"Mental" Category Attributes

[reaal]

I've been hearing mixed things about these attributes.

1. Does offensive/defensive clutch activate in the last few minutes of every quarter, or only the last few minutes of the 4th quarter?
2. Does emotion and offensive/defensive awareness actually do anything?

[Allyc4t]

Clutch kicks in with 2mins to go in the 4th or OT the others i havent really noticed

[zXeX0dusXz]

Unlike in 2K11, clutch factor now kicks in on buzzer-beaters/last-second shot attempts too.

Offensive awareness does what it says, your player reacts better on loose balls and double teams, and you run less of a risk on jump balls. Better defensive awareness means your player can get past picks/screens better, whereas a player with less defensive awareness would just run into them. Emotion just shows how you react to foul calls. More of a visual factor than anything else. Too much though, and you run the risk of a technical.

[Infernales]

Unlike in 2K11, clutch factor now kicks in on buzzer-beaters/last-second shot attempts too.

Offensive awareness does what it says, your player reacts better on loose balls and double teams, and you run less of a risk on jump balls. Better defensive awareness means your player can get past picks/screens better, whereas a player with less defensive awareness would just run into them. Emotion just shows how you react to foul calls. More of a visual factor than anything else. Too much though, and you run the risk of a technical.

I've purposely maxed "emotion" on my player and have yet to see a technical foul called...i doubt if this would happen.
Funny thing is, my player do make wild reactions to almost every personal foul.

[Andrew]

The NBA won't allow developers to include unsportsmanlike technical fouls or fights in NBA video games. The only techs you'll see are the ones that come about as the result of violations such as calling a timeout when you have none remaining and defensive three seconds.