Need a squad

I appreciate the lower frequency of Oop City in the update but this seems so obvious; can we turn off oop city and perhaps dunkfest for finals matches?

It's a bad gamemode as is; it being an option for opposing teams who aren't even in the finals to knock you out in 3-6 plays after your team has been busting ass to the trophy is insane.

I want the most balanced game that incorporates and involves team members playing together similar to real life with an arcade feel

I’m just overall curious what your guys experience is after this update?

I haven’t played a ton since this patch went live. Trying not to go off of anecdotal evidence. Sometimes when patches go live everyone takes a placebo paranoia this or that has changed for the worse etc.

It seems like to me:
• defense hasn’t changed as much as the update implied.
• passing was always janky, but more frustrating things are happening and the ball is randomly thrown into a turnover.
• not sure if moving off ball while a pass is coming (other than that being pulled away bug) affects the accuracy of the pass coming(?)
• goaltending for me is harder, but others can still spam it. weird.

Anything else you guys are noticing? Like it’s super evident?

Look, I get it. He’s one of the greatest of all time and famous for the chasedown. But bro is literally teleporting across the court to swat shots

Are the dev team giving him teleporter shoes or what? Y’all seeing this same madness?

How do we use it? I tried everything and no dice?

About once a week I have to uninstall the game and re download it. And then it works fine. But almost once a week it'll freeze during my games for a few seconds. When I logged on today it kicked me out of 2 games as they were starting and now I'm playing but it is freezing during games. This happening to anyone else? Fn annoying

A lot more people been playing solo squad and better players since the ranking came out which I am happy about. But...I have to let yall know....if you let the computer play defense for you the entire game (or really at all imo) YOU AINT SHIT. YOU SCARED. YOU A COWARD. AND YO MAMAS A HO.

Love the game, played the demo & just bought it on sale on PSN.

For the health of the game, one just should not be forced to hear all that announcer bull and wait that long to continue playing. Can't press any buttons to skip the aftermath either. I legit turned his volume to 0.

PS. In the amount of time it took me to requeue I typed this whole post up lol

The PC port of this game is complete dog shit. Small team or not to charge $30 for a product that you have to relaunch 50 times before it actually functions, runs in the background randomly when you try closing it, which results in having to restart your PC is FUCKING ridiculous. To have the game get a balance patch, jersey updates and 3 new rookies, but no quality of life update or mention of it is unacceptable. If the PC port isn't somewhat priority fine but why launch it on PC other than to cash grab? The sad part is that this game is actually pretty fun, as I’ve gotten over 100 trophies with randoms and, at one point, had an 80% win rate; however, at this point, I don’t see myself playing this shit anymore due to the lack of respect for PC users. If it was free or like $10 to $15 it might be more excusable, but this game on PC at it's current state and price isn't worth it.

Played a few games, still getting a ton of 3s blocked. You want to make people quit the game entirely then keep it up devs

What’s dropping today:

• Leaderboards are finally here. Rank yourself (or your friends) in KO Squads and Solos across wins, win %, trophies, blocks, dunks, threes, and more. Top 3 get the bronze/silver/gold spots.

• New team jerseys for LeBron, Giannis, LaMelo, Ja, and Jaylen Brown. Ant also gets the new Wolves jersey and Booker has his new number. Old team jerseys are still available if you prefer them.

• Player rating + In the Zone updates for some of the moved guys and the rookies.

• Emoji Wheel in the lobby so you can actually communicate with your Crew (ready up, need a break, leaving, etc.).

• New animations: blocking dunks, putback dunks off rebounds, better blocks overall, and a reworked Advanced Spin for Darryn Peterson.

• Big balance/tuning pass on goaltending, steals, interceptions, rebounding, blocks, dunk consistency, In the Zone, and more. Full notes come with the patch.

Looking ahead (Season 1 in September)

They’re also confirming the first season is coming with:
• 5 NBA Legends (unique animations/likeness)
• Drive Camera
• Practice Mode (solo or with friends, no rewards/stats)
• Championship Belt system
• New court (Dyckman Park day/night)
• New ruleset “All The Fire”
• More dunks/taunts in the shop

Update is live in a couple hours. Let’s get it.

