🌆mycareer

[dire meadow]

I play alot and I only have 6 bro

[high hollow]

Then how are u s5

[brittle crater]

i'm starter 1

i didn't say starter 5

[fresh crypt]

@normal depot You think it’s bad that I’m almost Vet 2 😭😭😭😭

[high hollow]

Yes u did

[brittle crater]

oops

mb

[high hollow]

Yes u did

[brittle crater]

no i just hit 30% to starter 2

[high hollow]

I'm v3

[normal depot]

U jus play a lot lmao

[fresh crypt]

I’m Vet 1 almost vet 2 and he over here Vet 3

[brittle crater]

i been grinding court conq

[dire meadow]

How tf did u complete specialization in 1 week

[brittle crater]

i have not done the 2nd one yet

[high hollow]

Shooting one is easy to do

[fresh crypt]

I need the reppy bruh

[brittle crater]

i'm at 700 3s of 1000

[normal depot]

Specialization was free with scrimmage glitch

[fresh crypt]

71.4%

[high hollow]

It's free without any glitches

[brittle crater]

will get it soon

[dire meadow]

I cant do that shi bro😭

[normal depot]

I got mine done within a week

[normal depot]

It’s patched now lmao

I’d do like 500 a day

[dire meadow]

Damn

I thought 2k only patched vc glitches

[fresh crypt]

@normal depot when you help me hit Vet 2 so I can finish my chaos Trigger then I can finish my build spec

[normal depot]

What goal r u on

[brittle crater]

i can get max 80 3s a game

[fresh crypt]

7/9

[brittle crater]

it's too slow in my career

[fresh crypt]

I need the 20 Million 3s

[fresh crypt]

Street Kings

[normal depot]

Scrimmage u could get 500 3pts in 30 min😂

[brittle crater]

street kings cutscenes are boring as hell

[normal depot]

They packed ts quick

[fresh crypt]

Defensive spec prolly ridiculously hard

I gotta finish it for the lore

[normal depot]

@fresh crypt bring Hali out to rec

[fresh crypt]

Ight

Gimme a min

@normal depot can we please of the the love of **** Christ gather a *** team??

[normal depot]

It’s 5:30 itm I have no one lmao

[fresh crypt]

The chat is free

This chat to be exact

I don’t feel like a bunch of DHs

[fresh crypt]

Should I max my middy to 80?

[raw rose]

Are you a decent shooter cause I'd raise that thing if your not

[normal depot]

U can middy fade w 70

[fresh crypt]

In general yes

On this build no 😭😭😭

I don’t shoot unless I really have to on this build

[raw rose]

Do certain heights have like different green windows or something cause what

[fresh crypt]

I don’t even know 😭😭😭

[glacial rose]

is there any way to see what streak you’re on in street kings? i feel like i’ve been playing forever but idk if im even at 15

[fresh crypt]

I would get on my 6’7 lock in the rec and go flawless

Or even on my 6’8’ middy fader

[raw rose]

🥀

[brittle crater]

bruh i jump at a 6'2 dude i get 0 contest

but the same 6'2 dude with 25 block jumps at me 32% contest

wth is this

[fresh crypt]

Welcome to 2k

[glacial rose]

anybody got a rough gauge on how many games it’ll take to max street kings level?

[brittle crater]

like 35

once you get to 15 win streak it's 5x xp

[glacial rose]

is there even any indicator that i’m at 15?

[brittle crater]

nope

[glacial rose]

i’ve been playing for so long and have no idea where i’m at

[brittle crater]

just the levels will go by faster

you'll get 1-2 bars per win

[meager verge]

dude why everyone wanna pmo just because I’m averaging 30 literally bro was touching my booty in the rec won’t get off my dih

[brittle crater]

rec been weird

i had to play with a bot in my crew who kept chucking red constested jumpers

and had his dude drop 50 on his head twice

[glacial rose]

what bars you talking about?

[brittle crater]

the street kings level bar

that fills up after the game

[glacial rose]

each win will give 1-2 levels?

[brittle crater]

after 15 winstreak yeah

[glacial rose]

damn

[meager verge]

they was doing double teams on me for no reason bro literally left this dude open the whole time just so I can’t score

[high hollow]

No u get 500 street kings xp with 15 win streao

Cus it's 5x normally u get 100 so it's 500 u need 1k for a level so it's 2 games a level

[brittle crater]

oh

[vivid cosmos]

How do u get the ice hands

that big men always got

[raw rose]

Last season also every build uses them they look weird

[high hollow]

They ugly

[normal depot]

Any bigs tryna run

Need 1 for rec

[fresh crypt]

This is gonna take a while…

[mighty iron]

guys is there any good vc method besides endorsemnt?

?

[radiant fox]

credit card method

[mighty iron]

.

yea im cooked

[jagged fulcrum]

Anyone got a crew I can join?, lmk (eu)

[atomic hare]

What mode do you mainly play

[raw rose]

Its ss3 and you still got no crew 💀

[fervent spire]

What build specialization do I pick I put 4 cap breakers on my playmaking so I got 80 ball handle and 75 speed with ball I need 2 more cap breakers so I can get ball handle to a 86

[shy citrus]

looking for squad pc.

[pine sun]

mayb he just got the game gng 🥀

[raw rose]

Nah

[jagged fulcrum]

Bought the game on sale bro like 2 days ago 😭

[raw rose]

sure

[floral gulch]

Best 6‘2 sigs?

[hot siren]

what is the best Kobe build?

[eternal hornet]

yall know the best way to get my attribute points up?

[jagged sedge]

definitely vert. hof pogo is also a big boost youll get, not a big difference between 83 and 85 besides a few jump shot animations and +1 deadeye

[wintry jasper]

You talking MyPoints? First off, play through Out of Bounds and get the MyPoints accelerator - that's a must. After that the fastest way I found was playing Street Kings. Go to Jardin Jams with Salty Sam and The Shadow as your teammates. Run pick and rolls and throw them alley oops. When that gets boring (and it will), just play whatever you want and try not to pay too much attention to it. As long as you've got the accelerator, you'll be earning steadily as you play.

[normal depot]

Bet that’s what I was thinking too

[naive mango]

if anyone needs a crew lemme know

[median marten]

Rec is really good

[toxic moon]

im 86 atm my max is 91 should i upgrade to 91 or 89 and then grind the max so my rebirth is instantly 99 max?

[dusk matrix]

Sounds like you've picked it already. Seems fine.

[toxic moon]

lvl?

[dusk matrix]

Wait until 99 ovr before making a second build. No reason to grind to 99 more than once.

[naive mango]

15 we just need people to help with the load on grinding

[toxic moon]

so does rebirth sets the max once u get 90 or when u create the next mp?

[dusk matrix]

When you create a new MP, the rebirth character can be upgraded to your highest overall reached right when you make it.

[toxic moon]

oh i get it

[naive mango]

Just lmk

[fervent spire]

What that mean

[dusk matrix]

Playmaking

You said you need 2 caps for your playmaking, so do the playmaking one.

[glacial valve]

Hot take:
pass > ball handle and it’s not close. I’d rather have 92 pass 86 handle than 99 handle 76 pass

Same with how I’d rather have 15 points 15 assists than 40 pts 0 assists

[dusk matrix]

That's not a hot take at all, diminishing returns from 92 to 99.

[glacial valve]

I mean like, if I had cap breaker options from 60

I’d rather use my 5 caps to get 92 pass than 99 handle

[hidden vigil]

yea na im takin dat 40

[median marten]

Fr

I can pass good enough with 76 lemme iso

[rough stirrup]

U guys think i need to buy vc like the older 2ks to level up or nah ?

[dusk matrix]

For sure. 86 ball handle is really the most you'd need. Some guards might want 90 for gold handles for days or 93 for gold ankle assassin then +1/2 those.

Imo, you're dribbling too much if you need legend handles for days.

[dusk matrix]

It's always doable to not buy VC but you'll need to play a lot of MyCareer to farm and upgrade your player. I normally get the 200k VC pack for my first build then use VC earned by playing to finish it and make future builds.

You can only hit 85 ovr off rip, so you'll hit a point where you're waiting on XP to increase your overall instead of VC if you start with 200k.

[glacial valve]

92 is good for small guards because of animations

They just released Steve Francis for 95 handle but it’s not as good as last year

[dusk matrix]

Yeah so at that point you'd prob just go 93 to bump ankle assassin.

