Peeled back the cover for 2k12 and look what I found...

[iLLosophy]

Ok all jokes aside. Is this not Live 10 all over again? I mean I came really close to buying Live 10 as I enjoyed the demo, it was crisp, smooth and the controls were fluid but my issue with it was it was too imbalanced towards offense. It was a hybrid of 2k and NBA Jam. 2k11 had what I felt was the best balance between offense and defense by making players get pushed back and creating an "aura" around defenders that forced offensive players to create proper spacing.

Don't get me wrong, I like the new level of fluidity, but player controlled defense hasn't really gained the tools to match. The offense moves quicker and that defensive "aura" has seemed to have shrunk. You can still bump players on defense but if i'm just off by a slight tad of a pixel, I will completely miss them and they will fly right past me. Even worse, I always play mostly online so it just makes trying to guard people even worse. I am trying to master the LT + RT defense but even then you still get left behind.

Anyway - this is another one of my rants about them fixing things that weren't broken. I can just see the board room meeting now - Everybody at the table has to come up with an idea to make the best basketball game ever even better, and you end up with a handful of forced out ideas with good intentions but bad executions.

[wizzleman]

This is how I felt at first but after a bunch of games my onball defense has gotten a lot better and I'm still getting better at it.

You just gotta keep playing...repetition, repetition, repetition

[HarryDickman]

I think this place needs an NBA faq becuase some people around dont understand the game of basketball. This is not a one on one streetball match. Thi iss top level, high level basketball play and the the athleticism is off the charts. Hell damn near anyone can blow past you at this level. Now of course you do have those elite defenders that can stop someone in their tracks but even they get beat sometimes.

The objective:
play your man to his weak side, push him to the baseline with shading, shade him into the bigs, etc. This ladies and gentlemen is NBA defense. yes the NBA is a TEAM sport. where the TEAM plays together. TEAM defense{i.e. "help defense"} wins championships. I rest my case. Goodnight *moonwalks out of the thread*

[Nba2killa]

boo live :P

[_-King-_]

No not at all. People will complain over anything.

[Bizerk24]

Quote: Originally Posted by HarryDickman

I think this place needs an NBA faq becuase some people around dont understand the game of basketball. This is not a one on one streetball match. Thi iss top level, high level basketball play and the the athleticism is off the charts. Hell damn near anyone can blow past you at this level. Now of course you do have those elite defenders that can stop someone in their tracks but even they get beat sometimes. The objective: play your man to his weak side, push him to the baseline with shading, shade him into the bigs, etc. This ladies and gentlemen is NBA defense. yes the NBA is a TEAM sport. where the TEAM plays together. TEAM defense{i.e. "help defense"} wins championships. I rest my case. Goodnight *moonwalks out of the thread*

+1 I am getting better game by game but I still need slot of work, and online forget about it. But I'm shading off my man alittle more.

[HarryDickman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bizerk24

+1 I am getting better game by game but I still need slot of work, and online forget about it. But I'm shading off my man alittle more.

Now this man gets it! good luck to you man. Some of these guys like wall and rose just seem like they cant be contained but as long as you play them into your other defenders youll be alright. TEAM D baby!

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by HarryDickman

I think this place needs an NBA faq becuase some people around dont understand the game of basketball. This is not a one on one streetball match. Thi iss top level, high level basketball play and the the athleticism is off the charts. Hell damn near anyone can blow past you at this level. Now of course you do have those elite defenders that can stop someone in their tracks but even they get beat sometimes. The objective: play your man to his weak side, push him to the baseline with shading, shade him into the bigs, etc. This ladies and gentlemen is NBA defense. yes the NBA is a TEAM sport. where the TEAM plays together. TEAM defense{i.e. "help defense"} wins championships. I rest my case. Goodnight *moonwalks out of the thread*

Which is why I bought this beauty...


For both real life and 2K