ive done played lots of basketball games, 2k's even, and this game really needs the shot meter to make it somehow interesting to someone who already got limited styles, zones, and that would make sense for the green ball trail and goal scoring effects.
Well, this is a BIG, really big change to the gameplay, so, i guess, we gotta start from making additional servers with this feature enabled, so players could test the feature.
So, we will be offered a new mechanic called "Shot meter window" that can be disabled (visually only, you'll still have to time the shot), the timing to release will be dependent on style your using, and zones may boost the green window to make your shot go in all the time. Also, there may be shot info gui, that will tell you about you hitting the green before the shot goes in.
Here's clip from 2k25, showing how it will work in the game. Hope yall will upvote this, because as a player who started on release, i have nothing to do in this game that could not make me bored after 5 minutes in.