[Coach2K]

I see a lot of threads devoted to a lot of what is wrong with the game. A lot of it is true. There's no doubt the game could get better but I think a lot of us could get better too.

For my game personally, I am kind of stuck. Don't feel like I can get any better and have been less than a .500 player in my league so I'm looking for ways to improve my game to compete better against a lot of players who are better than I am at this point.

So, I thought I would start a thread about how to get better.

Now this doesn't mean I think I am better than any of you. My guess is that a lot of you could easily beat me and a lot of people confuse my challenge to get better to mean I think I am better but I'm not. I just know that a lot of you could get better if you open your mind to it.

What I don't see a lot of is an organized strategy for getting better. Most of it is a thread here about shooting, a thread here about momentum another there about how the game stinks, etc.

You'll find some good advice in a lot of those threads about how to get better. More often than not, you'll find information that more represents the frustration some have with the game and less often "how to" do it step by step.

Since I have no idea where people are in their development, I will just start at the beginning.

I always recommend that people select a team and then set out to master it. I see a lot of complaining about online quick match and how everyone uses the "elite" teams. The reason they do is because everybody hates losing so much, it's just what you do to win.

It doesn't have to be that way. You can win with A LOT of different teams in the league if you know it inside and out. It doesn't mean that you will win every game, but it definitely gives more variety to the online game if we can get more people open to using squads they study closely and learn how to get the most out of them.

For me, my team is the Pacers. I chose them because I live there and have watched them all of my life.

What team you chose doesn't matter. I think if you live in Utah, you should pick the Jazz. I don't think anyone will ridicule you if you pick the Heat if you are from Miami, but if you are from Houston, maybe it might be fun to just see how good you could become with them. After all you are from there.

So, I'll be back later to start breaking down the Pacers. In the meantime, pick your team. Post it here if you want. If you have suggestions on what you would like help with put it here too and we'll start working on it.