The Wenli Chen Story: An NBA 2k17 dynasty

[rjolley]

Great season. How are the Lakers doing? Still have a shot at the #1 pick?

[Eaglesfan27]

4/10 -

We beat the Knicks 102-100! We make it to 75 wins! Ingram had 34 and Morgan had 29 against us.

For us, Chen had 24 points, 11 boards, 8 assists. Francis with 16 points, 12 boards, and 8 blocks! Pavic with 16. Fowlkes with 14. Lucas with 10.


We cruise in the final game too! 76-6 record! New NBA record. We have 9 championships. Can we get number 10?

We had 6 championships in a row before losing last year. Chen had 4 championships in his first 4 years. Can he get number 5 now?

Chen wins his 4th straight MVP! Video of that and end of season stats will be coming soon.

[Eaglesfan27]

Here is a video of all time records, stats, and award history:


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65gljk

Okafor made an impressive difference and the Lakers barely missed the playoffs at 34-48. So, I have a slight chance at the #1 pick.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first series is against the 8 seed Nets:

Game 1:

Chen with 41 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 9 steals, and 2 blocks as we win 125-75. Francis with 35 points, 13 boards, and a block.


Game 2:

Chen with 59 points, 7 boards, 9 assists, and 2 steals as we win 148-95.


Game 3:
Chen with 26 points, 8 boards, 8 assosts, 4 steals, 2 blocks as we win 108-94.

Francis with 18 points, 12 boards, 3 blocks.


Game 4:

We complete the sweep 106-100. Chen with 30 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 5 steals, and 3 blocks.


#5 Miami beats #4 Boston in 6 to advance to face us.


Game 1 vs Miami:

We win 104-98 behind 30 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal for Chen.

Francis with 21 points, 9 boards, 2 blocks.

Lucas with 17 points and 8 boards in 20 minutes.


Game 2:

We win 107-79. Chen with 36 points, 14 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks.

Francis with 21 points, 9 boards, 2 blocks.

Geiger with 16 points in 15 minutes.


Game 3:

Chen shoots 5 of 21 but we grind it out for a 75-73 win.

Chen with 14 points, 14 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals.

Francis with 14 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks.

Lucas with 11 points and 4 boards and 2 blocks in 20 minutes.


Game 4:

We complete the sweep with a game winner by Chen, 96-95.

Chen with 21 points, 12 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals.

Francis with 23 points, 7 boards, 4 blocks.

Rodgers with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 blocks.



The Knicks beat the Raptors in 6 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals to face us once again.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Western Conference Finals again features Memphis and Dallas...


Game 1 vs the Knicks:

Chen with 40 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and a block in a 123-100 win.

Francis with 16 points, 6 boards, 2 blocks.

Rodgers with 16 points, 12 boards, 2 blocks.

Fowlkes with 14 points.

Lucas with 12 points, 4 boards, 2 blocks.


Game 2:

We win 112-83. Chen with 25 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, 5 steals.

Francis with 28 points, 7 boards, 2 blocks.

Lucas with 11 points, 4 boards, 3 blocks.

Bilous with 10 points, 10 boards, 5 steals, and 5 blocks.



Game 3:

The Knicks win 117-112. Morgan with 28, Ingram with 26, and Porzingis with 24.

Chen with 44 points, 11 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in the loss.

Francis with 20 points, 7 boards, 2 blocks.


Game 4:

The Knicks win again at home 110-100 behind 30 points from Ingram and 24 from Porzingis.

Francis led us with 31 points, 13 boards, 3 blocks.

Chen with 25 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block but he shot 7 of 23.


Game 5:

Francis goes off at home! 35 points, 18 boards, 4 blocks in a 123-100 win! Francis shot 15 of 20 from the floor.

Chen with 22 points, 10 boards, 7 assists, 4 steals, and a block.

Lucas with 16 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Game 6:

Despite 34 from Porzingis, we win 123-90!

Chen with 47 points, 11 boards, 9 assists, 5 steals and he shut down Ingram. Very impressive!

Francis with 21 points, 10 boards, 3 blocks.

Rodgers with 20 points, 8 boards, 3 blocks.

