after that, I just have to get HOF Ankle Braces and Workhorse. I can't really guard PGs. I can get them off track, but I don't have the speed to guard quick PGs
I have not touched online and don't really plan to. The obvious downside to that is that there are quests I can't complete without playing online

[thefranchise03]

Which difficulty do you guys play on? If I play pro, my teammates will shoot over 50% every game. If I play on All-star, they will struggle to shoot over 40%. So I'm not sure which difficulty is the right one for me. It's probably because I play for the Wizards, but they were the only team that needed a center.

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by thefranchise03

Which difficulty do you guys play on? If I play pro, my teammates will shoot over 50% every game. If I play on All-star, they will struggle to shoot over 40%. So I'm not sure which difficulty is the right one for me. It's probably because I play for the Wizards, but they were the only team that needed a center.

I play on Superstar. I just had a game against the Nuggets, where Kyrie was injured for a few games. Luka went off for an efficient 51 points in essentially a blowout victory. Teammates are more reliable this year, it's all about them getting put into a position to succeed. I tinkered with the playbook to have plays where we have plays that create high quality shots. It also depends on matchups. I do think gameplay is more accurate as far as guys playing to their strengths. When matched up with an AI defender with 85+ Perimeter D, your star AI Teammates will struggle. Luka for the part will always get his 25-30+ points, it just depends on if its efficient or not. Someone like Kyrie is a different story. As someone who wants to take advantage of his Gold Brick Wall, I set a ton of screens. It opens up a lot of easy shots, but it also comes with negatives. Guys like Kyrie and Luka will always take that shot coming off a solid screen. It's all about getting them good looks and feeding them when they're hot.

Superstar is good for me. It's competitive enough where games are always close, but there is enough margin of error where you can overcome some mistakes. With HOF, there is ZERO margin of error. Any team good or bad will light you up and your teammates will light you up and teammates will struggle if they aren't taking good shots. I don't want to consistently dominate teams, but at same time I don't want to have to play perfectly to win games. I'm shooting 40% on high volume(6-7 3PA) and I'm happy with that, but offense feels realistic that I can't make a close shot unless it's wide open since I have 72 shot close and untouched finishing attributes. I'm semi-considering bumping the difficulty to HOF for one game. I'm waiting for my Season 3 Trendsetter rewards pack to roll out which includes 1 hour of double MC XP.. if I could have a game game on a HOF key game with double XP, I could make serious progress in progression

[illwill10]

I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to do Key games in my rookie season. My main goal was to max my defensive badges and figure out offensive game outside of shooting 3s. I'm a game/Brickley workout away from getting HOF Workhorse and Gold Ankle Braces. I'm not sure how much I'll grind towards HOF Ankle Braces. It's a badge that rarely triggers and will regress after each game. It feels like Ankle Braces is almost useless unless you are guarding a PG who uses dribble moves. It is weird how some badges progresses very quickly and some you have to spam it to progress it. Playmaking badges were super quick to progress. When I actually tried, it just took 2-3 games and practices to get Dimer, Post Playmaker, and Relay Passer to Silver. And that was just getting 3-5 assists a game. But for shooting badges, it feels like I have to shoot like Steph Curry to make any progress. I've been stuck on Silver Catch and Shoot for a while, maybe I'm a few games away from Gold. But for the other badges, it feels like I'm making no progress, even though they trigger a couple times a game and I use the Overdrive badge perk on them as well. I just want to get Catch and Shoot to Gold and get Open Looks and Claymore to Silver.

Besides that I want to move up Goat tier and it's hard to do that playing every game, especially when you don't put up ridiculous stats. It's hard for me to get 20+ points because Luka and Kyrie takes up a bulk of shots. I'm lucky to get 10+ shot attempts, most of time I get 7-10 attempts. Best way to move up GOAT tier is to get accolades. You pretty much have to win a championship to move up to tier 4. Not fully sure if there is a requirement for actual games played requirement, but might just do Key games from here out. From what I seen, last gen is games played(37-40), current gen looks to be Tiers to unlock trade Influence. I've seen Tier 4 or Tier 5. Honestly, I don't really care about Influence Free Agency yet. Main because I don't plan on resigning with my current team. I just wantto Influence trades on my next team. I've seen some say that you can Influence trades on Tier 5. If that'd the case, that would be perfect. And from what I've seen, it is Tier 5 to unlock Trade influence. Which is getting to 900,000 Goat points which is just winning a championship. So , even if I have to force us to win a championship year one, I'll do it.

I already have an idea of which team(s) I want to play on a more defensive team for my next team. As much as I like playing with Luka, it feels like my player is the only plus defender in the rotation. My original choice is the Bulls. That would be a good defensive team if DeRozan walks. Lonzo, Caruso, and me as perimeter defenders. Lavine seems like a guy that I could compliment well and Vucevic could be a solid scorer. There's a couple good guards off bench in Jevon Carter and White. Ideally Drummond resigns. Drummond is the type of center that always plays well in 2k. The negative thing with the Bulls is that I'm really dependent on Lavine being a #1 option and Vucevic to be consistent. Lavine seems like he could give me Kyrie-esque PTSD lol. Where he could easily give you 30+ or stink up the joint. Plus, playing with Luka has shown me playing with a Superstar who can takeover is a must when you're not a primary scorer. My other option is the Sixers. As a Sixers fan, I know they only have like 4 guys signed onto the roster for the next season. So I can easily slot into the PF or SF spot. Playing with Embiid should be great since he is a 2 way center who will open up a lot of open shots when he is doubled. Maxey's speed and 3pt ability should play very well off of my Gold Brick Wall. The main negative with the Sixers is that I would be reliant on them making good Free Agent signing before I get there or I would be very reliant on using the Trade Influence feature to fill out roster. Ideally, I would want two other 3 and D wings along Maxey, me, and Embiid and I would need to make trades to fill out depth.

