Add Impulse using Suggest Projectile Velocity

Goal: throw ball in an arc into the basketball hoop.

basically I am plugging in the location of the ball attached to Player and a basketball hoop located on the other end of the court. I see the arc being traced successfully. However, when I use the resulting velocity vector to Add Impulse, the ball seems to fly off into the opposite direction.

I’ve boiled down this behavior due to Simulate Physics. Somehow, when this is enabled, and as soon as the ball is grabbed, the ball launches into an arc backwards when it should be going forwards. When I turn this off, the ball seems to fly to the left.