There HAS to be more to rebounding than being tall.

[howardphillips214]

Standing directly underneath the basket on offense shouldn't GIFT you rebounds because you're 7'3. These guys don't even have to jump to get rebounds. I'm pushing him, shoving him trying to get between him and the basket. But at 7'3 290 he's just unstoppable when I'm 6'9. I'm just so tired of the 7'3s being like this. Ever since the inception of MyPlayer being tall is all you need to do.

I ended up closing the gap, he had 10 rebounds to my 5 at half. But he ended with 15 to my 12. The problem is most of his rebounds were offensive. Doing NOTHING but sitting under the rim to kick out to shooters.

[tru11]

If you are tired make a taller player or box out better on defense.

Stop trying to make this game even more arcade and unrealistic then it already is.

You are 6’9.
You should be at a disadvantage in the paint against a much taller player.

Blake Griffin would get destroyed in the paint on offense, defense and on the boards against the likes of shaq, hakeem, kareem of wilt......


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[MrWrestling3]

Height disparity aside, the only thing I can think is that anticipation and positioning are also a part of rebounding; it sounds like you are giving up position right off the bat.

Assuming you are some sort of defender/rebounder, you should be quicker than he is and roughly as strong...most importantly try to beat him to his spots; get there first and do everything you can to keep him from getting any advantage at all before the shot goes up.Some times the best you can do is just make sure the other teams best rebounder is always in bad position and trust your team to get the ball.

Yes, I know the way 2K works that's nowhere nearly as easy as it sounds and may not be incredibly helpful, but unfortunately it's all I have.

[howardphillips214]

Most important piece of information y'all not accounting for. HE AIN'T EVEN GOTTA JUMP. If im leaning into him, pushing him,shoving him, he can just get the rebound by it coming off the rim and going into his hands. You look at the best rebounders in the game. Drummond 6'10, DeAndre Jordan 6'11, deAndre Ayton 6'11... The only 2 7'3s in the league both play for the Mavs right now. KP averaging career highs in rebounds at 9 per game. Boban Marjonovic gets boards when he's on the court, but he's not out rebounding Drummond. He barely even plays for us.

Tristan Thompson is like 6'9. He's one of the best rebounders in the game.

Stop it.

[TonyBake]

Don't you have another thread going right now where you complained about big men that can't shoot clogging the paint and not even getting rebounds to make up for it?

It really does sound like you're just not anticipating misses or not in position which can happen obviously when you're playing help D and what not. I've got a 6'10" defending/finishing PF and never feel like I'm struggling on the glass

[howardphillips214]

Quote: Originally Posted by TonyBake

Don't you have another thread going right now where you complained about big men that can't shoot clogging the paint and not even getting rebounds to make up for it? It really does sound like you're just not anticipating misses or not in position which can happen obviously when you're playing help D and what not. I've got a 6'10" defending/finishing PF and never feel like I'm struggling on the glass

Overall it was pretty even. You're not understanding my complaint. He twiced me on the offensive glass. If he's just standing under the rim waiting for a shot, I'm at a disadvantage. Defensively if i beat him down court getting back and they throw an early shot up, i can get those over anyone. But when Im jostling with him for position when he's on offense and I'm on defense it's hard because he has to reset. If he's not getting 3 in the key because he's popping in and out it's hard to maintain my position between him and the basket. But even times when i feel i have him boxed, he'll get animations where they'll just fly over my head.


I love how you all assume I'm just trash. Rather than just acknowledging the logic. Most players in the current NBA over 7' are not great rebounders. The best in the game are the good blends of athleticism and strength.

[TonyBake]

I see what you mean. IDK maybe it's just been my experience but I don't often find myself having to "jostle" with anyone lol it's like rebounding/boxout battles don't really exist. Half the games I play no one even boxes out. I've just found that if I anticipate properly I can snag defensive boards before the bigs even try to crash the offensive glass.

But sometimes the way the ball bounces does cause boards to go over my head or if I time it wrong it'll go over. But I don't think that's really anything the 7'3" behemoths are doing. If I was in the right position and boxing out I like to think I'd still have gotten the board.

So you think defensive boxing out isn't as effective as it should be? Do you have the Box badge? (which btw is a stupid badge that we shouldn't have to waste badge points on but still). I only have like Bronze Box and Silver Rebound Chaser and it seems to be enough to hold down my boxouts.

[tru11]

Quote: Originally Posted by howardphillips214

Overall it was pretty even. You're not understanding my complaint. He twiced me on the offensive glass. If he's just standing under the rim waiting for a shot, I'm at a disadvantage. Defensively if i beat him down court getting back and they throw an early shot up, i can get those over anyone. But when Im jostling with him for position when he's on offense and I'm on defense it's hard because he has to reset. If he's not getting 3 in the key because he's popping in and out it's hard to maintain my position between him and the basket. But even times when i feel i have him boxed, he'll get animations where they'll just fly over my head. I love how you all assume I'm just trash. Rather than just acknowledging the logic. Most players in the current NBA over 7' are not great rebounders. The best in the game are the good blends of athleticism and strength.

What are your rebound ratings?
At what level is rebound chaser and box out and other badges?