NBA 2K10: Bound for Greatness? (ESPN)

[J.R. Locke]

This all sounds great.

But the one thing we have not heard anything about is the playcalling and if there are real NBA sets. The Czar can tell you how great NBA Live did with this compared to 2k. This is my number one issue from last year and if they didn't address this then all this other stuff is pretty much fluff for me (individual players attributes and tendencies are secondary to the system they play in see Knicks under Isiah Thomas, feed the ball into the post, versus D'Antoni run and gun).

[Aces15]

Man all of this sounds really good, but it just makes the wait that much harder. For the first time ever, I might be spending $130 on basketball games this year.

[Kully]

Along with NBA team sets, I hope they touched up the playcalling system as a whole. We need to be able to set who runs the play, and have multiple targets for each play. The players should move with more urgency and have sharper, dedicated movement. I'm hoping Live's excellent playcalling system pushed 2K to upgrade theirs.

[DirtyJerz32]

Quote: Originally Posted by J.R. Locke

This all sounds great. But the one thing we have not heard anything about is the playcalling and if there are real NBA sets. The Czar can tell you how great NBA Live did with this compared to 2k. This is my number one issue from last year and if they didn't address this then all this other stuff is pretty much fluff for me (individual players attributes and tendencies are secondary to the system they play in see Knicks under Isiah Thomas, feed the ball into the post, versus D'Antoni run and gun).

To the words right out of my mouth. They have to have real plays and sets for this game to be great. Last year every team ran the same plays unless you went in a changed them yourself. I hope they added this stuff this year.

[bballballer]

Crews can design their own jerseys and logos

sounds like a better create a team

[marcoyk]

Nice preview, got a few laughs out of it too. Looking forward to seeing how this game turns out.

[TMagic]

Quote: Originally Posted by bballballer

Crews can design their own jerseys and logos sounds like a better create a team

I completely over read that. That's pretty cool.

With their proposed better online functionality and small additions like these, online could be really fun this year. Hopefully they will rebound well from last year.

[Onpoint17]

This was a great article. It really puts the player ratings in perspective from the Combine to the NBA. Its refreshing to know that my pre-drafted combine player could actually have a higher rating than a veteran NBA player.

With the new rating system, new tendencies and animations and 82games.com data, this truly sounds like this could be an all-new NBA game. I'm really looking forward to it.