Lucas with 11 points.

Holland with 18 assists.


In the West, Dallas sweeps Memphis who lost their best player to injury in game 1.


Dallas was the #3 seed in the West with a 57-25 record. Their best players are SF Dustin Glover who is a scoring machine and SG Jens Schroeder.

[Eaglesfan27]

Game 1:

An exciting back and forth game that features a game winner from Chen! 126-125 win! Chen with 42 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals on 15 of 20 shooting.

Francis with 23 points, 9 boards, 5 blocks!

Fowlkes with 16 points off the bench.

Rodgers with 14 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks.

Pavic with 12 points.

Holland with 18 assists.


Game 2:

We win 120-93. Francis with 37 points, 9 boards, 3 blocks.

Chen with 21 points, 12 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, and a block.

Rodgers with 19 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks.

Fowlkes with 12 points.

Holland with 16 assists and 10 points.

Lucas with 8 points, 3 boards, 2 blocks.


Game 3:

Before the game Lucas tells me he wants to start... LOL. No way over Francis or Rodgers...

Despite that, the team goes out and plays great. 131-90 win.

Chen with 44 points, 12 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 15 of 28.

Francis with 26 points, 17 boards, 3 blocks.

Lucas with 16 points, 6 boards, 2 blocks off the bench.

Holland with 14 assists.


Game 4:

We complete the sweep!!! 125-100 win.

Chen with 35 points, 10 boards, 11 assists, 5 steals. He shot 13 of 29.

Geiger with 20 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 16 minutes!!!

Francis with 17 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks.

Lucas with 12 points, 6 boards, 2 blocks.

Holland with 14 assists.



Chen wins Finals MVP averaging 38 mpg, 35.5 ppg, 10 rpg, 8.5 apg, 2.8 spg, 0.5 bpg. He shot 54.2% from the floor and 46.4% from the arc.

[Eaglesfan27]

Notable Retirements:

Durant, age 39, 21 years, Warriors.

Cousins, Lakers, 37, 18, Lakers.

Blake Griffin, 39, 18, Suns.

Kyrie Irving, 36, 17, Cavs.

Bradley Beal, 34, 16, Heat.


Time for the draft lottery!!!

We have a 1.2% chance of moving up....


OMG! We are moving up!!! How far is the question now!!!


We had a rule change, so could be as low as 10....

Not 10 or 9....


Ugh. We get the #8 pick.

Could it be enough ammo to move up and get the #1 pick? Should we?

[Eaglesfan27]

With a 16% chance, the Hornets get the #1 pick.

We had an amazing workout with Corie Emerson but would a 3rd major scorer detract from Chen's chances to pass Lebron as the all-time scoring leader?


I decide to try to make the trade. I offer them Jermaine Rodgers and Fowlkes for the #1. They decline.

I throw in the #8 pick and they agree. They picked up a star PF who is now rated 89 and a SG who is rated 81. Rodgers is 26 and Fowlkes is 25. The #8 pick should be good too as this is a deep draft but I can't pass on a USC guy to pair with Chen and Francis.


In our workout, the USC C Corey Emerson hit 18 of 20 mid range shots. He also hit a bunch of 3's. He crushed the bench press at 35 times...

[Eaglesfan27]

I get 10 offers for the #1 pick but decline them all.

Emerson measures 7'0 264 lbs. He is rated 82 overall. He has plus athleticism, rebounding, interior scoring, and a nice mid range shot. His potential is off the charts per my scouts.

He averaged 29 ppg, 15.3 rpg, 6.1 bpg, 3.7 apg, and 1.7 spg for USC last year (in leading them to the NCAA championship at least in my mind )

He is 20 years old.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nice thing about that trade is that it temporarily gives us some luxury tax relief as well.

Post Draft Summary:

Wow. Our scouts under-rated Emerson who now our staff feels is coming at a 84. (higher than Francis did.)

