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Old 09-01-2016, 04:17 PM   #149
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Re: NBA 2K17 Gameplay Blog with Gameplay Director, Mike Wang

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Originally Posted by Caelumfang
Ah, crap. As I just looked over the seven playstyles, I think we're about to see another resurgence/plague of Sharpshooter Centers, with literally no way to defend them if opposing bigs still can't get Perimeter Lockdown Defender...

That...could be a problem. They were simply overpowering in 2K16 because there was really no consequence to making them, and no one with Perimeter LD had enough height to deter their shot. Why make a Glass Cleaner when they can just rely on their max height to get rebounds? Why make a post big when their height is good enough to score on the inside? Why make a defensive big when their height alone was good enough to defend the paint?

And now having to worry about a Center pulling up from 30 with things like Deep Range Deadeye and Limitless Range? Hoo boy...

We have to wait to see where the caps are, where the contests are, and how the other archetypes affect this situation. The whole point of a sharpshooting C is that they are tall and accurate. If you play them straight up, they pull the defense away from the basket and open up the floor. The issue is what kind of defensive contest affects their shots significantly and how effective they are at creating off of the dribble.

Mike said this as been tweaked, so we'll have to wait until good players start attempting to use these archetypes, and then start defending them, to see what it really looks like. If you make the decision to have a tall, agile defender stay at home on a sharpshooting big, that should be enough to mostly neutralize that weapon.

Right now, people are completely writing off defensive archetypes, but this might be a case for having a tall, versatile, three to four position defender.
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