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NBA 2K17 MyCAREER Blog with Senior Producer Ben Bishop

09:00 AM - September 2, 2016 by Steve_OS

Hi everyone! My name is Ben Bishop, and I’m a Senior Producer here at Visual Concepts. I spend most of my time working on all things MyCAREER, so I’m here to fill you in on the new and exciting changes we made for the mode in NBA 2K17.

You’ve probably heard about The Prelude by now, but if you haven’t, check out the trailer, or just try it out. It’ll be available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network on September 9, and it’s completely free! The Prelude covers the college portion of MyCAREER, and has a ton of great content. If you want a head start on your career, or even just to get a taste of what the game is like this year, I promise it’ll be worth your time. But the intent of this blog is to cover everything ELSE you’ll find in MyCAREER, so let’s get started.

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# 41 King_B_Mack @ 09/02/16 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jbthegreat


	Guess you didnt see the end of the Prelude trailer

I did, but that didn't tell us that you could make the national team or not. For all we know that call just takes you through a form of 2KU and with word out that Australia is the only other national team in the game, it's not sounding too good for making team USA

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# 42 Bornindamecca @ 09/02/16 10:27 AM

This all sounds great, but the biggest concern for me is teammate AI. Part of the fun of joining a team is getting to play with your favorite players. There's a lot of potential lost for this mode when the AI players no longer play like their real life counterparts. There are a few moments in games where the AI plays really well, the ball is moving and for a second it's like you're playing with other people, and you're a part of something rather than having the whole team rotate around you.

I'd love to see that be the norm of the mode and if and when we get to the point where we're dominant, it's part of a journey where we go from a complementary player to the kind of guy that plays WITH complementary players.

# 43 MBhoops @ 09/02/16 10:43 AM

Orange juice? Lmao. Who comes up with all these names? Frequency Vibrations, Orange Juice, The Prez. Somebody trolling.

# 44 jfsolo @ 09/02/16 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Bornindamecca


	This all sounds great, but the biggest concern for me is teammate AI. Part of the fun of joining a team is getting to play with your favorite players. There's a lot of potential lost for this mode when the AI players no longer play like their real life counterparts. There are a few moments in games where the AI plays really well, the ball is moving and for a second it's like you're playing with other people, and you're a part of something rather than having the whole team rotate around you. I'd love to see that be the norm of the mode and if and when we get to the point where we're dominant, it's part of a journey where we go from a complementary player to the kind of guy that plays WITH complementary players.

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Originally Posted by MBhoops


	Orange juice? Lmao. Who comes up with all these names? Frequency Vibrations, Orange Juice, The Prez. Somebody trolling.

These are two aspects of the mode that have been inexplicably sub par. We already know that the crappy nicknames are still present, but hopefully at least the gameplay and coaching A.I. has been exponentially improved.

# 45 Mauer4MVP @ 09/02/16 10:54 AM

I more than likely won't touch MyCareer after the prelude.

With that said, this sounds awesome. Happy for those that do play the mode.

# 46 Nine.Six.Melo @ 09/02/16 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by derrtyRedd


	Omg yes no one can buy a 99 and skills will matter Pro-am gone be lit screw park Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

I can't read the article right now can you explain what you mean?

# 47 Mike2001 @ 09/02/16 11:20 AM

Hopefully we aren't a free agent after your rookie year like last year that was just dumb

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# 48 killaxxbearsxxx @ 09/02/16 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GuwopGeezus


	Man this is really sounding GREAT! Several questions though: 3) I see you said we can get to a 99. Does that mean we can potentially exceed some of the caps in the archetype we pick? If so this is huge because I feel the archetypes looked to restrictive but I feel you should be able to exceed them if you really put in the work. It shouldn't be easy of course. And your development should depend on all things you do in practice and in game like how consistent are your shot releases, drills, etc. It sounds like yall are incorporating that with the Doin Work feature.

One of the devs said that you can't go past the cap but you can get bronze badges to help with the areas you're lacking.

