NBA 2K13 'MY CAREER MODE' Discussion

[ukballer]

Here you can discuss the My Career mode from NBA 2K13.

Talk about your player's abilities. Are you a scrub? Are you a solid role-player, or are you a superstar? Talk about what team you were drafted to, how your season is going. Maybe you're going to demand a trade?

This is most certainly the most popular mode in the NBA 2K series, so hopefully we'll hear some interesting stuff from you guys.

[EnoughSaid]

Did my Scoring PG first. Got 15/10/4 in the showcase, drafted 11th to the Blazers. Not sure if I want to play with this, but I might re-do it once or twice to see what's up. Would love to be 10th for the Hornets. It seems like almost every team in the league has a great franchise PG or a developing one that's still got potential. Ehh we'll see.

Is scoring the best play type? You basically get an 80 midrange and 3 point rating right off the bat. Speed at 81 isn't bad either.

[bdreason]

My first character is a 6'9" 3-point shooting SF named Ricky "Rain Man" Raynes. Got drafted to my Warriors at #7. Played about 10 games so far off the bench. Used all my VC on Dead-Eye Skill and Offensive Awareness so far.




Tip; When you first start MyPlayer, adjust the game duration to 12 min play and simulation. This makes it easier to achieve your goals and get lots of VC despite only playing limited minutes off the bench. As soon as I get upgraded to 6th man or starter, I reduce the game duration to 9 min, and once I'm a full time starter I bring it down to 6 minutes.

[Clippersfan86]

Okay last year I loved making dominant centers. This year it sucks. Teammates feed you the ball less and you get penalized for everything. My biggest complaint about this mode though is the lack of minutes/opportunity. After 3 seasons I'm still a 12 minute bench player on my SG despite the fact that whenever I play the key games I absolutely DOMINATE.

[Clippersfan86]

Did my Scoring PG first. Got 15/10/4 in the showcase, drafted 11th to the Blazers. Not sure if I want to play with this, but I might re-do it once or twice to see what's up. Would love to be 10th for the Hornets. It seems like almost every team in the league has a great franchise PG or a developing one that's still got potential. Ehh we'll see.

Is scoring the best play type? You basically get an 80 midrange and 3 point rating right off the bat. Speed at 81 isn't bad either.

Hmmm.. Scoring and Athletic are the best starters. Athletic has improved this year due to physics scoring at the rim but still it's hard to finish a lot of times. Scoring has been the best for me because as you said you can dominate just by hitting 3's and midrange jumpers.

[stallionaire]

Okay last year I loved making dominant centers. This year it sucks. Teammates feed you the ball less and you get penalized for everything. My biggest complaint about this mode though is the lack of minutes/opportunity. After 3 seasons I'm still a 12 minute bench player on my SG despite the fact that whenever I play the key games I absolutely DOMINATE.

stop simming

[IGotACoolStory]

3 seasons? :wtf:

I like athletic on all of them. Mostly because it costs more points to upgrade those attributes (I think). Saves me some money.

[EnoughSaid]

3 seasons? :wtf:

I like athletic on all of them. Mostly because it costs more points to upgrade those attributes (I think). Saves me some money.

Speed difference between Scoring and Athletic PGs is 7 points I think. Ehh I'd rather be able to be effective right away and develop my speed as I go along. Not having a solid jumper to start sucks.

[Clippersfan86]

stop simming

Man it's too many damn games otherwise! I play 6 minute quarters too so not easy for me to build points. Wonder if I do just a few games with 12 minute quarters in a row to get starter, then sim rest?

[ukballer]

Hmmm.. Scoring and Athletic are the best starters. Athletic has improved this year due to physics scoring at the rim but still it's hard to finish a lot of times. Scoring has been the best for me because as you said you can dominate just by hitting 3's and midrange jumpers.

I've heard from many of the YouTube commentators to not sim games as you'll miss out on a lot of things.

[stallionaire]

Man it's too many damn games otherwise! I play 6 minute quarters too so not easy for me to build points. Wonder if I do just a few games with 12 minute quarters in a row to get starter, then sim rest?

sim only 20 games a season if u want realistic coach decisions

[IGotACoolStory]

****. I wish it would ask a confirmation if that's what you want to do when you choose stuff on this mode. They ****ing put the sim to next key game on top of the menus (god knows why) and I clicked on it without thinking. I have auto save running and it saved after the simulation.

Just started this damn career too. :facepalm Would like to play the first few games, you know? It simmed 11 games. God damn it.

[Clippersfan86]

Do you still get bumped/pushed around constantly when trying to navigate around the court?

Does the computer still have magnetic box outs that you can't escape from?

Do little guys still jump over big guys for rebounds?

Um that kind of stuff is a lot better in the 36 hours I've had it.

[Clippersfan86]

I've heard from many of the YouTube commentators to not sim games as you'll miss out on a lot of things.

What do I miss out on??? :(

[ukballer]

What do I miss out on??? :(

I'm a sucker for a good 2K My Player/Career story, so I'm subbed to a lot of the 2K commentators on Youtube. I think it's IpodKingCarter who mentioned it on his Twitter somewhere.

EDIT: #Mr2K #NBA2K13 YERP! ‏@IpodKingCarter
NBA 2K13 MyCAREER Note #4: Gamers, play every game in your first season, DON'T KEY GAME IT! ur gonna need that VC for everything u touch!

So the Virtual Currency is your key. Sim games, you're not gonna get shit for it. No way to improve your player without it.

[Clippersfan86]

Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.

[stallionaire]

Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.

dude, with how quickly you are blowing through seasons and shit you will eventually play 82 games regardless

why not take your time and play every game ? its so ****ing fun.

i don't sim shit.

i play a game of mycareer, one game of online vs. mode, and then maybe some local multiplayer against a roommate.

don't get stressed. it's just a videogame. take it 1 game at a time to sharpen your skills.

it'll be more fun b/c you'll be getting the true experience

[d.bball.guy]

I'm still stacking up on VC so I could buy a suit for my real MyCareer and still have money to improve my abilities and buy accessories.

[Maniak]

made a shotjacking small forward. im not reallllllyyy sure if im going to keep it considering i shot 20% at the combine and was drafted by the mavs.

[MasterDurant24]

My 3 point specialist PG never misses a jumpshot(unless its off the dribble). Had 26/8 in the showcase, got drafted by the Warriors and getting 20+ points every time in about 12 minutes worth of PT. The handles are also sick on here, made Austin Rivers fall in the showcase game, too nasty. The Raptors wanted me, but I told them YOLO and I wanted to win games,

[ukballer]

SG 3 Point Specialist got drafted at 12 by the Rockets. Got asked if I was comfortable playing at SF because Kevin Martin is their guy, and I thought I answered that I wasn't comfortable with it, but then my player said he'd adjust to it so he could play for the Rockets. Not what I wanted at all.

Nothing wrong with Houston, but I played for them a lot with some of my 2K12 players, wanted something new and fresh.

This isn't the player I'll continue with though seeing as the rosters will be updated on the weekend, this is just a trying the mode out kinda thing.

[bdreason]

The Raptors wanted me, but I told them YOLO and I wanted to win games,



haha I told the Raptors YOLO too... poor Raptors.

[KG215]

I'm still stacking up on VC so I could buy a suit for my real MyCareer and still have money to improve my abilities and buy accessories.

What's the best way to rack up VC outside of My Career? Does it have to be online games and My Team games or can you get them by playing Association an Quick Play, too?

Just went ahead and started one with a 3PT specialists SG. Thought this was interesting...in the Rookie Showcase I'm on the Elite Team and which is all UNC guys. I'm at SG, Marshall at PG, Barnes at SF, Henson at PF, and Zeller at C.

[bdreason]

You can switch the controls to 2K12 setup.

[KG215]

Ugh... 82 games is a shit ton. Other alternative is to play for a team like the Lakers with tons of rivals so I get at least 20 key games.

Look at it this way. Even if you play 12 minute quarters the first 10-15 games or so you won't be getting a lot of minutes if it's anything like 2K12 and 2K11. It usually takes me 15-20 games just to get to where I'm playing 25 minutes a game. By the time you're playing 30+ minutes per game, you've "only" got 60ish games or so left in the season.

I don't know. Anyway, I'm just a few minutes into the Rookie Showcase game and you get +2 VC for things like a made bucket, assists, rebounds, etc. which I'm guessing you don't get if you sim the game, so it's definitely worth playing the games.

[Clippersfan86]

Look at it this way. Even if you play 12 minute quarters the first 10-15 games or so you won't be getting a lot of minutes if it's anything like 2K12 and 2K11. It usually takes me 15-20 games just to get to where I'm playing 25 minutes a game. By the time you're playing 30+ minutes per game, you've "only" got 60ish games or so left in the season.

I don't know. Anyway, I'm just a few minutes into the Rookie Showcase game and you get +2 VC for things like a made bucket, assists, rebounds, etc. which I'm guessing you don't get if you sim the game, so it's definitely worth playing the games.

Well.... I did up it to 8 minute quarters and the payoff has been great. I end up averaging 10-15 minutes actually played compared to 5 or 6 before. So I've been dropping some much better games. My last game for example was 23 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals vs the Lakers as a 6'4 scoring PG.

[KG215]

Just went for 28-6-5-1 on 12/18 FG and 4/6 3P in the Rookie Showcase game and we won by 20 points, and my teammate grade was still only a 'C'. Won my position battle by a comfortable margin, too.

[KG215]

What difficulty will you play on?

Guess I'll start on Pro or All-Star on Simulation game style/sliders. Forgot to change it before I started so the Rookie Showcase was on Pro Default. Been playing quick play games on Pro/Sim and they've been fairly competitive, so I'll go with that to start.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Started a 6'10" back to the basket PF. Didn't have a great showcase (6 pts 9 rebounds?) but got drafted 14 to the Bucks. Not the worst case scenario but trying to beat out Ilysova won't be ideal.

Also, I seem to be using Skill Points, not VC? Anyone know why?

EDIT: Ah, apparently it doesn't count if you're not online. I'm on wired internet so I have to split the time using the cable on my laptop and 360.

[Clippersfan86]

So since I started playing every game not much has changed besides what commentators say. I just got traded to the Heat because I was on the Pistons loving it until they started playing me a lot with another scoring PG (Kemba Walker) who was a ballhog dickhead.

I went to GM and told them Kemba is in my way and needs to be traded and the GM said "That's not in the teams best interest, not going to happen". I said fine trade me.. and ended up on the Heat which isn't bad considering I'm a 6'4 PG who can bomb 3's and do a little of everything. Win titles as the 3rd option and future of the next Heat era.

[ukballer]

Going to make an athletic SF. See if I can be the white LeBron. :lol

[Overdrive]

A friend might get it today. Will do a midget score first PG, because that was my last project in '12 and didn't "finish" it.

[ukballer]

Going to make an athletic SF. See if I can be the white LeBron. :lol

Made my new player. 6'8, 240 lbs athletic small forward.

Played horribly in Rookie Showcase. Not by design, but it was real tough with this player. I'm used to playing with 3 point shooters, or scorers. Guy was slow, could just about hit midrange, struggled to keep with Kidd-Gilchrist when I had to guard him. It'll be easier when I get used to this kind of player and improve stats etc, but I was ass, plain and simple. Finished 3/3/4 I think, brutal.

Pre-draft interviews were with Indiana, Memphis and OKC. Snubbed all three, none of them are good fits for me. Too much talent already. About to do the draft, who knows where I'll end up. Think I might slip into 2nd round it went that badly. :lol

[Rake2204]

I find the new monetary system entirely strange. Why was I forced to sign a two year rookie contract for 500 pirate coins?