This was a deep draft:

2. Wizards PG Richardson - 79 rating.
3. Bucks PF Wagner - 78 rating
4. Pelicans PG Garibaldi - 80 rating
5. Piston C Sweetney - 79 rating
6. Thunder SF Alvardo - 78 rating
7. Hawks SF Moor - 77 rating.
8. Hornets - SF Woods - 77 rating

So the Hornets got 3 guys rated 77 or higher for the #1 pick with a PF of 89 rating in his prime. Not a bad haul for them.

It fell off drastically with no one rated over 70 after the #8 pick.

Correction: The Warriors got a C at #16 who is rated 73 overall, Ortiz.


Post Draft News:

David Blatt really wanted me to get Emerson and is now thrilled with me.


We have 4 FA's to re-sign:

Holland - wants 3 million for 1 year. I offer him that. He accepts my offer.

Pavic - Wants 1 year for min. I offer him that. He accepts that offer.

Geiger - Wants 1 year for min. I offer him that. He accepts my offer.

I have a SF who is determined to test FA and doesn't even want an offer from us first.

Okafor is the top FA this year.

I do sign 2 young players, a young PG and a young PF who are strictly bench fillers unless we get hit by injuries.

And then, I decide to go after a very interesting player. Chip Grady is a sharp shooting SG who was actually on a championship team in the past but is desperate for another title... he is rated 75 overall at 32 and might play cheap... I approach him and he agrees to a vet min deal. I offer him it. He jumps at it! Nice, a fully stocked roster again

[GoldenCrest Games]

Please tell me you're going to play Francis and Emerson together!!!

That's going to be insane.

[GoldenCrest Games]

We're going to need game video of that too.

[Eaglesfan27]

WOW! Okafor got 102 million over 3 years from the Rockets. I feel bad for the poor Lakers as it now looks like I totally fleeced them since he spurned them.

Other big signings (for price or name value)

Anthony Davis went to the Mavs to try to win a championship for 10 million over 2 years.

The Lakers gave Brandon Ingram 150 million over 4 years. He is not worth that as he never really developed... but wow.

The Mavs got Juan Hernangomez for 3 years and 10 million.

The Mavs got Kris Dunn for 3 years 27 million.


Interesting Observations:

The Hornets best 3 players are all guys I got them in a trade: Rodgers (now up to 90 rating), Fowlkes (81), and Woods (77.)

Without Okafor staying, the Lakers will be bad this year again.

The Magic are loaded and without us in the conference would be battling the Knicks each year...

If the Mavs stay healthy, they should have a huge year.

Outside of us, the Raptors have the best starting 5.



Player Progression news:

Chen improved in multiple phases and is now a true 99 rated player! The next highest player in the league is rated 93 (Roy Jennings.) We have the 3rd rated player in the league as Francis has improved to a pure 91.

Lucas continues to improve at 28 years old.

Emerson comes in looking like a beast. He has a 99 strength rating! He has a 88 vertical and 99 dunk rating. He also has a surprisingly high 72 open 3 point rating.

At 29 years old, Bilous continues to improve in every phase.

Ben Simmons is 32 and it looks like he is going to take another serious hit to his ratings from this injury He won't even be back for the beginning of the year most likely...

Watts, our 21 year old SG took a nice step up and will get some meaningful minutes off the bench.


Summer League News:

Watts tore a ligament in his wrist during summer league


Emerson played in summer league and led us to a Championship


Our roster and rotation:

We traded away a key piece in our SG (who wasn't happy here anyway):

PG Holland - 76 rating - will play about 30 minutes.

SG Chen - 99 rating - will play 36-38 mpg.

SF Bilous - 84 rating - will play 25-30 mpg.

PF/C - Emerson - 85 rating (wow gained another point already) - will play 30-35 mpg.

C - Francis - 91 rating - will play 35-38 mpg.

C Lucas - 79 rating - will play 25 mpg.

SG Chip Grady - Becomes our key off the bench for G - will play 20 ish mpg. 75 rating.

PG Wilson Lane - 74 rating with highest in passing - will play 10-15 mpg.

PF Barry Geiger - 74 rating - will play 10-15 mpg.

Watts - 73 rating and now healed from injury in summer league - will play about 10 mpg.

PF Palmer - 73 rating - backup if needed.

SF Pavic - 73 rating - outside shooting if needed.

