doesn't this completely ruin the challenge for you? Im not the biggest Live fan anyways but NBA 2k8 is awesome because you can structure your game/franchise to maximize your players' abilities
I go Hall of Fame, turn the sliders all 3/4 the way up for the computer except the turnover button (and the tendency to take 3's button and the make 3's button..the game becomes impossible and not fun when the computer just jacks up and makes every 3 pt shot) then I build my franchise around the way I want to play (suns offense with sixers grind it out defense with a really nice weakside shot blocker (Oden).
My lineup is/was:
Sergio Rodriguez (he's my binky in this game)
Brandon Roy
Thabo Sefelosha
Lamarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden
Sixth Men:
Kevin Martin
Darko Milcic
Channing Frye
Travis Outlaw
i dunno i find playin like that, when sometimes you lose (like 1 out of every 5 games, but sometimes you drop a couple in a row) it makes the game more fun