Defensive settings that actually work and a way to have individual players stay home on assignments without using deny ball.
The only way to have shooters stay home currently is deny ball which is susceptible to back door cuts. I don't know why there isn't a way to have defenders stay home on individual players while using, tight, moderate and even gap as well. That said, I've had instances where even with deny ball on, the cpu will just randomly leave their man, with no double team called, every other defender covering their man and no mismatches. This is both with and without ACE.
When I go up against the 70/71 Bucks (who should not be a tier 3 team, they have a higher rating than some current tier 1 teams), I put deny ball on positions 1-3 and sometimes 5, leave him off ball and gap on ball for Greg Smith at the 4 with a double on catch and double on drive for Kareem and Cameron Johnson STILL guards Greg Smith out at the 3 point line and might bring a late double team on occasion. Emphasis on might.
A new physics engine altogether. I would not be surprised if there's still code from the original Dreamcast games in these new entries. I've got footage of players going through other players like they were ghosts and that's something I remember seeing back in 2k10 and 11. Case in point:
https://youtu.be/Jn1L9ykIzPQ?feature=shared
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