Stick when catch and shoot or post fade. Button from anyplace in close. Works for me but it required a bit of practice. Is not it harder to pick your layup if you utilize button? I've always fought with these controls and utilized stick for NBA 2K21 MT layups. I would really like to be shooting at 40% but I'm lucky if I can hit 20%. I just play offline. I know we've scrub players right now, and I am a below average player but badly even layups which are in the center of the meter aren't going in. I don't even dare to try out a jump shooter. The AI seems to be absurd levels as well. I understand they want to reward skill in 2k21 however this type of stuff will really put off casual gamers and those new the 2K franchise and also new to basketball games.

I've been playing since 2K13 but I've never been that great of a player. My starter players've never played this bad at 2k16,17,18,19 and 20. The only other 2K I played with 2K20 was 2K13 and that has been on PC. I improved a hell of a lot in 2K20 to the point where I could go as high as Superstar without using STS. But this is a completely different level with a completely different mechanic. I did fine at the demo and at the quickgames with the new shooting meter but can't hit the side of a barn here.

Only played with the demo, however, the stick was a great deal more dependable than button to get me. I have always been a button man also. I have a 75 3 pointer, I think I greened one shooter like 5 nba games. . Mostly broad open shots... and this was on allstar not even thinking to proceed at the rec center. . Genuinely shooting 2/16 in an offline triple threat game on only layups and 1 open jumpshot that airballed on marginally early. Spent $100 for this bullshit lmao. Person that the shooting is additional fine right now but I would advise shot timing like look for the que about the animation.

Yep I'm having difficulty with it also. Started a match on My team going 0/12 missing open 3s and midrange shots all over the place. I am all for them toning shots being nearly automatic but the system seems a tiny bit too unforgiving up Cheap NBA 2K21 MT Coins to now. Hopefully will begin to get better after a few more games of getting used to it. The game came out and we gotta brand new meter using slightly different timing.