[glacial valve]

I never understand why people don’t. Same with forwards who go 85 instead of 86

Also everybody sleeps on Coby White btb

[dusk matrix]

That 86 costs a bit to get, but it's worth going for.

[glacial valve]

2k really just gotta make animation requirements line up with badges 😂

stuff requiring 77 pass or 85 handle is so weird

[dusk matrix]

Yeah you're always searching to get that 1 or 2 extra point, assuming you didn't forget to check for animations before making the build.

[dusk matrix]

Both of my 6'11s I put 77 pass acc on just for the fox pass style lol.

[bleak dome]

I need a new squad to run rec with

[dusk matrix]

Uh oh, he says his boys suck

[bleak dome]

They ain’t messing w me no mo

Got mad I cussed at the “leader”

Crazy

[dusk matrix]

2k ego lame af

[bleak dome]

I’m sayin

U got a squad?

[glacial valve]

Cult

[bleak dome]

lol

[dusk matrix]

Yeah, but we don't run a lot now

[quiet leaf]

Bro why is the park empty

[bleak dome]

Dang why not

[quiet leaf]

Told me to upd and I get kicked cuz internet

[sinful vector]

I got a message saying to go to the main menu because an update was required and now no one is anywhere and I keep getting network connection has been lost

[quiet leaf]

Ye same

[rare fern]

I’m down

[sinful vector]

I booked it to the rec before I could get the message and I see people in here, try that

[dusk matrix]

Beat the game into the ground first 2 seasons and everybody kinda tired of it.

[sinful vector]

yeah I booked it to rec, left and now people are here and I'm not getting kicked, lmk if that works for you

[quiet leaf]

Ty it works

[sinful vector]

np, don't know why we had to do that but whateva

[bleak dome]

Ye

Bet

Username?

[bleak dome]

U tryna run?

[rare fern]

Glayne_17
You on now?

[bleak dome]

Yea

What build u on

[sinful violet]

only reason I don't go 86 ball handle is if all my caps are eaten up elsewhere. Like my Ray Allen build, I'm getting 85 ball handle, but I probably won't end up getting 86 (partially because Ray Allen wasn't out here breaking ankles all the time or anything, bronze is good enough, but also because I have better places to put caps

[dusk matrix]

Can't, at work

[rare fern]

I have a pg, sg, sf and center
Tell me what you on and I can adapt to you

[bleak dome]

I’m on a sf

Sg*

I sent request

[sinful violet]

why not both?

[rare fern]

Ok im getting on now

[glacial valve]

Good lord your point guard

[bleak dome]

Alr bet

[sinful violet]

LOL the game went into double OT

which is how we had those crazy numbers

[dusk matrix]

24 ast is crazy

[sinful violet]

but also our AI lowkey was insane

8/8 on an AI

god blessed our AI that game like

Their PG also had a 20/20 game LOL

makes me wish all games were 30 min instead of 20

but I know some people would have a problem with that

[bleak dome]

It’s rlly only 1 more minute per quarter

And games are usually 30 min with all the fouls and the timeouts and the clock stopping

[rare fern]

I have an Amen Thompson pg, can’t shoot but pretty at anything else. Do I try to run with it or just take my Sf?

[sinful violet]

2 and a half. It'd be 7 min 30 seconds for each to get to 30 min

[bleak dome]

It’s up to you

[sinful violet]

But yeah it adds up for sure

[dusk matrix]

The 20-25 min games lets you squeeze 2 games in one 30 min 2x XP coin.

[bleak dome]

Most def

If you need one lmk

[rare fern]

Ok taking the pg

[bleak dome]

Alr send inv

[sinful violet]

yeah that's the only real benefit. You can also play 3 games on a 60 min coin under the same logic

[woeful bridge]

is it gud ?

what should i change ?

[bleak dome]

Yo this is not fair 💀😭

[rare fern]

My bad😂😂😂

[bleak dome]

This should be considered a crime

[dusk matrix]

Leave your 3 pt at 90 and put middy at 92 either straight up or via cap breakers. You get deep bomber at 90 and no other badges that req 3pt until 93.

Some dunk animations require 80 vert so you may want that. Could also use those extra points to bump layup or pass acc.

[rare fern]

😂😂

[wheat canyon]

Both pls

[dusk matrix]

If middy is more expensive, then you can flip 3 and mid.

[sinful violet]

no need to have 3pt and middy both that high, unless you want the high middy and still want deep bomber, in which case leave 3pt at 90

[sinful violet]

also if you wanna cap break to 93 driving dunk later, you'll want 80 vert

if you play Rec, you probably want a higher free throw

[rare fern]

You’re tough bro

[woeful bridge]

so i should lower middy and put on and vert and pass acc and free throw ?

[sinful violet]

And then if you could squeak out 70 OReb you'd get Silver Boxout Beast. Could lower DReb by 1

[sinful violet]

Unless you want the high middy for the badges, and/or if you like to shoot middies

In which case just lower 3pt by 2

[bleak dome]

Preciate it u tuff too

[woeful bridge]

i like to shoot 3s not middies

idk what badges i need

[sinful violet]

Set Shot Specialist is the most important badge. So one option you could do is cap breaking the middy to 93 (which gives HoF Set Shot), and then you can Max+1 that to Legend Set Shot

in that case, the high middy is just helping you get a badge you otherwise would be unable to get

Still, I would probably lower the 3pt to 90 in that case since you're not getting anything extra from the 92 3pt

[woeful bridge]

i lower the 3 but not the middy ?

[mental breach]

7 cap breakers +1 shooting cap breaker.
Where should I put cap breakers?

[sinful violet]

Yes. Because 3pt at 92 doesn't get you any badges that having middy at 93 wouldn't already get you

[solar heart]

Yo sixxth I have 7 cap breakers rn and I’ll have 8 once I hit level 40. Which cap breakers should I get rn? I’m prob gonna do shooting spec so I can get 2 free cap breakers and badge upgrades

[dusk matrix]

I think both are really good 5v5 builds, I'd say like a 9 under the following assumptions.

The 6'5 is cap breaking steal to 85ish and ball handle to 86+.

The other build is cap breaking block to 74 or 78 for paint patroller/high flying denier. Then driving dunk is being capped to 89+ for contact animations and/or posterizer at 93.

[solar heart]

I did the endorsement method once last night and got the build from a 60 to a 78 and start cooking in 1s

[dusk matrix]

The specs are a long grind, beware. If you're planning on needing those cap breakers you need to commit to the grind.

[sinful violet]

So yeah I'd definitely do Shooting Specialization. And then I'd put the 2 shooting spec caps on midrange, and 3 regular caps on midrange.
Then I'd put 4 caps on Driving Dunk. And then I'd try to get Perim D to 85 next

[solar heart]

I’ve already got my spec to goal 6/9, and I’m 80 games done out of 100.

I just made this build cause my beloved Tatum is the best

[wheat canyon]

What do you mean with posterizer at 93

[woeful bridge]

@sinful violet what should i do

[solar heart]

Jeez Sixxth must be the goat

Everytime I open this chat either me or someone else is asking for him

He knows ball

[sinful violet]

I loved my Tatum build last year. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1alTF67TsTRAGtWlSWqyxogDX0FT5ZRgo?usp=drive_link
Here's a few of my clips from it in '25

[median gust]

should make a comp on youtube

[bleak dome]

Gg

Good first game on

[rare fern]

Gg

[rare fern]

For sure

[solar heart]

I need to master the post moves this year

[bleak dome]

Js waking up dropping 30

[sinful violet]

Lower driving dunk to 89, and standing dunk to 49. You could raise the weight a tiny bit to get the 70 OReb. After that, if you wanna play 5s, get more free throw

[solar heart]

So I can truly be Tatum

[bleak dome]

Good feeling fr

[sinful violet]

Fr he's got a pretty decent post game

[bleak dome]

This team is great ngl

[sinful violet]

I thought about it, but then I got lazy LOL

[bleak dome]

U got a mic?

