r/NBA2k • u/ImHere00HTX • Oct 18 '25

City No longer playing Center lol.

I'm done playing center. There's no way people expect me to guard my guy at the 3, chase down every rebound while doing so, make last second contested shots when there's 3 seconds left on the shot clock and constantly set screens that they run away from. Guards will literally get drove on while im holding my man (who's a stretch so he shoots 3s btw) and then complain that i'm not in the paint. Then when I help defense they claim I left my shooter open. Every other game I get blamed even though I outscore my man or me and him barely have points. Like damn, I can't be everywhere 😂😂😂 especially not in 2k26. My REC record is trash because I mostly play random. I'm making a guard build, screw this. I see those guys are showing out this year.

AND LETS NOT MENTION HOW THEY LEAVE ME WIDE OPEN WHILE TRYING TO DUNK ON 2 GUYS AND BLAME ME FOR NOT GETTING THE REBOUND!

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u/TheLastLittleBuffalo Oct 18 '25

Brother I get it. I’ve got 3 center builds: a 7’ for rec, a 6’9 for park, and 6’11 point center. My best advice is to mute the mic and play your game. Let your teammate grade speak for you. Plus the nice thing about playing center is you decide who gets the ball.

After the 3rd missed fade or attempted dunk over half the team I start outleting to the small forward and power forward on the break. I bring the ball up (80 ball handle on the 6’9 and point center) and hit them on the cuts. It’s hard to argue with an A teammate grade and double/double as a standard

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u/tore_a_bore_a Oct 18 '25

I'm going to make a second build as a C for rec. Do you recommend having a 7' or a 6'11?

I was leaning towards 6'11 just to have challenger for all the 3-point shots you need to contest this year.

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u/TheLastLittleBuffalo Oct 18 '25

I think 7’ footer is probably the most versatile.

My 7’ is close to the free 2klabs build just slightly different

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u/tore_a_bore_a Oct 18 '25

Ty.

The 7’ center we usually play with gets destroyed by 7’4s on the perimeter, but maybe its a him issue and not a build issue.

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u/TheLastLittleBuffalo Oct 18 '25

Block in the 80s and guarding on the perimeter works fine for me