NBA 2K14 Hands-On Preview - Association Mode, Presentation, Gameplay & Online Details

[jarod43]

I'm giddy for nba 2k14, info sounds really good. October can't get here any quicker.

[JasonWilliams55]

Hopefully we will be able to do some of this PnR stuff... and the defense will be able to adjust properly.

[MarkWilliam]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheLetterZ

"NBA 2K games never previously had a good system for rotating off pick and rolls. This year the dev team met with an unnamed coach to create a rotation system that reacts differently if a player is driving either strong side or weak side and pays more attention to the roller. Now defense helps to the guy that's rolling, not to the ball. This should open up the drive and kick game." YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT!!

Now if there is a second and third rotator forcing extra passing around the perimeter, I will be in basketball heaven!

[Optik]

Quote: Originally Posted by JasonWilliams55

Hopefully we will be able to do some of this PnR stuff... and the defense will be able to adjust properly.

LOL, that video just confirms that Coach Nick is the unnamed coach. I've been wanting 2K to use him for a minute. I've even tweeted the suggestion to him and posted a comment about it on one of his videos. A few weeks ago he was actually tweeting asking whether any of his followers played 2K, and he sent an email to those who replied and said that he wanted to in some way integrate 2K into his breakdowns.

[JasonWilliams55]

Quote: Originally Posted by Optik

LOL, that video just confirms that Coach Nick is the unnamed coach. I've been wanting 2K to use him for a minute. I've even tweeted the suggestion to him and posted a comment about it on one of his videos. A few weeks ago he was actually tweeting asking whether any of his followers played 2K, and he sent an email to those who replied and said that he wanted to in some way integrate 2K into his breakdowns.

I remember Coach Nick tweeting that stuff as well... at the time me and ASDD were speculating at if that meant anything.

[The 24th Letter]

The preview sounds like its coming from an actual basketball fan...I like that...

Nice write up.

[kjjnesb]

Quote:

This year's big push with the Association mode centers on re-tuning free agency. Visual Concepts reworked the player logic so they have a keener understanding of the market when deciding whether to re-up with their current franchise or test the waters in free agency. As a result, you should see many more players hitting the open market.

We shall see..

Hopefully 2k can do better with Association than they did last year

[yellow86]

So 2k again went with the sexy move by implementing a flashy passing system instead of having the option to just choose what kind of pass you want to throw (bounce, lob, quick over the top or straight, for example).

Very disappointing association mode, nothing new really..funny how more players supposedly become free agents when I fact found that too many (star) players hit free agency and change teams.