[rare fern]

Yeah I was looking for you to get that 30 in the fourth quarter

[woeful bridge]

and i cap break middy to 93 and dunk to 90

[rare fern]

Yeah but my brother is sleeping rn

[bleak dome]

Ohhh

Got u

[median gust]

i have a Shai build rn really good just need to complete my Finishing Spec

[glacial valve]

We’ve known this

[bleak dome]

People be underestimating this 85 ovr build fr

[solar heart]

Shai free throw spec

[sinful violet]

Yeah you can cap middy to 93 and dunk to 93

[solar heart]

I was 22-0 on my 74 overall Kyrie build

[rare fern]

I’m ngl I underestimated you too but I learned 😂

[solar heart]

People just leave you open

[bleak dome]

💀💀

[sinful violet]

If you don't have the caps yet, whatever you can get it to for now

[bleak dome]

I have a 75 ovr kd build I don’t think I lost on in yet

[nova flame]

Do u think tho shooting is 100% the specialisation to go for

[median gust]

Shai slander 💔

[bleak dome]

I’m so close to shooting 70% from 3

[solar heart]

Pacers should’ve won

[normal depot]

Best lock motion styles?

[glacial valve]

Sweat

[normal depot]

Not Suggs

[bleak dome]

Not even fr

[glacial valve]

Amen Thompson

[sinful violet]

I need to start recording games, or at least more clips than I do, so I can show people I'm like that on the sticks too, not just in the builder

[median gust]

maybe in a alternate dimension bro

[solar heart]

Is Hali didn’t go down pacers win

[sinful violet]

I think so personally, but if there's another one you'd prefer, I think any of them can work decently

[bleak dome]

I just know my jumper

[glacial valve]

I need to download something that simulates the PlayStation highlight clip feature, I hate having to record full games and cut for highlights

[solar heart]

Must be nice to have teammates who score when you give them ball

[sinful violet]

I use Medal for highlights

[normal depot]

Shooting spec is by far the easiest to grind

[sinful violet]

You can hit 1 button and it'll save the last minute, or whatever

[woeful bridge]

should i put 1 mor on middy to save 1 cap breaker ?

[median gust]

rebounding and finishing would like a word

[glacial valve]

Oh that sounds really useful actually

[solar heart]

You can change how long it clips back I’m pretty sure

[normal depot]

I still say shooting is easier

[median gust]

Playmaking and defending the most time consuming

[sinful violet]

nah you'll get a ton of cap breakers this year. You could go 60 post control, or higher interior D, or just a lot of free throw. Up to you

Or even get more speed and/or agility

[sinful violet]

yeah definitely

[woeful bridge]

alr ty

[sinful violet]

Defense is taking a while but it's gonna be so worth it in the long run

[solar heart]

Shooting you can just load up street kings and get done in a day if you felt like it

[woeful bridge]

your actually the goat ngl

[solar heart]

Finishing you have to worry about fighting through contact

Rebounds you have to worry about getting boxed and other things

[sinful violet]

It is fr, those are my irls so it doesn't always go that well, but when they're on, they're on fr

[solar heart]

Shooting you just stand still and green

[median gust]

nah finishing you can get it done in like 1 day or 2

rebounds as well

[solar heart]

Atleast when you play with irl you don’t feel bad when talking shi

[nova flame]

alr the thing is tho I’m not confident in getting the quests done because I don’t shoot a lot still need to practice so atm I just play Defense and rim run

[solar heart]

You can tell em how it is

[candid wyvern]

Yo

[solar heart]

My duo is my next door neighbor so I always tell him “sell me again and you gon need to buy a new door”

[candid wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/table-mess-lmao-laugh-gif-5126644939264248578

[solar heart]

There no reason for him to shoot 18% from 3

[candid wyvern]

😂😂

[glacial valve]

You could prolly shoot better than that with 65 three ball and bronze set shot

[solar heart]

💯

[median gust]

its not that easy playing iso in REC so most of the time i only use my Shai build in 3s, 2s and 1s

[candid wyvern]

wsg @bleak dome

[sinful violet]

That's the only benefit about playing with them, when they play like garbage, I can tell them "hey moron, what do you think you're doing, why is your man wide open every posession"

[bleak dome]

Yo

[sinful violet]

That's fair. You can always get the specialization grind done offline, which helps

[glacial valve]

My T1 badges. Break starter will be HOF soon

[woeful bridge]

final build i think

[glacial valve]

Second page is gold challenger, gold strong handle, gold off ball pest. HOF dimer (legend soon), HOF float game (also legend soon), and gold hook + gold shifty

[sinful violet]

The Hick from French Lick

[dusk matrix]

Gold posterizer unlocks at 93 driving dunk with 80 vert. Your dunk rating could cap break to that if you wanted.

[glacial valve]

https://tenor.com/view/woody-woody-toy-story-handshake-handshake-meme-meme-gif-6733294716339523020

[rough stirrup]

So you think I can get my player to 85ovr without paying ? Cause it was harder in older 2ks

[woeful bridge]

oh thats why you told me to put 80 vert

[sinful violet]

looks good, hell yeah

[dusk matrix]

It's always going to be hard but it's doable if you have the time to dedicate.

[woeful bridge]

lets goo

[dusk matrix]

And animations.

[glacial valve]

2k on PC would be so much better if they just banned everybody on the top 100 rep leaderboard every week

[sinful violet]

Idk if it's 100 but yeah a lot of those guys are hacking their rep to be higher lmfao

but really you don't see them often

[median gust]

if you complete your build spec in the open runs you can stack VC really fast

[glacial valve]

There’s legend 5s 😂 you don’t see them because they’re park/theater merchants

[median gust]

i built up 45k yesterday

[wheat canyon]

what build you think would be better to make you can say youre own oppinion

[sinful violet]

that's why I stay out of ts and stay in the Rec LOL

Working on upgrading Zion next

[glacial valve]

I play theater 1s to warm up then exclusively play rec

[sinful violet]

I'm ngl more people should play 1s

[glacial valve]

I had Zion in 2k25 but it wasn’t a very good build

[sinful violet]

It forces you to get good at defense

[glacial valve]

I like how they laugh at me for having 85 pass acc but I still win

[sinful violet]

Like I think 1s sucks because you go against a lot of guys who are on cheesy builds made specifically for the 1s

[median gust]

ball knower

[sinful violet]

But when you're not playing them, 1s is good practice

I like to run 1s in the Proving Grounds more but only because I need the lifetime challenges there more than I do the theater wins LOL

[median gust]

bro i played some dude on the 1s and he was complaining about rim runs

[glacial valve]

I just can’t imagine making a build that locks me into one mode for the entirety of 2k26

[median gust]

then he told me to shoot so i shot 3 middies and he complained they werent 3s

[sinful violet]

I could see myself making a 1s build but only after I already had so many other builds

[dusk matrix]

How tall is the second one, 6'8?

[wraith heart]

I tried a few games of 1s

Heinous gameplay loop

Promptly went back to the rec

[wheat canyon]

6 9

[glacial valve]

I remember I was playing against an unc in 2k25 on my Zion build. Was Yamming on his head every possession cuz that’s what Zion does, then he said “Mann I hate playing against people that do this… it ain’t really fun for me, I wish you’d shoot too” and it broke my heart so I won the game exclusively with post fades/middies and he said “good game man… you better at this game than me”

[median gust]

escape right, escape left, drive cross into a dunk

[bleak dome]

@rare fern this my last one bc I gotta get ready for school

[wraith heart]

Kemba, Kemba, Booker. Drive, Lonzo Cross, dunk.

[median gust]

people are just weird, like just maybe you should stop my rim run then

[sinful violet]

LMAO yeah when I get people like that I always find it funny it's like. Dawg I could be shooting, but I'm on Zion, I'm playing like Zion.

But also it's like, if you don't like "rim running", learn how to guard it. If you know I'm not gonna shoot, then stop me from getting downhill

This is what my Zion build is gonna look like

It's gonna take a minute to get all those caps but it'll be worth it

[median gust]

yeah its weird i make a shai build with 93 driving lay up and they expect me not to take this sh up ??

[solar heart]

I got 97 MJ, 95 Curry, 95 Wemby, I’m working on Tatum rn then Kyrie or Russ

[candid wyvern]

whats ur rep

[sinful violet]

almost Starter 5

[glacial valve]

I mean it’s the same exact playstyle as shooting, just moving forward instead of side to side. They only don’t like it because in their eyes dunking is no-skill compared to their amazing shooting skill

[sinful violet]

Niceee, I've got Paolo, Lamelo, Lebron, Ray Allen, and now Zion. And then I've also got a 6'11 Center

[dusk matrix]

You're making a choice to play either the 2 or the 4 which are pretty different. I play the 4 and 5, so I'd go with the 6'9 personally. I'd try to work more pass acc into it though. 65 will be rough on outlets. You may be able to make nearly the same thing at 6'8 and get more attributes.

