NBA 2K Mobile

In NBA 2K Mobile modes such as Crews, Events, Tourneys, and Drills are in the Game. Crews is an offline blacktop mode where you can create a MyPlayer, and play a 3-on-3 match against other crews. Tourneys replaced the mode called Seasons, and is a mode where you play a series of best of 4 rounds, and is based on an NBA season, there are different playoff rounds, allowing you to earn different tiers of player cards.[8] Drills allows you to practice doing different kinds of activities including basketball related like 1v1s and 3v3s, and not basketball related like bench press and reaction time, and get rewards for doing them. Events allow you to play different types of gamemodes to get rewards.

When the shoot button is pressed, a bar will appear. Several variables can affect the chance of the ball going in, including the player's rating, the distance from the defenders and the hoop, or timing the shot well by making the bar as filled as possible. If the bar turns yellow, that means that the ball has an increased chance of going in, if the bar turns green, then the shot is guaranteed to go in. The better the player's rating is, the easier it is to time the shot.[9]

By starting the defend move, the defenders will automatically follow the players they are supposed to guard. If the guarded player passes the ball while the defend button is still pressed, then the defender will automatically switch to the new opposing player that has the ball. If the button wasn't pressed during the pass, the defender will stay with the original player. During the block, the defender will make a move and attempt to block his shot or make it more unlikely for the ball to go in. The taller the defender is, and the better the player's defensive rating is, makes it more unlikely for the opposing player to make the shot. After the steal, the defender will attempt to steal the ball from the opposing player. Sometimes the defender may foul the opposing player, and with enough fouls, the fouled player will shoot two free throws.[3]

Underneath the pictures of the player cards, you can see the power of the card. In the top left next to Team 2, you can see the team power.

Each player card has a certain amount of power based on its tier and type it belongs to. The average power of all cards on the player's team is the team's power. The team's power determines which opponents it will play against, which cards can be unlocked, and the rewards the player can get from events.[3]

Points needed to unlock more attributes boosts for gear.

Gear is used to improve player's attributes. Each player can only have one gear, and different gears can only be specifically used for certain positions and/or teams. There are several different gear tiers, and the higher the tier, the more attributes it can improve. However, in order to be able to get the attribute boost for higher tier gear, the player needs to score a certain number of points with the player card that the gear is attached to, to be able to unlock all the attribute boosts.[10]

There are currently 16 different tiers of the player cards, affecting the player's power. When there are several cards of the same tier, the player can choose which player card to upgrade. In order to be able to upgrade the card, they have to have the same star level as the card that is being upgraded. To upgrade the player card, the player can either use two different cards of the same tier and star level, or use the exact same card as the one being upgraded. When a card is being upgraded, the card/s used to upgrade the other card will be deleted, and will no longer be able to be used.[11][10]

You can see underneath the mentor, the attribute boosts, and the power that it will increase the card by.

When training a card, the power of the card will increase. The maximum level that a card can be trained is level 100. However, to be able to train a card to a certain point, it needs to be at a specific tier, along with the high enough star level.[12] When a card reaches level 100, it can be converted into a mentor, which can help improve a different card's power level, and increase the player's attributes if the card is attached with gear when it is converted. When you make a mentor and teach a card with it for the first time, it is free, but as you teach more cards with it, it will start to cost more and more coins. A card can be trained using either pump-ups, which are made specifically to train cards, other cards, or collectibles. The higher the tier of a pump-up or card, the more it trains the card.[13]