[Cherry Picker]

6'9 260 pound Athletic SF
Drafted 16th to Dallas
Lets do this

[jaydacris]

one thing that bothered me
started my career mode with a 6'3 athletic pg

had a 20-10-2 4stls line in the stars-elites rookie game

had interviews with pistons, blazers... i told em to f*ck off :lol but i told the hornets good shiet

hornets draft me at 10 (me and AD, the future!)
but then when the season starts.... i see austin rivers on my team, wuddaf*ck??? :wtf:

[Maniak]

one thing that bothered me
started my career mode with a 6'3 athletic pg

had a 20-10-2 4stls line in the stars-elites rookie game

had interviews with pistons, blazers... i told em to f*ck off :lol but i told the hornets good shiet

hornets draft me at 10 (me and AD, the future!)
but then when the season starts.... i see austin rivers on my team, wuddaf*ck??? :wtf:
teams will always have all of their picks. so if you get drafted first, you get yourself, davis, and rivers.

[Maniak]

made a 3pt shooting small forward.

the dumb asses at 2k must have spent all their time doing stupid cosmetic shit for too long because this mode is still extraordinarily broken.

the grade system is entirely flawed. i just won the showcase, i scored 28 point on over 60% 3 point and 50% shooting. considering i was the leading scorer in the game on ridiculous efficiency i feel as though this should instantly bump my grade up at the end of the game. how have they not thought of something like this? in the end my teammate grade was a C+ because you get no credit for doing things properly throughout an entire game yet tiny mistakes screw you over.

oh, i was also player of the game. that could improve my grade alongside the fact i led scoring and my eff. was beyond amazing. every time you go on a hot streak or score, lets say, 3 straight 3's, your grade should massively boost up. every time you transition on defense and contest a shot, your grade should show up. detection for shot contention has been broken since the inception of my player and it seems as though this is unfixable.

every possession the person you're guarding doesn't score, you should get a small point increase. if you're constantly active on offense for a possession, even if you don't get a pass, you should get a point increase.

i have to go but i'd like to ramble more later.

[IGotACoolStory]

Eh, I find it the opposite. My typical game 6 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists off the bench right now.

All I do is set picks every time, throw it up the floor to a wing (seriously, CPU Bradley makes DWade looks like Jerryd Bayless) after the inbounds, make easy passes in the halfcourt, and attempt to play some defense. I end up with at least a B every game, depending on how I do on defense. The only time I ever attempt to score is if the defender sags off my guy in that 18 foot area or if I have a fast break dunk.

I think the most points I've scored in a My Player game right now is like 12.

Although my PT still sucks. And Rondo is injured too...

[Maniak]

i think that you should get boosts in rating for wins, total points, percentage by game/quarter, things of that nature.

like unless i was literally never trying at all on defense i can understand why my rating would be low but im the player of the game in a win and my 3pt is almost 70. i think i hit somewhere between six and eight threes, three of which were back to back to back in the first possessions.

[Maniak]

wow i was projected 8th but i was nice to all of the teams and ended up 5th overall to the kings. not bad.

[d.bball.guy]

If you want to get more VC before you start the My Career for suits and accessories and stuff, just play blacktop with a created player with 99 overall. You get 150 everytime you play blacktop.

[ukballer]

Can't seem to settle on a player I like. Well, more the team. Got my 6'3 SG, 3 point specialist drafted to the Suns, but the first game was ridiculous. Got plenty of minutes, but found myself playing SG, SF, PF and even C for a small stretch. Guarding Bogut and Landry? C'mon 2K. I remember the stupid matchups back in 2K10, but surely shouldn't be having this problem again. Although this has only happened with Phoenix. Tried a couple of other teams and had no weird matchups.

[Maniak]

Can't seem to settle on a player I like. Well, more the team. Got my 6'3 SG, 3 point specialist drafted to the Suns, but the first game was ridiculous. Got plenty of minutes, but found myself playing SG, SF, PF and even C for a small stretch. Guarding Bogut and Landry? C'mon 2K. I remember the stupid matchups back in 2K10, but surely shouldn't be having this problem again. Although this has only happened with Phoenix. Tried a couple of other teams and had no weird matchups.
yeah i had to play center once in the first game. but since then i've been fine.

really enjoy being on the kings, but i better overtake salmons as a starter soon.

vc earnings are pitiful. should be at least double per game.

[IGotACoolStory]

Started one as a center since I've been posting up with my PG and enjoyed it.

Drafted 10th to the Hornets. Would be awesome if Davis was playing his natural position.

Anyway, I hate Rivers. So much. Even in this video game the guy is a ballhog master. Third quarter running down in the second game of the season, 4 on 2 fastbreak, 5 seconds left, and what does he do? Shoots an off-balanced 3pter from 2 feet behind the arc. :lol

Dat realism.

[Maniak]

just spend around 900 vc on my player. think im going to save up now just for some cosmetic stuff.

[IGotACoolStory]

How much VC you getting per game?

I'm loving center with the smarter ai (particularly the cuts). So easy to pick up assists... Kind of want to develop my dude into a Sabonis clone right now.

Think I'm going to delete the PG one and make this center my primary. Four games into the season and my guy is already finishing games, moving Davis to PF.


Something I noticed is that they changed something with rebounding. I have a problem with jumping every time a shot goes up. Last few games, being 2k12, etc, I kept getting called for offensive and defensive goaltendings. Now your guy sort of pulls off at the rim which I like.

[ukballer]

Settled on a scoring, 6'3 point guard now, so fun to play with. Deron Williams type player hopefully.

4-2-7 at the half in Rookie Showcase, showing the folks I can pass too. :D

[El Kabong]

Is anyone else having troubles getting it to auto call plays?

[ukballer]

Is anyone else having troubles getting it to auto call plays?

Not tried, but I've not heard any problems about it from anyone else so far.

Just finished Rookie Showcase, finished 14-3-10 and an A- grade.

Easily my best showcase, so I thought I might get nearer top 5 of the draft, but was projected to go #11 to the Blazers which was disappointing. Hoped to get on the Kings, but not gonna happen.

Interviewed by Portland, Toronto and Houston. Was nice to all of them, they all had a need at the point. I don't like it being too unrealistic when an unknown rookie can come in and start over a Steve Nash, Chris Paul type after 10 games, so other than the Kings, I wouldn't mind being on any of these teams.

In the end, I got picked #8 by the Raptors. Not a team I'm particularly fond of, but a team I can definitely make my own and be the man. Portland can kiss my arse too, picked Lillard over me. I'll torch him when we play them, like I did in the showcase.

I've chopped and changed around a lot, but this is the player I want to stick with.

[El Kabong]

I unfortuantely got drafted to Milwaukee where Ellis, Jennings and Udrih hog like crazy. Ellis is terrible, he'll dominate possession of the ball for 20 seconds and jack up some terrible contested jumper.

The social media with the twitter thing is kinda cool. Can you reply back to people? I'd like to be able to tell them to **** off when they complain to me.

[ukballer]

I unfortuantely got drafted to Milwaukee where Ellis, Jennings and Udrih hog like crazy. Ellis is terrible, he'll dominate possession of the ball for 20 seconds and jack up some terrible contested jumper.

The social media with the twitter thing is kinda cool. Can you reply back to people? I'd like to be able to tell them to **** off when they complain to me.

I wish you could reply back to people. Someone getting on me for a bad game on my debut for Toronto. :oldlol: 11/1/3 in very limited minutes, but because we lost that's on me. Ok Raptors nation.

[Cherry Picker]

Gave my GM an ultimatum at the beginning on my second season. Trade Shawn Marion or me. So I got traded to the Cavs. Looks like CP3 signed here in FA. Now to start a dynasty.

[ukballer]

Raptors are so soft. Valanciunas and Bargnani got dominated by Reggie Evans. John Lucas and Kyle Lowry hate me and never pass the ball. Only played PG for 2 minutes in 2 games, rest of the time I have to play SG and guard the likes of Joe Johnson and Marshon Brooks, which right now is tough with a 6'3 PG. Landry Fields can't hit an open shot (realistic though), and Derozan is our only bright spot aside from what I can manage in limited minutes.

Only played 2 games with them and I'm pissed. :oldlol:

[Overdrive]

Did the PG. 6" score first PG. Had 10-1-10-1 in the rookie showcase. Wanted to go either Sixers, Lakers or Hornets. PnR with Davis was awesome in rookie showcase. But he missed two wide open dunks when he was tired.

Sixers, Mavs and Nuggets interviewed me. Gave favourable answers to all of them in the order of Sixers > Mavs > Nuggets and ended up on the Sixers. Had a 4-0 records, but I'm getting little time on the team and half my minutes as a SG. Holiday freezes me out of the game everytime I'm SG. Worst problem is that I didn't figure out my shottiming yet.

[Maniak]

my kings squad is 2nd in the east and i earned my starting spot over salmons as well.

the only strange thing is, I start at SG while im 6'6 and tyreke starts at SF and he's 6'4, and thats not his natural position. doesnt really make much difference but i find it weird.

[EnoughSaid]

Just started a new MyCareer with a 6'3" Athletic PG. Got 15/12/9 in the showcase, and ended up getting drafted 8th by the Raptors. I had like 3000 VC so I spent around 1400 on the midrange jumper and layup.

Oh and one quick tip, you all should do the Training Camp! 1,000 VC easy. :cheers:

[jaydacris]

andrew bynum beasted on my hornets 33 pts 15 rebs :lol

[El Kabong]

Just started a new MyCareer with a 6'3" Athletic PG. Got 15/12/9 in the showcase, and ended up getting drafted 8th by the Raptors. I had like 3000 VC so I spent around 1400 on the midrange jumper and layup.

Oh and one quick tip, you all should do the Training Camp! 1,000 VC easy. :cheers:
How do you do the training camp?

[Maniak]

hm... im kind of thinking i'll just save up a bunch of vc (3-5k) and then make a new my player. this 3pt specialist is fun but i feel as though im not getting the full my player experience not being a godly superstar.

[d.bball.guy]

So I'm playing my Scoring PG right now. Got drafted 6th by Portland. We started 0-3 but now 3-3. After six games, I got Magic Johnson and Justin Bieber
following me :lol

I'm liking the scoring play type so far and leaning towards using it on my real My Career. It's really easy getting assists and at the same time scoring around 15-20 points.

[EnoughSaid]

How do you do the training camp?

Game Modes -> Practice -> UnderArmour Training Camp

It's like 7 or 8 sets of moves you can do very quickly and then a little game after every single one where you have to reach a certain point amount.

So I have two MyCareer's right now. One is a Scoring PG with the Mavericks where I've played 3 games, averaging 12/6. And then I started today an Atheltic PG that got drafted by the Raptors and have yet to play a game with him. I played some Online games and got his midrange up to an 80, and his pass and layup up to a 90. Will try to earn 2,000-3,000 more VC and upgrade his defense, speed, and what not.

I think it's really shitty how they don't have drills give you attributes this year. Speed costs 500 for ONE point. I currently have 88 speed. So they expect me to spend 5,500 VC for this shit? :facepalm

[Overdrive]

How can I change the release point of my shot? It's totally late and I hate it. Tried several shot forms, but it still sucks.

[LebronairJAMES]

Going to trade this game in this game is stupid i play as a 6 3 PG and keep getting moved to the PF position which i cant defend and keep getting penalized for getting scored on
2k11 was and still is the best!

[ukballer]

Going to trade this game in this game is stupid i play as a 6 3 PG and keep getting moved to the PF position which i cant defend and keep getting penalized for getting scored on
2k11 was and still is the best!

