NBA 2K25 Questions Thread

[LeftyJr80]

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Not sure why this happens, but I’m gonna assume it’s coded that way (I wish we could edit those matchups ourselves like in instances when it’s the CPU guarding you). I’ve never seen what you’re talking about, but also on 2k24, when I would play as the 2001 Sixers vs the 2001 Lakers (cpu), about halfway through the first quarter, Shaq will start guarding Iverson. It’s not simply a cross match either. When I would inbound, Shaq is guarding Iverson every time. Fortunately, I haven’t seen this in 2k25.

Thanks for responding
Even when I’m controlling either team and I manually change the defensive setting matchup for Pippen against Rivers to auto, after the intended play it reverts back to Pippen vs Rivers. I believe if you look at the defensive matchup in the game you mentioned you’ll probably find Shaq matchup against Iverson.
I feel like throwing the game controller when this constantly happens.
I’ll try the official roster and see if it happens for those teams Classic Bulls and Hawks otherwise I have to brainwash myself not to let it get to me when I use those teams matchup.

[LeftyJr80]

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Thanks for responding
Even when I’m controlling either team and I manually change the defensive setting matchup for Pippen against Rivers to auto, after the intended play it reverts back to Pippen vs Rivers. I believe if you look at the defensive matchup in the game you mentioned you’ll probably find Shaq matchup against Iverson.
I feel like throwing the game controller when this constantly happens.
I’ll try the official roster and see if it happens for those teams Classic Bulls and Hawks otherwise I have to brainwash myself not to let it get to me when I use those teams matchup.

Yeah it’s coded here’s a screenshot of the 92 Bulls vs the Hawks after the tip off
and Pippen is guarding Rivers. The matchup setting even has Jordan guarding Wilkins.

[sirjam]

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Do you have to let go of Lt to get a rip steal on a drive?

[LaerDirdam]

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If anybody is playing NBA 2K25 in PS4, could you please confirm that the game has the “Player Lock” camera available? I know that it is not available for the PS5 unfortunately…. Thanks a lot for your help!!!

Nobody playing in PS4 that can help me out with my question? Thanks

[JAY_D1]

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Nobody playing in PS4 that can help me out with my question? Thanks

U have to be patient as most of us are playing New Gen, so your question may not reach most that are on this forum often.

[tboslice]

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Anyone know where I go for actual playbook plays and not the standard floppy/give and go/etc. plays during any game?

[spike83]

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Is there a way in Play Now to turn off the crawl running all game long listing the previous night's game scores, stats, etc.? It's distracting.

[Po Pimp]

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Is it possible to do a pump fake, then step up dribble shot? I remember the past 2ks, I would pump fake, hold R trigger, then press the right stick towards the basket, and it would do the one dribble step up J. You can still do a side step dribble by holding R trigger and left/right on the right stick, or you can do a step back J by holding R trigger and back on the right stick. However, holding towards the rim will initiate the go-to shot…

Edit: I figured it out. You don’t need to hold turbo, but after the pump fake, hold L stick towards the basket and use the button or R stick to shoot.

[bushysowavvey]

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Does anyone know if there’s a limit on expansion team logos & jerseys ? For the life of me everything is just going blank for my 2KShared teams. I’ve deleted my myNBA data and started over a bunch of times now.

I’m only creating 5 expansion teams.

I’ve also tried adding the prebuilt teams first and then downloading the design after but everything is completely bugged out now.

[UConcord11]

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I’ve been using on of the sliders here to run a myNBA save file.

I hadn’t played for a while but it seems after the last patch the sliders have been overwritten ?

The sliders are still active on the main game (features/sliders) but when I log into myNBA save none of the sliders carry over and it’s just stuck on the defaults.

I can’t figure out any way to transfer the sliders over / just change the myNBA sliders

[ccharvat6892]

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What do you change the injury slider to to get realistic injuries over a season?

[PhlliesPhan6]

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I’ve been using on of the sliders here to run a myNBA save file.

I hadn’t played for a while but it seems after the last patch the sliders have been overwritten ?

The sliders are still active on the main game (features/sliders) but when I log into myNBA save none of the sliders carry over and it’s just stuck on the defaults.

I can’t figure out any way to transfer the sliders over / just change the myNBA sliders

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but can't you just save them in the main menu where they are correct and then load them once you get into your MyNBA file?

[PhlliesPhan6]

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What do you change the injury slider to to get realistic injuries over a season?

For league wide injuries? Or just injuries to the user team? For league wide I actually bump up the Injury slider" under sim to 100. Otherwise you get way to many guys playing 82 games. It seems like injuries heal a lot faster than their initial timeframe states so it hasn't been a problem yet.

[ccharvat6892]

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I was somewhat aware these existed, but wasn’t sure how they work for my team in my season? Halfway through my season I noticed my players have random hot/cold/neutral spots. FYI I’m not talking about my player in my career but rather my full roster in my season.

Did these am develop based on my makes/misses from the actual games I’ve played in my season?

Do they constantly change though out the year depending whether I’m making/missing shots in certain spots? Is there an equation or something for how these are determined (e.g. like go 9/10 from a spot in a game).

[Fake Empire]

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Anyone can provide some advice for low risk/high reward shooting mechanic? I'm for several years a real player % user, I have played every single iteration since 2000 and I have used timing shooting back then when it was more forgiving tbh. I've tried the low risk/high reward option and I really like the variation of rim physics which ofc I don't see that much with real player %.
The issue is that I'm absolutely struggling being even a bit consistent with this rhythm shooting despite the fact I've always used the RS for shooting and never the button. And yes I'm using the RS as intended (down and up afterwards). Even with Curry I'm just shooting bricks form time to time with the odd successful ones.
I'm doing something wrong for sure? It's really bizarre and frustrating for an old gamer of the series like me to struggle like this. I don't mind going back to real player % if it's a skill issue but I would really like to give the low risk/high reward mechanic a go because of the more advanced rim physics and randomness.