[median gust]

makes no sense theyre just hard wired to guarding 3s now

[candid wyvern]

i just made 6'6 klay build

[sinful violet]

they've just gotta learn how to adjust to the tendencies of the person they're playing against

[solar heart]

I don’t understand how people can only focus on meta in a sports game

[bleak dome]

I’m selling I can’t hit a shot

[solar heart]

It’s the same thing with Madden, people only stick to what glitchy instead of having fun

[wheat canyon]

I’m thinking about a 6’11 build

[sinful violet]

I was in the 1s the other day and I matched up against a guy who got by me a few times to dunk the ball. And then I started playing the drive a lot more, and realized that he was pretty bad at shooting

[candid wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/table-mess-lmao-laugh-gif-5126644939264248578

[solar heart]

I’m taking a real nba player build over a meta small guard any day

[sinful violet]

Made the game a lot easier

[sinful violet]

Amen to that

[median gust]

i have a Tim Duncan, Shai, Kobe, Draymond and dont laugh at this last one a Hartenstein-ish build

[candid wyvern]

5'9 build good or nah

[sinful violet]

People care more about winning than anything else because all of the game's rewards are based around winning

People wanna rep up so fast all they care about is winning

[solar heart]

I had a center that had shades of prime Shaq, prime Duncan, prime Dwight Howard

[median gust]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-side-eye-meme-tiktok-the-pointer-brothers-gif-13730785519279791710

[sinful violet]

Nah I have MAD respect for an I-Hart build. Playing with a build like that, playing like him, sounds like an easy way to get wins if you've got a smart team, because he's all about doing the dirty work to get wins. He doesn't need to score to impact winning

[bleak dome]

I have one bad game and you glazing

And I don’t even know u

[candid wyvern]

lock in

[candid wyvern]

i know you

[dusk matrix]

He's asking about making a 5'9 build, don't pay any mind

[solar heart]

I love making PF who pretty much can’t score but do everything else to help the team. Setting screens, dunking off the pick and roll, high pass acc assists, helping center with blocks and locking every position

[bleak dome]

💀

[candid wyvern]

???

[median gust]

i lost that game but i was getting stuff done

[solar heart]

Their center had the same amount of rebounds as your whole team 😂 but good stuff tho you did ur part

[dusk matrix]

Don't do a 5'9.

[sinful violet]

where do I find an opposing team that misses that many shots LOL my Center only averages 8 rebounds because no one that I play against misses

[median gust]

its impossible to catch boards when their SF was open every game 😭😭

[candid wyvern]

What about 6'3?

[solar heart]

61 combined misses

😭

[median gust]

bro these lobbies get wicked

my SF was on a 62 ovr

2/9 on close shots

[rare fern]

It’s okay bro, I got iced out the game

[bleak dome]

I was forcing it ngl

Ggs tho

[dusk matrix]

Those can be solid I think. I'd check how doing it at 6'4 compares, 6'4 gets a lot of attributes.

[rare fern]

Yeah ggs

[candid wyvern]

who want to play rec

[sinful violet]

the last game I played went into DOUBLE OT and both teams only combined for 39 misses on 134 shots

[solar heart]

I’d love to get into his lobbies to get my rebound average up

So hard to get lots of boards this year

[median gust]

im averaging 15 rn

😂

[solar heart]

Ur lucky

I’d average a triple double if people missed more

[median gust]

i almost do as well

but they dont pass me the ball enough to score

some times i end with a 8 point double double

[solar heart]

The guards always want the glory

[sinful violet]

nah exactly LOL. That's what I liked about the more realistic shooting percentages of 25. It felt like rebounding mattered a lot. But when people don't miss, high rebounding barely does anything

[median gust]

bro sometimes im playing mycareer and get mad when i miss but realize im still shooting 60%

[solar heart]

I need friends to play with who can actually make plays

Like call zones or run offensive plays

Actual basketball iq

Instead of chuck a shot

[median gust]

compared to NBA standards thats elite shooting 😭

[solar heart]

I’ll get mad when I miss a shot cause my animation was delayed and pause the game just to see I’m 18/19

[median gust]

i play with my irl and i literally have to call the plays for him when i play PG or he wont move at all 😂

i tell him when to cut and when to get open for a 3

[sinful violet]

If only you were on PC LOL I love the idea of stuff like that but some of my irls are a little dense

[solar heart]

Does pc still have a lot of hackers

[sinful violet]

nah literally like I had to tell my SF IRL yesterday to go to the corner on fast breaks for easy 3s because she kept running to the paint on the break and trying to dunk on 2 people I'm like what are we doing here

[median gust]

then he ends up with 30 points saying he carried me like my 16 assists mean nothing

[sinful violet]

nah not really

There are some for sure, but no more than the amount of people using z*ns on console

[dusk matrix]

Function of the badges and cap breakers changed things a lot too. Boxout not being tied to strength and max +2 to reb chaser on a 92 rating for legend makes 99 less valuable.

Offensive board rating is also noticeably weaker compared to 25. In 25 99 o board was the wave and you'd pull your d boards from the badge. Now that's flipped.

[median gust]

yeah my friend suffers from that mental illness of trying to dunk on 3 people as well

[solar heart]

2k really makes us censor the z word?

Is it cause they are upset they’ve done nothing to patch it?

Ah jeez you really can’t say it

[median gust]

the problem with Random Rec is too many people want to be Lebron and Curry when we need more Draymonds, and PJ Tuckers

[dusk matrix]

Better that way sometimes. PGs often want full room to work and only want movement in a spot when they're ready to see it.

[solar heart]

I think adding a chemistry system to my team could be cool, kind of like where Madden has theme teams where if you have so many players from the same nfl team they get a boost to stats

[sinful violet]

100% agreed. Though I do think high OReb and lower DReb can still work. I've got 96/80 on my 6'11 and I don't usually feel like I have a problem getting DRebs

[solar heart]

Where if I get all Celtics players they have badge boosted or something

[sinful violet]

It's not even JUST that, but it's also because she could just go corner and they would just not guard the 3, but she kept going inside anyways like WHYYY

[median gust]

yeah true i hate playing on my Shai build with randoms how can i iso midrange when i got people running up to me begging for the ball

Shai build ends up being a Kidd build in REC

i just play D and pass

[sinful violet]

Man, the problem isn't even that. It's that they THINK that they wanna be Lebron and Curry, but they don't do all the things that Lebron and Curry do. I watched Lebron give up a chance to keep his streak going by making the game winning pass to the corner a few nights ago. And he was happy and excited to make that pass and win the game because of it. The randoms think they wanna be Lebron, but they don't wanna be the high IQ team player that Lebron is, they just wanna do the scoring things that Lebron does. Same thing with the Curry clones, they just wanna shoot from deep constantly, but if they really wanna be Curry, they'd learn more off ball movement and use the gravity of their 3pt shooting potential to look for the open teammates

[solar heart]

Bro that LeBron play literally took down entire websites

They got so overloaded with comments

All because he lost the streak

[sinful violet]

On my Lebron build, I average 5 rebounds per game in the Rec from crashing the glass as a SG with 80 rebound. I've seen Centers who don't even average that. People are too busy trying to cherry pick and get easy buckets, and they end up giving up offensive rebounds because of it

[dusk matrix]

I did 96/80 on my first build and had more trouble on drebs than my 6'11s with 92 dreb and wasn't netting more orebs on the 96. Orebs were about the same with a 75-80 rating, just get a solid boxout or running jump.

[median gust]

bro i get more joy making their whole team jump and kicking out for a 3 than the randoms who would try to dunk on the whole team

just that winning mentality i guess

[solar heart]

I kick my feet with happiness when I get a flashy assists

I don’t even like being the one scoring half the time

[sinful violet]

Nah fr that's me too LOL. Like on my Lebron build, I'll get a few early points off of a dex for an open 3, or a few slashes/open cuts, and then I'll start looking for the help defense coming. I'll start to drive and as soon as I see that corner sag I'll make that easy pass

[sinful violet]

That's fair. I've noticed I definitely get more ORebs personally, but admittedly on my lower OReb build I go for them less often

[dusk matrix]

YMMV, the 96 was a 7'1 sloth. The faster 6'11 with more vert probably helped a lot more.