Wouldn't exactly call it gamebreaking, but yeah it is a little frustrating having to play PF and sometimes C, and I have a 6'3 PG as well. Might take them a while, but they might eventually patch it so the positions aren't so 'random'. I remember this problem a few years ago back on either 2K10 or 2K11, and they patched it, so I don't know why the problem seems to be back again.

[jaydacris]

Wouldn't exactly call it gamebreaking, but yeah it is a little frustrating having to play PF and sometimes C, and I have a 6'3 PG as well. Might take them a while, but they might eventually patch it so the positions aren't so 'random'. I remember this problem a few years ago back on either 2K10 or 2K11, and they patched it, so I don't know why the problem seems to be back again.

happened to me for one game as a 6'3 pg on my hornets team. but havent seen it since. when it happened i was kinda pissed, but for the next 10 games, i havent seen it

still annoying

[bdreason]

I can't seem to create another MyPlayer. When I try and start a new career, it makes me use the same name as my other player. Am I missing something?

[IGotACoolStory]

I can't seem to create another MyPlayer. When I try and start a new career, it makes me use the same name as my other player. Am I missing something?

You have to use the same name (and facial profile and what not). It won't erase over you other careers.

I don't know why though.

[bdreason]

You have to use the same name (and facial profile and what not). It won't erase over you other careers.

I don't know why though.


That's incredibly lame. Hopefully they change that, because I like to create players that fit the profile. The name and appearance of my 3 point shooter should not have to be the same as my defensive center. Huge mistake by 2K IMO.

[LebronairJAMES]

yeah had to defend ****ing Pau Gasol it did not go so well lol

[ukballer]

happened to me for one game as a 6'3 pg on my hornets team. but havent seen it since. when it happened i was kinda pissed, but for the next 10 games, i havent seen it

still annoying

Happened all the time for me when I was with the Suns. Started a new game with Toronto, and it's only happened once so far. But I always play SG instead of PG which is annoying enough for me already. Won't get extensive PG minutes until I become the starter I guess. That's the problem with having Lowry, Calderon and Lucas III to beat out.

[Maniak]

yeah like i said earlier im a sf but tyreke is starting there while im at the 2. wonder why 2k has such issues with weird things like this.

[Overdrive]

That's incredibly lame. Hopefully they change that, because I like to create players that fit the profile. The name and appearance of my 3 point shooter should not have to be the same as my defensive center. Huge mistake by 2K IMO.

You got MyCareer and MyPlayer. MyPlayer shows up on the front page. It's just face, etc. If you edit MyPlayer there's an option in the middle of it that let#s you create a new one.

Can anyone help me with the shooting motion? Can't get rid of the wrong timing.

btw had to defend Dirk as a 6" PG. Stole the ball twice, and started a little run with it. Coach kept me in as PF and when the AI adjusted Dirk went crazy.

[StateProperty]

Created a 6'6" all-around PG in hopes of being a Magic Johnson type. Also helps when they switch you to SG on defense. Dropped 19/3/10 in the showcase but 5 turnovers. Drafted #10 to Hornets which is great because their starting PG is only a 70 overall so hopefully starting soon. Plus can rack up assists to Gordon and grow with Davis.

I was a dickhead to the Bucks to make sure I didn't have to play behind Jennings/Ellis. Cocky SOB to the Blazers didn't draft me behind Lillard. And Rockets didn't get a chance to draft me.

[ukballer]

You got MyCareer and MyPlayer. MyPlayer shows up on the front page. It's just face, etc. If you edit MyPlayer there's an option in the middle of it that let#s you create a new one.

Can anyone help me with the shooting motion? Can't get rid of the wrong timing.

btw had to defend Dirk as a 6" PG. Stole the ball twice, and started a little run with it. Coach kept me in as PF and when the AI adjusted Dirk went crazy.

Do you mean you need the shot feedback thing to show, to help you? Or you want to get rid of it? Or neither?

Go to Options > Game Settings > Presentation, and there you'll be able to turn shot feedback on or off.

[Overdrive]

Do you mean you need the shot feedback thing to show, to help you? Or you want to get rid of it? Or neither?

Go to Options > Game Settings > Presentation, and there you'll be able to turn shot feedback on or off.

No, the problem is that when I do a jumper, dribble pull up or spot up, the release point is after the apex of the jump itself. So I have to release after falling down already. It's no fluid motion and I hate that. I'm wondering if it's about the animation of the shot(tried a few, bought CP3 - looks great on my PG, but didn't help), release(tried a few didn't change) or the stats as Mid-Close-3pt or Hops(don't know what it's called in english).

Fadeaways got the right timing though.

[GOBB]

It's lame you can't turn off auto save.

[CarlosBoozer]

I bought 10k vc! Wacha guys think I should invest it on? :D

[GOBB]

I bought 10k vc! Wacha guys think I should invest it on? :D

You paid real money?

[CarlosBoozer]

You paid real money?
I used the microsoft points I got from dance central :oldlol: :banana:

[Maniak]

im gonna bank around 10k vc from this coach mode thing and then make a new my player and put all of it into skills. im hoping that'll put him to at least around a 70 and then i can invest into some gear and other things.

[CarlosBoozer]

I'm an athletic backup center for bynum! I just bought hustle points! Gimme any suggestions :D
Bought Finisher

[Cherry Picker]

I'm an athletic backup center for bynum! I just bought hustle points! Gimme any suggestions :D
Bought Finisher
Try the Legends Training Camps. Good value for coins imo

[CarlosBoozer]

Try the Legends Training Camps. Good value for coins imo
Repped! Got lots of points for layup and vertical :D

[IGotACoolStory]

Oh, so you can't turn off auto save? I was wondering about that.

I tried the coach mode last night and the game froze right after it ended. I tried it this morning and I didn't get points. :banghead:

So not going to do that anymore.


I'm going to try that tip Walker just posted. I'll test it on a regular game since my next key game isn't for a month and I don't want to sim that many games. Although I kind of regret not going athletic for my center as the cap for the physical attributes of a back-to-the-basket player are low...

[Maniak]

Oh, so you can't turn off auto save? I was wondering about that.

I tried the coach mode last night and the game froze right after it ended. I tried it this morning and I didn't get points. :banghead:

So not going to do that anymore.


I'm going to try that tip Walker just posted. I'll test it on a regular game since my next key game isn't for a month and I don't want to sim that many games. Although I kind of regret not going athletic for my center as the cap for the physical attributes of a back-to-the-basket player are low...
ouch. sucks for you i guess. i did it once last night then twice this morning. have 3.3k vc.

[ukballer]

Yeah the coach mode method worked great for me, been doing it all morning and afternoon, +10 on speed and +20 dunk on my player.

[IGotACoolStory]

That save before the end of a game works like a charm for me.

I put PIP while I'm watching football and I end up with 3-4 k a half hour. Plus I saved it in a game where I get the ball with 7 seconds left and down one so I get to continue to replay for a game winning jumper. Fun stuff.

I also created, yet, another guy. This time a SF and I plan to make this my primary. Not going to play a game until I get a lot of VC.

Two things:

1) You can only have three My Careers/Associations total. At least ones which earn VC.
2) The load of the game from the disc boot to the menus is at least twice as fast as last years. Three times, even.

[thesnowman22]

Every time i finish the first game of my rookie year, the game freezes. Saw several people on twitter complaining about the same thing. Anyone else have this issue?

[Clippersfan86]

What's this coach mode "cheat"?

[ukballer]

What's this coach mode "cheat"?

Just run a quick game, 12 minute quarters, doesn't matter what teams.

Just before tip-off, go to your menu, go to Coaching > Coach Settings > and then turn Coach Mode on. Then go do something else and let the game run by itself. That gives you around 400 VC, maybe a tad more, I never kept count. Run a few games while you're doing something else, that's some nice VC points coming in.

Make sure to keep checking the game every so often if you're not using a wired controller. If you are, then you don't need to do anything until the game ends.

[code green]

I gotta echo a lot of BS I've seen in this thread. I also picked an athletic PG and got drafted by N.O. I was surprised to see Austin Rivers with me too, but i'm not complaining, he gets me a lot of assists. I'm also experiencing a lot of shifts at PF, pissing me off to lose points for not being able to guard DeJuan Blair and Pau Gasol. What's really pissing me off is Grievis Vasques starting over me and having to play from behind all time time because of him. Not to mention getting subbed out in the 4th with a lead and then blowing it at the end...and then having to answer questions about why we lost. Went to the GM about it, but don't want to **** my player over for complaining too much about it. Averaging 12 and 4 in pretty limited minutes.

[MasterDurant24]

Warriors traded Stephen Curry for Andrew Bynum, now I'm the starter at point :banana: And Bogut, Bynum, Barnes, and Lee make everything, easy assists, usually get 10 by halftime.

[code green]

Started over, couldn't take all the losing. Restarted as an athletic PG, got drafted by Philly and we're killin' it. Holliday's a black hole though. :mad:

[Maniak]

jeremy lin is the definition of black hole. i just lipped off my whole team in an interview and now im going to request a trade.

im rated around a 70 yet im so much worse than my 60 something 3 pt specialist .DO NOT MAKE A SLASHING SF!!!!!!! i really wish i went with all around. this character sucks. i think im just going to stop playing and stack up on some VC

vc gains in my career infuriate me.

[code green]

jeremy lin is the definition of black hole. i just lipped off my whole team in an interview and now im going to request a trade.

im rated around a 70 yet im so much worse than my 60 something 3 pt specialist .DO NOT MAKE A SLASHING SF!!!!!!! i really wish i went with all around. this character sucks. i think im just going to stop playing and stack up on some VC

vc gains in my career infuriate me.

Funny you mention that, after getting more and more pissed at my point guards, I switched to a slashing SF to see if it would be more enjoyable. Nope. I'm ****ing done with this shit, and I've only been playing it for a day. Not getting enough burn, getting dinged for dropped passes to teammates, having to play the 4 when i'm a 6'3" point guard, being the only player playing help defense and getting dinged for leaving my man open and letting him score because I was trying to prevent another player from scoring, teammates taking ridiculously stupid shots late in close games, losing teammate and fan support for answering questions strictly about the team like I'm a New England Patriot...I don't think I even listed half of the stuff that pisses me off. **** this, I'm sticking to Association mode.


I've grown to hate the real life Jrue Holiday because of this experience, and I'm dead serious about that lol.

[d.bball.guy]

jeremy lin is the definition of black hole. i just lipped off my whole team in an interview and now im going to request a trade.

We have played Houston twice with my Scoring PG on Portland and Lin always gets pwned :lol I think the Rockets are currently 1-8

[Maniak]

yeah i requested a trade.

we just won vs portland actually. i had my best game with over 20pts and some great dunks.

i upped my mid ranged game.

stats i'd like to see higher are some ball handling related ones and offensive rebounding. also some stamina ups.

[El Kabong]

I thought I was the only one being a PG that gets played at PF. Pissed me off, Josh Smith would kill me in the post and then my team mate grade got destroyed cause he scores on me.

[ukballer]

I never thought I'd say this.... but I'm having a lot of fun with the Raptors. :lol

We're not a bad little team right now. Think we're 7-4. Derozan is a monster, Bargnani is getting more productive with every game, and the more I play, the less Landry Fields does, which is only a good thing. Even Amir Johnson is going ham sometimes. We're still quite a soft team, so anytime we're against a strong frontcourt we struggle or the game is close, but we're also playing some really nice ball at times. Still not a starter yet but it'll happen very soon. Unfortunately that will mean having to play with Fields more again as I'm a PG, but spend most of the time at SG.

[Overdrive]

DeRozan is the S-Jax of 2k13. He shits all over me any time I have to guard him.
In 2k12 it was Jackson who I could not stop.

