Courtside Report Blog - The Pro Stick/Shooting

[Zeokage]

Originally posted by Mike Wang (@Beluba), NBA 2K Gameplay Director:

The Pro Stick has been a staple of 2K basketball for years now, and for the most part, has largely gone unchanged since its inception. For NBA 2K21, we saw this as a big opportunity to freshen up the game on the offensive end. In past games, you could hold the Pro Stick in any direction to take a jump shot. That was limiting us from utilizing the right stick as a fully featured dribble stick. So this year, we’re making a pretty significant change to how the Pro Stick works. In a nutshell:

• Hold RS down = jump shot
  
• Hold RS left or right = escape dribble moves
  
• Hold RS up = signature size-ups
  
• Tap the RS = quick 1-to-1 dribble moves
  
• Tap the RS with Sprint held = quick momentum dribble moves

With this change, we’ve been able to greatly expand the dribble move arsenal and give you access to more moves in a more intuitive control scheme. After a game or two, it will feel second nature and will have you breaking ankles in no time! Along with the remap, the moves themselves have been overhauled to be much more responsive and chain-able. Street moves have been moved to a tap of the left trigger as well, so you won’t be firing them off by accident when you’re breaking down defenders in the Park. And for the NBA size-ups, we’ve added several new signatures like Harden’s around the leg dribble, a new version of Kobe’s dance, and Durant’s signature hesi cross. Another NBA legend, Nate Robinson, came in for motion capture this year and gave us some really unique moves that I’ll leave for you to find as well. You can also perform size-up dribbles on the move by holding the Pro Stick Up and using the left stick to move your player in any direction. Altogether, you can choose from a list of 14 Park and 36 unique NBA Size-ups. And when you factor in all the 1-to-1 size-up packages and new customizable escape dribbles, there’s really no limit to the types of combos you can pull off in NBA 2K21.

Source and images[nba.2k.com]

What are your thoughts?

[Qwarrock]

I really hate the new aiming system... Really...

[Blackstone30]

I dont wanna be a NBA Player ..i just wanna enjoy a nice game of Basketball and like Qwarrock says...the new Aim System is absolutly a Fail. You always have to be on point and hit the green when shooting. Otherwise your shots always miss, doesnt matter if you have shooting on 60 or more. I already watched alot Streamer complaining about the new Shooting system.

@ZeoKage
Do us all a favor and tell this Mike Wang...We want the old Controls back...or at least a choice between the old and new one.

[Zeokage]

I'm not an employee, let alone one with contacts with Mike Wang.

That said, there does seem to be an issue. A tweet went out:

Originally posted by @NBA2K:

2K21 shooting hotfix will hit tomorrow 9/6 for Rookie, Pro, and All-Star difficulty levels

Shooting stays the same on higher difficulties and Neighborhood

Hope this helps the newcomers. Keep the feedback coming!

https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1302320774972235776

[Discositruuna]

About MyTeam

This is my first time ever playing MyTeam and i must say, 3vs3 against AI is horrible, i just cant win 1 game, no matter what ever i try to do, i miss every open jump shots, only way to score is on the paint, also AI can do almost every shot they try, its always been like this? or what is this sorcery haha

[Mootie]

Shoot are totally broken atm. You can score with dunks and lay-up, forgot about jump-shoot, you'll hit 1/10 ;)

[MIND__LINK]

How the hell do you make shots consistently in this game??

The only shots that go in are green releases.

[MIND__LINK]

Also, badges are messed up. It says there are no empty slots when there actually is.

[Justa_974]

Badges help if you pick the correct ones

[luke]

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[Larv]

Originally posted by Justa_Special_Brownie:

Badges help if you pick the correct ones

what are some good shooting badges?

[03 GREEDO]

guys if u wanna hit shots whithout green , yall need range extender , deadeye,catch and shoot , volume shooter , corner specialist , and need to be above silver at least at gold

[MaliceRivSal]

The thing is that they force you to buy VC or struggle in the nba in my carerr, they dont let you grow your player in college!

[ErJah81]

Originally posted by kitt:

even hof cpu can't hit 3s... just played the Raptors and they had 6% from 3.. i believe they went 2/19 if i'm not mistaken on open shots. I don't even try to shoot 3s at the moment, so trying to get 100 3points with Kobe is like not possible.


I also don't understand why my CPU Mates leave people constantly open in the Corner while help defense etc is disabled/off, defense seems bad again.


Holding the Stick down is even worse while shooting, its either goes left or right while the Controller works normal in dribblings etc...

Agree. Cpu can't hit 3s. In Domination, every open shot it's a miss. There will be a hotfix for Rookie, Pro and All Star. All domination difficulty are from Pro to HOF... So we can't play this mode with this shot meter.

[kitt]

Originally posted by fll.fi Discositruuna:

About MyTeam

This is my first time ever playing MyTeam and i must say, 3vs3 against AI is horrible, i just cant win 1 game, no matter what ever i try to do, i miss every open jump shots, only way to score is on the paint, also AI can do almost every shot they try, its always been like this? or what is this sorcery haha

call and pick and roll (L1/lb) and press Triangle/Y so the Guy who sets the Pick goes to the Basket.

[Blackstone30]

Originally posted by Zeokage:

I'm not an employee, let alone one with contacts with Mike Wang.

That said, there does seem to be an issue. A tweet went out:

Originally posted by @NBA2K:

2K21 shooting hotfix will hit tomorrow 9/6 for Rookie, Pro, and All-Star difficulty levels

Shooting stays the same on higher difficulties and Neighborhood

Hope this helps the newcomers. Keep the feedback coming!

https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1302320774972235776

so is there any info when they gonna bring the hotfix? and what exactly it will change?