PG Chugainov - 63 rating - bench warmer.

SF Sims - 61 rating - bench warmer.

Simmons - injured - rating TBD.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by GoldenCrest Games

Please tell me you're going to play Francis and Emerson together!!!

That's going to be insane.

Oh yes, I am They are starting and playing major minutes together. I'll play out a game of the Finals and record some footage from it

[Eaglesfan27]

October 31st -

We win our season opener over the Pistons 108-87.

Chen: 32 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 4 steals, 1 block. I guess the new scoring threat didn't slow him down

Francis 24 points, 11 boards, 3 blocks.

Emerson - WOW. 15 points, 10 boards, 7 blocks!!! He shot 6 of 16 including 1 of 4 from the arc.

Grady added 12 off the bench.

Lucas with 8.

Holland with 14 assists.


11/4 -

We beat the Pelicans 121-90.

Chen with 30 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks.

Francis with 28 points, 11 boards, 2 blocks.

Emerson got into foul trouble and only played 24 minutes... in 24 minutes he had 25 points, 9 boards, 2 blocks! He shot 10 of 15 including 2 of 4 from the arc! Wow.

Lucas with 10 points including 2 of 4 from the arc.

Grady with 9 points.

Watts with 8 points in 10 minutes.

Holland with 13 assists.


After the game, Chen approaches me and says he wants an extension...

He wants 90.9 million over 3 years. Done and done! He gets a ton from his shoe deal anyway.


11/7 -

We beat the Bulls 88-80.

Francis led us with 25 points, 8 boards, 2 blocks.

Chen with 16 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals.

Emerson with 9 points, 9 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 14 including 1 of 4 from the arc.


11/8 -

The Mavs beat us 111-102.

Chen with 27 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and a block.

Francis with 23 points, 16 boards, 3 blocks.

Grady with 16 points.

Emerson with 6 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 14



11/10 -

We bounce back by destroying the Pacers 131-100. Chen with 49 points, 11 assists, 5 boards, 5 steals, and 3 blocks.

Francis with 21 points, 11 boards, 2 blocks.

Emerson with 15 points, 13 boards, 3 blocks. He shot 7 of 14, 1 of 3 from the arc.

[Eaglesfan27]

11/12 -

We beat the Nuggets 121-68! Francis with 25 points, 19 boards, 2 blocks.

Chen with 25 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, 6 steals, 1 block.

Geiger with 19 points, 8 boards in 15 minutes!

Emerson with 12 points, 16 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 4 blocks. Wow. He did shoot 4 of 14

Lane with 11 points and 7 assists in 13 minutes.

Grady with 10 points.

Watts with 10 points.

Lucas with 8 points.


11/15 -

We beat the Knicks 113-100.

Francis with 40 points, 15 boards, 2 blocks. He shot 18 of 25.

Chen with 24 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 17.

Emerson with 16 points, 13 boards, 4 blocks. He shot 6 of 9.

Holland with 16 assists.


11/17 -

We beat the Nets 121-115. They are actually quite good this year.

Francis with 37 points, 18 boards, 3 blocks.

Emerson with 21 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.

Grady with 13 points.

Lucas with 12 points.

Chen with 11 points, 3 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals.


11/18 -

The Raptors beat us 107-106.

Francis with 23 points, 11 boards, 2 steals. He shot 10 of 17.

Chen with 22 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks. He shot 9 of 20.

Emerson with 20 points, 8 boards ,1 block. He shot 7 of 17, 3 of 8 from the arc.


11/20 -

Lucas suffers a back injury that will sideline him for 1-4 weeks.

We still beat the Grizzlies 130-80!

Chen with 31 points, 12 boards, 8 assists, 5 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 14 of 23.

Francis with 30 points, 13 boards, 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 20.

Grady with 19 points in 19 minutes.

Emerson with 11 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 9.

Holland with 21 assists!


11/22 -

We beat the Bulls 116-90. Chen with 37 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. He shot 14 of 20, 7 of 9 from the arc, and 2 of 2 from the line.

Francis with 33 points, 18 boards, 2 blocks. He shot 12 of 18.

