I Cannot Alley Oop In 2K9 On X360

[Arsynic]

I could alley oop in NBA 2K8 all the time. However, with 2K9 all my players do is a stupid lob pass. I'm pulling left trigger + A and all that happens is a lob pass to the closest player to the basket.

What am I doing wrong?

[Pared]

The player receiving HAS TO be cutting to the basket.

First highlight here:
http://community.2ksports.com/commun...?mediaid=10021

First and second one here:
http://community.2ksports.com/commun...?mediaid=11320

The player catching the ball is on his way to the basket with an open path.

Also, if you're using modified sliders, they may have changed something that causes passes to just go errant out of bounds. Anything lower than a passing setting of 40 and oops are extremely difficult to pull off.

[Guggy107]

yeah, i have trouble pulling off alley-oops. i rarely try, but when i do the guy catching the ball always drops it, or the lob is so lame that a defender is able to deflect it. ill have to check what i have the passing at, but i think its more a problem of hands.

[Pared]

Yup. Check your sliders. Guys use massively modified sliders and it breaks the ease of alley-oops.

[DC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Anything lower than a passing setting of 40 and oops are extremely difficult to pull off.

He meant hands.


Pared is going to have that man searching for days looking for the pass slider

[Pared]

Whoops.

Maybe I'm thinking of the original name.

[Arsynic]

Sliders may be the problem because I usually attempt alley-oops during a 2 to 1 fast break with a high-flier running to the basket and then instead of a wicked alley oop, I get a lame lob pass.

BTW, I'm using default sliders--50's across the board. What sliders should I modify?

[kei0218]

Quote: Originally Posted by Arsynic

Sliders may be the problem because I usually attempt alley-oops during a 2 to 1 fast break with a high-flier running to the basket and then instead of a wicked alley oop, I get a lame lob pass. BTW, I'm using default sliders--50's across the board. What sliders should I modify?

I am not sure it is due to the slider. I have this problem before, but I figure out that I just have to time it right. Usually when I see a high-flier running, I wait until he is just 2 or 3 steps away from basket (or almost in the paint), then at that time throw a lob pass to him. Of course whether it will succeed or not still depends on the defender (whether he will deflect it or not), but at least I don't see the high-flier out of position and fumble the pass anymore...

Playing with a good passer will certainly help too, it seems that they will throw an inch-perfect pass that just above the hands of the defenders.

I can get an alley oop may be 2 out of 5 times, but I am using Magic Johnson though