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Quote: Originally Posted by Jax08

Flip side of every coin. It's a video game. So people should be PUNISHED for taking wide open shots. Wouldn't you prefer a more realistic "situational sim" --> wide open = success rate goes up way more often than not from a good shooter. Otherwise, what's the point of taking wide open shots if it's only going to be decided by the CPU what shot% they want you to shoot. It takes more skill out of the user's hands, it makes things more scripted, it doesn't punish bad defense like it should, it doesn't reward good basketball to create and take open shots. If Steph and Klay are leaved wide open every game (like some bad Pro-Am defenses do), for sure their % WOULD go up. Pro-Am isn't the NBA, because the humans behind the players make more mental mistakes that cause worse defense. More importantly, it should be about simulating "basketball situations" that are realistic instead of basing too much on NBA-like shot %'s.

The game vs. The Lakers Klay and Steph took a multitude of wide open shots, and ended with a horrible percentage. You're NOT punished for a wide open shot, it's not guaranteed, but it's certainly the highest percentage look you will get in this game. This game operates on situational simulation, which is that a wide open shot is the best you can take. The difference is that to you, it should be automatic "Just because", and to me I understand that wide open is still never guaranteed.

This once again is the disconnect. The video game argument is flawed and invalid, because by that logic why can I not posterize everyone? If my dunk is 99, and I have all the badges, I should automatically throw it down every drive right?

Or is that not realistic enough? Are we going to try to say realism doesn't apply to one aspect, but then argue that in my situation it should not happen? How far do we push this?

What I'm saying is this: wide open should be high percentage (it is already). It should absolutely not be automatic.