NBA 2K9 Video: Spurs vs. Rockets

[i c u cant stop me]

Lol i cant wait to see how 5 vs 5 online is going to work out its going to be crazy!

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Quote: Originally Posted by trobinson97

Defensive. Great video Steve and thanks for taking the time. I remember someone was saying earlier that you couldn't shoot off the dribble, I am glad to see that that is not true. That was a beautiful looking animation by Alston at the 3:32 mark of the game clock. The crowd and atmosphere is just sick.

Lef the things i wanted to respond to.

1. I agree with trob.. thanks Steve for the video!!!

2.I said you couldn't run to a spot shoot in one motion into your sig shot and you cant. When you're on the run like that, your man stops and squares up before he pulls into his sig jumper.

Why I hate it is because believe it or not it helps give the defense an extra second of recovery that they otherwise wouldn't have. That's not something that happens on the court but its difficult to explain so i dont want to seem like im bashing the game because Im not, and it doesn't make it unplayable but it would make it better.. especially with the fluidity they have in this game.

In this video... you're talking about a running fadeaway ala MJ that Rafer Alston did, which I am not talking about.. but do play 2k8 or CH to see what im talking about.

3. Atmosphere is nice!! ...but Clark talks to Kevin calling him Kev all the time and Kevin never talks to him

Makes me think either Collins quit mid session, or they were in studio at seperate times

[blingballa333]

I agree KDRE, the transition from dribbling to sig shot is clunky most of the time. Ws really annoying when trying to pass to a guy coming off an off'ball screen. It seems 2k9 has got rid of that hitch for the most point though.

[DaWu]

nice job steve. loving it. keep em comin maybe with some mavs love?

[eko718]

The game looks good at this play speed. Nice vid.

[gez20]

Count me in as someone who sees this video as being far better than the other two. I was happy to see Parker being aggressive with the ball on many of the Spurs possessions. The way point guards like Parker, Paul, etc. played in 2k8 killed that game for me.

It's still disappointing to see elite defenders guarding whoever is playing their position as opposed to the top scorer on the other team.

[i c u cant stop me]

Did anyone see around the 4:58 mark the way the defender poked the ball away from yao leading to the turnover?? that looked so smooth and good.

[jfsolo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaanyr Vhok

Steve is this the final version of the game? You would have to be some kind of fool to not see that the 45 and 40 slider speed are more accurate than the default. Yud think the des would see this and do some last minn backend slider tweaks.

I still prefer the default speed to either of these two slower speeds, and luckily us fools can decide for ourselves if we can still have a "sim" experience at a faster speed.

The animations are top notch, the CPU's decision making is solid in space or in transition, but they still haven't "taught" the A.I. how to utilize the bounce to create better passing angles in the half court sets.

I want to see more, but I don't need to see any more vids. Barring some last minute super glitch, I know that I'm going to put in some ridiculous time with this game.