This year with the whole new redesign on NBA2k18 and the introduction of The Neighborhood, has gotten me to the point where i just want to put my controller down and wait until more patches and updates come out.
Reasoning, I made a 7'2 270 Rebounding/Driving&Finishing beast of a player. Have grinded for days to get to an 87 with silver posterizer, relentless finisher, defensive stopper, rim protector, etc. My dude should easily be competitive in the "Neigborhood" along with my other two squad members who are both 90 overalls and way more badges.
My point i am making is 2k has buffered the "Park" to appeal more towards the lower rated players who haven't grinded as much or spent as much money.
Example 1: Myself an 87, and my two squad members 90 and 89 are missing layups, getting blocked, can't stop, etc. lower rated players with records like 5-30 and worse. To the point where we just get off the game in rage.
Example 2: testing this theory that 2K has buffered the Park to even out the playing field between the dedicated grinders and the occasional players, is this... Last night i had a 7'3 280 rebounding stretch 5. 60 overall no upgrades and no badges. I go step on a Park game and it starts up. First thing I noticed was not only was i a 60 but the two members on my team (randoms) were both under 85 overall and both CENTERS... The team we were playing were two PG's and a 1 SF. All three were playmaking sharps or playmaking shot creators all over 85 and 1 was a 90. I didn't look but i can assume they had way more badges than us combined. And guess what with no badges and 60 overall i went 3-5 from deep and we won 4 games in a row. I was averaging 10 points a game and about 4-5 boards and 1-2 blocks. On guys WAY higher rated and more badges than myself. I was even getting Greens from behind the arch at a 60 and no shooting badges.
This game is broken and will not spend another second grinding or money until this crap is fixed.
end rant.

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