We also have front page stories up on this general issue as it has played over the last couple weeks (as of October 18).
Part 1: https://www.operationsports.com/the-...a-2k22-part-1/
Part 2: https://www.operationsports.com/the-...a-2k22-part-2/
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The bigs speed, and the unrealistic on ball defense is what needed to be turned down. Not the help defense. The help defense was the main improvement to the game requiring people to now shoot jumpers as opposed to spamming the paint. They turned down the cutter defense for the “competitive” gamers, and now the help defense is extra slow and lax also.
No reason for Capela to be at the 3 point line hugging Steven Adams as Morant blows by my defender, and the same thing on the other end. Watching Trae and Morant have a 1 on 1 layup contest, when 2 weeks ago the defense was flooding the paint is disappointing.
If the help defense isn’t going to be where it was earlier, then 90 percent of the potential in this game is gone. For the guys who like to run real NBA teams, and play against the CPU we can’t be sent back to 2k21 help defense.