[sinful violet]

Honestly yeah that's probably a big part of it too. Vert and speed are huge for getting rebounds honestly

[dusk matrix]

Longer wingspan too. 7'1 I made to be the tallest deep bomber build you can do. The vert difference wasn't drastic tbh. I think it still had like an 80.

[onyx acorn]

how much agility should a small guard have?

[glacial valve]

Wow. Someone just threw my whole game even tho we were winning

[onyx acorn]

cause i have seen 77 agility builds and like 90 agility build and idk what to do

[sinful violet]

That's gonna be me with my Kristaps Porzingis build

[dusk matrix]

At least 80, 85+ if you can.

[sinful violet]

at least 85 imo but as high as you can reasonably get it without losing other parts of your build

[glacial valve]

@azure laurel gg I was trash but that dude threw crazy

Also in my defense I didn’t get too many touches 😂😂

When I did I was usually getting full court pressed for some reason

[dusk matrix]

I've learned my speed lesson. Don't worry about strength, just make it as fast as you can.

[fickle pagoda]

i like this take

on all my builds i make sure i’m able to fulfill a specific role on the court which everybody should be doin if they plan on playing 5s

[sinful violet]

Yup, that's the plan. Unfortunately, with the low weight for higher speed, and the lower wingspan, it's not gonna be a crazy rebounder, but Kristaps isn't either, so it makes sense

[sinful violet]

Amen to this

[solar heart]

Tingus Pingus!

[glacial valve]

We need more Paul Millsaps and Lu Dorts 😂

[median gust]

nothing wrong with that

most of the time i have to sacrifice my build to fall into the role thats missing

[sinful violet]

This is the build FWIW

[dusk matrix]

No one wants to hop on the game to be PJ Tucker

[glacial valve]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-i-do-matthew-mcconaughey-fist-pump-excited-i'm-in-gif-6995150778861667957

[sinful violet]

The worst part for me is when I'm sacrificing and falling into my role for the better of the team, even when I could be scoring/assisting/being more involved in the offense, but then I'm watching some absolute dumbahh on the team decide to try to play like he's better than he is

And then I'm watching him throw while we lose

[solar heart]

I wanna be a Mario Chalmers

[glacial valve]

I’m tryna hop on the game to Manu Ginobili

[solar heart]

Or a Lou Williams

[sinful violet]

Manu was a beast ngl, that could be a fun build

[glacial valve]

He was gonna be my first build in the game but I decided to make Cade

[median gust]

theres a reason you dont get as much rep and VC for losing the match

[dusk matrix]

Run crasher take with rebounding on it and +2 reb chaser then you should be ok.

[solar heart]

Had to watch AI Manu shred through my teammates in court conq

[median gust]

if my team needs me to be Caruso i will do my job to win the match

[solar heart]

I was trolling in court conq and all of a sudden AI LaMelo had 13 on me

[sinful violet]

lmaooooo that mode was kinda funny because you could see who could and couldn't play the game vs AIs

[glacial valve]

If I make manu it’ll be like… 85 pass, 93 layup, 93 middy, 83 three, 90 handle.. which sounds difficult to make

[solar heart]

I clamped every AI besides LaMelo, he had such a deep bag for a non player

[median gust]

speaking of Caruso i played a dude with a Caruso build and he was a nightmare on defense

[solar heart]

And his jumpshot is so quick

[glacial valve]

Derrick White would be fun

[sinful violet]

Yeah I'll probably have Crasher as one of my takeover options, and then Deep Bomber as my other. If I were to play with randoms, I'd take Crasher, but if I was playing with a team and I knew that my PF could help with boards, I'd go Bomber

[solar heart]

Yes yes more Celtics builds people

[sinful violet]

nah fr Lamelo is nasty

[solar heart]

I was gonna make a Payton Pritchard build

[sinful violet]

Manu stats all time

looks doable but challenging

[dusk matrix]

Manu is all intangibles

[solar heart]

Where do you pull this up

[sinful violet]

I love D White, I wanted to make a D White build, but the problem is it's hard to get his 68 block to Max+2 HFD to Gold while also getting the shooting he deserves

[sinful violet]

2Kratings.com

[fervent spire]

Jalen Johnson

[sinful violet]

He would be really fun, though for me, probably a bit too similar to my Paolo build

[solar heart]

Jose Alvarado sneak thief build

[glacial valve]

I saw a song on TikTok about Jose Alvarado for some reason

[sinful violet]

damn

[fickle pagoda]

i always use this to replicate players tbh

[sinful violet]

nah exactly, gotta see what stats and badges they are working with so I can try to get as close as possible

[fickle pagoda]

that when i figured out it’s impossible to recreate certain players n they don’t even gotta be a high overall

[median gust]

you need like 95+ steals to even get the animations to trigger

[glacial valve]

Found it

[solar heart]

2016 Jae Crowder build

[glacial valve]

I knew it wasn’t a dream

[median gust]

Hartenstein is surprisingly pinpoint for me

[solar heart]

I saw this last night 😂

[median gust]

just made him a little better

[hidden vigil]

imma make a new acc and get all 99 ovr builds on it but it only gon be rookie 1

[glacial valve]

I have an important question for you

[fickle pagoda]

i’ve tried to recreate josh smith countless times but you can’t be the same size n as fast as he was

[solar heart]

Quincy Acy build would be fire in rec

[glacial valve]

Is it pronounced like informed without an M, or is it pronounced Info(like information)red(the color)

[fickle pagoda]

can’t be as shifty as beasley

[fickle vessel]

Anybody else thinks that steph curry is better than jordan

[fickle pagoda]

somebody did it this year

[sinful violet]

Just for fun I made a Kenyon Martin build that ended up getting shades of Josh Smith, but yeah I kinda feel the same

[solar heart]

Yes

[fickle pagoda]

saw it on tt i think

[sinful violet]

Like it's always the physicals that are the problem

[glacial valve]

I made one a while back

[solar heart]

WOOHOO

[glacial valve]

First overall draft pick

[sinful violet]

Lowkey a forgotten demon

[solar heart]

free Celtics Kevin Garnett in myteam

I might cry

My day has been made

[hidden vigil]

infrared like the light i js suck at spelling that word so i put infored instead

[sinful violet]

Literally the reason I'm a Celtics fan is I was a HUGE KG fan when I was growing up, but wasn't really a fan of any teams. And then he went to the Celtics and won a championship, and that solidified it for me

[solar heart]

This whole time I didn’t know you were a Celtics fan

That’s awesome

[sinful violet]

it always removes the role when I got kicked LOL

I gotta re-add it

[fickle pagoda]

in terms of what

[glacial valve]

I think the funniest part is that he literally was the best player in that draft

Him or like… Michael Redd

[sinful violet]

yeah I mean, went to 2 straight finals

or maybe not 2 straight but

[glacial valve]

Idk what I’m talking about it was def Michael Redd. But still, Kenyon Martin was the second best

Maybe Jamal Crawford

[sinful violet]

they had to face 3 peat Lakers and then Spurs with Tim Duncan and (an old but still good) David Robinson

tough luck

[glacial valve]

I mean old D Rob was like old Malone. He was still great, even if you don’t hear too much about those years

[sinful violet]

yeah exactly

I mean you don't hear about Old Malone more because he wasn't on the Jazz

and like, all the other reasons that people don't talk about him

but still

[glacial valve]

He averaged 8.5/8 with 2 blocks in his final season

[solar heart]

This KG is gonna be a tough grind cause I suck at myteam online

[sinful violet]

MyTeam kinda blows this year

and by kinda, I mean really

[glacial valve]

And also because he got whooped

[wide hare]

Lock in and grind twin I was ahh too

[sinful violet]

fr yeah

honestly thank you Pistons for not letting Malone get a ring

otherwise I'd hear fellas trying to sneak him into top 15 talks or whatever

[glacial valve]

Guaransheed 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[sinful violet]

I'm not tryna see that

[wide hare]

Need the bulls to make a comeback 😔

[sinful violet]

you're gonna be waiting a while

that run at the beginning of the year was impressive

but teams were shooting legendarily bad against them

[wide hare]