[Dukem]

After scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists on 50% shooting for the 76ers with my athletic point-guard (best game thus far into an early season one), I get dropped from starter to sixth man. So the next game against the Bobcats, I drop 35 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists on 60% shooting (there abouts) as a way of saying 'f*** you, I should still be starting'. Not only am I still the sixth man still, my fans started hating on me for only grabbing 2 rebounds and not praising me for scoring 35 points with 20 coming from the 4th quarter alone. :banghead:

I swear overalls are glitched in my game. I did what Chris Smoove did and raised my offensive and defensive awareness but to 91 and 90 respectively and my overall is only 71. Please tell me that i'll still get a star by my name eventually.

[Dukem]

I just realized that it's cause I haven't built up my on ball-defense etc so I take back the last paragraph of my previous post.

Social media fans are a weird bunch though. I could drop 69 or 81 points and they'd hate on me for only getting 3 assists.

[bigt]

Social media fans are a weird bunch though. I could drop 69 or 81 points and they'd hate on me for only getting 3 assists.

So it's just like the real world then...

[outbreak]

After scoring 22 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists on 50% shooting for the 76ers with my athletic point-guard (best game thus far into an early season one), I get dropped from starter to sixth man. So the next game against the Bobcats, I drop 35 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists on 60% shooting (there abouts) as a way of saying 'f*** you, I should still be starting'. Not only am I still the sixth man still, my fans started hating on me for only grabbing 2 rebounds and not praising me for scoring 35 points with 20 coming from the 4th quarter alone. :banghead:

I swear overalls are glitched in my game. I did what Chris Smoove did and raised my offensive and defensive awareness but to 91 and 90 respectively and my overall is only 71. Please tell me that i'll still get a star by my name eventually.

This is pissing me off too, on my centre I dropped 30pts, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks and 1 steal. Yet my social media has 2 guys ripping on me for only getting 2 assists?
Playing time is also odd, I made a new shooting guard and got 19pts, 4rebounds, 8assists in his first game for the rockets and got some pretty decent minutes, next 3 games I've rode the bench and keep getting subbed in for one play then taken off again even if I score/assist. I get you have to earn minutes more but after my first game you'd think they'd wait until i mess up to bench me

[Semi]

Just started a new MyCareer with a 6'3" Athletic PG. Got 15/12/9 in the showcase, and ended up getting drafted 8th by the Raptors. I had like 3000 VC so I spent around 1400 on the midrange jumper and layup.

Oh and one quick tip, you all should do the Training Camp! 1,000 VC easy. :cheers:

lol I also got an 6'3'' PG and also got drafted 8th bei the Raptors.

How you're doing right now, I'm 6th man and got very little playing time at PG, more often at SG and some time at the PF. What the ****?! So I told my GM that I think the coach is doing a bad job! :lol

[ukballer]

lol I also got an 6'3'' PG and also got drafted 8th bei the Raptors.

How you're doing right now, I'm 6th man and got very little playing time at PG, more often at SG and some time at the PF. What the ****?! So I told my GM that I think the coach is doing a bad job! :lol

Snap. :oldlol:

Exactly the same as you, 6th man, most of the time playing SG, but my minutes are gradually increasing at PG with each game. (Done 11 so far). I also see some time at PF too which is bull, but I'm actually enjoying playing with this team, which has surprised me a lot. So I've not said anything to the GM yet. I'll see what happens when I become the starter. If I keep playing PF even after becoming the starting PG, some shit will go down.

[d.bball.guy]

Finally started my main My Career. Drafted 10th by New Orleans. Went from 20K VC to 41 :lol Starting the season with a 75 overall

[ballup]

Made a center and got drafted 22nd by the Celtics (purposely). I was supposed to be in the end of the lottery, but I bombed the interviews in hopes to drop to the Celtics. Got an alley-oop in my third game and cracked the starting lineup in my 11th.

[Semi]

Can someone tell me why I only got two key games in my whole regular season with the raptors? and they are both against the magic... that's ****ed up!

[d.bball.guy]

Hornets are currently 4-0 including a 134-94 opening night win vs Spurs and a 144-109 win vs Philly :bowdown:

Got my first A+ grade on the Philly game but still not a starter. Probably an A+ grade around 10-15th game would do it.

[El Kabong]

Take 4 shots for the game, fans are like "you have glue on your hands? You need to pass the ball more".

[d.bball.guy]

Take 4 shots for the game, fans are like "you have glue on your hands? You need to pass the ball more".
Yeah fans are stupid. One time I had 18 pts 11 asts 2 rebs and a fan was like"do you know this thing called rebound? after this game, it seems like a new idea to you" or something close to that :lol I'm a 6'1 PG you dumbnut

[d.bball.guy]

Can someone tell me why I only got two key games in my whole regular season with the raptors? and they are both against the magic... that's ****ed up!
Probably the Raptors' only rival are the Magic and you are coming off the bench which cancels out the match up key games. You should at least make it to the starting lineup if you only want to play key games.

[IGotACoolStory]

FYI, I got 750 VC as a "playing time bonus" just now. I was doing my Association trade stuff, been off and on (enough that my controller has shut off a few times) between that and my computer/watching football, game has been on a few hours, haven't played a single game yet...

Not sure how that works. I wonder what happens if you leave the game on in association mode while doing nothing.

Also got it after I manually saved the association.

[jaydacris]

Can someone tell me why I only got two key games in my whole regular season with the raptors? and they are both against the magic... that's ****ed up!

rookie season?
i think i got way more key games in my sophomore season than rookie season

[Ai2death]

Yeah fans are stupid. One time I had 18 pts 11 asts 2 rebs and a fan was like"do you know this thing called rebound? after this game, it seems like a new idea to you" or something close to that :lol I'm a 6'1 PG you dumbnut

Lol just like real life...

[Semi]

Can somebody tell me for what things I can get VC?
Only if I do My Career Mode stuff or even if I play an random game or in association or anything? I don't get it really...

[d.bball.guy]

Just cracked the starting lineup after my 7th game. Currently averaging 28.9ppg 3.6rpg 12.4apg on 60% fg and 58% 3pt and my team is averaging 127.1ppg :wtf:

[BankShot]

Just cracked the starting lineup after my 7th game. Currently averaging 28.9ppg 3.6rpg 12.4apg on 60% fg and 58% 3pt and my team is averaging 127.1ppg :wtf:

29/12/4... partially off the bench? You might consider upping the difficulty. :confusedshrug:

[CarlosBoozer]

Just cracked the starting lineup after my 7th game. Currently averaging 28.9ppg 3.6rpg 12.4apg on 60% fg and 58% 3pt and my team is averaging 127.1ppg :wtf:
How many minutes per quarter and what difficulty?! :eek: :wtf:

[d.bball.guy]

I play 12 mins and on All-Star I think. Gonna turn it up to HOF.

[IGotACoolStory]

The difference between all-star and HOF is rather substantial. There's always the in between if HOF doesn't work out.

12 minutes, eh? How long does a game usually take?

[ballup]

12 minute quarters? That takes too long to finish a season imo. I've only played 5 minute quarters with the exception of the rookie showcase.

I accidentally made Rondo play more minutes because of the GM topics. One of them is "I like playing with a certain player" and I of course chose my point guard. What I didn't know was that I was inserted into the starting lineup and whoever I chose got more minutes. Bass had his minutes severely cut down to 11 mpg. :lol I'm waiting to get that topic again so I can restore some of Bass' playing time

I find the guards of the Celtics too aggressive compared to their real life versions. Bradley shoots any midrange opportunity he gets, even if contested. Rondo is also very me first in a good way.

[d.bball.guy]

The difference between all-star and HOF is rather substantial. There's always the in between if HOF doesn't work out.

12 minutes, eh? How long does a game usually take?
IDK around 15-20 I think.



I also played 12 min quarters on 2K12 and I started My Player around December then stopped playing it by the end of July. I'm pretty sure I can finish 1 season then just play key games on my 2nd season until I get bored or 2K14 comes out.

[Walker]

12 minute quarters? That takes too long to finish a season imo. I've only played 5 minute quarters with the exception of the rookie showcase.

I accidentally made Rondo play more minutes because of the GM topics. One of them is "I like playing with a certain player" and I of course chose my point guard. What I didn't know was that I was inserted into the starting lineup and whoever I chose got more minutes. Bass had his minutes severely cut down to 11 mpg. :lol I'm waiting to get that topic again so I can restore some of Bass' playing time

I find the guards of the Celtics too aggressive compared to their real life versions. Bradley shoots any midrange opportunity he gets, even if contested. Rondo is also very me first in a good way.
All the AI players are set way too aggressive. Every player tries to get into the paint come hell or high water leading to alot of very unrealistic looking offence and very unrealistic team stats. Take a look at the points in the paint in the games you play, it's rather ridiculous.
Playing on the Pacers, Granger and George flat refuse to shoot open threes, they just drive into a congested lane. Which bings me to another point. The supposed better AI where players won't stand near you has totally broke offence. It forces player into the low block on both sides of the key at all times making it impossible to find driving lanes.
I'm guessing it's tied to the play calling bug but whatever it is they better fix this shit quickly.
Last game I played Lakers beat us 145 to 110, they had 114 points in the paint :facepalm

[bdreason]

You should only play quarters as long as it takes to get a good grade and some decent stats. I start with 12 min q's, drop to 9 min q's once I'm 6th man, and drop to 6 min q's once I'm starting.



I like 6 min q's because I can get an easy estimate of what the stats would be in full games, by just doubling the stats. So if I end up with like 15/8/3, it's really like 30/15/5.

[Walker]

You should only play quarters as long as it takes to get a good grade and some decent stats. I start with 12 min q's, drop to 9 min q's once I'm 6th man, and drop to 6 min q's once I'm starting.



I like 6 min q's because I can get an easy estimate of what the stats would be in full games, by just doubling the stats. So if I end up with like 15/8/3, it's really like 30/15/5.
I can't do that, has to be 12min quarters, otherwise the mpg stats are off and I can't deal with that :no:
I'm a stats junkie(used to memorize every player in the leagues stats as a kid), everything has to be realistic or I can't play the game.

[MasterDurant24]

Got 750 VC for simming a bunch of games in Association.

[outbreak]

Has anyone been drafted first overall yet? If so what stats did you put up in the rookie game? I managed to go 5th last night on a new character and was wondering what I need to get higher.

[G-train]

Has anyone been drafted first overall yet? If so what stats did you put up in the rookie game? I managed to go 5th last night on a new character and was wondering what I need to get higher.

I got 4th pick.

28/6/10, 4 steals A-.
Interviewed for 3rd, didnt get picked.

[code green]

Yeah, there's a huge dropoff from HoF to All-Star. I decided to give MyCareer another shot and put it down to All-Star difficulty and it's so much more enjoyable. Got drafted 10th (I think?) to Portland, and just took the starting spot at point over Lillard. Used a bunch of VC I got from Association mode and bumped my 3pt rating up to 82 and gave him Harden's shot and release, which I'm automatic with. Averaging 14, 6, and 3 on 54% 3pt shooting lol. 6 minutes per game, and we're on a 7 game winning streak. Also, LaMarcus Aldridge is a ****ing beast. 27 and 12 a game.

[code green]

Lol just like real life...

It honestly made me feel bad thinking about all the athletes I've said stuff to on Twitter lol.

[El Kabong]

It honestly made me feel bad thinking about all the athletes I've said stuff to on Twitter lol.
Yea, but you probably don't illogically bitch out Russell Westbrook for only grabbing 2 rebounds for a game.