Grady with 15 points in 24 minutes.

Emerson with 10 points, 13 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals. He shot 1 of 12! He was 0 of 4 from the arc and 8 of 8 from the line.


11/23 -

Holland tears a ligament in his thumb. He will miss 1-2 months

Simmons is still not cleared to return. Lane will have to start at PG for this team. Lane is a 6'4 220 lb PG with very good passing but not much else...

Palmer will not get some PT as well and Watts will get more minutes...

We beat Miami 102-78 in the game in which he was injured.

Chen with 37 points, 9 boards, 8 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 14 of 21.

Emerson with 18 points, 10 boards, 4 blocks. He shot 7 of 14, 2 of 3 from the arc, and 2 of 2 from the line.

Francis with 18 points, 17 boards, 3 blocks.

Lane with 8 assists in 22 minutes off the bench.

[Eaglesfan27]

11/26 -

We beat the Wizards 129-91.

Lane with 9 points and 11 assists in 30 minutes.

Chen with 28 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals.

Francis with 21 points, 17 boards, 3 blocks. He shot 10 of 20.

Grady with 20 points.

Bilous with 16 points.

Emerson with 14 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 14.

Watts with 14 points in 15 minutes.


11/27 -

Simmons has been cleared to return. He might be a shadow of himself, but we will see. He will get a chance to start at PG.

[Eaglesfan27]

11/28 -

We crush the Thunder 131-74 in Simmons' first game back.

Francis with 37 points, 14 boards, and a block.

Chen with 26 points, 8 boards, 11 assists, 6 steals.

Emerson with 19 points, 11 boards, 6 steals.

Watts with 15 points.

Simmons with 15 points, 13 assists, 5 boards, 1 block in 27 minutes.

Lane in 23 minutes off the bench had 11 assists.


End of November:

We are 12-2.

Chen is averaging 28.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 6.5 apg (career high), and 3.1 spg.

Francis is averaging 27.5 ppg, 13.6 rpg, and 2 bpg.

Emerson is averaging 15.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg, an 2.4 bpg.


Highlights from December:

Emerson with a 8 block game against Portland on 12/4.

A streak of 5 games in which we won by 30 or more points and in which Francis had 30 point or more each game including a 46 point game.

Simmons is playing very well and on 12/10 he asks for a contract extension...

I have to do it... although he wants big time money still for his current talent... he wants 35 million over 2 years...

We go back and forth but finally settle on 25 million for 2 years.


Dec 18:

Chen with a 51 point performance in a win vs the Clippers. Wilcox led them with 22 on 6 of 19 shooting. Chen shot 21 of 28, 6 of 8 from the arc.

Emerson with 7 blocks in the game.

Francis with 34 points 13 boards in the game.


12/28 - Chen puts up 55 points. Simmons with a triple double - 17 points, 13 boards, 12 assists as we cruise.

Jack just woke up... will post more later.

[Eaglesfan27]

End of December: We are 26-4.

Chen: 29.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 6.2 apg, 3.1 spg, 1.2 bpg.

Francis: 28.6 ppg, 12.3 rpg, 1.4 spg, 2.2 bpg.

Emerson: 15.3 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.6 spg, 2.2 bpg.

Grady: 11.7 ppg.

Simmons: 11.2 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 9.6 apg ,1.7 spg.

Lucas: 8.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.2 bpg.


1/18 -

Emerson with a career high 35 points, 12 boards, and 3 blocks in a 122-106 win over the Pacers. Chen had 24 points, 9 boards, 15 assists, and 3 steals in the game. Francis with 23 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in the game.


1/22 -

Chen had 16 assists as we had an incredibly balanced game. 8 guys in double digits. No one over 15 points as we won 110-86 over the Heat.


1/25 -

Holland has been cleared to return but he is not the same player. His injury has caused some significant long term weaknesses to his shooting and passing. Lane is the better player and will remain the backup to Simmons...


1/31 -

We lose 98-90 to the Grizzlies ending a 19 game win streak and barely preventing us from a perfect month of January.

We are now 42-5.

Chen and Francis had a quiet month scoring as Emerson stepped up his scoring a bit more this month.