Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

[andyacecandy]

Just got the game and spent a while creating a player. I made him point guard 5'10 to be realistic but now I'm wondering if this was a huge mistake for the rest of my career basically getting blocked and no rebounds?

No way to change height after the fact?

[nobody17929]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Unfortunately no my man
There is no way to change that. What type of play style would you say suits you the best? For a point guard slashers and play makers are the best from my experience

[andyacecandy]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Bummer yeah I like slashing and playmaking. Guess I'll start over and go for 6'4 or so

[andyacecandy]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

I may try that my second time through... but I love posterizing people too much

[Thunderhorse]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

It's not a good idea. Maybe if you have a playmaker.

Height and Length will always dominate in this franchise. Long PG's will absolutely dominate you defensively when you take that player online. It will be hard to drive to the cup because of your lack of height and even creating your shot off of the dribble will be a little more difficult because your opponents length will constantly make up for any space you may have created.

If the guy is a playmaker, the speed is probably enough on it's own to allow you to create that space. I have a 5'10 Shot Creator. His dribble is not fast enough to efficiently and effectively create space without his shot being contested. I can only attack the bucket when there is no one there. If anyone is there my likelyhood of getting blocked is simply tremendous. to put things in perspective, My LDD PG who is 6'7 can attack the cup with a much greater degree of success and he is less affected by the defenders contest when I put up a moving shot.

Essentially my LDD PG is a better offensive player than my 5'10 Shot Creator, Solely because his length and height at 6'7.

If you're only playing by yourself and it's against the AI. It probably doesn't matter. If you intend to compete online, save yourself the head ache - Give him some height and length.

[Ray Vibes]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Rebounds? lol

[jyoung]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Last year there was actually a sizable statistical advantage in being small. I used a 5'7" outside scorer for the majority of 2K16, including against many top 100 Pro Am teams, so that I could get the extra attribute points in shooting, speed, steals, and passing.

This year there's no reason to make a player smaller than 6'5" if you plan on being competitive with him online. The statistical advantages that smaller players had in 2K16 don't exist anymore in 2K17 now that the shooting ratings, passing ratings, and steal ratings are all capped and don't increase as you decrease your player's size.

[TheDuggler]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

IT is wrecking the league

Just play whatever game you can. You don't need to put up 50/20/20 to have fun in this game

[bottledwaterfan25]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Yeah, you ****ed up. This is 2k, where guys like Sim Bhullar outplay Deandre Jordan.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

As long as you didn't use any VC, just start a new career.

[Mattanite]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

I made my Sharpshooter SG 6'2" and 195lbs as I wanted to be able to shoot & pass with some athleticism. I can't go to the rim with a big sitting under it but have enough speed and ball handling to slash there if the big is slightly off the rim. I prefer setting up a sweet alley oop and hitting that 3 from the corner anyway. You need speed to break away from the man guarding you then.

[osk9]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

I'm a 6ft shot creator. I love it. I feel like it just makes you play a different style. If I can hit early off dribble, a lot opens up for me..If I'm brickin..the defense swallows up my drive game. The successful finishes on bigs feel like they far outweigh the disadvantage of having some blocked. Same for when I get a block on someone else. I'd say stick to it, but def create a second account.

[killxmike]

Re: Made my player 5'10 trying to be realistic... but will that be a big mistake?

Just got the game and spent a while creating a player. I made him point guard 5'10 to be realistic but now I'm wondering if this was a huge mistake for the rest of my career basically getting blocked and no rebounds?

No way to change height after the fact?

Here is the flaw in 2kratings. You only get the negatives for going extreme either short or tall.

Because attributes are capped at 94, you gain no speed between 6'3 and 5'10. You only lose in dunks and blocks and strength.

As a big, you gain no rebounding or strength between 6'11 and 7'3 you only lose agility, driving layup and dunks, etc.

tldr: remake at a minimum 6'3 or 6'4 and max wingspan.