nba 2k21 stamina issue

NBA 2K21 Stamina Issue Continues to Hurt Sim-Style Players

This is not a new problem for the NBA 2K series, but it’s highlighted across multiple platforms now this year with NBA 2K21. The NBA 2K21 stamina issue quite frankly sucks for sim-style players. Running five-man units is perfectly viable still online, and the stamina issue goes beyond just the online modes. The “Gatorade” icon is more an aesthetic than a warning of danger ahead. Brian takes us through the issue and ways he would remedy it right now.

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Whether you play MyTeam, PNO, or just want a realistic franchise playthrough, the lack of stamina loss only caters to people looking for an unrealistic experience. It caters to a specific sort of lazy person who does not want to try and build a whole team or worry about managing anything over the course of a full game. This should not be the case as it defeats the purpose of building a balanced roster and allows turbo-heavy users to simply push through the energy loss.

NBA 2K21 has received plenty of patches, but a buff to stamina loss would not be unwarranted at some point.

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Chase Becotte
Chase has written at Operation Sports for over 10 years, and he's been playing sports games way longer than that. He loves just about any good sports game but gravitates to ones that coincide with the ongoing real seasons of the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, and so on. As of now, he's gearing up for EA Sports College Football 25 and what should be a wild summer while still dabbling in the latest Top Spin and MLB The Show.