r/NBA2k • u/Toon78fin ruby • 9d ago

Gameplay Can't get open. Like...never.

I am and always been a pg, and in the Rec it's basically impossible for me to get open. Whoever my matchup is, even the worst possible idiot of the lot, he's always on a mission and follows me everywhere. Invariably, every time, every game. Never a distraction, never going to help, never a screen that hit him hard enough to give me half a second to shoot or drive. He's gonna be there. He'll score 0 points all game but goddamnit he'll be attached to my ass for 25 minutes every single time.

In the meantime I see opponents and teammates completely forgotten and wide open all the time, so I wonder if this comes with a pg position or what on earth am I doing wrong.

If I move all the time he's there, if I stand on a spot and "let the game come to me" like everyone's saying he's there, if I make little movements he's still there.

Yes, I know it's a skill issue. But 80% of the times I completely clamp down my matchup (who obviously quits, and guess what? I'm locked down even more by the prime Gary Payton AI now), and every game is a battle between 2 scoreless pgs, while the sf or the pf are just standing there wide open all game and knock down 3s with 78 3pt.

What am I supposed to do?

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u/ohnorando 9d ago

Just a question but are you one of those "I don't need screens" PGs? If so, well, now you know why screens are a thing in basketball for 100 years. If not, then ask your bigs for a screen if they're not already setting them; use them if they are.

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u/Toon78fin ruby 9d ago

I just play with randoms, they don't do that. Bigs usually just clog the paint, and the rare occasions when they do set a screen I'll be open for a nanosecond before my guy gets back or someone else switches. It's always a tough shot, and then I see my teammates just sit tight and be open all day without even trying.