How in the Heck Do You Pick Up Loose Balls?

[jahswill]

Im getting a little frustrated with this aspect of the game. I finally play some decent D, knock the ball away or block a shot with three of my men near the ball. But for some reason my teammates wont pick up the ball. I've been switching lately, trying to take matters into my on hands and seem to get that animation where he just missed grabbing the ball. Even when Im there much before the AI. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[XxJustAguessxX]

LoL this issues right here. I think 2k doesn't even know.

[Rebel_INS]

Well if 2K doesn't know (which I can't image they don't), they need to...this is one of the more frustrating aspects of gameplay that I encounter. Being that their objective was to bring the players to "life", I don't get how they behave like mindless zombies in instances where there's a loose ball. I DO notice though that the AI has no problem picking it up at all...

[KyotoCarl]

I've never encountered this. I just run over the ball and player picks it up, or i press the hustle button and he throws himself on the floor to Catch it.

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[Kaanyr Vhok]

This issue is why 2k14 next gen has the most obvious momentum effects I have ever seen. The CPU goes into killer offense mode and I finally get them to miss a shot. I had three or four guys surrounding a rebound. The ball gets batted through three of my guys then Kevin Love picks its up in one motion and scores. If it was two guys fighting for the ball and losing it I could understand but this was three or four guys.

[imraged]

It happens all the time and it's maybe the most frustrating gameplay issue in the game. Just last night in mycareer I blocked Jameer Nelson's shot only to have him reach back and grab the off rebound and score.

All while my center stood there locked in some dumb animation regardless of what button I pressed.

[asitter]

This, along with the quirkiness of rebounding, are the worst aspects of gameplay. I know it isn't terribly realistic, but there should be some sort of way to make it so that if your guy is close enough, he will just move over and get the ball. It is impossible to move you guy in the exact angle needed to get a loose ball.

[Rebel_INS]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

I've never encountered this. I just run over the ball and player picks it up, or i press the hustle button and he throws himself on the floor to Catch it. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I think the issue occurs more so when you're in a close proximity to the ball. Not when you have to cover further distances.