v0.8 (Feb 10, 2023)

SETTINGS
Game Difficulty: Start All Star, Superstar, or HOF (I'm now starting on Superstar, then edit)
Game Speed: 56 (suggest 55 to 60)
Camera: Broadcast, Nosebleed, or Skybox

CONTROLLER SETTINGS
Shot Timing: Real Player %
Free Throw Timing: Real Player %
Defensive Assist with Intense-D: 10 (suggest 0-25)
Box Assist Strength: 50


SLIDERS
USER/CPU (if only 1 number they are the same for both)

OFFENSE
Inside Shot Success - 36/40
Close Shot Success - 42/46
Mid-Range Shot Success - 56/60
3PT Success - 54/58
Layup Success – 46/50
Shot Coverage Impact - 35
Shot Timing Impact - 0
Dunk in Traffic Frequency - 50
Dunk in Traffic Success - 50
Pass Accuracy - 15
Alley-Oop Success - 65/50
Contact Shot Success - 35
Ball Security - 5
Body-Up Sensitivity - 35
Pass Speed - 30

DEFENSE
Driving Contact Shot Frequency - 75
Inside Contact Shot Frequency - 85
Layup Defense Strength (Takeoff) - 65
Layup Defense Strength (Release) - 50
Jump Shot Defense Strength (Gather) - 25
Jump Shot Defense Strength (Release) - 35
Help Defense Strength - 75
Steal Success - 15 (offset by higher values below)

ATTRIBUTES
Acceleration - 50
Vertical – 35
Strength – 50
Stamina – 50
Speed – 40
Durability - 50
Hustle – 65/35
Ball Handling – 40
Hands – 85/75
Dunking Ability - 50
On-Ball Defense – 65/55
Stealing – 75
Blocking – 60
Offensive Awareness - 75
Defensive Awareness – 10
Offensive Rebounding - 10
Defensive Rebounding – 25
Offensive Consistency - 50/65
Defensive Consistency - 50/65
Fatigue Rate – 50
Lateral Quickness - 25

TENDENCIES
Take Inside Shots - 40
Take Close Shots - 15
Take Mid-Range Shots - 75
Take 3PT Shots - 85
Post Shots - 50
Attack the Basket - 35
Look for Post Players - 65
Throw Alley-Oops - 50
Attempt Dunks - 65
Attempt Putbacks - 65
Play Passing Lanes - 85/75
Go for On-Ball Steals - 85
Contest Shots - 65
Backdoor Cuts - 50

FOULS
Over the Back Foul Frequency - 100
Charging Foul Frequency - 100
Blocking Foul Frequency - 100
Reaching Foul Frequency - 85
Shooting Foul Frequency - 100
Loose Ball Foul Frequency – 100
Illegal Screen Frequency – 40

MOVEMENT
Speed with Ball (Max rating) - 100
Speed with Ball (Min rating) - 30
Acceleration with Ball (Max rating) - 100
Acceleration with Ball (Min rating) - 30
Speed without Ball (Max rating) - 100
Speed without Ball (Min rating) - 35
Acceleration without Ball (Max rating) - 100
Acceleration without Ball (Min rating) - 35

You can only do this once you have started a League or Season so you can use the All Players screen while editing. Select Front Office then Roster. Enter Quick Edit mode and switch to the All Player screen.


Attributes -

To help with defensive reactions and help defense in particular, I suggest these two edits.

Help IQ (Help IQ) +10
Defensive Consistency (DCNST) +10


Tendencies -

See the table below for my recommended edits. Lets use Drive as an example.

Sort the Drive tendency in descending order. Manually reduce the individual top players until the max scores are 80. Then select the entire column (Press A to cycle through individual cell, row, and column options until you have the entire column selected) and flick the right stick down 35 (so the max score is now 45 since you started with a max score of 80) then flick the right stick up 5. All the scores that were just at 0 are now at 5 and the max up from 45 to is 50. You will now have a range for Drive from 5 to 50 for all players.

If any column adjustment has max scores of 100, I flick down once to set the max to 99. I'll also check the top scores for any tendency to see if the top rated players look right and adjust a few top players manually as needed.

A note on the contested midrange and contested 3pt tendency - increasing these two tendencies improves the overall offensive flow and decision making of the CPU team and avoids the CPU's tendency (no pun intended) to over pass and run down the clock. The willingness to take move contested shots seems to be an important adjustment for better CPU offense.

Here is the table of tendency edits.




Badges -

I have adjusted badges because I find they are unrealistic. I mostly rely on roster Attributes and Tendencies for good gameplay. I use the global edit feature to edit badges. In your roster, use the quick edit feature, go to the all players screen. Flick the right stick down once for each badge column to eliminate the bronze badges badges. Legendary becomes Gold, Gold becomes Silver, and Silver becomes bronze. I leave the Blue personality badges unchanged.

From justintasha1996's slider post (you should check it out) and Celtic's roster work (also check it out and donate if you can), these badge changes should be made in your roster.

These 15 badges (the list is in the order you will find them) should be completely removed as they provide unrealistic arcade like boosts to attributes -

1.Pro touch (Pt)
2.Comeback Kid (CK)
3.Green Machine (GM)
4.Volume Shooter ( VS)
5.Floor General (FG)
6.Hypher Drive ( HD)
7.Post Playmaker (PP)
8.Unpluckable (UNP)
9.Vice Grip (VG)
10.Ankle Braces (ABR)
11.Boxout Beast (BB)
12.Chase Down Artist (CDA)
13.Pogo Stick (PS)
14.Rebound Chaser (RC)
15.Work Horse (WH)

Add these defensive badges (also in the order you will find them) to every player:

1.Challenger
2.Clamps (CLP)
3.Off Ball Pest (OBP)
4.Pick Dodger (PD)
5.Post Lockdown (PL)

Quarter Length - 12min
Simulated Quarter Length - 12min
Normalize Played to Sim Minutes - Off
Normalized Played to Sim Stats - Off

FATIGUE
Player Fatigue Rate - 50
Player Recovery Rate - 50

TEAM STYLE FACTORS
Team Pace - 5
Team Fastbreak - 35

POSSESSION RESULTS
Possessions Per Game - 5
Shots - 5
Assists - 5
Steals - 40
Blocks - 55
Turnovers - 50
Fouls - 5
Injuries - 5

SHOT TYPES
Dunk - 50
Layup - 50
Shot Close - 50
Shot Medium - 65
Shot three - 30

SHOT PERCENTAGE
Dunk Percentage - 40
Layup Percentage - 40
Close Range Shot Percentage - 40
Medium Range Shot Percentage - 40
Three Point Percentage - 40
Free Throw Percentage - 55

STAT DISTRIBUTIONS
Shot Distribution - 35
Offensive Rebound Distribution - 40
Defensive Rebound Distribution - 40
Team Rebounds - 50
Assist Distribution - 25
Steam Distribution - 40
Block Distribution - 40
Foul Distribution - 40