[Boston C's]

I love the new features like talking to you g.m...you can ask for a contract extension if your about to be a free agent the next yr which is cool (after your rookie contract) has anyone gotten to free agency yet after their rookie deals I wanna know what its like...would love if they made it more realistic then 2k12 where you just pick a team to go to...hope they did something like being interviewed by g.ms of other teams and having them try to persuade you to join their squad

[EnoughSaid]

Through 10 games I'm at about 26-28 minutes per game, averaging 18, 8, 4 on 51%. I had a break out game against Indiana where I went for 28, 12, 8 and got my first A+. Trying to see what I feel like I need to upgrade though. Maxed out my midrange jumper, on-ball defense, lay up and pass. Thinking of buying another signature skill next. Floor general sounds nice! :cheers:

[clayton]

2k13 is too easy. 3pt specialist on Hall of Fame getting 40+ points every game effortlessly.:roll:

[Dukem]

I just broke the Kings record for assists and STILL the fans are complaining after only getting one rebound!!!

[jaydacris]

marcus thornton dropped 11 3's on me :biggums:

[G-train]

Started a big man myplayer.
6'11, 245, all around. Load up rookie game, and my weight has dropped to 230 miraculously. Despite my last name being 'Hood', Harlan continually refers to me as 'McRoberts'. :mad:

Get 20/10... but playing with this guy is literally 2-3 times harder than my PG. Get pushed around, get fatigued, get outrebounded despite boxing out, miss shots, get blocked, assists are hard, blocks are hard, steals near impossible. :(

So I be an idiot in the interviews, and go 17 to Dallas, I'm actually happy with that. I'll back up Dirk/Kaman for a bit and eventually start at the 5 within 10 games or so. :D

First game is against the Lakers, given how hard it is I go 12 min and All star instead of HOF.
I come on with 4 mins left in the first. I proceed to play the entire rest of the game (40 mins) getting bent over every which way by Howard and Gasol, I end up with 22/10 on 30% shooting and A rating, and losing by 20.
I played 34 mins at 4 & 5, 4 mins at the 2 guarding Kobe (?) and 1 min at the 3.
I was basically zero fatigue most of the time.

:lol

[ballup]

Started a big man myplayer.
6'11, 245, all around. Load up rookie game, and my weight has dropped to 230 miraculously. Despite my last name being 'Hood', Harlan continually refers to me as 'McRoberts'. :mad:

Get 20/10... but playing with this guy is literally 2-3 times harder than my PG. Get pushed around, get fatigued, get outrebounded despite boxing out, miss shots, get blocked, assists are hard, blocks are hard, steals near impossible. :(

So I be an idiot in the interviews, and go 17 to Dallas, I'm actually happy with that. I'll back up Dirk/Kaman for a bit and eventually start at the 5 within 10 games or so. :D

First game is against the Lakers, given how hard it is I go 12 min and All star instead of HOF.
I come on with 4 mins left in the first. I proceed to play the entire rest of the game (40 mins) getting bent over every which way by Howard and Gasol, I end up with 22/10 on 30% shooting and A rating, and losing by 20.
I played 34 mins at 4 & 5, 4 mins at the 2 guarding Kobe (?) and 1 min at the 3.
I was basically zero fatigue most of the time.

:lol
Playing as a big man is much different than a guard. Your best bet is to be the defensive anchor and trashman early on until you develop a better post game or your offensive stats are high enough to be a bigger part of the offense. If you really want to score more, abuse the pick and roll if your pg is great at penetration.

As for being bullied, you just have to deal with it until you increase your strength and rebounding. Get better position and box out properly. Don't just hold the left trigger, react to the the guy's moves so that he doesn't flip positions with you.

Stamina is an issue with big men. I hardly use my turbo and I would get tired easily. I upped my stamina to early 70s and I can handle starter minutes pretty well.

[ballup]

Bumped up the difficulty to superstar. I just violated Dirk with a disgusting facial. 2K didn't let me watch the instant replay. :(

[Dukem]

Anyone know what rating you have to be to get a star icon by your name? Cousins has a star icon and he's rated 83 but I don't and i'm rated 84.

[El Kabong]

Anyone know what rating you have to be to get a star icon by your name? Cousins has a star icon and he's rated 83 but I don't and i'm rated 84.
Maybe its for the best player on the team? Who are you playing with?

[d.bball.guy]

I'm raging vs the Bucks. First time I quitted a game :banghead: Dalembert, Ilyasova, Mbah a Moute and Gooden grabbing offensive boards like they're playing against 5'2 midgets :mad: Ellis doesn't miss, we can't do simple PnR(maybe my fault though), and we can't make open shots :facepalm I had like 4 TOs in the first quarter

Gonna drop the difficulty to Superstar to lessen the cheese.

[ballup]

I actually just played some games and I finally found flaws in, yes, the IQ of your teammates (oh that's new). Just imagine this:

Game is tied, last possession with 12 seconds left on the clock. Garnett is inbounding from the left side. You are a center with a poor free throw %, but you are wide open beyond the arc. Garnett proceeds to pass it to Rondo who is on the right low block and there are 4 people clearly blocking the passing lane. Immediate turnover.

Ya, that's realistic.:facepalm It's not just KG, Pierce did a similar thing. He passed to Rondo who was out of bounds for at least a good 5 seconds.

Along with that, 2K is still throwing that "2K karma" at me. Whenever I do something sick like an alley oop dunk or a block, the CPU will miraculously embarrass me in the next possession. Usually it come in the form of the ball sticking to the guy who missed/I just blocked and he scores an easy bunny right afterwards while I'm still stuck in animation.

To end this rant, has anyone experienced the brick wall skill or know of any OP skill? IMO, the former is cheapest skill to abuse in the game. Almost 2 guys become free on offense if the screen is successful.

I'm raging vs the Bucks. First time I quitted a game :banghead: Dalembert, Ilyasova, Mbah a Moute and Gooden grabbing offensive boards like they're playing against 5'2 midgets :mad: Ellis doesn't miss, we can't do simple PnR(maybe my fault though), and we can't make open shots :facepalm I had like 4 TOs in the first quarter

Gonna drop the difficulty to Superstar to lessen the cheese.
Any backcourt like last year's Warriors gives any other team headaches. It's been a relatively unknown secret that Ellis and a score first pg will make a ridiculous % of their shots.

[Dukem]

Maybe its for the best player on the team? Who are you playing with?

I'm playing on the Kings and I think i'm the highest rated player on the team. Demarcus Cousins is 83 where as i'm 84.

I heard that you have to be rated 88 to have a star icon by your name, whether that's true or not I don't know.

[G-train]

Got sick of my power forward.
Created a shooting guard, dropped 25 points in the rookie challenge, got interviewed around 7/8th pick, then Wizards drafted me at 3.

:pimp:

[jaydacris]

i got tired of hornets. demanded a trade.

got traded to heat... fricking heat traded lebron to the cavs. and cavs somehow have lebron, chris paul, kyrie irving :lol

[G-train]

I'm playing on the Kings and I think i'm the highest rated player on the team. Demarcus Cousins is 83 where as i'm 84.

I heard that you have to be rated 88 to have a star icon by your name, whether that's true or not I don't know.

It may be decided by the coach in terms of mins played, regardless of rating.

[outbreak]

I've been playing my centre alot lately. Rebounding was hard until I raised stats and picked up the scrapper signature skill. Scoring in the post is crazy easy in this years game. I'm averaging 65% field goals, on games I actually play though it'd probably be about 80%, I've had numerous 100% fg games while dropping 20-30 points. I never seem to miss any shots under the basket unless I'm being stupid and taking jumpers or trying to drive. All i need to do is set screens then run under the ring or just stand under the ring calling for passes. I'm only 6"10 too and I hate to think how easy the offence will be when I'm higher rated aswell I'm only around 72 now.

[ballup]

Has anyone been taken out of the starting lineup and put into the bench? At first, I thought it was just Jeff Green being a cry baby, but I think it may have been the bad turnovers I had in my last game. This is the second time it has happened to me.:lol

30 games in and I'm only 71 overall rating. Still haven't worked on my post game and my necessities (Rebounding, interior scoring, athleticism) isn't at great points either. :(

[CarlosBoozer]

Has anyone been taken out of the starting lineup and put into the bench? At first, I thought it was just Jeff Green being a cry baby, but I think it may have been the bad turnovers I had in my last game. This is the second time it has happened to me.:lol

30 games in and I'm only 71 overall rating. Still haven't worked on my post game and my necessities (Rebounding, interior scoring, athleticism) isn't at great points either. :(
I got benched by coach :( I accidently did several spin around jumpers with my center and that pissed him off a lot lol!

[ballup]

I'm being frustrated with the Celtics. Rondo's passing is questionable and inaccurate, Bradley and KG aren't the defensive hounds they are supposed to be. :banghead:

[El Kabong]

Has anyone been taken out of the starting lineup and put into the bench? At first, I thought it was just Jeff Green being a cry baby, but I think it may have been the bad turnovers I had in my last game. This is the second time it has happened to me.:lol

30 games in and I'm only 71 overall rating. Still haven't worked on my post game and my necessities (Rebounding, interior scoring, athleticism) isn't at great points either. :(
Yep, I got demoted from starter to 6th man when I had a game with 4 turnovers. Coach when off on me like I was doing it on purpose and benched me for the rest of the game (which was about 6 minutes).

[chips93]

i started a 'create a legend' with tristan thompson.

defensive rebounding, and shot blocking is pretty difficult. i play 6 min quarters, and i had a few games where i got killed on the glass, like the opposing big man had 5+ offensive rebounds. its just so tough to bump guys in the paint, and get a body on them.

guys are way too good at passing out of shots too, greg monroe was at the pea of a jump hook, that i would have blocked, but still managed to pass out of it.

scoring is relatively easy though. i got the 'brick wall' skill, so i just nail dudes with screens, and get a couple dunks a game. kyrie is a chucker though.

[ballup]

i started a 'create a legend' with tristan thompson.

defensive rebounding, and shot blocking is pretty difficult. i play 6 min quarters, and i had a few games where i got killed on the glass, like the opposing big man had 5+ offensive rebounds. its just so tough to bump guys in the paint, and get a body on them.

guys are way too good at passing out of shots too, greg monroe was at the pea of a jump hook, that i would have blocked, but still managed to pass out of it.

scoring is relatively easy though. i got the 'brick wall' skill, so i just nail dudes with screens, and get a couple dunks a game. kyrie is a chucker though.
I've never been great at rebounding, but it's pretty rough this year. Guys can slip past you if you body them and positioning is really key. You can't just jump and hope to get it anymore.

I really think brick wall is too cheap. If someone runs into a guy with brick wall, the game momentarily becomes a 4 on 5. I remember Pierce, one of the stronger small forwards in the game, got laid out by a brick wall player. I mean, sure people can get absolutely destroyed by a hard screen, but the fact that it can happen quite often is a little ridiculous. The screening system is already flawed as players don't really fight through screens even if they are good defensive players.

[Dukem]

Dropped 63 points and had 5 steals, 7 assists and 6 rebounds on OKC and we still lost! :banghead: :oldlol:

We lost by one and I had the chance to win the game with a buzzer beater (double teamed though) and it rolls around the rim once and doesn't go in. I have closer level 2 so (which is must in my opinion - saving up to get level 3) which worked like a charm but teams defending is nothing short of average though, They gave Durant a wide open shot with 14 seconds left in the game to take the lead (and game)god damn it.

[outbreak]

I've never been great at rebounding, but it's pretty rough this year. Guys can slip past you if you body them and positioning is really key. You can't just jump and hope to get it anymore.

