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With each iteration of NBA 2K, the MyCAREER mode gains more polish and lets more players take a look into how young and talented basketball players get to compete in the NBA. While you can consult a guide for the career mode in previous NBA 2K games and learn how to succeed here, NBA 2K15 is a bit different. Many of these tips may seem generic and obvious, but consistency is a factor in basketball, whether it’s in a video game or in real life. Take this opportunity as a refresher course on playing the perfect career in this game.
This is a given, especially since those who would be playing this game would also have an interest in basketball anyway. However, this can be taken further by not just knowing about the basics, but also the technicalities like what the different positions are specifically for, the differences between pick-and-roll and pick-and-pop or full court press and half court press, and so on. Since you’re already putting a bit more time into something related to basketball, you might as well learn the deeper aspects of the game to better appreciate it.
Obviously, you’ll need to pick a position that best suits your personal style. You must also determine what particular style of play you want for that position, whether you’re a two-way player, an athletic offense-oriented player, a wing defender, or so on.
Playing Center or Power Forward can be pretty easy if you now what you’re doing. Just get inside, play post, and defend the paint whenever you can. You can also hit those higher percentage shots whenever the ball comes your way. As long as you grab those rebounds, make your opponents’ lives difficult, and put a few in every quarter, then you should get a high teammate grade with these positions.
If you are the patient sort and understand the fundamentals of the game, then you should pick Point Guard. You should be able to run a patient offense by making the right play, getting the ball moving, and creating space for shots. Consistency and patience are the keys in hitting a high teammate grade with PG.
However, if you just want to shoot the ball, then go with Small Forward or Shooting Guard, whether you like going to the basket, shooting perimeter jumpers, or shooting 3′s. Whether you’re a catch-and-shoot player or an athletic slasher who can make his way to the basket, these positions should satisfy your drive for offense.
If you want to be an athletic scorer, the aforementioned emphasis on speed can be utilized in this through the pick-and-roll play, wherein you can come off a screen by a larger teammate, letting you get either an open shot or a clear path to the basket. If you’re more of a big man, then you’ll have to play post with patience and your back to the basket (or you can play like Dwight Howard or Karl Malone and get off the pick-and-roll yourself). Just make sure that you actually know how to accomplish what you’ve set out to do with your new character.
There are a few things to consider if you want things to be a bit easier for you. For instance, creating a player who is quick and lean from the get-go should give you a good head start since it will be easier for you to run up and down the court during transitions.
The second is to focus on a particular strength like inside scoring or outside shooting first before moving towards a more well-rounded game. Think of this as a role-playing game, and your player’s attributes and abilities are part of the character build. It is best to have a specialization before branching off to other areas.
Of course, you need to give your player the right body for his position as well. Not only does this affect your play, but also your value in the eyes of the AI coaches. A 6’4″ shooting guard may not seem as attractive as a 6’6″ shooting guard, so make sure you know the optimal height and weight for each position.
The big difference between the MyCAREER modes in the previous games and NBA 2K15 is that it’s now much harder to get into the NBA. There used to be just a Rookie Showcase to show off to the different teams, then you get drafted into the NBA by a team that gets interested in you. That’s no longer the case in NBA 2K15 as you start off as a prospect who gets passed up in the draft, so you and your agent then have to make due with 10-day contracts until you impress a team enough to be signed for the rest of the season.
You get an interest meter and a teammate grade minimum requirement that you must fill up in order to earn a contract with a team. Of course, it’s not as simple as getting picked up since you also have to look at the prospective team’s lineup to figure out your role in it. Once you do get your first contract, you still have to keep playing well to stay for another season.
For example, if you’re playing a PG, a team with a starting or bench point guard with sub-par rating will most likely be the easiest team to get into since you don’t really have to compete with anyone. But if you want to get into a team like the Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, or Washington Wizards, then you’ll have to compete with Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry, or John Wall, who are the top point guards in the league.
Play cautiously and don’t force anything in the team try-outs, which are this game’s version of the Rookie Showcase from previous games. Once you’ve been signed by a team, you’ll most likely begin as a bench player for most of these teams, and you’ll have to constantly prove your worth in order to become a starter and a greater asset to the team.
You’ll have to remember a few things while playing to maintain consistency. Stay focused on defense and keep moving when on offense; these are some keys to playing consistently well in the NBA.
If there ever is a thing as a perfect teammate grade, it’s achieved through consistency and minimizing mistakes. Haste makes waste, especially in MyCAREER mode, so be patient and run each play with care and concentration. Throughout each game, there are various things you can do to pump up your teammate grade. Setting good screens is a good way to gain teammate grade, as well as being able to get rebounds.
On offense, you should go for high-percentage shots; if there isn’t any available at the moment, you pass it to someone who can get one. Meanwhile, defense is really tough in this game, and you could have your teammate grade go down quickly by letting your man score. Be sure that you get to contest whatever shot that your man is able to get off. Just make sure that you don’t force steals though since that’s a great way to commit fouls, which is not good for your grade at all.
Another way to look bad to your teammates is to ask for the ball too much. Bad calls for passes is like pestering your parents for ice cream as a child; good parents won’t let you have too much ice cream, and asking them too much will just make them angry. Just remember that you’re trying to help your team win a basketball game, not feed off your greed.
Previous NBA 2K games had individual attributes that can be improved, but it seems that 2K didn’t think that the system was optimal enough for its purpose. They’ve since streamlined it further into categories that better reflect the important aspects of a player’s abilities. These categories are Jump Shooter, Inside Scorer, Athlete, Playmaker, Rebounder, and Defender.
Each category increases corresponding attributes, like Jump Shooter letting you do better with free throws and jump shots inside the arc. This system lets players be able to increase the most needed attributes according to the chosen style of play. Even if you’re a beginner, you’ll be able to understand how to build up a character as long as you know the basics of basketball.
Here’s a tip that not everyone may agree on, but it can still be pretty good if you try it out for yourself. There is kind of a magic bullet in basketball — SPEED, AND LOTS OF IT. If you then figure out how to make use of that speed into plays like the Pick-and-Roll, then you have almost something like an easy button that lets you go to the hoop quickly and easy buckets. With a guard or small forward, this could be quite advantageous.
If you’re playing more of a power forward or a center, being defensive-minded may be more apropos, so you can choose either the Rebounder or Defender category to make yourself more useful. You can also get Inside Scorer if you want to be a threat in the paint. As you progress, you can make yourself more well-rounded so that you don’t become dead weight in either side of the court.
Whatever style of play you focus on for a character, you’ll have to understand the role of your chosen position and do your best with it. Find out what actions let you boost your teammate grade so that you can become a better player both for yourself and your team.
You get to unlock an upgrade every 7 games, so you can get better when you play more games over time. You also get more upgrade points when you both increase your teammate grade and contribute to the game by either scoring, rebounding, stealing, blocking, and so on.
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