NBA 2K11 Video: Strategy Session Volume 3: Passing

[Isura]

Quote: Originally Posted by Eirsej

I can't make the players fade or curl when coming off a screen. How can I exactly do that?

You have to really jam the left stick to the end. I slight push won't work. So push left stick all the way in direction you want and press the player icon simultaneously. Curls and fades work beautifully for me, gives you a ton of options when guys are running off screens.

[JahMarLen]

Nice vid Czar. Can't wait to hop on the sticks tonight and use these tips.

[timid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dalsanto0026

I totally agree. There isn't enough offball movement from your teammates. If they didn't just stand there half the time and made more effort to get open there would be a lot less people complaining about turnovers from passes. Having said that, if you play the game with a little more patience things can open up for you but I would still like to see more offball movement. This is a small gripe rather than a major issue. For the record I think this game is awesome.

Put playcalling on auto, turn run plays to 100...

[richmo]

Quote: Originally Posted by big_larry

What am I doing wrong, cause every time I try to do total control passing the person I want to pass it to comes and screens for me?

Because you're holding the left bumper and not the right. Press RB then hold the player's icon you want to control. LB just calls for a pick/playcalling.

[Wildcat67]

I want to use total control passing, but then the problem I have is I can't throw a quick pass using the icons. Since to do that you hit RB + the players icon, either you tap it and throw a weak lob, or if you hold it you end up taking control of the player and not a bullet pass like you want.

What do you guys do to get around this problem? Stop using normal icon passing?

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by btrapp

I guarantee you that if players actually had control over the type of pass they wanted to throw you would see a lot less complaints. Also, your ai teammates should naturally know when to come to the ball. In real life guys don't stand there looking like morons when you pass them the ball. They create space and go get it. Once you get the hang of it, 2k's passing game works well and isn't hard to use at all, but it seems a little tedious to have to icon passing for basic ball movement.

Good post.

[thequestion]

This wasn't mentioned in the video, but how can you pass to someone else while you're in the air about to shoot? It's usually a bad idea to be passing out of a shot in the first place, but there are some times when it's better to pass to an open player while in the air. Everytime I try it, I'm already in the shot animation and ready to land back on the ground.

Are the players who do this (online) doing the pass with the intention of passing while in a shot? Or is there a way to cancel and pass to another teammate? I can do this if I tap the shoot button and then the pass button really quick ... but I don't see how to trigger this while the player is at the top of his jump. And are people using Icon Passing with this?

And I agree, if there was a definitive way to bounce pass instead of just doing a "global pass", my turnover ratio would be much lower.

[JayD]

passing is by far the weakest part of my game!