NBA 2K11 Developer Insights: The Art of Passing

[Eman5805]

Will the CP3's of the world get even sweet looking fake passes than the Joe Schmoes?

Also, will touch passes be more effective on fast breaks? And I'm afraid I can't recall from the Insight, but players can pass while in a full sprint without slowing down much right?

[Choops4Life]

Quote: Originally Posted by Altimus

So many Chicago fans on the 2K staff. Welcome!

I grew up 3 hours from Chicago...about as close as you can get living in Iowa. Diehard Bulls fan, was a huge Bears fan until 90 (sorry, I saw Christian Okoye play when I was 10 and I jumped ship for life...Nigerian Nightmare...enough said). Bears are still #2 in my heart. Bulls though...through hard times and good times...always my team.

[Choops4Life]

Quote: Originally Posted by eDotd

Guys.. Just an FYI for guys coming in here asking random calf sleeve & headband questions. Welcome, Zack. No mention of Ricky Davis in your introductory post? Good man.

It's Zach with an 'h', btw. Haha. And Ricky Davis had everything that you want in a baller. Points, assists, a pull-up jumper, defense, freakish athleticism. So maybe his deep jumper early was suspect and he had one bad blunder getting in the record books but Ricky was LEGIT!! Stats back it up...chances...he didn't get enough until his knees gave out 2 years ago. C'mon Son!! Watch the Ricky Davis youtubes and pay respect. (=

[infam0us]

You guys might be joking but Ricky Davis was a beast in 2k9, especially on team up. Clippers were a threat.

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Ricky was legit, his mind wasnt right though.

[bearschicago]

Hey Zach just one question. Will there be lob passes into the post? What I mean is will the AI CPU front the post forcing users to decide if they want to throw a risky lob? I see players in the NBA front the post regularly throughout a game.

Some vids to show you what I mean:







I really enjoyed the insight btw.

[Choops4Life]

Quote: Originally Posted by domidomdomz

Welcome, sir. It's nice to have you 2KSports guys conversing with us here in the community. Question: About Pass Targeting, From this paragraph, did you mean icon passing was also wiped out? Or I may have misunderstood the paragraph. And what do you mean by pass targeting now relies almost solely on the direction of your stick? Clarification from you will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Icon Passing is definitely still there. Shoot man, that's how I play!! Pass targeting is a term we use when you're not using "icon passing". So I'm basically saying, if you have your left stick pointed in a direction when you press the pass button, you're going to throw the ball to the player that is in the closest line to that direction.

[Bornindamecca]

Thanks a lot, Zach. Great answers.