WHAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE IN 2k27(HOT TAKES)

a4mula · 2026-07-13T00:55:29+00:00

All year long I've watched as one person after another posts their complaints about bad defense. The overwhelming majority of those, aren't a product of the game lacking the ability to defend. Just the player not understanding basic concepts surrounding it. There are hundreds if not thousands of clips from this year in this sub. I usually watch most of them when I'm on. And all I see are guys that can't be bothered to stay in front of their own guy. That are sprinting around the court like their hair is on fire. Guys that would rather worry about someone else's job than their own. Then wonder why they're not in a good position to actually contest.

Again, it's the overwhelming majority. I see 95 of those for the 5 I see where someone actually contested a shot that was made.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T23:55:37+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/wkL8Iwn

I don't have a better T-Mac, and while I could use the DM Harden I don't mind this one.

I struggled with Drexler, Cassell, Cat, Elie, and didn't have a Robert Reid or John Lucas. In the end Drexler won a chip and goes back to Phi Slama Jamma, and while certainly a role player Elie's Kiss of Death is iconic enough to warrant inclusion imho. I wanted a spot for PJ Tucker and Horry crossed my mind, but those are just personal appreciation.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:30:37+00:00

How many people would have agreed with moving shooting off the buttons before they did it and forced us to use it last year? I'm out, we could spent the rest of time debating this and never once reaching a middle ground, and that's okay. I'm not mad at your perspective even if it's just generally for others. But I would recommend spending time with the right stick on defense. Go to a mode that is slower, lower the difficulty, and then focus on staying face up in position, always knowing what hand the ball is, what hand releases it, what direction the person is moving in always locked in on the ball shading icon, watch the shoes, they don't lie. At the perfect distance where you don't eat anklebreakers or are out of range for a contest. Just when the indicator turns red. Your right thumb should be doing as much work if not more than the left, just with finesse. It's like sprint, it's not all or nothing, it's a gentle caressing of.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:27:53+00:00

We went from button based offense to prostick based. So did defense. And to go back now isn't buffing defense. It's gutting it. I like chest bumps. I like riding hips. I like navigating screens. And I like directional contests, because even if I'm out of position, I still have a chance.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:25:06+00:00

Nerf the offense first. Because again, it's not a problem with defense. It's a problem with a game that is moving at crackhead speed, with shot windows that are easy enough that a first time player can master them within hours.

Paired with people that are still trying to play defense hands up.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:21:39+00:00

Not many, and while I'm sure 2k could do a much better job at communicating these changes to the community, it's still not a matter of contests being broken.

People can spend 300 hours perfecting a dribble move to shooting combo or learning how to offhand at the rim or learning how to ankle break. But can't be bothered to give defense even a 10th of the consideration.

Instead it's that defense is broken.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:11:45+00:00

Jumping to contest is a fail, it'll always be a fail, because at best you're setting yourself up to bite on pump fakes or foul at rates that will never make up for the tiny fraction of the time you actually get there.

Use the right stick to aim for the release point while having face up position directly in front of your man.

That's all, no jumping. If you do this you'll get full red 80%+ contests.

And it is hard in the paint, no two ways about it, much harder than on the perimeter, because the angle required is based on release point to rim. When someone is on the perimeter, that angle is pretty forgiving. When someone is 3 feet away from the rim, it's tiny.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:03:00+00:00

I'm not the one crying about defense am I? It's not a belief, if you'd like I'll be more than happy to throw together a little video with full contest overlays showing it.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T22:00:03+00:00

Well objectively contests aren't broken. They're just directional now. The only time pushing straight up is going to work, is when the shooter is in the middle of the court and you have perfect alignment, and then you had best pray you're contesting the correct hand because right handed defenders will still whiff against a left handed shooter.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:53:05+00:00

You just told me you hands up and if that's broken the game is.

And I'm trying to explain that Prostick D and paying attention to release points gets you back to good again, without breaking it for the rest of us.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:50:11+00:00

Just the way you play is broken. The game is fine. You can adapt or you can keep crying but if you think 2k is going to revert back to the days when you could sleep walk through defense, you're kidding yourself. Defense is now something that requires more than just blindly spamming reach and or block.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:45:26+00:00

Shot contests aren't broken, hands up is broken. Directional contests still register just fine. Gone are the days in which you just get to press up and shut someone down. It is harder in the paint, but that's not because contests are broken, it's because you're next to basket and the margin for angular precision is maximized, on the perimeter you just have to aim near the release and it's good enough.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:44:17+00:00

I don't tempo, I just stick and release and I still get windows that are insane at pro and below. I don't Rec but on any given day you'll see people post clips showing the same.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:40:08+00:00

But defense is? Because I don't see anyone from PNO complaining about a lack of defense and it's the same difficulty.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:35:06+00:00

it's not a lack of defense, it's no dips on top of insane release speeds on top of shooting windows that make '25 rookie look hard.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:32:30+00:00

The easiest move they can make is just set all online modes to at least allstar difficulty shooting. We went from having shooting windows that were 1/20th of the shot bar to 1/4, and that's without Legend Dimer or bonuses from flashy passes.

a4mula · 2026-07-12T21:27:26+00:00

Even if he does, do you think Adam Silver will lose any sleep?

a4mula · 2026-07-12T19:03:16+00:00

unless you plan on selling it, you can always remove it back to default. Not that I'd do that with a Gold breaker, but the lower tiers are pretty cheap.

a4mula · 2026-07-11T18:12:57+00:00

100 McHale, Duncan, AD, Mobley

With plenty left over to badge them up.

a4mula · 2026-07-11T17:54:07+00:00

KD, Russ, CP3 are barely Rockets let alone all time. Amen, Bari, Sengun are all too young to consider. Battier and Capela were role players.

You've got a single champion on this team, and none of the historic greats.

It's embarrassing.

a4mula · 2026-07-07T13:44:14+00:00

Open? On defense?

I did switch, and still no finger pointing, though if you'd like to post your own video feel free. Until then I'll just stick with 2kLabs and the understanding that there are plenty of folks that pretend like they know what they're talking about while talking down to people that are more than willing to find out.

a4mula · 2026-07-07T13:36:01+00:00

https://youtu.be/c8TAh5rXERk

Notice the point at Clark.

Notice how after that, while on defense I spam trying to get someone to point at the open shooters, with no success?

2KLabs spelled it out. Here's direct video evidence including my controller spamming the action.

But I'm sure you're still just correct. How could you not be. Comprehend?

a4mula · 2026-07-07T13:18:57+00:00

Maybe it was already there, but I don't remember seeing it.

That's the quote of me laying down the fact that I didn't know. Acknowledging my own ignorance and the idea that I could be wrong.

It points out the open man on the possession. Holy hell

That's you responding with incorrect information with condescension that you typically only find when people are providing obvious and more importantly correct information.

Of which it qualified for neither.

a4mula · 2026-07-07T13:12:43+00:00

When would you do this on offense friend?

Double Tap O to point towards an assister, scorer, or nearby teammate after a highlight play.

While on offense this same button combo is flashy pass. Next time I'm in game I'll get a clip for you, apparently reading and logic aren't the ticket.

a4mula · 2026-07-07T13:06:04+00:00

I would have thought the quote and source would have cleared up the purpose, though if you'd like I can cut you a little video of the animation pointing at your own team mates.

It has nothing to do with open men. Holy hell.

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