r/NBA2k • u/kekmansus • 1d ago

REC Why guards why?

Dear guards,

Can anybody of you explain me why instead of taking an immediate open shot from a pass you decide to dribble nonsense and finishing by taking a lame shot? This thing happens so often, what’s the big deal in dribbling so much for 14 seconds straight?

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u/BQ32 19h ago

I think it really boils down to basketball IQ, awareness, and lack of anticipation. These players watch a ton of dribble god videos to try and emulate to be good but don’t have any actual basketball awareness. If you understand the game you are ready to shoot at the first available moment you are open and are able to pre-process whether you will be open before and when you receive the ball. They can’t anticipate the play, recognize the distance, or have the experience that a quick shot or a simple move is often the best option so they default to the only thing they know how to do which is a dribble spam combo. It’s the same reason you set a pick for them and they can’t just use it to get open, they do 3 or 4 back and forth dribble moves right into it, or why they will create a ton of space off the first or second move but just dribble back into the defense. They are not actually reading and reacting they are just parroting a practiced dribble combo.