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Defense Aggressiveness: Move the slider to the right to
play an aggressive style of defense.
Offense/Defense: If you are more defense-minded, move
the slider to the right; if you are more focused on putting
up points move to the left.
Offense Strategy: Select INSIDE if you like to post up and
score from the paint, OUTSIDE if you like to shoot the
jumper, or BALANCED ATTACK.
Defense Strategy: Choose MAN TO MAN to match up in
consistent guarding assignments or a ZONE option to
patrol areas of the floor.
Primary Off Option: This is the player in whose hands you’d
most like to get the ball.
Secondary Off Option: This is your second choice to have
the ball on offense.
ACTIVE
You must have at least 12 active players on your roster in
order to field a team. If you have more than 12 players, 12
are active players and the rest are reserves. At the Activate
Players screen, you can determine which players will be
available to play in your next game and which players will
be reserves.
To activate a reserve player:
1. Press the D-pad
to highlight the reserve player you
want to activate, then press the A button to select. A
check mark appears in the box next to his name.
2. Press the D-pad
to highlight the active player you want
to swap positions with, then press the A button to select.
The players exchange status and swap positions.
3. Continue until you are satisfied with your lineup of active
players for your next game.
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TEAM INFO
The Team Information screen is a snapshot of the state
of your franchise. You can view player injuries, traded
draft picks, waived players, released coaches and the
36,000 exception.
TEAM POINTS
Player compensation is just one slice of the financial pie
that you must manage as GM – coaching salaries and
workout costs are also key considerations in building a
championship-caliber team. At this screen, you can
monitor your franchise to ensure you’re getting the
most bang for your buck.
GAMEPLAN
OFF. PLAYS
Using broadcast-style graphics, the Offensive Plays screen
displays an animated example of each of the 25 offensive
plays available to you. Select the four plays you want
access to on the court in the Offensive Play menu.
• To set your offensive plays, see Offensive Plays on p. 19.
DEF. PLAYS
NBA 2K3 features 10 defensive plays, which you can assign
to your Defensive Play menu. Although defensive plays are
not animated, you can set them in the same way you set
offensive plays. (See Offensive Plays on p. 19.)
STRATEGY
Since you do not control your players when a game is
simulated, set the strategy you want your team to play in
your absence when you choose to simulate a game.
Tempo: Move the slider to the right to speed up the
tempo for a faster paced game or to the left to slow
down the tempo.
Fast Break/Crashboard: Move the slider to the right to
play an aggressive offense style of play.
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