is there DEFENSE in this game???

[DmaXmius101]

You can't teach people how to play..but can give advice and tips, because everyone has different playing style.

1. Cover the area and the defender at the same time(helping out teammates)
2. Play for defending not stealing the ball(like OG said arm length)
3. Force the ballhander to certain spot(trap)
4. Lol..talk to yourself while playing.

But some flaws need to be patch(SS sim)

A. Help defense awareness( transition defense)
B. AI dribbling has to be tone down..tired of the traffic dribbling collision.
C. Lateral quickness
D. A new simulation sliders(for higher levels)

There's nothing wrong with this game.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

This video from Sam Pham might help out some of you who are having trouble with defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY2F-MesvwU

Thank you for this. Sam Pham is a great teacher (along with Da Czar) of everything 2K and this video has shed some light for me in offline MyLeague play.

I was getting highly frustrated with the lack of help defense and piss poor paint defense. So much I actually have not played and am waiting for a major patch.

However I went ahead and employed his advice in never ever using "Neutral Defense" in POE's and instead always use either "protect the paint" or limit outside shots" (whatever it's called)

It has made a difference. Also really diving in and making custom changes to how you play each player.

The game demands this. It really does. I have come to the realization that you must customize your defensive settings for every player you face on every team you play or you will run into issues.

This is not a casual game. It is a basketball simulation.

I was really frustrated like many of you with defense this year. But they went deeper with individual settings. More so than 2K15. You need to really use all the tool made available to get this game playing the way you want on the defensive side of the ball.

[Armor and Sword]

Quote: Originally Posted by DmaXmius101

You can't teach people how to play..but can give advice and tips, because everyone has different playing style. 1. Cover the area and the defender at the same time(helping out teammates) 2. Play for defending not stealing the ball(like OG said arm length) 3. Force the ballhander to certain spot(trap) 4. Lol..talk to yourself while playing. But some flaws need to be patch(SS sim) A. Help defense awareness( transition defense) B. AI dribbling has to be tone down..tired of the traffic dribbling collision. C. Lateral quickness D. A new simulation sliders(for higher levels) There's nothing wrong with this game.

Big time. A patch is still needed to tone down rocket passes into the paint..half court etc. And the help defense awareness needs to be tuned in a big way. Too many times my guys leave their man and leave them wide open and the AI exploits it all day.

But using the tools has really helped me to get a grasp of defense on 2K16. It's a different game than 2K15 (which I thoroughly enjoyed too BTW).

[Nathan_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

I'm not seeing run and gun. Although transition D sometimes seems weak. Still seeing realistic FG %. I found some fantastic sliders I downloaded from the community. If you play offline go check out some sliders. Use the point of emphasis too. Seems to help me

Whose sliders are you using?

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[Rockie_Fresh88]

Anybody had problem with ppl literally turboing through them almost?its like it doesn't matter if I cut them off

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rockie_Fresh88

Anybody had problem with ppl literally turboing through them almost?its like it doesn't matter if I cut them off

Push the right stick toward when they're doing that

[Rockie_Fresh88]

What does that do ? That's better than pressing L2?

[The 24th Letter]

That Pham video is nice!!