NBA 2K13 Advanced Controls

[aloncho11]

Is there a specific pre-dribble command to palm the ball (protect it) ?

[djsider2]

Quote: Originally Posted by slick589

I can break down my defender im just having trouble getting that explosive first step/launch towards the hoop that cpu westbrook does to me all day. Any tips? Cant wait for Da Czar to come out with his tutorial vids haha

I think once you have that opening after juking the defender, the explosiveness comes from turbo button. I think Beluba mentioned it earlier in this thread. The turbo button is no longer only for long sprints, but used to get that explosion out of stand still (makes sense to me, since now you have 2 options on how fast you want to speed up).

[rbillan]

How are you guys dealing with the conflicts between both sticks while dribbling?

example u can do crossovers/spins with both sticks, and trying to drive to the hoop at a different angle sometimes does a move when you don't want it to

Also, i switched to Oklahoma for the first time yesterday and trying to use the dribble stick on the other side of the court is like a whole new ball game in using the controls

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by rbillan

How are you guys dealing with the conflicts between both sticks while dribbling? example u can do crossovers/spins with both sticks, and trying to drive to the hoop at a different angle sometimes does a move when you don't want it to Also, i switched to Oklahoma for the first time yesterday and trying to use the dribble stick on the other side of the court is like a whole new ball game in using the controls

below is the quote from my earlier post in this tread - it should clear up the issue you're talking about:

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

i'm finally getting a feel for the controls, and i'm loving them. but there were some things i had to understand before it made sense. this is what made it click for me - the right stick dribbling is really best when used only for "stand-still sizeups". the right stick should mostly be thought of as the "sizeup stick". once you are moving, it is best to stay away from the right stick, because the left stick dribble moves and right stick dribble moves will be fighting each other. what i had to understand was that the player automatically does crossovers, stepbacks, spins with just the left stick...i was accustomed to using a modifier for those moves in previous 2k's...so seeing my player do them automatically without a modifier was really throwing me off. i was trying to do these moves with the right stick, but i really only needed the left stick to do them. what was confusing me is that there is a bit of a redundancy going on - a lot of similar dribble moves can be performed with both the right stick or the left stick (spins, crossovers, stepbacks). what was messing me up is that i'd be driving and i'd want to do a crossover, so i'd use the right stick to do crossover, but my player would automatically do a crossover with the left stick, then he'd do another dribble move from my right stick input...so my player would do two animations when i only wanted one - the left stick crossover and right stick move were fighting each other. once i stopped using the right stick while moving, it all started to work. the only move i use the right stick for while moving is the behind-the-back, because there is no way to pull that off with just the left stick.

basically, the gist is: when you are driving or moving, only use LS. the 2 exceptions i have are the behind-the-back and hesitation moves - these are the only moves I use RS for while driving or moving.

[ffaacc03]

Quote: Originally Posted by aloncho11

Is there a specific pre-dribble command to palm the ball (protect it) ?

Would like to know too ... once I receive the ball out of a pass, how can I do this protect the ball motion ? ... last year was with LT I believe.

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanFitzmagic

I hope I don't have to do that. I don't want to have to dribble with certain players to get it to look right.

So you're just going to ignore that entire sentence above that?

Cool.

[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by aloncho11

Is there a specific pre-dribble command to palm the ball (protect it) ?

Make sure you're in the triple threat position then point the right stick away from the basket. Don't move the left stick or you will start dribbling.

[djsider2]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

below is the quote from my earlier post in this tread - it should clear up the issue you're talking about: basically, the gist is: when you are driving or moving, only use LS. the 2 exceptions i have are the behind-the-back and hesitation moves - these are the only moves use RS for while driving or moving.

actually, this makes a lot of sense. Maybe thats why i crossover then go into the hesitation (LS causes crossover, but the following RS now goes ball hand so triggers hesitation instead of crossover). I'll try to focus on this in my next play session.