NBA 2K15 Video - Evolution of Freelance Offense with Da_Czar

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by El_Poopador

Czar, will teams recognize mismatches and adjust their freelance actions to accommodate?

I'm going to say no. But I have seen them do it. But I can't say it was totally deliberate. LOL. I played against the spurs and had a smaller guy on Kawai and they abused me 3 straight times but it's not something were I can point to the code that handles that.

Mismatches are something we know we need to get right and will probably do something specific in future that will cover all these area's. Right now it is more like just general code that kicks in. So it def isn't what you want to see as far as them selecting the exact right freelance action to deal with that mismatch.

This year for me it was all about play stability. I have heard the cries LOL and I don't want to hear them anymore. So a major effort was put into the play system and the freelance is some of the fruit of that.

My hope is that next year it won't need all that work again and we can take some things we introduced even deeper.

[Pokes404]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

Yeah, this. I probably could have worded that better. You need to be selective with your turbo defensive movement this year. You can't instantly recover. On ball it becomes necessary to anticipate when he is going to stop or when he is going to turbo. In past game you could turbo to get in the passing lane and immediately recover to also stop the backdoor. Basically the defense was too OP because of that. As I turbo'd to get into the lane I had to stop and turn and restart my momentum. Just was highlighting that fact. It doesn't always look like it should but the emphasis is still there as far as the control of turbo on defense.

That's great to hear, actually. I play team up mode primarily and you see this all of the time with people being able to run into the lane (either to stop a drive or harass a big man on the block) and still get out to contest/block a shot on the perimeter. Nice to hear that people will have to be a little more calculating this year when it comes to their movement on defense.

[2_headedmonster]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

Yeah, this. I probably could have worded that better. You need to be selective with your turbo defensive movement this year. You can't instantly recover. On ball it becomes necessary to anticipate when he is going to stop or when he is going to turbo. In past game you could turbo to get in the passing lane and immediately recover to also stop the backdoor. Basically the defense was too OP because of that. As I turbo'd to get into the lane I had to stop and turn and restart my momentum. Just was highlighting that fact. It doesn't always look like it should but the emphasis is still there as far as the control of turbo on defense.

i gathered as much, but this is what i wanted to hear. i wanted clarification that hyper recovery and free safety play with athletic guys has been met with a realistic consequence.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Pokes404

That's great to hear, actually. I play team up mode primarily and you see this all of the time with people being able to run into the lane (either to stop a drive or harass a big man on the block) and still get out to contest/block a shot on the perimeter. Nice to hear that people will have to be a little more calculating this year when it comes to their movement on defense.

I love the fact that you have to make a decision and live with it. Kinda how it was back in the days of illegal defense. .. hate what you described above because it doesn't punish you for making the wrong move.

[Shadojoker]

That video alone made me want to re-preorder this game!!

[Sdrawkcab321]

If your team doesn't have specific freelance offense can you manually change that ? And will coaches bring their offense to a team if they get fired and hired onto a new team ?

[jcmreds]

I just went from 20% to 80% on buying this game day one.

[BezO]

Czar,

Great motion, cutting and screening with Swing Motion. Can we expect to see improvements in these areas for basic 3-2 and 4-1 sets? Do the AI controlled players initiate scoring opportunities?