# 49 nuckles2k2 @ 09/02/16 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Yesh2k


	It did say we get 3 different coaches over 3 years.

That was in reference to HS, college, pros.

Not once you're in the league

# 50 NoFunForYou @ 09/02/16 11:33 AM

When is 2k ever gonna put Allen the Answer back on a 2K COVER i mean he is the real reason why i started playin 2k in the first place jordan shaq kobe bird magic etc just to name a few have graced the 2k covers the last few years but NO Allen iverson i just wish that great team over there at 2k would Grace AI with on a cover and some type of special edition or game mode like the did for Jordan and Kobe i mean AI was a Warrior one of the best to do it come on 2k give real 2k fans what we really want

# 51 Superman38134 @ 09/02/16 11:35 AM

I'm curious what happens if/when you change teams. Does the game pull of a trade to send both you and justice to the same team?

# 52 DevSwerve @ 09/02/16 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by NoFunForYou


	When is 2k ever gonna put Allen the Answer back on a 2K COVER i mean he is the real reason why i started playin 2k in the first place jordan shaq kobe bird magic etc just to name a few have graced the 2k covers the last few years but NO Allen iverson i just wish that great team over there at 2k would Grace AI with on a cover and some type of special edition or game mode like the did for Jordan and Kobe i mean AI was a Warrior one of the best to do it come on 2k give real 2k fans what we really want

Yo , my man , what are you talking about ?

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# 53 EurozDontFogertTheZ @ 09/02/16 11:36 AM

did they were we can make our teammates shoot the ball?

# 54 Mike2001 @ 09/02/16 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by EurozDontFogertTheZ


	did they were we can make our teammates shoot the ball?

It said in the blog we could take control over our teammate

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# 55 Csmooove32 @ 09/02/16 11:45 AM

I understand why 2k does the story mode thing because they wanna give people a reason to keep playing the mode. The last gen MyPlayer mode could get really boring over time. I think at this point though to stop people from crying about the mode they should allow you to do the face scan outside of MyCareer that way people could just do player lock in MyLeague if they want a stripped down version of MyCareer.

# 56 Americas Team @ 09/02/16 11:47 AM

Cant wait to hit the weight room, Im gone be a beast rim protecting Center!!

# 57 BQ32 @ 09/02/16 11:48 AM

These attribute grouping piss me off again. Why in the world would they group layups and dunks together. Kyrie irving can barely ever dunks but has the greatest layup game maybe the world has ever seen. Same thing with Steph, dude does not have great hops by nba standards but his ball control, floaters, and layups around the basket are on another level. Most of the great scoring small players in the history of the nba had great finishing ability and technique around the rim, yet if I want to create a player like that means you will essentially be creating westbrook who by the way does not have near the array of shots or finishing quality of Kyrie/Steph.

# 58 Richardcg @ 09/02/16 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by michaelhawj


	i don't play my career because ai cpu teammate are awful so i am waiting for my gm/league blog

yeah that was one of my major gripes with MyCareer. Your ai cpu players did some of the most unnecessary things. it was awful for me.

Hopefully it's a bit better cause these other features sound pretty nice.

# 59 da ThRONe @ 09/02/16 11:48 AM

I guess this is going to have to be the compromise for me to play this game. I still hate the storyline, but if I'm given a decent amount of control I'll check it out on gamefly to see if there's enough control in MyCareer before making a purchase.

# 60 BQ32 @ 09/02/16 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BQ32


	These attribute grouping piss me off again. Why in the world would they group layups and dunks together. Kyrie irving can barely ever dunks but has the greatest layup game maybe the world has ever seen. Same thing with Steph, dude does not have great hops by nba standards but his ball control, floaters, and layups around the basket are on another level. Most of the great scoring small players in the history of the nba had great finishing ability and technique around the rim, yet if I want to create a player like that means you will essentially be creating westbrook who by the way does not have near the array of shots or finishing quality of Kyrie/Steph.

Think I might have jumped the gun with this a bit after reading more through it. But grouping two separate skills together still concerns me.

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