The choice to use a traditional shooting techniques can also provide a higher quality of NBA 2K22 MT detail and accuracy by using dribbles. It's been a few times that the game NBA 2K21 did I activate the "Pro Stick" by accident and then get an extremely unbalanced ball. It's worth noting that alley-oops now require timing button presses in order to complete.

The lob's throwing can be simple enough, but the player finishing the lob must push the button'shoot' when they are in the green region of the timing metre to throw the ball down. While I'm not convinced it's necessary but I appreciate the fact that everything needs a certain amount of skill and precision, even if they'ren't particularly demanding in the current playing.

The biggest defensive improvement is in the form of a completely redesigned shooting system. I have always felt that blocking in the previous NBA 2K titles felt lifeless and, ultimately, a gamble. Thanks to new animations and the smoother flow and physicality, blocks now are precise and powerful adding a sense of robustness to the game's top centres, which I feel have never been truly represented as a threat in the past.

Play with Wilt Chamberlain's Lakers or Bill Russell's Celtics and you'll get a sense of what I'm talking about. The added feeling of precision and realism extends to mid-air confrontations, as players within the ring appear more natural in motion.

Highlight reels in earlier games were often tarnished or NBA 2K Coins completely destroyed by sloppy animations that left my large men appearing as frozen robots in the air. In NBA 2K22, players reach, swat and protect in a manner that simply feels more organic and therefore effective in the majority of defensive plays and situations.