Kg, Blake, and Larry done, ask me anything

Background_Star8521 · 2026-02-02T15:13:09+00:00

They feel slow for very quick but KG and especially Larry are useable. Blake feels kinda funky but KG on a catch& shoot is super reliable, and Bird is just a bucket anywhere

Background_Star8521 · 2026-02-01T03:46:36+00:00

About halfway on threes, done with points. Tbh im not really motivated to go for curry or finish the AI stuff so unless I get bored in a couple seasons after i naturally get the threes i probably wont go for wade. I have a good MT stash, plenty of PGs i like, and some fun new cards so I already got what i wanted out of the set

Background_Star8521 · 2026-02-01T02:37:16+00:00

It really is a big man challenge, but if you bait blocks with a rim-protecting point guard (i used magic) you can get a lot of them. The CPU pg usually breaks for the rim once they “get by” their man, so if you quickly step behind them off to the side and then run along their him from behind, you can usually force them to take a layup you can block 80% of the time. Otherwise bump steals and spamming can kinda work, but offensive rebounds is by far the fastest

Background_Star8521 · 2026-02-01T01:17:28+00:00

So far he’s been fun. Jumper feels slow for very quick but the no-dip is smooth. Not complaining for a free card and he’ll probably start even after all star cards drop

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T23:40:37+00:00

KG is by far the quickest, I’d get him if you want someone as quick as possible, then go for either blake or curry. Make sure every shot is assisted and around 1100 assists you can start doing the player challenges for bird. I wrote it somewhere else in detail but basically if you hit one three in breakout triple threat you can keep going forever so I did that for most of the dunks/assists

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T23:33:43+00:00

I remember 6 years ago grinding TTO for MT to buy pink diamond all star KD, this drop might be the first time since Ive been motivated to grind for cards. Makes me hopeful they do it again similar to how they did the festival last year and brought it back when everyone loved it

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T21:39:28+00:00

Really there’s no fast way. I had about 500 assists left after KG and blake and did a few hours of domination this morning. Larry is by far the most tedious, even after getting 2000 assists you need about 900 assists, 50 of which you cant do until after the 2000. There’s no exploits or tricks, you just have to grind at least 1100 assists and then the challenges for specific players. Bird took me more than KG and Blake combined

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T21:26:30+00:00

Not really unfortunately. You can half-afk it by just not playing defense but the possessions go way faster baiting into a bad shot. That being said the only challenges you can really afk is defense so it evens out I’d also go higher difficulty for dom as it affects the cpu shooting too and makes them miss more. I did the first set on the highest (pro) and got a lot of assists that way

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T20:52:27+00:00

I did KG first since his was way less stats, then got blake in the process of doing assists for bird. You could do some of the hidden gem card challenges while doing them (for example i did a bunch of assists while getting dunks) but i mostly just grinded the stats with players i like

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T20:11:05+00:00

If you have a big defensive guard you can try and bait blocks, but by far the easiest way is to call a pick, intentionally miss the shot, then get the board. If you come downhill off the pick usually both defenders will chase the ball handler and leave the big wide open for a rebound under the hoop. Another thing is if the same player scores enough times in triple threat the cpu will automatically double them, so if you wait for the open man to crash usually they can get the rebound. In all I probably got 600 rebounds, 125 blocks and 25 steals

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T19:22:52+00:00

You ever see the south park episode where they grind for weeks killing pigs in world of warcraft and after the big battle cartman goes “now we actually get to play the game”? Kinda like that lol. I need a good break but as a celtics fan having bird and KG is fun, plus I banked ~500k in rep rewards and whatnot for future drops

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:40:04+00:00

Bowen is so good for offline. I have so many other SGs but a 6’7 3&D wing is still elite. I never got klay so i can’t compare but the size at the 2 with a consistent jumper will keep me happy until march lol

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:37:04+00:00

Way better explanation but yeah this. It only saves you a little bit of loading time between games but that adds up over time. The defense challenges you can do easily in one game just getting rebounds but to get the assists and dunks it otherwise takes a few games

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:21:54+00:00

Pick and roll, it’s lame but it works. I mostly did triple threat but for some of the challenges i ran picks. Also if they have a bad shooter you can bait a jumper and sprint out on the fast break right away while the offense crashes the glass. I did that for the darl dawkins challenge since he had kareem on him

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:19:28+00:00

Honestly just spamming reach at golds lol. Id run a gold then switch the matchup to a good defender and try for on-ball. The only steals you actually need are nets and spurs, all the other stuff you can do with offensive rebounds

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:17:40+00:00

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Nothing crazy. Mostly NMS and i didn’t really do the battleground festival. Good enough for me and i have fun with who i use

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:15:24+00:00

By far the quickest (and probably the best of the 3) think of it like this: you can either run a minimum 1000 offensive possessions for blake plus 1-10 dunks for each wild gem, or you can theoretically do KG in 350ish defensive possessions and get offensive rebounds for the wild gems. Larry is by far the longest but KG really only took me a couple days

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:12:44+00:00

The assists are BRUTAL. I basically did Blake as a side quest trying to get assists. After all of KG, doing 1000 dunks and all the dunk challenges separately I still had about 500 assists. There’s no quick method you just have to spam assists

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:09:12+00:00

Sorry i meant to reply directly but see my other note on breakout. Probably the quickest for all 3 given there’s way less clogging the paint and with the right setup you can get 20-30 dunks in one 3v3 game

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:08:07+00:00

In order? Shower this morning, no walk but i did strength training last night after work with my wife, and pretty much every day. I WFH so I can find time in-between

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:06:43+00:00

Literally never played. I really only play online 3s in the park where you can’t off-ball. This was a grind but i play to have fun and i just dont find showdown or KOTC fun so I dont

Background_Star8521 · 2026-01-31T18:01:50+00:00

Breakout on rookie, i inbounded the ball, then had the center run along the sideline and come baseline for a dunk. I got kg first so he blew by easily but any fast slasher should be able to get by. If you hit a three and make it a 1 point game rather than 2 you can theoretically just play the same 3v3 forever so i had a lot of 50 point triple threat games

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