Pick and Pop - Is it possible in 2k12?

[kingg d]

As the tittle says, I'm frustrated with the pick and pop this year. I don't know if it's just me, but it seems it's almost impossible to do a pick and pop, I play as the blazers and for some reason when I pass the ball to Aldridge in a p&p situation (after pressing and holding LB) he always either goes to the rim with heavy traffic or steps behind the 3pt line before receiving the ball. It's really frustrating because I feel like I'm losing one of Aldridge's biggest strengths. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but if this is glitched or something just tell me so I won't bother losing any more time trying this.

Any tips or plays would be appreciated.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Answered you in the other thread, also check out Da czar's pick and roll control strategy session video.

[kingg d]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

Answered you in the other thread, also check out Da czar's pick and roll control strategy session video.

Thanks, but that is not the problem. I know the controls to do it, the problem is when I pass the ball to an open LaMarcus Aldridge for the mid range after a pick and pop, 99% of the times he kinda slides to the 3pt line or to the rim when I pass him the ball instead of staying at the spot for the mid range.

I'm going to try to upload a video to show you my problem

[vannwolfhawk]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingg d

Thanks, but that is not the problem. I know the controls to do it, the problem is when I pass the ball to an open LaMarcus Aldridge for the mid range after a pick and pop, 99% of the times he kinda slides to the 3pt line or to the rim when I pass him the ball instead of staying at the spot for the mid range. I'm going to try to upload a video to show you my problem

Are you lead passing? I had this same problem when I was lead passing but I started to just press the A button and now its a perfect pick n pop. Try using A and not icon passing...

[ManiacMatt1782]

Well that fixes your cutting problem at least. The other problem is lack of spacing inside the arch. But you can try this. Get your ball handler up to the 3 pt line so that your defender and the pick man are inside the arch. The problem then is there isn't a lot of space, and it may still be tough to get off an open jumper

[richmo]

Yeah, I think spacing took a step back this year IMO. I think it would be cool though if next year they found a way to use the individual Spot Up tendencies to correlate to if they roll out behind the line or for a mid-range J.

[kingg d]

Quote: Originally Posted by vannwolfhawk

Are you lead passing? I had this same problem when I was lead passing but I started to just press the A button and now its a perfect pick n pop. Try using A and not icon passing...

Yeah, I always use icon passing, if I use the A button the the pass goes to the wrong player most times. I'm going to try to disable icon lead passing then. Thx

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

Well that fixes your cutting problem at least. The other problem is lack of spacing inside the arch. But you can try this. Get your ball handler up to the 3 pt line so that your defender and the pick man are inside the arch. The problem then is there isn't a lot of space, and it may still be tough to get off an open jumper

True, it seems like there isn't much space to do it, the court seems way smaller than a real life one, or the players too big.

I'm starting to think that pick and pop is a waste of time in 2k12.

[youALREADYknow]

If you run a good set play for PnP or Fade (there are only 5-6 good ones in the entire game) then it works fine. The problem is that there isn't much of a selection and most teams don't have one of those good plays in the default playbooks.