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kabamaru · 10-08-2016, 05:01 AM

I think we have demonized offball unessecary

People playing on-ball have clearly a disadvantage as a) there is a big input lag online

b) AI plays really bad help defense

To be honest defending is a 5 man issue. I prefer to be able to watch the whole court to read my opponents plays and try to help when I feel I am needed.

If CPU was better on help defense the above would not be needed.

That being said it is very difficult to watch your whole defense (like you do in offense) when you try to stay in front of your player. For me it is hardbreaking to play the best possible on-ball defense to be punished by a lead pass to the paint where my Center is 2 ft away, or by an open 3 out of an off-ball screen when none of my defenders reacted.

CPU plays much better on-ball defense, than it does in rotations

To each their own i guess, but off-ball defense is by no way exploiting a game mechanic neither is overpowered

I ain't gonna apologize to anyone of how I play especially if I don't abuse any game mechanics

Yesterday a guy called me "cheeser" because i torched him with PnR. Is it my fault that he wasn't able to defend a pnr? Should I stop calling for picks just because he was a bad pnr defender?

10-08-2016, 05:01 AM	#13
kabamaru MVP OVR: 0 Join Date: Nov 2013	Re: Why is the glass always half fulled? I think we have demonized offball unessecary People playing on-ball have clearly a disadvantage as a) there is a big input lag online b) AI plays really bad help defense To be honest defending is a 5 man issue. I prefer to be able to watch the whole court to read my opponents plays and try to help when I feel I am needed. If CPU was better on help defense the above would not be needed. That being said it is very difficult to watch your whole defense (like you do in offense) when you try to stay in front of your player. For me it is hardbreaking to play the best possible on-ball defense to be punished by a lead pass to the paint where my Center is 2 ft away, or by an open 3 out of an off-ball screen when none of my defenders reacted. CPU plays much better on-ball defense, than it does in rotations To each their own i guess, but off-ball defense is by no way exploiting a game mechanic neither is overpowered I ain't gonna apologize to anyone of how I play especially if I don't abuse any game mechanics Yesterday a guy called me "cheeser" because i torched him with PnR. Is it my fault that he wasn't able to defend a pnr? Should I stop calling for picks just because he was a bad pnr defender? Last edited by kabamaru; 10-08-2016 at 08:55 AM.