I know bro I’m devastated by it

https://tenor.com/view/crying-crying-meme-gif-8274157336207414169

[sinful violet]

The Bulls really just need like, a guy

Like a top player

[glacial valve]

Goated clip btw. Rasheed told the media that if they didn’t win game 2 of the ECF he’d personally refund everybody’s tickets or something

[sinful violet]

ideally not one who's always injured though like Zion or AD

who I've heard trade rumors about LOL

[sinful violet]

hell yeah

Got a lot of respect for that team

[glacial valve]

I’d also be aching to get them off my team

[sinful violet]

I mean yeah but I wouldn't be trading for them if I'm another team

[wide hare]

They stay claiming injury it’s gotta be for the camera atp

[sinful violet]

both of their values are pretty low

[glacial valve]

Me too. They’re like taking everything I like from the bad boy pistons but removing (most) of the negatives

[sinful violet]

Exactly lmao

[normal depot]

I swear ppl buy 2k without knowing a thing ab basketball

[sinful violet]

Damn right

[glacial valve]

I say most because Rasheed has the most techs in a season or something and they made a whole rule because of him

[sinful violet]

Source: 2 irl friends

[sinful violet]

One of the last true enforcers

him, Artest, etc

[wide hare]

No cap but I know a lot of people who got into it becuz of 2k

[sinful violet]

Shoutout Beef Stew and Dillon Brooks for trying to bring that role back

[glacial valve]

I love Artest, his Reddit AMA is great btw

[glacial valve]

Stew goes overboard but I still love him for doing it at all

[wide hare]

I bought 2k16 without knowing shi about basketball and was utter ahh at the game but I just kept grinding and got into actual basketball after watching my first lakers game

[median gust]

i dont have any SS of my Shai build but its like really really accurate

ill send it when i get home

just need like 4 more cap breakers maybe

[sinful violet]

LOL

[sinful violet]

100% probably should dial it back about 5% but who cares

[solar heart]

I can’t do the KG challenge because I don’t own a single timberwolves players

😭

[glacial valve]

That one’s the best one but these are good too

[sinful violet]

Those are all great. I'd love to see him as a coach, just to see what happens

[glacial valve]

Would love him to coach the pacers but Rick Carlisle is a must-keep coach.

[sinful violet]

for sure agreed, they can't get rid of Carlisle

[glacial valve]

Wish the clippers weren’t the worst organization ever so Chris Paul could coach them in the future

[dusk matrix]

JJ is doing great for the Lakers. I knew he'd be good at it with how much of an analytics nerd he is. I could see a similar thing with Artest.

[sinful violet]

Yeah I feel like if they hadn't screwed him, he would've went to coach there. Now, who knows, maybe the Pels?

[sinful violet]

Definitely, I loved watching JJ's podcasts, both OM&T3 and the one with Lebron

[glacial valve]

Imagine the spurs replacing Pop with Chris Paul 😂

[fervent spire]

They saying kyrie to the timberwolves

[sinful violet]

LOL

Hey Wemby, remember me?

[sinful violet]

That would actually be insane, who would they trade though?

[glacial valve]

They’re looking to trade Randle I think. Idk why

[sinful violet]

Probably Dillingham as a "young prospect", some picks, but they need money to work

[glacial valve]

I actually loved their chemistry, the skills challenge was gold

[fervent spire]

Rudy 👀👀👀

[sinful violet]

Damn, I'm kinda shocked by that if it's true. Though I could see them doing it just so Naz Reid could start

[glacial valve]

https://tenor.com/view/pffttt-cantholdlaugh-father-laugh-dad-laugh-gif-13166789396741539132

[dusk matrix]

The fact he quit podcasting and ESPN media completely to fully dedicate himself to coaching said everything about how serious he was going to be.

[sinful violet]

doubt anyone else would take on his contract, as good as he is

[glacial valve]

Rudy is great but Kyrie for Rudy is hilarious

[fervent spire]

This trade deadline is gonna be crazy

[sinful violet]

I mean when you're a head coach you've kinda gotta be, yeah LOL but it's great to see how well he's been on the team

[fervent spire]

The Mavs traded Spencer dinwiddy for kyrie

[dreamy escarp]

sup

[sinful violet]

Recently, the trade deadline has been a lot more interesting than Free Agency. Which is interesting, because I feel like it used to be the other way around. Big moves would happen in the offseason mostly

[sinful violet]

Yes, because the Nets are stupid

This is the same team who just used 5 first round picks to draft PGs

and like 4 of them can't shoot

[glacial valve]

And DFS + picks, but also the nets are a dysfunctional organization. That’s why their best player is Michael Porter Jr.

[dusk matrix]

I know he wouldn't be able to do it full time like he's been, but he probably could have squeezed some appearances in here and there, particularly in the off season and hasn't.

[fervent spire]

The nets should trade cam Thomas for compensation

Ngl

👀👀👀

[glacial valve]

Trade Cam Thomas for a new GM

like when the clippers got doc rivers

[sinful violet]

I mean, I would've liked to see him and Bron together again during the offseason. But I can imagine that he's quite busy with coaching stuff fs

[fervent spire]

Isn’t the gm a Asian dude or is that the owner of the nets

[glacial valve]

No it’s balding Dirk Nowitzki with big ears

[fervent spire]

There gonna be in poverty forever

[glacial valve]

https://tenor.com/view/luka-doncic-dallas-mavricks-laughing-dirk-nowitzki-gif-13067112

Cuz their GM is balding Dirk

[dusk matrix]

Not the beaver tail

[glacial valve]

Omg he does look like a beaver tho

[inland nimbus]

Is a high block even worth for 2s?

[hollow nest]

Does anyone know when the nba global games Europe tournament finals are? It says you get an invitation after winning the play now tournament

[dusk matrix]

Make it take it you need to be able to get a stop. While not something that helps you every time, high block can be something that gets you possession.

[glacial valve]

Making a build with 97 perimeter, 96 dunk, 90 agility, 85 strength, 85 vert, 89 middy, 86 swb, 80 three, 85 steal…

[inland nimbus]

I mean worth +5 from 80 to 85?

[dusk matrix]

Probably not. High flying denier will be your more valuable badge. You're more likely to be in a chase situation in 2s.

[glacial valve]

Wait maybe I’ll do 85 agility and like 90 speed

[fickle pagoda]

every pass must be goin into the stands then

[glacial valve]

I love this ngl, might invest.

+5 perimeter (ALL HOF perimeter badges, max +1 to legend)
+5 dunk (96, HOF posterizer and all the best animations)
+3 pass (77, deaaron fox style and silver badges)
+2 interior (80, just for versatility and the build is somewhat Lu Dort inspired)

[fickle pagoda]

nvm

[glacial valve]

Nah it’s because it’s a 6’4

Lots of attributes

[glacial valve]

@sinful violet do you like this?

6’4, 6’9 wingspan

Made to run SG in the rec

Running my Curry build in the double dunks theater 1s because I hate myself

[sinful violet]

As soon as I saw what you said here I was gonna be like "this is a 6'4 right" LOL

[sinful violet]

just play Proving Grounds

[sinful violet]

It's up to you and if you feel like you need the ball handle, if I was making a 6'4 I'd want 92 ball handle. But I could live with 92 perim as an SG tbh

[normal depot]

This 6’6”

?

[glacial valve]

6’4

[normal depot]

Nvm it can’t be

Yeah

[glacial valve]

I have a small guard with 98 handle. It’s nice but it doesn’t actually feel that much different than my 6’6 with 86

It’s a shooting guard and I’m really just not all that great at handling the ball, I’d rather play off ball and cut + drive in the fast break

[sinful violet]

okay 98 is OD LOL 92 is all you need for all the animations. But yeah I get what you're saying

[fickle pagoda]

finna change this actually

[dusk matrix]

How tall is this?