I really think brick wall is too cheap. If someone runs into a guy with brick wall, the game momentarily becomes a 4 on 5. I remember Pierce, one of the stronger small forwards in the game, got laid out by a brick wall player. I mean, sure people can get absolutely destroyed by a hard screen, but the fact that it can happen quite often is a little ridiculous. The screening system is already flawed as players don't really fight through screens even if they are good defensive players.

Scrapper helps with rebounding but if your boxing out you usually get the board anyway (or a team mate does). I'm yet to see someone get a board against me if i box out correctly.

My shooting guard got the starting spot for the grizz, dropped a 30pt game and a 22pt game. No large turn over numbers. Next game I'm back to 6th man and Tony Allens starting with horrible averages. I think it's a bug.

[code green]

Portland traded me to Miami, which happens to be my least favorite team. :mad:

Decided to stick it out though, and I'm glad I did. I have a much bigger role, as Portland was starting me at the 2 with Lillard running point. Locked down the starting 1 spot almost immediately and I'm putting up close to 15/10/3/3 since then. Got a nice little connection going with LeBron, but Wade never....never passes me the rock.

[code green]

And right on cue, Spolestra changes the starting lineup. Chalmers/My PG/Ray Allen/LeBron/Haslem. Never used this emoticon before, but

:biggums:

EDIT: Oh, they're both injured. Bruised rib and sprained knee in practice.

[IGotACoolStory]

Yeah, I went to averaging the most minutes on my team to suddenly back as a 6th man. :confusedshrug:

Rebounding is easy, imo. Just get vert to 99 and jump at the ball, really.. Like the past few games. Boxing out helps I guess. It's easier to have the cpu box out and you weakside that shit.

The only problem I have with that is my guy having a tendency to hit the balls with his hands and not catch it cleanly. I do that like 5 times a game and you don't get credit for the rebound. Obviously... since it usually hits my guy's hands and then lands in cpu's. I think it's because I still have all the rebounding attributes in the 40s. His hands are in the 70s tho. Thought that would help.


I'm having trouble with dunking in this game.

6-10 SF. Dunk at 85. Shot inside at 90. Standing dunk maxed out at 75. Shoot in traffic maxed at 99 (does that help?). Vert maxed at 99. Stamina maxed at 95. Ball handling maxed at 95.

And he lays everything like a weak shit. Even on fastbreaks he will jump high enough to where his head is at the rim and he lays it up.

I want my damn vc for highlight plays :rant

[ballup]

Gerald Green came back onto the Celtics! Now there are two Greens and there are 4 squared! :banana: Too bad Jeff Green is whining, even though he's the second one off the bench. Trying to get Jason Terry traded because he's unhappy too, which is weird because he's always been a 6th man and he's still one. Anyone know how to reverse rating reductions from disgruntled teammates and does anyone know how to get the "I'd like to play more with this player" conversation with the GM? I'm trying to restore minutes to Bass that was given to Rondo.

I'll see if increasing my vert from 76 to mid 80s will help my rebounding woes.

[Walker]

I'm having trouble with dunking in this game.

6-10 SF. Dunk at 85. Shot inside at 90. Standing dunk maxed out at 75. Shoot in traffic maxed at 99 (does that help?). Vert maxed at 99. Stamina maxed at 95. Ball handling maxed at 95.

And he lays everything like a weak shit. Even on fastbreaks he will jump high enough to where his head is at the rim and he lays it up.

I want my damn vc for highlight plays :rant
Most likely one of two things.

You have to hold the sprint/turbo button down to dunk.

Have you equipped a dunk package?

[d.bball.guy]

So yeah, I've been playing on All-Star :lol I forgot there's still Superstar, which is the difficulty I played last year, before HOF.

First game at Superstar was a 36 point loss to the Knicks :lol but we won vs Indiana the next game. Gordon took over in the 4th quarter with that Closer sig skill :bowdown: I love Eric Gordon in this game. When we need his production, just give him the ball, call an iso play, and let him go to work. :pimp:

[IGotACoolStory]

Yeah, I played on the Hornets with my center career before I deleted it. He's such a boss. I've made several players (4 or 5) and I think he's the best player any of my guys have played with, except for maybe LaMarcus Aldridge (he's an instant assist). It's close between those two.

[d.bball.guy]

Yeah, I played on the Hornets with my center career before I deleted it. He's such a boss. I've made several players (4 or 5) and I think he's the best player any of my guys have played with, except for maybe LaMarcus Aldridge (he's an instant assist). It's close between those two.
Yeah LMA is also beast. I love playing with him using my other PG.

[Dukem]

Glad to see that defensive anchor does f*** all.

Also played against the Warriors and we were up by 5 with 2:00 remaining. I get fouled out and then we lose by 1 :banghead:

12 games left till the playoffs and we're (Kings) sitting 4th in playoff standings with Denver 5th. I'm hoping we play them as I have torched them twice already this season.

[Semi]

So guys, how is it possible that my pg/sg became a starter at the sg position and I still only have 2 key games the whole season?! I'm with the raptors, I get that they don't have many rivals, but I thought there would be some position-rivalaries since I got to be a starter...
can somebody here help me out?

[Dukem]

Nash doesn't play defense in real life right? Well in NBA 2K13 he blocked 4 shots and had 5 steals.

[outbreak]

Anyone done the all star weekend 3pt contest? I just tried a few times and found it never recognises my shot release. Even if i release really early the ball marker still goes all the way to the end. The only way I could get anything to fall was mashing the LT button while using the shot stick as normal.

[ballup]

When the opponent full court presses, the cpu will make Bradley bring up the ball instead of Rondo. Bradley has terrible handles for a guard and every time he comes close to an 8 second backcourt violation. :facepalm He even got called for it once and he won't pass it to me when I call it because I'm a center. It's dumb because it shaves off time that the team could be using to set up an offense.

[Midnite89]

Started playing, created a 6"7 PG/SG Athletic Slasher. I can't shoot 3s at all, so teams sag off me like 4-5 ft when I'm at the 3. :lol Once in a blue moon, I'll jack it up and it probably goes in 25% of the time.

I got picked by the Bucks at 13, and Jennings/Ellis have the PG/SG on lockdown, Jennings got injured and they started Idroh over me..that's when I said **** this town, I told the GM they sucked, and I demanded a trade to Lakers (who were interested in me). Played 1 games for the Lakers, took starter over Metta World Peace as SF. Last 4-5 games, I've been averaging 33pts/11assists/9 rebounds; 3 triple doubles on like 55% fg. Latest game I had a 42/12/6/3stls on 90% fg.

Kobe almost never passes. He just runs it up and shoots half the time..and always hits it in. Smoothest shot in the game

Pau and Dwight are auto-assist with the pick and roll.

I'm Player of the Week/Month my first month in LA town. :applause:

[Dukem]

Played against OKC, we managed to lose a 12 point lead and lose by 2. That's not what p!ssed me off though! What pi!ssed me off was when I was getting triple-teamed and my teammates just stood there... even when I asked for a pick and roll or anything just so I have a chance of breaking the triple team. I missed the game winning shot because I asked for a simple pick and roll and Cousins took 6 of the 7 seconds to understand what I was asking him too do, so I faded away whilst being double-teamed (surprising they didn't triple-team me on the last shot though). :banghead: :banghead:

Just got one game to go before the playoffs, with me being third seed with the Kings but I have to play Clippers in a key game and I think we may have them in the first round of the play-offs too.

[ukballer]

Created a 6'3, 190 pound, scoring PG today.

Dropped 23/2/5 in the Rookie Showcase, with an A- grade. Went back and forth with Lillard all game (his teardrop floater is close to unguardable), and the game was real close. Hit the game winner just at the top of the key with Lillard all over me. Showcase or not, that felt goooooood.

Interviewed by New Orleans, Portland and Golden State. Portland or NO were good enough destinations for me. Didn't really want to play in Golden State and share minutes with Curry. Portland passed up on me with 6th pick (won't forget that...) and I got picked 10th by New Orleans.

Only 2 games in and already enjoying being on this team. With my other PG where I played in Toronto, the bulk of my minutes were spent at SG, but so far every second of playing time I've been at the point, so that's already a big plus. We won a close one against the Spurs in the opener. Had a tough game guarding Parker (finished 5/1/1...), but went HAM against Utah in the second game, and pretty much sent Jamaal Tinsley into retirement after making him fall twice. Finished 21/2/5 in limited minutes.

[ballup]

How do you reverse teammates' drops in ratings? Do you have to win consistently? Everyone outside of the starting lineup has at least -2, some up to -7.

[El Kabong]

Interviewed by New Orleans, Portland and Golden State. Portland or NO were good enough destinations for me. Didn't really want to play in Golden State and share minutes with Curry. Portland passed up on me with 6th pick (won't forget that...) and I got picked 10th by New Orleans.
I was picked by Portland as a 3pt PG and kept getting swapped back and forth between starter at PG with Lillard and 6th man. Got frustrated and requested a trade and since the Warriors were interested in me I picked them and got traded. Now I play pretty much constantly at SG with Stephen Curry at PG and Jack as the 6th man (who is a massive ball hog).

[ballup]

The AI of your teammates are really frustrating. Guys pass into crowds like crazy. They don't even recognize the situation. If your team is down by 3 and it's the last possession, they won't go for a 3. :facepalm

The fact that my player isn't capable of creating plays makes it harder to win games because I can't take over a game.

[Scholar]

I created a 6'7", 205 lb 3-pt specialist PG with the nickname "Money."
I used a shitload of VC right off the bat to make the player incredible. I got an A- in the Rookie Showcase, got drafted 10th by the Hornets, and even after back-to-back-to-back 25+/5+/7+ games, I'm still coming off the bench, playing 20-25 min/game. Wack.
I wanted to restart with a C, see if I can make the most dominant C ever, but I actually bought 10k VC for $2.99 to start this player off the right way. :oldlol: Since I invested real money in him, I want to make the best of the situation.
Some might say it's weak for me to buy the VC instead of playing for it, but I don't have time like that.

[El Kabong]

Coach has decided to play my. 6'3 PG at PF for the majority of the 2nd half the past 3 games. Getting very annoying. Also the shot consistency part of the game is annoying. Missing wide open jumpers all the time.

[EnoughSaid]

****. I accidentally made my MC into an offline mode. :facepalm Anyway I can switch it back?!

[El Kabong]

****. I accidentally made my MC into an offline mode. :facepalm Anyway I can switch it back?!
I did it too, and from what I read you can't swap it back. Said it'd be too easy to "hack" or something if you could.

[strifed169]

I'm in my 2nd season and am still fighting for a starting spot over Damien Lillard, was a starter for one game until I made a buzzer beater to beat the Lakers, than I got sent back to the bench, lol.

[Midnite89]

I played like 20 games as a Starter, Won Rookie of the Year. Had like 2 Player of the Month award after my trade to the Lakers, 3-4 Player of the Week.

Now I'm in the Playoffs, we just swept the Trailblazers where I got 36pts, 53 pts, 19 pts (simmed..was actually doing super well, then power went off so I just simmed it), then finished it off with 58 pts to sweep.

It's funny cause at the beginning teams would sag off me on 3s, but I started putting some points in the 3s so I can actually hit if I'm super open now, so I went 6/6 from threes, finished with 6/9 from 3s in that game.:bowdown:

[Scholar]

How long does it take before your player gets a starting spot?
I dropped 30 points in 1 game, 45 in the next & 36 in the next one with at least 5+ assists in all 3 games. Still no starting spot. I even discussed it with the GM, but nothing has come of it.
I'm averaging 22 PPG & 6 APG off the bench! IRL, the dude would be a starter by now.

