The Playing style Russ plays via Post moves, Face Ups, Pass Fakes etc....is just a more realistic style of playing. It's funner and a breath of fresh air. To assume that Centers can just stand there and play contest defense against him is also assuming that he hasn't practiced on how to counter people who play defense like that. Cause like you we put deliberate time in how to counter physical body animations, what to do when the double team comes and what moves chain good off of certain pivots/physical body animations. All the moves he does work great against all levels of competition and all types of players ranging from 7ft3 Centers to 5ft7 PG's. Him being able to score on the Blocks has been a huge asset to the style of ball we play on 2K because he can stretch the floor, out maneuver Centers in Space, and Bang with Bigs in the paint...#VersatilePlayer
However, A5 I get it though your right about alot of the things you said in your META BUILD post. I mean we can all easily follow META BUILDS and play like the rest of the 2K Community which Consists of Cutting down the middle for Buckets 24/7, Running in Circles holding Turbo to get free from Defenders, or whatever the new popular 2k tactic is at the moment. But fact of the matter is there are two different competitive styles of playing 2K. There are people who are rating dependent and have no BASKETBALL IQ so they all use the same PLAYER BUILDS and COPY each others SIGNATURE STYLES, or there are players who are non-rating dependent and focus on Real Basketball IQ and the PLAYER BUILDS or SIGNATURE styles just become a preference for the style of playing that fits them best.