2-3 Zone All Game...Completely Legitimate Strategy

[fluent2332]

There's nothing wrong with playing a zone for an entire game if the other team is unsuccessful against it. Why would I switch defenses when the other team is having trouble beating it? I play mostly 2-3 zone with Golden State, which is 26th in defense to begin with, playing man to man is suicide...and in my zone I choose to leave weak shooters wide open. Completely legit strategy. To the person who quit against me ( I won't name names) it was a very weak reason to quit. I play completely sim, but I always pick apart my opponent and take advantage of any legit strategy I can, which includes playing zone against weaker outside shooting teams. I don't exploit anything ( I don't even know of any exploits for this game? Spin dunks? I dunno? ) .

This game allows you to be your own coach on the floor and use your own personal strategies that you would if you were an NBA head coach. That still means you can play sim but you employ your own strategies. Quitting because you're facing a zone is just flat out WEAK.

[FLA$H]

Zone is good for sim, but vs the top players it will get you killed

[Pared]

Would putting your star athletic guard at center and iso-ing be considered a "legitimate strategy" since the game lets you do it?

[Xx Qontrolz xX]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Would putting your star athletic guard at center and iso-ing be considered a "legitimate strategy" since the game lets you do it?

exactly

zone all game is just not nba - like, so just for this i wouldnt play with some1 who does that

only example i know was that suns lakers series last year

[fluent2332]

Quote: Originally Posted by FLA$H

Zone is good for sim, but vs the top players it will get you killed

Oh I agree, especially against teams that can shoot. Trust me, playing as GS I've had my zone crushed by plenty of different players online. But against some the zone is golden because they don't know how to break it, or they flat out can't shoot, or they don't take smart shots, etc.

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Would putting your star athletic guard at center and iso-ing be considered a "legitimate strategy" since the game lets you do it?

Sure, why not? It's certainly not the brightest move, but if you want to re-write the rule books and develop your own 'crazy' strategy that you think can win, then by all means go for it. This game is so deep that it lets you have all the freedom in the world for how you want to craft your playing style. Personally, if you did that mess against me it would probably lead to a loss, since the flip side to your "move" is that you'll get killed on the boards, and on defense. So it balances out. It could also be countered with defensive settings, such as placing your own athletic guard to cover this new found "center", or by playing zone which would also negate the advantage.

Hell, if you want to run with 5 PGs on the court, go for it, doesn't mean you won't get killed, but it's still your own choice how you want to play the game. Nothing you can do in the game is overpowered, and everything can be countered. As long as you're not abusing the spin dunk or some other exploit, then I say go for it. Unleash your inner Don Nelson. Have "sim players" ever watched Golden St. when they were coached by Nelson? Steven Jackson played the 5 on occasion. Reggie Williams the 4. Anthony Tolliver jacking up 3s playing the center position. That's some of my favorite brand of basketball right there.

The counter for the 2-3 zone (both in real life and in this game) is penetration from the wing position and shooting smart, open shots. Do that against the zone and you will feast against it. It's not my fault that YOU can't beat the zone. Look at PHX vs. LA from a few years ago in the Western Conf. finals. LA had plenty of trouble against the 2-3 zone. Was Alvin Gentry not playing sim by using the zone? Whereas he used it for a few game stretch I happen to use it nearly every game and I try to master it.

I personally pattern my play style after Don Nelson coached teams, with my own twist. I play small ball, plenty of 2-3 zone, and I run at every chance I get. Of course it depends on the team I'm using, but I see nothing wrong with the way I play the game, and I consider myself the most hardcore of sim players, and I say that proudly. I've been playing sim basketball since 2k3. It just saddens me that a good, legitimate sim player would quit against me because they are facing a zone, and feel that it's a somehow cheap strategy to use just because they don't know how to counter it. And then say I'm not playing sim, ridiculous.

[fluent2332]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xx Qontrolz xX

exactly zone all game is just not nba - like, so just for this i wouldnt play with some1 who does that only example i know was that suns lakers series last year

Well guess what, I think OUTSIDE the box, and I say 2-3 zone all game is NBA. I don't care what current coaches do, or how much they use it. Personally if I were an NBA head coach I'd use it a ton, because I don't think these teams have enough good outside shooters to poke holes in it. And I play this game as if I were the head coach on the sidelines giving the orders. And guess what, the good teams would punish me for playing zone, just how it should be. But just because I have a different coaching philosophy doesn't make me a bad person. Get off your high horse man. It's called BASKETBALL and 2-3 zone is a fundamental move that even high schoolers can play.

[TheKasmar]

Given the increase in tipped passes and the decrease in 3pt shooting pecetages, I could see why most would prefer to play zone. A good zone D in 2k can be stiffling.

If you are playing somebody and killing them with zone I bet that same person woud struggle agaisnt man-to-man D too. Blaming zone was probably just a cop out.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xx Qontrolz xX

exactly zone all game is just not nba - like, so just for this i wouldnt play with some1 who does that only example i know was that suns lakers series last year

The reason is that the other coaches offence would adjust and start destroying the zone. If the offense never adjusts, why would the defense?