[YouAintGrizz]

How long does it take for 2k to delete your myplayer? I've been waiting since Sunday.

[Scholar]

How long does it take before your player gets a starting spot?
I dropped 30 points in 1 game, 45 in the next & 36 in the next one with at least 5+ assists in all 3 games. Still no starting spot. I even discussed it with the GM, but nothing has come of it.
I'm averaging 22 PPG & 6 APG off the bench! IRL, the dude would be a starter by now.

I posted this too soon. I became a starter 2 games after that 36 point game. :oldlol:
Now I kind of wish I didn't because there go my chances of winning 6th Man of the Year.

[jamal99]

I'm in my 5th season as PG (athletic) for the Kings. I got drafted by Mavs, got starting spot later in 2nd season as I was playing only key games most of the time. They didn't want to offer me new contract which is ok, because they suck :lol
Out of the teams interested I picked the Kings because they had weakest PG (Jack) and I got the starting spot pretty soon. Team was doing pretty good and in the meantime I upgraded my player by much, especially 3pt shooting. Cousins and Tyreke are beasts, Robinson is pretty good, they drafted some SF guy who's athletic as ****, dunks everything and also had Carter and Allen off the bench. Lost 4-3 to OKC in WCF, when Durant goes crazy ain't no stopping him...
Next year my player is finally respectable in all aspects of the game, yet I **** up and press play next key game while close to playoffs and end up playing 4th game against the Lakers (they led 3-0) and losing 4-2 in the first round.
Now in my 5th season I'm playing most of games, not only key ones and averaging 26/7 on 50%+ FG and 3pt. My rebounding is pathetic because Cousins and Robinson get every ball. Best record in the league halfway through the season and I'm leading candidate for MVP.

Today I decided to break some records and made quarters 12 mins. We played against Raps and I scored 79 points 22-46 from 3pt, after the game I get twitter message form David Robinson and it says something about me scoring 72. I checked the game boxscore and it really says 72 on 15-31 from 3pt, game score was 126-110 and calculated player points are 119 (obviously 7 of my points are missing). Something like that happened to anyone?

[Midnite89]

Lol, I think All-Star difficulty might be too easy.

I finished Rookie of the Year and Finals MVP (suck it Kobe :lol ). went 16-0 in the playoffs. averaged 35 ppg/12 assists / 8 rebounds / 2 steals / 1 block on 60% FG in the entire playoffs

[Bandito]

Lol, I think All-Star difficulty might be too easy.

I finished Rookie of the Year and Finals MVP (suck it Kobe :lol ). went 16-0 in the playoffs. averaged 35 ppg/12 assists / 8 rebounds / 2 steals / 1 block on 60% FG in the entire playoffs
You do know there is a harder difficulty called Hall of Fame right? Try it...

[Midnite89]

You do know there is a harder difficulty called Hall of Fame right? Try it...

yeah, I know which is why I just upped it..relax homes, it was just my rookie year..I'm like rated 73

[Wavves]

Tried to get into this mode this year after dislking it the past few years, but I just can't. Too easy to dominate, averaging a triple double on hall of fame and I'm a 70 overall SG. Wouldn't want to know my stats I would be averaging if I was in the 90's overall :lol

[Bandito]

Im in the 60's averaging like 25 8 4 on hall of fame difficulty. :lol Too easy...

[d.bball.guy]

I'm averagin 43 ppg 12 apg 8 topg :lol on HOF now. I don't think I'll continue this career because I'm trying to get realistic stats and realistic results but it's too hard to do so. I don't wanna win the MVP in my rookie year. I was gonna play key games only but there's a glitch that will send me to the bench again. Should I key game it?

I just created an offline My Career on a different user. Tyler Clark, an SG drafted 9th by Detroit. Tyler Clark was also the name of my first My Player in 2K12 when the rookies were not yet in the game. Currently on my 2nd season and gonna try to finish the second half of the season as a starter so I can just explode on my 3rd season. I scored 40+ on my last 4 games, 3 are key games :lol Maybe playing SG will help me get realistic stats.

[Brujesino]

Made a 7'1 280 all around center.Im getting killed on the boards by everyone.

[outbreak]

Made a 7'1 280 all around center.Im getting killed on the boards by everyone.

Reboundings the one hard thing to do in this game. Need to box out and need to time it right. I find that it's much easier getting boards as a shorter player then a big guy. Also getting some of the signature skills like scrapper helps abit and i put points into hands.

[d.bball.guy]

So I wanna have a realistic overall season and I'm planning to restart my My Career. I'm still gonna get drafted 10th but I'm gonna waive Austin Rivers.

I'm planning on playing 1 or 2 rivalry key games before I try to get to the starting lineup and just play key games as a starter. I won't score and dish dimes as often as I normally do to average around 15 ppg 8 asp. I also don't wanna win the ROY award because I want the Brow to get it. I also won't try to win the championship on my 1st or 2nd season.

[Scholar]

I won the championship in my first season with the Hornets. Finals MVP, too.

In my second season now, I'm averaging 28 ppg, 3 rpg, 9.5 apg, 2.5 spg & shooting over 60% from the field. I usually play 6 min quarters. All of my shot ratings are 99, except 3-pters, which are at 90.

Overall, I think this game is too easy to play. It's rare for me to not find a way to score in ISO plays.

[Scholar]

I think 2K could make MyCareer better by not only making it more realistic in terms of getting stats, but also by allowing us to sim one game at a time. Sometimes I don't want to skip a whole bunch of games to play the next Key Game.
I think it's retarded that your only options for playing in the MyCareer mode is to either play the next game or play the next key game. Sometimes Key Games are separated by 5+ games in between, if not more than 10 at times!

[CelticBaller]

Does anyone else think the finisher signature skill is useless?

[IGotACoolStory]

Meh, 2k ruined it with the VC addition.

I'm a jackass and abused it until I maxed out everything and bought every piece of apparel and sig skill I wanted. Then I exploited more until I could get a fun My Team to play with, even though I never play that mode. Ever.

None of which would have been possible if they gave you sp.


I only play online black top online with my guy now. And I noticed everyone else seems to be roughly maxed out.

I have another guy which I'm playing the regular way, but I the mode gets a bit repetitive imo.

[d.bball.guy]

Change of plans. Instead of waiving Rivers and going to the Hornets, I decided to waive Lillard and go to Portland so I could chase the ROY award but still with realistic stats.

[Semi]

Goddamnit I'm pretty much out of the playoff race with 10 games left and 8 of them are key games. Is there any method to simulate through the rest of the season and start with next year or do I have to play these 8 games?

[Scholar]

Goddamnit I'm pretty much out of the playoff race with 10 games left and 8 of them are key games. Is there any method to simulate through the rest of the season and start with next year or do I have to play these 8 games?

You have to play them. If stats don't matter, just do 5 min quarters. If stats REALLY don't matter to you, just keep fouling in every game & you'll get put in the bench without having to play the entire game, albeit with terrible teammate grades.

[d.bball.guy]

Just crossed D-Will followed by a fadeaway jumper:bowdown: He fell down like a noob. And that's coming from a 69 rated player.

[outbreak]

I've gotten sick of having to sim a bunch of games just to hit key games. My guys rated in the low 80s at the moment as a 3 point specialist. I get 3 key games in a row, put up 51 pts, 53 pts, 44pts (a triple double with rebounds and assists) playing the games, I then get simmed for 6 games till my next key game and in those games I have horrible stats, 2 points on 1-9 shootings, 5 points, barely any assists. I score under 40 points for the 6 games combined! At least make it look at how I've been playing slightly so its semi realistic

[d.bball.guy]

I JUST HIT A GAME-WINNER! :bowdown: :bowdown: A fadeaway jumper after LMA's nice pick that got Rondo. I also recorded my first triple-double at the same game with 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists with 7 TOs(probably 4 BS ones) on 7-13 shooting.

[chips93]

maybe somebody has already asked this, but is anybody else having problems with pkay calling? i have run plays on, and auto run plays, but the pg never calls plays. we always just freelance. id much rather have some structure.

anybody know how to fix it so we always run plays, like in 2k12 and 2k11

[The-Legend-24]

I've already made 960+ 3 pointers, 40 games into my rookie season.

:roll:

Make that 1020+ 3 pointers..

[eriX]

finally got 2k13 to

started another 7'2 centre like i did in 2k12, and im already playing way too many minutes... 42min/game with the new stamina is like impossible to not miss open jumpers at the end...

Although god damn the pick and roll is so good... Im averaging like 30 15 5 and 2blk all that whilst having most of my shots come from put backs or rolling the the basket and hence at 85% fg atm. After i get my overall to around 80 imma go and break wilts record again. Just seems so easy with a center

P.S. If you ever get drafted to the raptors... ask to trade landry field right away... the worst player with 5mill per year. :facepalm

[Magic bird]

maybe somebody has already asked this, but is anybody else having problems with pkay calling? i have run plays on, and auto run plays, but the pg never calls plays. we always just freelance. id much rather have some structure.

anybody know how to fix it so we always run plays, like in 2k12 and 2k11

I have a problem with this as well, anyone know how to have the CPU automatically run plays for you in my career? i swear you could do this in 2k12

Thanks

[eriX]

i think i might have to uninstall this shitty game soon...

finally got my centre enough overall rating so i can play on superstar level. My rebounding average went from 16 to 10 because all of a sudden everybody on the other team gets the offensive rebound even though i boxed them out and despite being 7'2 i cant even get the defensive rebound over kyle lowry. And every game we've played its down to the wire because the CPU cheeses so hard its not funny. Last game against the bobcats ben gordan didnt miss a single shot in the second half. And the stamina drain affects centers way to much by the time half of 4th qtr is done i cant even shoot anymore its fking stupid.

[ballup]

Now that half the season has been played out. I'm not as mad that the Celtics are doing so bad in My Career.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Even with the sluggish animations in the paint from time to time it's really easy to be efficient with a back to the basket center. Once you add a mid-range game and can knock down a turn around over a guy your scoring output should be automatic.

I feel like Tim Duncan out there with the efficiency. And this bleeds into the regular games too. If you have a good post player you should run the offense through them. I have found it rare that people online or otherwise really know what to do to stop you if you can work the post moves. They usually start trying to crowd them with another player and that's when you move it to find an open three.

[d.bball.guy]

Now that half the season has been played out. I'm not as mad that the Celtics are doing so bad in My Career.
The Celtics in My Career are also bad. They're around 14-26 :lol

[code green]

Anyone here get through their rookie contract? What's the salary range the teams have to work with? I'm a quarter of the way through my season averaging 31ppg 8apg, 3 rpg and 3 spg as a scoring PG and want a "star" role contract, although Memphis doesn't seem to want to give it to me yet. I think their best offer was 4yr/612 VC. Loving the team after being traded from Miami, we had the #2 pick in the last draft and got a SF with the same height/weight/dunk/vertical as LeBron, he's killing it off the bench. Traded Conley to get OJ Mayo back, and we've got ourselves a squad.

[d.bball.guy]

Westbrook just slammed it home and my hand went through the ball. :facepalm

It's impossible to block dunks in 2K13

[BrickingStar]

Westbrook just slammed it home and my hand went through the ball. :facepalm

It's impossible to block dunks in 2K13
I think once they're in their animation it's impossible. I've never block them in it. Maybe it's just me. Either way when someone is in that animation in real life they rarely get blocked :lol

[eriX]

Westbrook just slammed it home and my hand went through the ball. :facepalm

It's impossible to block dunks in 2K13

you have to time the jump so that you meet them at their vertical and you will get the dunk rejection animation. About the hardest thing to do...

