Rebounds

[Mysticsmoke]

There have been several hands-on previews so far and no one has mentioned offensive rebounding or rebounding period. What'd you think, is going to be fixed or will it be more of the same?

[nets4life]

the rebounding part of the game for me is fine, im guessing it will be the same. Rebounding is one of the last things they need to improve on

[volsey]

I disagree, from what I remember, the offensive rebounding was way out of whack. You could have perfect position, and still the player on offense would get the board. I think it should be fixed since it isn't a hard thing to fix, and since there was no problem with rebounding in past NBA Lives.

[Bmur]

When I play against the computer there are usually as many or more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds.

[Craig]

There have been several hands-on previews so far and no one has mentioned offensive rebounding or rebounding period. What'd you think, is going to be fixed or will it be more of the same?

and there are times when the ball bouncing on the floor, i try to catch it and my player just pass by when oppsite player is not even close...
SHIT ! that makes player look like an idiot ! and it is not realistic at all !

[Metsis]

It seems that in NBA Live 06 you have to time your rebounding really well and the players get the board if the timing is right and the ball is in the right sector... But it seems that a bouncing ball cannot be picked up unless it is very close to the ground. Thus during a bounce, your player will just run by it. And in rebounding action, you miss the rebound, the offense will get it. The limitations are too tight on this and they need to put more emphasis on positioning... The guy boxed out, should have next to no possibility of grabbing the board. But he gets it every time, when you miss the rebounding moment, in Live 06.

It is a problem that needs to be fixed... Hopefully 07 will have it better. I've said it before... I like the 06 gameplay... Only minor tweaks and I would simply love it. The rebounding, the shots taken from behind the glass and making it a bit tougher to get to the rim and I would be in love... The last is probably the most important... You can dunk on almost every attack... Especially when your team is set up that way.

[Raptorel]

The defensive players simply DO NOT BOX OUT! I mean, they do box out but VERY RARE. Also you can tip as high as 10 off rebounds per missed shot so you can get like 30+ rebounds per game with a PF or C on 8 minute quarters... so I kinda force myself not to use the tip-in function... but I still get a hell amount of off reb (often more than defensive ones). And that with the off reb slider set to 0 and CPU def reb slider set to 100...

So they really need to fix this as it's a VERY IMPORTANT aspect of the basketball game in itself. BOX OUT, and NO 1000000 TIP-INS. They should make the second bounce for the tip in shorter and the third shorter etc, just like in real life.

[Andrew]

For what it's worth, in our interview Brian Ullrich mentioned that the rebounding had been "completely overhauled" in NBA Live 07.