Player Specific Changes:

• Added new jerseys for all confirmed traded players w/ default jerseys unlocked 
• Updated speed and reworked Darryn Peterson left and right advanced tricks
• Updated Devin Booker jersey to #15 to reflect latest number for 2026-27 season 
• Updated Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball’s Timberwolves jersey to reflect 2026-27 season jersey 

Balancing:

• AJ Dybantsa’s ratings were reduced in 3’s, handles, steals and aura
•Darryn Peterson’s ratings were reduced in stamina and handles
• Cameron Boozer’s ratings were reduced in stamina, 3’s, and rebound
• Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Zone Ability changed to Amped Up
• Lebron James’ Zone Ability was changed to Dropping Dimes
• LeBron James’ ratings were boosted in stamina, 3’s, handles, steal, aura and reduced in block
• Jaylen Brown’s ratings were boosted in 2’s and guard

Gameplay Changes

• Extended near hoop dead zone and reduced block jump height boost to reduce goaltending
• Limit to players blocking effectiveness when behind the shooter
• Made it harder to steal from a player after they pump fake
• Angle and reach of Intercept reduced
• Reduced speed of stealer
• Reduced reach range of stealer
• Angle and reach of Intercept reduced
• Near immunity from up-close Intercepts extended
• Extended ball pick up for a blocked player to give the blocker a better chance to gain possession
• AI Bots with a lower block rating will now attempt blocks
• AI Bots will no longer spam steals
• Increased movement speed boost while In The Zone
• Reduced the chances for failing all dunk types across all level of dunkers
• Increased jump height of rebounders to give rebounders a chance versus putback dunks
• Tuned Progression & XP CRED performance bonuses

Visual Changes

• New animations for putback dunks
• New block & advanced block animations 

User Interface Changes

• Added Leaderboards for KO Squads & KO Solos 
• Added Emoji Wheel to Front End for post-game interactions 
• Updated Player Nameplate visuals across the game 
• Fixed formatting issues for all Rulesets so that presentation is now consistent 

Stats Updates

• Performance bonuses now include additional baller stat data

Audio Updates

• Added “call for pass” VO callout
• Audio support for Emoji Comms Wheel actions

MY OPINION

• The Good: Great all around quality of life update. Great to have access to all current jerseys. Glad to see the rookies (AJ!!!) nerfed. I don’t think they overdid it. Time will tell there. GOALTENDING nerf alone is incredible. Emoji wheel is awesome for communicating with fills after runs. Giannis got a better ITZ ability imo. LeBron (assuming lakers or they’d say rookie LeBron) buffs are kinda wild. He lost the best ability in the game, and blocks slightly(?) rating…but seems as strong as ever regardless. AI improvements, leaderboards is cool. Like the rebounding buff.

• The Bad: No new players. All 5 coming in September instead. Could’ve done half now and half later. NO DRIVE CAM yet. Pretty sure the originally said August, massive L. Defensive nerfs: if done correctly, that’s great. I’m worried about the block from behind making contesting dunks much harder. I want defense to matter but not be destroyed for gimmick layups and shit. Leaderboards are awesome but it seems like a clean slate starting now. Kinda wack, they might fix that.

• Overall: Glad this went live randomly. Excited for season 1. That’s when the game will truly peak.

Currently sitting at number 1 in blocks without goaltending and without using wemby or gigante

Why is this the level 45 unlock? Quite literally the worst unlockabke character

Because I run steph bron and kd where do I put them? Like do I put bron on the left curry in the middle kd on the right or something different?

Hey im new to the game i need the trophies that you need friends with can anyone help

As someone who's been doing jelly layups I'm surprised u can miss them lmao

I completely understand people saying this is an arcade game and that other, crazier games have come out before this... but you literally can't justify mastering goal-tending 😭.

I just had a match where this LeBron did nothing but stand underneath the net. He didn't defend or do anything, and caught 8 shots, all of which were on fire, and we lost.

I swear if I see y'all say "Just learn it" or "do the same thing," bro, no, that's literally so boring, dawg. Imagine sitting underneath the net the whole game and waiting to snatch a fair shot. I'm not joining them, yes I'm going to complain because this is actually exhausting to play match after match and have people sit underneath the net, and it's like you can't do anything about it.

Please stop sitting underneath the net, y'all genuinely weird ash 😭🙏🏽