[sinful violet]

My one consideration: 96 dunk may be OD. Could probably lower the vert and the DD and only go for 93 DD and get more agility/ball handle if you wanted that/3pt to 83? Bronze Limitless is lowkey nice just in case you're a little far out on a dex or something

[glacial valve]

6’4

[glacial valve]

I mean I wanted 83 vert anyway, would’ve taken 93 dunk but 96 is just what I got from caps

[sinful violet]

I just don't know how important 83 vert on a 6'4 guard is. It's more important on bigger players who are jumping more for rebounds or blocks, but I think it's unnecessary on a shorter guard

But if you lower the driving dunk to like, idk 65 or 66 or something, does it still cap to 93? and then you save a bit that can go elsewhere

I'd personally at LEAST want 85 or 86 ball handle for Booker animations because his stepback is good and his aggressive breakdown is unfortunately broken

[normal depot]

They need to fix the collision on his breakdown

Ppl go through me with it

[sinful violet]

it's actually so awful

patch 2.0 was so good

and then they just said "oh but people wanna escape and use Dbook into people so I guess we'll revert"

[normal depot]

Yeah they needed to find a middle ground, not completely revert

Kemba escape was free picks

[glacial valve]

People talking about how pre-patch 2k26 was the best 2k makes me so mad

[sinful violet]

Season 1 was awful because of fades and 7'4s

2.0 was good

[glacial valve]

Like no… fades were awful, you couldn’t contest 7’4s, defense sucked

[sinful violet]

but lasted 2 days

and then they made it so you can dribble with no consequences again

[dire meadow]

I lowkey miss 2k25

[sinful violet]

been saying this ngl

the fact that people didn't make every shot was better for gameplay

shoot me but

when people shoot 70-80% in every game

that's bad for how basketball works

[dire meadow]

Lol I didnt expect anyone to agree with me I thought I was bouta get flamed😂

[sinful violet]

because it completely disincentivizes 2pt shots

nah I've been saying this since before the game came out

the second they said "pure green window this year" I had flashbacks to end of the year in 2K24

and this year is even worse than that in terms of "everyone can make shots easily"

[dire meadow]

Fr basically if your not taking 3s your at a big disadvantage which eliminates so many different playstyles

[sinful violet]

anyone who shoots over 67% from 3 has no reason to shoot 2s

which kills anyone who wants to be a slasher/good with layups, good with post work or have a deep middy bag

Like when all that matters is 3s

[dire meadow]

Facts bro😭

[sinful violet]

you're not even playing half the game

WHICH SUCKS because like, the fact that we have the custom layups this year, and all the new post moves/post-go to shots, and middy bag work is so fun this year

but just none of that matters because the team that shoots more 3s typically wins if they're smart

[dire meadow]

Fr

There always gotta be something with 2k

[sinful violet]

(and don't even get me started on the fact that having an AI on your team is basically an instant loss in the Rec because they can continue passing to the AI and the guy who's got the AI on him will be open 95% of the time)

[glacial valve]

Agreed

[dire meadow]

That shi so annoying

[glacial valve]

2k25 was so overhated.

It had issues for sure

[sinful violet]

Like I literally predicted ts, look back far enough in this server and you'll see me complaining and saying "I don't wanna play 2K26 if it's just gonna be a 3pt shootout". And the only reason I even have the game is because I got it for a giveaway

[glacial valve]

But the RNG wasn’t even a top 10 issue

[dire meadow]

Ngl 2k25 5v5 with the nba players was so fun to me

[hollow nest]

Anyone know why play now online tournaments won't show up with anything

[sinful violet]

People just hate feeling like they're missing and it's not their fault. Which I get. But someone's gotta explain how they expect them to balance the game then

[dire meadow]

Playing online leagues was fire

[glacial valve]

The AI was better

[dire meadow]

Yea tru

[sinful violet]

couldn't just jab step and shoot through them

[solar heart]

I want to run a full 5v5 nba team rec game bro it seems so fun

[dire meadow]

When i go back to watch 2k25 clips it dead looks like its in 0.5 speed

And it lowkey was smooth

[fickle pagoda]

like current all star team up?

[sinful violet]

also I think No-Dip shooting has to have some amount of RNG or something. It can't just be "if you learn how to shoot no dip shots, you get a 30% faster shot with no consequences"

[dire meadow]

Fr

I make nba builds and use their jumpshot and all😂

[sinful violet]

This is lowkey kinda what it's like for me and my irls. I have Lamelo, Paolo, Lebron, and Ray Allen, I have a buddy who has Myles Turner, Paul George, Stephon Castle, another one has MPJ, and another one has Chris Bosh (and then some non-NBA player builds). Problem is we only have 4 of us so whenever we run we're with an AI and if the other team is competent they just shoot over the AI and we lose

it's like 2K is punishing us for only having 4 😭

[glacial valve]

When you miss a 99% contested floater in the theater 1s and the guy in the background starts talkin bout sum “you garbage, you can’t even make a layup”

[sinful violet]

LOL

[solar heart]

My 2k won’t even let me attempt a floater

[glacial valve]

Wdym

You have to drive, then stop holding turbo and hold right stick down

[solar heart]

Forces me into a pull up

No matter what I do

[glacial valve]

Might be trying from too far out

[solar heart]

Past the 3pt line shouldn’t be too far

[plush imp]

JUST GOT 2K26 couple days ago already doing extremely well!!!
LOOKING FOR PS5 CREW ideally Level 30
DM ME IF POSSIBLE THANKS
Region: England/UK

[sinful violet]

I have this problem sometimes too, c'est la vie

[glacial valve]

I’d rather 2k give us like… attainable 20,000 VC rewards (winning 15 games in the event or something) than unattainable 1,000,00 VC rewards

It’s so pointless, only hackers get it anyway

[sinful violet]

yeah of course, that's why they do what they do LOL

to avoid letting more people get more VC

if they only give 1 person a lot of VC, then everyone else still has to buy/grind VC

[solar heart]

2k try to put a simple anti cheat on your game challenge level: impossible

[sinful violet]

The one reason I'm glad I'm on PC is there are very few people z*nning because EAC, while not great, at least can stop that

[dire meadow]

But as soon as you find a v c gl1tch they're on it asap

[sinful violet]

nah fr

[glacial valve]

The cheats they use are really obvious too, so easy to report.

[sinful violet]

Exactly lmao

[glacial valve]

Like they’re 60 overall with 99 in every stat, 10000 city games played and 100000 blocks

[solar heart]

I’m 1 objective away from amethyst KG

My Celtics team will finally have a center

[sinful violet]

Gotta get Bill Russell next to move KG to PF

[solar heart]

Does Bill even have a card?

I don’t spend money on myteam so all the MT I get is free and I’m very poor in it

So the free weekly diamond Payton Pritchard was nice

[quasi wind]

question does somebody still play 2k24 park?

[solar heart]

I thought they already shut that game down lol

[quasi wind]

nah last month😂

[normal depot]

99 perim iso locks the most fun I’ve had on this game

[sinful violet]

Actually not this year unfortunately. I forgot his estate doesn't want him in the game

Who's the next best Celtics C of all time? Robert Parish?

[solar heart]

I don’t even think he has a card

Best Celtics center I’ve seen in the game other than KG is Kendrick Perkins

Unfortunately the season pass Kyrie is the nets version but I still use him

He’s #11 regardless

WOAH

91 overall Rob Williams Celtics version

I gotta grind now

And a Celtics Porzingus

[glacial valve]

Cowens or Parish

[sinful violet]

With unlimited MT, looking at purely the players who are most important to Celtics history, and specifically versions of their cards that are on the Celtics, this might be the best team you can make

[glacial valve]

Bill Walton but he didn’t peak on the Celtics

[sinful violet]

feel free to start McHale actually

[sinful violet]

Yeah great 6th man for us but he's an HM

[glacial valve]

Probably Cowens or Parish then

[solar heart]

I would do anything to pull a good Tatum

I’ve still got ruby tatum at my PF

[glacial valve]

Cowens may have the worst MVP season of all time, but let it be known that it was still an MVP season

[sinful violet]

Wes Unseld was great but I think his MVP season was the worst ngl

Don't get me wrong, Cowens's MVP should've gone to Kareem but

[muted rivet]

can someone recommend me a good jumpshot for 6'5 and 83 3 pt? all i see req is like 89 3 pt

[stiff pebble]

Is your highest rating 83?

