Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

[GaryT531]

Too often in my opinion there are times where big guys like Shaq, Amare, Oden, etc just lay the ball in right underneath the basket when it should be a dunk.

I use the right trigger w/the shot stick to try to make the dunk happen, and I still get a layup. I use nogster/portland's rosters, and future's sliders. All Star difficulty.

I heard that dunks have been toned down to prevent cheesing, and I believe it. But what I'm saying is when I catch an offensive rebound with Shaq, and he's right underneath the rim, I want to see his two handed throwdown that he would do in a real game. know what I'm saying?

It seems like a player only gets a dunk when they have momentum moving toward the basket. They're harder to come by when a player is standing still.

What do you guys think? Any info is appreciated. Thanks.

[Kaanyr Vhok]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Its hard to say. On one hand I see certain instances like you describe on the other hand all of those guys you named only dunk two or three times a game. Most of their shots in the paint are layups.

[DakkoN]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Raise standing dunk ratings. Shaq/Amare/Dwight/Bynum should all be 99's if they are not already. Other bigs that flat footed dunk from time to time should be 75.

[nogster]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

whats the dunk slider at?

[thriller92]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Raise standing dunk ratings. Shaq/Amare/Dwight/Bynum should all be 99's if they are not already. Other bigs that flat footed dunk from time to time should be 75.

The rating doesnt matter if youre under the basket. If youre under the basket and go forward with the shotstick the player will just jump backward and lay it in, and if you go right or left theyll lay it in on the direction you push. If youre under the basket they wont dunk ever. You basically have to have momentum when you catch it and thats also a problem in the halfcourt because there really isnt a drive and dish game in 2k9 even with the help defence at 99, if your big catches it itll be outside the lane instead of them recognizing the drive and going to the rim.

But back to my point, there really is no way to do a standstill dunk when close to the rim unless you have momentum which comes with 1 dribble and go up, but by that time a defender recovers so it can be annoying that way.

[spankdatazz22]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

When using that roster/slider combination it is pretty rare to see dunks imo. I know there's a big concern with dunks among the hyper-realists, but the athleticism seems too turned down at times when using certain roster/slider combos. I tried out Aaron's sliders w/default rosters awhile back and while I thought the steals were tuned too high the game plays a lot less deliberate, seemed less subdued. It really just comes down to what kind of experience you're looking for. There are lots of combinations of customization options that can be used to tweak the game experience to your preference

[DakkoN]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

The rating doesnt matter if youre under the basket.

That's what the rating is for.

If youre under the basket they wont dunk ever. You basically have to have momentum when you catch it

But back to my point, there really is no way to do a standstill dunk when close to the rim unless you have momentum which comes with 1 dribble and go up, but by that time a defender recovers so it can be annoying that way.

I don't know what you're talking about, but I have definitely done plenty of straight up dunks with no dribble or forward momentum. Right trigger + Turbo with no movement with Shaq, Amare, and KG dunks seemingly at will for me with Nogster's rosters when deep in the paint or after an offensive rebound..

[t216]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

In addition to that, I really hate when the CPU keep on shooting

fade away three's. Anyway to work around this as well?

[thriller92]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

I don't know what you're talking about, but I have definitely done plenty of straight up dunks with no dribble or forward momentum. Right trigger + Turbo with no movement with Shaq, Amare, and KG dunks seemingly at will for me with Nogster's rosters when deep in the paint or after an offensive rebound..

You're right.I was thinking more in practice mode for some reason, sometimes when I was attempting to do it there it wasnt working, but that goes for a lot of signature stuff as well.

In addition to that, I really hate when the CPU keep on shooting

fade away three's. Anyway to work around this as well?

Turn down the cpu fadeaway sliders in my game sliders, but the best way to do it is a global edit of all the players because all of the players fadeaway tendencies are way too high. Only a select few should have it over 50. Thats exactly what my last global edit was about and now theyre actually taking standstill shots when theyre open and not the stupid fadeaway leaners for no reason.

[DC]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Good!

[Kully]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Since this seems to be a big man question thread, anyone know how to rebound the ball faster?

Sometimes I'd take a hook and miss, and be the only one under the basket. I'd pound away at the Y button trying to rebound the ball, only to watch my player not move and let the ball hit him in the face.

[GaryT531]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

whats the dunk slider at?

Nogster the dunk slider is at 50, and the finish strong slider is at 45. Future 420's slider set.

Does anyone think that raising these sliders will result with seeing more stand still dunks underneath the basket?

I love Nogster's/Portland's rosters, and I am happy with future's sliders. I just want to see maybe a little more athleticism during play. Thanks.

[DC]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Nothing will make the big men dunk more in the paint. No sliders, no edits. No nothing. It was done on purpose because of the cheese of past years.

[kgbsarcone]

You can use a roster editor availible on nba-live.com nba 2k9 forums on raise the dunk attributes to 255. It works for me.

[DC]

Re: Big men laying it in underneath in situations where it should be a dunk

Why the hell would you do something like that?