CB Draft '09: Simulated Season Plans

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Can we cut Miami some slack, seeing as he's a new father?

Understood, I'm just trying to get everyone on there. I know I won't get responses from some, like:

I don't think New York will be posting their roster in the desired form.

But there are posters that are extremely active on these boards that haven't done so. Just trying to make my life easier for doing this, so I'll include everyone. Miami/Cuba gets plenty of slack though this is nowhere near a priority for him, and rightfully so.

[nickagneta]

I get the feeling Hoyo that if people haven't entered their teams yet, it isn't going to happen. You may be stuck with some of the work. If you need help PM me the names of some of the teams and I'll do the research and work for you on some of them and then post them here or PM them back.

[Roy Hobbs]

I get the feeling Hoyo that if people haven't entered their teams yet, it isn't going to happen. You may be stuck with some of the work. If you need help PM me the names of some of the teams and I'll do the research and work for you on some of them and then post them here or PM them back.

I'm home sick today, so I've started working on this task, as well. 

If you can start on Utah, Houston, San Antonio, Golden State,  and Las Vegas, I'll work on some of the others.

[nickagneta]

I get the feeling Hoyo that if people haven't entered their teams yet, it isn't going to happen. You may be stuck with some of the work. If you need help PM me the names of some of the teams and I'll do the research and work for you on some of them and then post them here or PM them back.

I'm home sick today, so I've started working on this task, as well. 

If you can start on Utah, Houston, San Antonio, Golden State,  and Las Vegas, I'll work on some of the others.

No Problem

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Guys i checked out what jdpapa said and it looks like he's right. I think 2k10 will include a feature that would have me able to control all 30 teams at once. This means we can stop the roster assembly here in this thread, because I would likely be able to just recreate the fantasy draft for a much easier assembly.

[jdpapa3]

From Operation Sports (legit)

Association Mode

-2K is dubbing it as the "year of the fan" when it comes to Association mode.

-D-League players are not part of the D-League license, so you won't have real players on the teams.

-The D-League is only available within Association Mode -- as well as 'My Player' when you are on those teams.

-The D-League is fully integrated into Association mode. You can play those games if you choose, you can sign players from the D-League, and you can send your players down to the D-League.

-The proper D-League rules are in there, so you can't send Kobe down and score 60 points a game with him so he progresses more.

-You can create your own draft class, which means you can create 72 guys and then upload that file to the 2K server. That means you could create 72 of the top prospects or you could re-create an old class and upload that one. You can download a new draft class before each season. Obviously you can just have a class generated for you if you don't want to download a draft class. I know some insane people on OS will create entire draft classes, and bless you if you do.

-The NBA.com style is still the hub when you are in Association mode.

-The developers added a lot of new headlines and added some new headline categories.

-There is a "league history" feature now. Basically it's the archived history of the NBA. So you can look at league leaders from any season, playoff matchups, team records, Finals matchups etc. It goes back to when Dolph Schayes led the league in scoring (I think that's 1961). The "league history" continues to build as you play, so you are "writing" history so to speak in your own Association.

-I don't think there is any sort of weekly recap feature or whatever. I didn't ask specifically (sorry forgot) but I would think the developers would have shown me it if it was there.

-You can control all 30 teams this year.

-There are 10-day contracts.

-No bi-annual exceptions or stuff like splitting the mid-level in half.

-Restricted free agency is now in the game.

-There is a full-on practice mode within Association mode. You can go in with your team and practice plays (full 5-on-5 if you choose for this and you can set the defense up in various defenses as well). There is also free-throw practice and "freestyle" where you just mess around with one player. You don't get performance boosts for doing practice -- this is probably for the better in my opinion because it would probably be one of those things that you only get boosts from -- not the computer -- so it would essentially be an unfair advantage. There is no "scrimmage" feature where you play full-court 5-on-5.

-No dunk contest or 3-point contest during All-Star Weekend. The thought was since the dunk contest 2K created is not like the one that occurs during ASW, it wouldn't make sense to use that for ASW.

-Rookie/Sophomore game is fully sponsored for ASW. The game has the right court logos, T-Mobile sponsors and jerseys.

-There is a new player progression system -- you shouldn't see the 12th on a team progressing to 90 overall anymore. The progression system is now based on playing time and performance. Players do have peak ages and peak decline ages -- these ages vary so it's not always the same age when players peak or decline.

-Dynamic attendance is a maybe for now. They are working on it, but don't want to promise it yet, because it may not be ready in time.

-The commentary you hear in Association mode is dynamic. So while quick games/NBA Today will be based on real life, the commentary duo will talk about trades that occurred in your Association mode or any other things that happened in your Association, not real life.

-There is a new simulator this year. In the past the person working on simmed stats only had a couple days, this year the developer got three weeks. The shooting percentages are a bit high still (according to the developers) but that's still being tweaked. Otherwise the simmed stats should be better.

