haha, how many years you played 2k and you just figured this out?
I've not been a fan of 'screwing the user' forced realism, but that's the way they are going with it.
All these 'necessary evils', I would rather the cpu have dribble gawd skills and a perfect release on every jumper than deal with some of the ridiculous-ness that happens.
It'd be different if things followed momentum and your players got rattled, yknow? But it doesn't.
-Smak