Plays and Playbooks

[fgrep15]

I'm hoping this year the playbook diagrams can return. I was a little confused as to why they took them out in the first place, but I think everyone can agree with them being back.

Also it would be good to have more realistic plays, and actual team plays. You can even make generic plays, but more related to NBA teams as opposed to just random generic plays.

Example of generic plays: SG Curl, SF Curl, these are plays a team like Detroit uses with Rip Hamilton where he comes from the baseline and curls to the middle. The Raptors also use it with Morris Peterson at times. PF High Post [someone like Webber]. These plays are not just individual, it will be a Motion offense, but that's the main option.

Exaple of a teams plays:

Detroit:
SG Curl FT
Iso PG Post
SF Curl Post Option
PF Post

Miami
Iso SG Wing
C Post, Cutter Option [post Shaq, and the outside players curl through and then move out to the 3PT line]
Inside/Out, SG-C

It would be a lot better than having Flex, Secondary Break, Motion 1-10 etc etc...

[Cameron]

Yeah man, it pissed me off that they took out the playbook diagram thing (although there are still all the ol' plays) but I think they could make them a lot more realistic, and the moving diagrams are a must.

[T-Comm55]

NBA Live 2001 had good playbook. It had those animations to show wat the play is and how to execute it. I dont know why they took it out.

[Andrew]

Animated playbooks actually date way back to NBA Live 96, the first year we had dynamic playcalling. They certainly make it a lot easier to run plays, I'm sure most of us would welcome their return.

[jayp]

animated playbooks would definitely increase replay value for the game, provided Live 06 has team playbooks.. you can experiment with different plays and change default plays to match the strengths of your team..

[Matt]

deffinately....i like playing slow halfcourt game, so i need plays, they made the game much more fun

also, at the end of the game when you want to get a guy free you can set him up instead of now where you have to do a pick and roll.

the plays in 04 where crap because they took to long to execute, by the time you go the ball to the player you wanted you have 3 secs to make a move which results in a blocked shot.