NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy

[RaychelSnr]

Are you one of the fortunate souls who have been able to play some online team up ball with NBA 2K9? Richard Chavez is with you and agrees the mode can be a lot of fun. Check out his latest strategy article, NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy.

"If you've played Team Up mode in NBA 2K9 like I have, you’ll see that it can be an awesome experience. If you haven’t because of the online issues in the game, feel free to complain about them until the problems are fixed. If you can play five-on-five right now or plan to when it works, then here are some tips that should make you an ideal teammate on the virtual court."

[Ty]

These are some great tips! Thanks

[kenn5373]

This would be nice if the game didn't run at 10 fps.

[bears5122]

Re: NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy

Good tips but I don't think many of us have been able to play. I think the feature is dead. Maybe next year though, it looks like a ton of fun.

[NYCDaFuture]

U see I love this 5 on 5.. When it is lag free or the least playable. But these are the problems im having with this mode.

Im not even gonna talk about the lag bs cuz we all know that, and we all know about how long it takes to get a game.

Let me say wat they have to fix for this mode.

1st, change difficulty to halloffame.

2nd, this random team stuff with random ppl is trash.

Let me be able to pick my friends n play against others ranked. Let me be able to choose wat team I want.

For rank games, if they want to choose my posistion for me then fine. But let me at least be able to choose wat I want to be. Is it that hard??


Let there be clans like nba live. All of this will make team up so much better. This game potentially can be the best but lacks in a lot of things.

O n im soon to be number one on the 360 in this mode with an A+ average.

NYCDaFuture for 360. Ill b number 1 or top 3 most likely this weekend Ya Dig

[PlatinumJuice]

There should be more then a couple of teams that play... it should be implemented into a league type thing... where you can team up instead of just a bunch of randos everytime. Hopefully next year they'll do something with it that doesn't involved 10 minutes of lagging and an eventual 2 v 3

[whatitisinsports]

Make a create a player system,,,optional leagues...eliminate lag(obviously). Nice tips imo, but if most ppl don't know their roles, they shouldn't be in this mode. Also, if your stuck with someone and don't know how to (or can't) play with them, ask a teammate if they want to switch. The switch is done by subbing your player out, and then whoever wants them to get them, and you get the player they subbed out.

[DC]

People not always giving the PG the ball to initiate the offense is my only gripe. I played a team up game and I was the Suns and was controlling Nash. I guess Amare and Raja Bell knew eachother because Raja got just about every inbound pass to start the offense. I am like why.........

[walliworld]

Using Microphone and playing your role is key... Why Yao Ming or Amare have to bring the ball up court is mind-boggling?? Pass the ball and get good shot selection.

[GSW]

Re: NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy

People not always giving the PG the ball to initiate the offense is my only gripe. I played a team up game and I was the Suns and was controlling Nash. I guess Amare and Raja Bell knew eachother because Raja got just about every inbound pass to start the offense. I am like why.........

their "Teammate" rating should go down for that

[siremike]

i think that 5on5 could be the best thing on this game. like mentioned above we do need to have clans or something because it is hard to see shaq come up with the ball or to see ming wide open in the middle but people are trying to shake 3 people just to get blocked.

[nickelplaydit]

man! on the 360 the mic problem is rampant. it slows things down for right now. hard to turn it on. hopefully that gets fixed.

[ram124]

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Using Microphone and playing your role is key... Why Yao Ming or Amare have to bring the ball up court is mind-boggling?? Pass the ball and get good shot selection.

I played a game last night as the Cavs. Whoever was controlling Zyldrunas kept getting the inbound and running up the floor. Then trying to take the defense 1 on 4 to the basket. Somehow he ended up with a B rating??

[Lid]

Re: NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy

team up is cool, but i dont get why people dont use their mics, and dont play team ball. the PG is the most important dude in team up too. if the person running PG drops, thats almost a gauranteed loss

[TMagic]

Re: NBA 2K9 Team Up Strategy

This would be great if people actually followed this. As it stands now, every Team Up game I play goes like this:

Offense consists of:
-Ball gets inbounded, PG turbos all the way up the court, passes to big man under basket. Big man makes shot.

-Other team inbounds the ball to PG, who turbos all the way up the court and passes to big man standing under basket. Big man makes shot.

-One guy who takes jumper after jumper with no matter who they have or if they're covered.

Defense consists of:

- EVERYBODY GOING AFTER WHOEVER HAS THE BALL

Good times. Good times.