I'm to the point where I'm being forced to play Key games. I got selected for All Star, but was able to skip that weekend. I'm in March. My key game is Rookie 3pt leader, I guess I was putting up ridiculous sim stats. I'm 6 away from the record, so I might just drop the difficulty own to Rookie for a game just to get the record. I dont want to play more games than i have too. As far as I know, that should be the last record game I should have. Only ones left before playoffs I can think of is if they force me to play against a star who's performing well or playoff related. I'm rushing through it now, because I'm mentally done with playing with this team and I hit my rookie season goals. I maxed my important badges. I just got Catch and Shoot to Gold. My other badges are the other shooting badges. It's weird for me, I have used Real Player % for the last few years. I just feel Shot Timing isn't realistic and It really feels like Green or miss. I recently turned Shot Timing on because I struggle with shooting drills. It's weird, I can Green shots with ease in practice, but I can't in games. So I just switch back and forth. Only badges I care about are the shooting badges which are taking forever to progress and quickly regresses. I just care about getting Claymore to Silver and Open Looks to Silver. I am looking forward to signing with the Sixers. I just played them and Embiid went off. I know he's someone who will open up a ton of shots for me. I just need to make sure we went the Championship, so I can move to tier 5. By the look of sim stats, I should make All-NBA, Win RoY and DPOY, and All-Rookie

[howardphillips214]

I NEED the PA to say "LUUUUUUKAAAAAAAAAA" when I'm playing. Lol I've played with LA, ORL, and even tho those rosters are more intriguing, there's nothing like "Luuuuuukkaaaaa FOR THREE!"

Take your time your rookie season. Free Agency is a mess, IMO. Lots of 1 year deals for quality players, too. Valenciunas usually team swaps year to year. Nurkic is another that signs 1 year deals and gets bounced around cuz he's good value.

Drummond is amazing, but Steven Adams is easier to get. Pelicans have some good depth, too. I usually grab Alvarado if I can.

Mavs roster with Adams and Alvarado would fix a lot of issues for you.

I also did the same trades with LA tho. Sliding AD to the 4 and starting Jose on that team is just mean. But that team isn't any fun if LBJ retires after year 1.

[illwill10]

Quote: Originally Posted by howardphillips214

I NEED the PA to say "LUUUUUUKAAAAAAAAAA" when I'm playing. Lol I've played with LA, ORL, and even tho those rosters are more intriguing, there's nothing like "Luuuuuukkaaaaa FOR THREE!" Take your time your rookie season. Free Agency is a mess, IMO. Lots of 1 year deals for quality players, too. Valenciunas usually team swaps year to year. Nurkic is another that signs 1 year deals and gets bounced around cuz he's good value. Drummond is amazing, but Steven Adams is easier to get. Pelicans have some good depth, too. I usually grab Alvarado if I can. Mavs roster with Adams and Alvarado would fix a lot of issues for you. I also did the same trades with LA tho. Sliding AD to the 4 and starting Jose on that team is just mean. But that team isn't any fun if LBJ retires after year 1.

I already simmed my way to the Playoffs lol. I wasn't playing, when I said I wasn't mentally done with team lol. The Kyrie experience was weird. He played better off the bench(u kept him as the starter when I forced to play Key games at the end). He would take a lot of what. I call" Why Kyrie" shots. But, I felt he missed too many shots he should have made. Even when Luka had bad games, he was always good for 25-30 points. My only somewhat regret was not putting Curry higher in rotation. He started season low in rotation, so I rarely played alongside him, especially when Kyrie was the 6th man. But, he was the best consistent shooter in the last few key games I played. It is funny that you mentioned Adams. When I was simming games. I had 2 keys between 4 games before All Star weekend. In between games, we had one of those unrealistic 2k trades. We tried Josh Green(who low in rotation) for Mitchell Robinson. He would've been great. An athletic rim running rim protector who can snatch up rebounds. The issue was that in between those key games, we traded for him and he immediately got injured for 6-8 weeks. So I never got the chance to play with him. When I simmed to the Playoffs, Robinson is healthy, but Luka is out for 4-6 weeks. I'm ready to move onto new team, so normally I would be okay with losing in the first round. But, I need to get to tier 5. I got RoY, DPOY, All-NbA, All Defense, Rookie 1st Team all mainly off of sim stats. But, I need to win championship to get to tier 5 before season.2. So, honestly might just sim games and make sure we win.


I will take my time in my second season. Like I said, I'm mostly done the grinding and want to get to the point where I'm playing for enjoyment. I wouldn't be opposed to resigning with the Mavs, especially with them having Robinson at Center. If I could trade for a versatile defender like Jaden McDaniels or Vanderbilt, I would like the lineup more. But, I'm locked in on playing with the Sixers. I just need to see what moves they make in offseason since they have a lot of guys that are Free Agents. The good part of my build is that I can play 2-4.