what do the player ratings mean? next gen only

some of these i have no idea what they are talking about.... some i have a clue, some are obvious....but what the crap is sink or swim? can someone post definitions of what these ratings actually mean?



Athleticism
Defense Outside
Defense Inside
Teamwork
Max Speed
Agility
Quickness
Acceleration
Vertical
Conditioning
Lateral Quickness
Recovery Quickness
Strength
First Step
Ballcarrier Speed
Offensive Rebounding Strength
Post Strength
Inside Shooting Likelihood
Inside Shooting Ability
Layup/Dunk Aggressiveness
Dunk Ability
Dunk vs Layup Frequency
Layup Ability
Layup In Traffic
Dunk/Layup Shot Off
Tipins/Putbacks Scoring With Contact
Drawing Defensive Foul
Penetration Effectiveness
Hands Inp Post
Offensive Rebounding
Offensive Sink Or Swim Effectiveness
Offensive Box Out Effectiveness
Post Savvy
Offensive Post Footwork
Outside Shooting Likelihood
Outside Shooting Ability
Midrange Shooting Likelihood
Midrange Shooting Ability
Freethrow Ability
Shooting Touch
Clutch
Shooter's Mentality
Hands On Perimeter
Triple Threat Effectiveness
Foul Mistakes
Defensive Rebounding Strength
Defensive Rebounding
Defensive Sink Or Swim Effectiveness
Defensive Box Out Effectiveness
On Ball Effectiveness Shotblock
Shotalter
Steal
Interception
Double Teamability
Tenacity
Drawing Offensive Foul
Passlane Defense Effectiveness
Helpside Effectiveness
Closeout Effectiveness
Hedging The Screen
Fighting Through The Screen
Defensive Post Footwork
Defensive Post Strength
Mental Toughness
Hustle
Goto Guy
Court Vision
Pass Accuracy
Difficult Pass Ability
Dribbling
Double Team Composure
Setting Screens
Using Screens
Offball Awareness
Fastbreak Anticipation

andrew usually releases a ratings guide. until then, keep all your crap in one post, use commonsense to solve your issues, and don't post all the ratings, only the ones you don't know.

i have to agree with koberulz on the thread thing, and most of those are pretty obvious... but some can be really hard, i mean, what does steal mean can someone help me

wow, ive seen 5 people ask the same thing before on one page. i didnt jump down their throats about it.

shall i wait a day between posts just so that i can get some answers? ridiculous.

and usually, whenever i post more than one topic in a thread, it takes forever to get any answers, because people skip over threads without reading the whole thing.


one topic, one thread. just because one person posts many threads, with different topics, does not lessen the relevence of the topics posted. at least im asking questions that nobody else has posted anything about. did i know andrew released a ratings guide for every nba live? no. i didnt. obviously i know what steal means. but maybe i dont know how all of these ratings work. i mean, passlane defense effectiveness and interception... arent they the same thing? its an honest question.
im not trying to start a fight with anyone on here.

just post all your questions in the one thread. posting each question in successive threads is, in fact, spam.

Odd that on the PC with more memory and disc space, these extra ratings didn't make it into the game.