This is what I use on my 6’9 with 80, could probably give it more beluba since u have 83

[solar heart]

KG debut for me had 2 pts, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks

I was triple threat park so only to 21

These 90+ packs suck

I only pull bare minimum

Oh wow a WNBA player

It’s the same as not getting a card atp

[sinful violet]

nice

[solar heart]

What is 5’7 wnba player gonna do vs Yao Ming, Shaq, Wemby, KG, Bol Bol

[stiff pebble]

i have like 170k in mtp but i haven’t unlocked the auction house yet

[glacial valve]

Very fair, I usually only think of post merger

[sinful violet]

understandable LOL

[dire meadow]

Dunk on them

Heart over height

[smoky carbon]

I was trying to hop-step but how tf did it turn into that 😭

[lone tangle]

So I have 300 more rec games played then a friend of mine plus ive played a lot of other pvp modes he only plays rec. I average a higher teammate grade and win% so why is he only 20% behind me in rep? We're both starter 5 last night after a win where I have an A grade to his B+ I get .3% rep on the win he gets 1.4% no x2 rep is active. Can someone explain to me how this happening?

[past quiver]

Yoo

What is going

[dire meadow]

Yooo

[past quiver]

On

yo should I make a pg that’s 230 poyndsssss

[dusk matrix]

Seems that you're one of the unfortunate ones with glitched rep.

[past quiver]

I get 3% with double at starter 2

[dire meadow]

I prolly suffer from this disease aswell

[stiff pebble]

hell naw

[past quiver]

9& but why do I get like 3-4%

At started 2

With double rep

[muted rivet]

ye, 84 actually

[solar heart]

@sinful violet this Tatum build is a blessing, I’m shooting 86% on it rn at 76 overall. I put the +4 on DD and feel unstoppable at the rim

[past quiver]

Is that normal

???

[sinful violet]

It's nasty. Especially with a Max+1 on Posterizer to Gold, you really can't be stopped

[past quiver]

Is also 75 strength on a 6’5 a waste I get silver immovable

[stiff pebble]

ya strength is a waste

[past quiver]

What should I spend it on

[stiff pebble]

i go min strength on all builds

[past quiver]

Especially on a pg

I mean my guy I lose the ball when I drive couple times

[stiff pebble]

that’s not due to strength

[minor merlin]

Curry , Cunningham or other for rec w/ 84 pass acc?

[past quiver]

??

[stiff pebble]

is jimmy butler 85?

[dire meadow]

Curry

[minor merlin]

Si

[solar heart]

Can’t wait to get it to atleast an 80, I’m already smoking people 13 overalls higher than me

I love using forwards because they move so smooth

Small guards just spam dribbles

Forwards and tall guards you can combo slower animations into a smooth cut to basket or 3

[dire meadow]

Fr

[past quiver]

Hello

No no

For 84 do labels

Lameli

Lamelo

[dusk matrix]

I like Fox, Cade is good too.

[dire meadow]

Lamelos tuff

[sinful violet]

fr that's how I feel

[past quiver]

Yes

I agree

[dire meadow]

I used to use lamelo all the time in 2k25

[vale raven]

I’m doing the myplayer endorsement stuff and it says to complete passion project but I just completed the game at court athletics. What do I do

[past quiver]

Flashy pass every time

[dire meadow]

It was better in 2k25 but its still good

[past quiver]

Wait

What’s so bad about out strength on a pg

[dire meadow]

Nothing

[dusk matrix]

Not a very effective stat this year and the badges are niche/not difference makers.

[past quiver]

immovable?

Brick wall

[dusk matrix]

Don't need a PG setting brick wall screens

[past quiver]

I set like 7 screens a game

How do I get my team to do it

[dire meadow]

Make your build to your playstyle

[sinful violet]

people love jumping fr

[solar heart]

I have no idea what animation that is 2k gave me it when I made the build

But it’s so fun

That would be my spin jumper right?

If it is then it’s Andrew Wiggins

I’m using Johnny Furphy jumpshot cause I don’t know any good low 3 shots 😭

[dusk matrix]

Because you have to most times to get an effective contest. The amount of times I only get a 6% contest while right on my matchup with hands up is criminal.

[urban meadow]

yo

who’s tryna run 1s

[sinful violet]

that's because Micheal made a very bad game

[solar heart]

My girl is buying me the HOF pass and the $20 bundle, I’m so blessed 🙏

[urban meadow]

who tryna run 1s

[solar heart]

It’s so bad that it’s fun

Other than the broken defense

[dusk matrix]

6'11 max wingspan with silver challenger and Mr. Wang says I gotta jump.

[sinful violet]

nah fr even though the FIRST thing you learn about defense when you play real basketball is to stay on your feet and not jump at everything

[dusk matrix]

2K logic, put on those moon shoes boy

[solar heart]

Woah

Giannis just went to the nets in my career

[dusk matrix]

Who else is in the starting lineup, the mop boy? Nets have no assets for that kind of trade.

[brittle crater]

Stand still with hands up does nothing on this 2k

[solar heart]

PG: Egor Demin
SG: Cam Thomas
SF: Dante Humphries
PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo
C: Nicolas Claxton

[lone tangle]

How can get issue resolved when 2k support via ticket, email and social media ignores me?

[brittle crater]

2k kinda gave up on 26

No communication and no updates

[stiff pebble]

How low?

[brittle crater]

They’re too busy making 27

[solar heart]

83 6’8

[brittle crater]

Use Scottie pippen base

[stiff pebble]

83 isn’t low really but this is what I use at 80

[brittle crater]

That’s what I used to use lol

Good jumper

[solar heart]

We need a Jordan Walsh season pass

[brittle crater]

Do we though

[stiff pebble]

I’ve tried some different stuff and variations but idk

I always comeback to that

[brittle crater]

He’s having a breakout season

[dusk matrix]

I've seen people have several "tricks" to fix it but not sure if any of them are 100% effective. The methods I've seen usually revolve around leaving your crew. Then of course I haven't heard of being given any backlogged XP you should've earned.

[brittle crater]

But he’s not a star

[brittle crater]

I use this with ray allen base

[solar heart]

I mean he had league leading scorers going 0/6

[brittle crater]

I tried korver and Scottie

Ray Allen feels the most consistent

Out of the 3

[stiff pebble]

yeah if you have a higher rating id definitely use allen

[minor merlin]

Need a season pass for Anthony Bennett

[stiff pebble]

i use Allen double Brandon Ingram on my 2 guard

[brittle crater]

I can’t time Ingram

And I’m so used to having Rudy gay on the releases since 21

[vale raven]

How many games of the passion project are there

[stiff pebble]

my highest scoring game came from Allen double Ingram

[brittle crater]

People don’t be leaving me open in rec

They see the 3% and just hug me the whole game

[deep flare]

Yo who tryna rn theater

[brittle crater]

[vale raven]

How many games of the passion project are there

[brittle crater]

Quite a few

[solar heart]

Like 8

Pretty sure you gotta do each player twice

[vale raven]

Ok

[brittle crater]

There’s the cade ones

The college kid

Kat

Tyrese maxey

[solar heart]

Colby Starks x2, Cade x2, Maxey x2, Kat x2

[brittle crater]

8 sounds about right

Plus it tends to bug out

Quite often

So I ended up having to do em 16 times

Since the first time doesn’t always count

[fresh crypt]

Wtffff

[dusk matrix]

I just see a screenshot of Garrett979 uninstalling the game.

[past quiver]

Yoo

I’m back

[normal depot]

U can prob get to 96 dunk w 75

If that’s what ur capping

[past quiver]

How

[normal depot]

Idk my 6’6” goes from 75 to 96

[past quiver]

I’m trying to get 96

Ok but how do other people get those attributes with 90s in 6 things

[dusk matrix]

1 point short of being able to cap break to 85 steal

[sinful violet]

Yup. I understand, hand down, man down, gotta have a hand up at least. But hands up defense should do SOMETHING. I think it should be

Man not near, not jumping (like 2-3+ feet away) = Wide Open
Man near (within 1-2 feet), not jumping, hands down = Open
Man near (within 1 foot), not jumping, hands up = 5-20% (based on challenger/perimeter D, and level of shooter's deadeye) (0.5% foul chance)
Man not near (Like 2 feet away), but jumping at the shooter = 5-100% (based on distance, level of challenger/perim D, shooter's level of deadeye) (2% foul chance)
Man near (within 1 foot), jumping = 10-100% (based on distance, level of challenger/perim D, shooter's level of deadeye) (5% foul chance)

[past quiver]

Was planning to use my 3 on perimeter

Quick question what would yall rate build out or 10