[eriX]

anyone else finding offensive rebounding for the CPU extremely cheesy...

It didn't happen as much before but after the ASG all other opposing center have been grabbing all offensive rebounds and my rebounding avg dropped from like 15 to like 10 because of this cheese. It's like they just slip your box out all the time and proceed to get the offensive rebound regardless of the fact that I'm 7'2 and boxed them out... its getting to the point where 9 out of the 10 rebound they have is offensive.

[The-Legend-24]

Just broke John Stockton's record for most assist in a season. :bowdown:

Currently: 6890 points, 1167 assists, with 10 games left. :bowdown:

I also have 5 30+ assist games, with a career high of 34, LOL

[Fiasco]

I've found that it's a lot easier to score in this version compared to its predecessors, even if your attributes aren't all that.

My biggest complaint is the contrast between VC earned and the VC required to make your player relative at all.

I think I'm going to stop spending VC in this mode and just work towards building an awesome MyTeam.

[d.bball.guy]

So I simmed to the next key game and lost all of 7 road games :lol

Talked to the GM saying I'm tired of losing and let me choose 5 players. I picked Lamar, JR Smith, Haslem, Dorrell Wright, and Jordan Hill. I desperately need a nice bench or some veteran presence in this Portland team. GM let me pick 5 last year before the deadline but only chose Dwight :lol :facepalm Obviously, nothing happened

[d.bball.guy]

Nice. I got Dorell Wright for Nolan Smith. Smith has wanted out since last season :lol Also, a good rookie PG on my team will get more time as my backup :applause:

[d.bball.guy]

So I just finished an overtime game vs Golden State on the road. Aldridge hit the game winning basket, I get my career high in assist with 19 and guess what happens next...as I'm exiting the game, My Career failed to connect on the 2K server and all of that game disappeared :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: That would've been a GOTY candidate in real life! :facepalm

[Scholar]

I created a MyCareer with a 7'2" athletic center. I was drafted by Detroit (can't recall the draft #, but it was a top 10-15), and after constantly losing, I asked for a trade to LAL in my 2nd season. What do you know? Lakers traded Nash for me, and when I went back to see the Piston's roster, they've got CP3 now as the starting PG. :durantunimpressed:

Anyway, with LAL, I've averaged 17 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.9 apg & 1.3 bpg. I tend to simulate regular games and only play the Key Games.
First round of the Playoffs currently, Kobe is out 6-8 weeks with a broken arm. We were down 1-3 against the Rockets. Now tied 3-3.

[d.bball.guy]

Just finished a back-to-back game vs the Warriors. Seems like there's a rivalry budding with Curry and my player :lol in all of our 4 meetings, at least one has scored 30+. And also, 3s everywhere :roll:

[Bosnian Sajo]

When tf will I be able to ask my gm to trade some of my teammates? I'm with the Spurs and I took over Parker's position at PG and I REALLY want the gm to get rid of him and get me a new big man, especially since this dumbass decided to not resign Splitter (who would make every shot) and Bonner (3 point killer, assist goldmine). Whats even worse is they signed some 70 rated PF with the last name Johnson, not saying hes bad, but for WHATEVER reason they benched Duncan for this kid.....So I have Duncan and Parker on the bench along with CDR. Me Manu Leonard Johnson and Blair make up the starting lineup.

I really don't wanna ask for a trade myself since I was drafted by the Sixers and asked to be traded out so I could be a starting PG (that gm screwed me over with the Spurs trade), and since its only my 2nd year I wanna play a full year with just one team.

[d.bball.guy]

I ask for JR Smith, they traded JJ Hickson for him :facepalm

For some reason, when I sim games, we win more games without the teams best rebounder while JR is barely getting 12 mins a game :lol

[d.bball.guy]

So I'm in my 3rd season and when I ask for a contract extension, it almost always freezes. It didn't freeze the last time but instead, it simmed me through the season(around 20-25 games left). I wanted to win the MVP so I can get the my sig shoes but Jennings won it. Good thing I was able to exit the game and that thing wasn't saved. 2K doesn't even care about patching these shitty bugs :facepalm :mad: :banghead:

[dh144498]

my player's rookie season, average like 12 minutes a game, won rookie of the year and 6th man. took the 76ers to the finals. but the stupid auto coaching system always takes my dude out in close games and we'd always lose... :rant so we finally lost game 7 in the finals to OKC because the idiot coach took me out in the final 5 minutes while we were down by like 6 points.... so i asked for a trade. :lol

got traded to the Heat for LEbron. :roll:
my player's 2nd season. I simulated most of the game until the Heat was about 40-23. My guy had pretty mediocre stats as well avging about 20 minutes a game. So I decided to play every game from now on to get the 1st seed. 76ers, at this point, are something like 50+ and 11. I just finished the season avging 31ppg-4-8 61%FG, 48% 3p, 96% FT with just 27 mpg. Heat record now 59-23, 1st in league. My dude won MVP, MIP, 1st team NBA.

Now we are playing the Cavs in 1st round, we currently 2-0. My player in these 2 games: 51ppg, 17 apg, 0 rpg :lol , 80+%FG, 100% FT. 60+ PER. :roll:

[The-Legend-24]

Finished my rookie season, Regular season numbers: 91.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg, and 16.8 apg, 4.6 spg. Won MVP, NBA title, FMVP, DPOY, ROY, Lead the league in points, steals, assist, and swept the entire playoffs. :pimp:

[dh144498]

Finished my rookie season, Regular season numbers: 91.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg, and 16.8 apg, 4.6 spg. Won MVP, NBA title, FMVP, DPOY, ROY, Lead the league in points, steals, assist, and swept the entire playoffs. :pimp:

:bowdown:

91-10-17, THE GOAT. :applause:

[The-Legend-24]

:bowdown:

91-10-17, THE GOAT. :applause:
My Playoffs numbers: 113.3 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 7.3 apg. :oldlol: :pimp:

[d.bball.guy]

My Playoffs numbers: 113.3 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 7.3 apg. :oldlol: :pimp:
Wilt who?

[BuffaloBill]

I'm a PG on the Jazz. It's too easy, Al Jefferson scores at will, and Derrick Favors pulls down every rebound and blocks every shot. All I really have to do is pass the ball.

[Bandito]

My Playoffs numbers: 113.3 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 7.3 apg. :oldlol: :pimp:
OMG :lol

[riseagainst]

My Playoffs numbers: 113.3 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 7.3 apg. :oldlol: :pimp:

:lol

11.4 rpg all defensive rebounds since you weren't missing a dam shot. :roll:

[The-Legend-24]

:lol

11.4 rpg all defensive rebounds since you weren't missing a dam shot. :roll:
I shot 83 FG%, 76% from 3. So yea, all of them were defensive, I think I averaged 0.3 offensive rebounds. :oldlol:

[jcsrplumply]

Finished my rookie season, Regular season numbers: 91.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg, and 16.8 apg, 4.6 spg. Won MVP, NBA title, FMVP, DPOY, ROY, Lead the league in points, steals, assist, and swept the entire playoffs. :pimp:
I thought my 45.3 ppg is cheese. :lebroncry:

[code green]

Jesus Christ, what difficulty/quarter length are you guys playing on?

My Memphis team is in 3rd in the West with about 22 games to go. My scoring point guard is averaging 31/7/4/2 on 56/46/86 shooting (7 min quarters) and I just dropped 70 on Wade on 28-40 shooting (7-13 from 3).

[The-Legend-24]

Started my second season, 5 games in I'm averaging, 132.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 7.8 apg.

:oldlol:

Oh yea, I play 8/9 min quarters on Hall of Fame. My career high is 184 points, LMAO.

[eriX]

I shot 83 FG%, 76% from 3. So yea, all of them were defensive, I think I averaged 0.3 offensive rebounds. :oldlol:

how is it possible to shoot 76% from 3. I have played with multiple players that are 99 for 3pt and maxed out on everything else with sig skills and i can barely avg 60% for a season on wide open shots. Another question is if your playing on 8/9 min qtrs, you would max get around like 26 minutes of action cause your blowing your opponents out so im confused to how is this even possible even if you jack up a 3 every trip down.

[code green]

Started my second season, 5 games in I'm averaging, 132.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 7.8 apg.

:oldlol:

Oh yea, I play 8/9 min quarters on Hall of Fame. My career high is 184 points, LMAO.

Does everyone (Doris Burke, other announcers, postgame interview, social media) freak out after you drop 100? Always wanted to see what happens, but I haven't been able to get that high. Scored 70 on Miami and 66 on OKC recently, but can't get any higher than that.

[The-Legend-24]

how is it possible to shoot 76% from 3. I have played with multiple players that are 99 for 3pt and maxed out on everything else with sig skills and i can barely avg 60% for a season on wide open shots. Another question is if your playing on 8/9 min qtrs, you would max get around like 26 minutes of action cause your blowing your opponents out so im confused to how is this even possible even if you jack up a 3 every trip down.
My guy is 99 in pretty much everything including my 3pt, if you have Carmelo's release, you can easily make 20 three's in a row. :oldlol:

Even if we're up by like 70+ points the coach still leaves me on the court for some season, while all the other starters are on the bench.



Does everyone (Doris Burke, other announcers, postgame interview, social media) freak out after you drop 100? Always wanted to see what happens, but I haven't been able to get that high. Scored 70 on Miami and 66 on OKC recently, but can't get any higher than that.
Nah, I thought they would make a big deal about it too, they just tell you that you broke the NBA record in points in the post game interview and how you feel about it, which is kinda lame.

[code green]

Can someone explain to me how a team with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol in the starting lineup can be last in the NBA in rebounding and offensive rebounding? Getting destroyed on the boards. :mad:

[n00bie]

I'm a starting pg for craptors, and just won a championship LOL.

I averaged 50 pts per game at 73% fg

Shit is too easy once you max out all the attributes.

[Scholar]

I hate how if you don't sign an extension with your team in your contract year, in the off-season you can't sign with them again. :facepalm

I was on the Lakers, didn't sign an extension because I wanted to see what kind of offers I'd get, and in the off-season I ended up getting offers from teams like the Phoenix Suns with Chris Bosh, Sacramento Kings with Kobe & DeMarcus Cousins, Utah with practically the same line-up they have today except Chandler Parsons on the roster, and the Clippers without CP3. I ended up signing with Utah, but I wanted to stick with the Lakers. I don't know if I should ask for a trade because the Lakers now suck. Kobe (obviously as mentioned above) left for the Kings & even though we had Carmelo Anthony in my last season with the Lakers, he's not on the roster any more. :confusedshrug:

[d.bball.guy]

I hate how if you don't sign an extension with your team in your contract year, in the off-season you can't sign with them again. :facepalm

I was on the Lakers, didn't sign an extension because I wanted to see what kind of offers I'd get, and in the off-season I ended up getting offers from teams like the Phoenix Suns with Chris Bosh, Sacramento Kings with Kobe & DeMarcus Cousins, Utah with practically the same line-up they have today except Chandler Parsons on the roster, and the Clippers without CP3. I ended up signing with Utah, but I wanted to stick with the Lakers. I don't know if I should ask for a trade because the Lakers now suck. Kobe (obviously as mentioned above) left for the Kings & even though we had Carmelo Anthony in my last season with the Lakers, he's not on the roster any more. :confusedshrug:
I couldn't sign an extension because if I do, my system will crash. I waited for the offseason and got an offer from my team, the Blazers.

[The-Legend-24]

I asked for a trade to either the Knicks, Nets, or the Heat. And I get traded to the Timberwolves. :oldlol:

I also changed my jumpshot from Melo's to Lebron's and I went 45-53 from 3. :bowdown: