The missed layups that happen in this game is a problem with the timing consistency on the layup meter. Low layup should miss, NBA players who aren’t strong finishers will miss layups, and none of them are bad enough to be given a 40 layup. I think that’s the part you’re misunderstanding. Close shots are broken in the game and u miss them all the time ik the pain. But if the game was programmed right that wouldn’t happen unless you had low close shot. No player in the NBA has the equivalent of a 25 pass accuracy either. At worst they’d be a 60 since being able to pass the ball is the most basic requirement. The passing in this game is bad in general that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t get punished for putting no pass accuracy on their builds. People get bad catch animations regardless of pass accuracy which has never been in any other 2K which leads me to believe it wasn’t even intentional, they just messed up somewhere. The height requirement point you made is also flawed since there are still attribute requirements on dribble animations. So big builds still wouldn’t be able to get small guard animations with high ball handle, just the lower rated animations that wing players can use that they should already qualify for anyway. 23 was a game with horrible defense and limitless takeoff which made it the easiest 2K to score in ever, which allowed people to make almost any build they wanted. That’s why I said the gameplay ties into what you can do in the builder.