-In-game saves are present.

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

NICE... TP for the find man thanks

nick and roy thanks too for the offer to help... TPs all around

[nickagneta]

Fake Utah Jazz

Dirk Nowitzki - Dallas Mavericks
Chauncey Billups - Denver Nuggets
Chris Kaman - Los Angeles Clippers
Mike Dunleavy - Indiana Pacers
Nick Collison - Oklahoma City Thunder
C.J. Miles - Utah Jazz
Flip Murray
Robin Lopez - Phoenix Suns
Antoine Wright - Toronto Raptors
Goran Dragic - Phoenix Suns
Darius Songalia - Minnesota Timberwolves
Yakhouba Diawara - Miami Heat
Mike James - Washington Wizards
Alando Tucker - Phoenix Suns

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Guys i checked out what jdpapa said and it looks like he's right. I think 2k10 will include a feature that would have me able to control all 30 teams at once. This means we can stop the roster assembly here in this thread, because I would likely be able to just recreate the fantasy draft for a much easier assembly.

Nick I really appreciate the help, but we might not need to do this so you can save yourself the work. I already TP'ed you though

Hold off for now, but if I need help thanks a ton for the offer and I'll definitely use ya haha

[StartOrien]

Gilbert Arenas (Washington)
Ricky Rubio (Minnesota?)
Marcus Williams (Memphis)
Andre Igoudala (Philadelphia)
Von Wafer (Houston?)
Quincy Douby (Toronto)
Shane Battier (Houston)
Terrance Williams (New Jersey)
Donte Greene (Sacramento)
Lamarcus Alridge (Portland)
Channing Frye (Phoenix)
Joey Dorsey (Houston)
Kurt Thomas (Milwakee)
Jamal Magloire (Miami)
Goran Suton (Utah)

I also have X Box 360

[nickagneta]

Fake Houston Rockets

Chris Bosh - Toronto Raptors
Joe Johnson - Atlanta Hawks
Monta Ellis - Golden State Warriors
Anthony Randolph - Golden State Warriors
Grant Hill - Phoenix Suns
Andres Nocioni - Sacramento Kings
D.J. Augustin - Charlotte Bobcats
Earl Clark - Phoenix Suns
Dejuan Blair - San Antonio Spurs
David Anderson - Houston Rockets
Marcus Thornton - New Orleans Hornets
Leon Powe - Cleveland Cavaliers
Bobby Jackson -
Dajuan Summers - Detroit Pistons

[The Walker Wiggle]

Wow, Nick, thanks. Tommy Point. I guess I'd completely overlooked this. I added my crucial 15th man to the below. Jonas Jerebko!

Fake Houston Rockets

Chris Bosh - Toronto Raptors
Joe Johnson - Atlanta Hawks
Monta Ellis - Golden State Warriors
Anthony Randolph - Golden State Warriors
Grant Hill - Phoenix Suns
Andres Nocioni - Sacramento Kings
D.J. Augustin - Charlotte Bobcats
Earl Clark - Phoenix Suns
DeJuan Blair - San Antonio Spurs
David Andersen - Houston Rockets
Marcus Thornton - New Orleans Hornets
Leon Powe - Cleveland Cavaliers
Bobby Jackson -
DaJuan Summers - Detroit Pistons
Jonas Jerebko - Detroit Pistons

[Edgar]

Wow, Nick, thanks. Tommy Point. I guess I'd completely overlooked this. I added my crucial 15th man to the below. Jonas Jerebko!

Fake Houston Rockets

Chris Bosh - Toronto Raptors
Joe Johnson - Atlanta Hawks
Monta Ellis - Golden State Warriors
Anthony Randolph - Golden State Warriors
Grant Hill - Phoenix Suns
Andres Nocioni - Sacramento Kings
D.J. Augustin - Charlotte Bobcats
Earl Clark - Phoenix Suns
DeJuan Blair - San Antonio Spurs
David Andersen - Houston Rockets
Marcus Thornton - New Orleans Hornets
Leon Powe - Cleveland Cavaliers
Bobby Jackson -
DaJuan Summers - Detroit Pistons
Jonas Jerebko - Detroit Pistons

you shpould put
Bobby jackson ... Boston Celtics

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

Bad news, blog gang.

I start a new job in Connecticut Monday, October 12. This is good for me, but not good for my plans to do the season simulation as I do not have XBox 360 or PS3. I am going to have to shamelessly quit on this project as I just do not have the time or necessary equipment due to new job and finding/moving to a new place. This is somewhat unavoidable, and I completely apologize as I was looking forward to doing it and posting about it with my friend, but this will be tough to do. I am in talks to convince my friend to do it anyway and email me the results, but I don't know if that's possible yet.

I'm really, really sorry, but it looks like I can't do this.

[indeedproceed]

I might take a crack at it.