Dominate | Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty ft. Kobe Bryant

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(This is going to be my last 2K13 Association. We released our post trade deadline roster for everyone along with updated sliders and updated 2013 and 2014 draft classes so now I am fully ready to dedicate the rest of the year to making and playing an exciting NBA 2K13 Assocation)

This association is going to be in large part focusing on in my opinion still the best player in the NBA especially in the clutch, Kobe Bryant. Back when I had 2K11 I had a great Association going on that I was extremely proud of and the focus was on Kobe Bryant so I decided to once again go in that direction. This will also focus on the 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers as well as the upcoming free agency of center Dwight Howard and upcoming free agency and career of Kobe Bryant as well. All NBA player movement from the current season will be implemented into my association and then it will branch out into this own world with the 2013 NBA Draft and future seasons.

I have spent the better part of the past month putting together some really customized layouts for this association just to give it a different look and feel. I have also searched around and glanced through several forums and have applied some suggestions that people have posted online when it comes to layouts and using Microsoft Excel to get those layouts.

So with that being said let me welcome you to Eaglerock562's NBA 2K13 Association Thread featuring Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, and as you can see by the banner above I didn't come up with any catchy title, but rather just wanted to keep it simple and more importantly describe in one word what Kobe Bryant did do, is doing and will always do...

D O M I N A T E

Console: XBOX 360
Roster: 2K13 Trifecta Roster done by Eaglerock562 & vtcrb
Sliders: 2K13 Trifecta Sliders done by StraightBaylien
Draft Classes: 2013 & 2014 Trifecta Draft Classes done by vtcrb & Exogenesis303
Season Length: 82 games
Playoff Length: 7-7-7-7
Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 minutes
Player Roles: On
Team Chemistry: On
User Controlled: All 30 teams with Lakers as user perferred team

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Conference: Western Conference

Division: Pacific Division Founded: 1946 (Joined NBA in 1948)

History: Detroit Gems (1946-47), Minneapolis Lakers (1947-60), Los Angeles Lakers (1960-present)

Arena: STAPLES Center

City: Los Angeles, CA

Team Colors: Purple, Gold and White

Owner(s): Buss Family

General Manager: Mitch Kupchak

Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni

Assistant Coaches: Dan D'Antoni, Bernie Bickerstaff, Eddie Jordan, Chuck Person, Darvin Ham, Steve Clifford

Athletic Trainer: Gary Vitti

D-League Affiliate: Los Angeles D-Fenders

Championships: 17
NBL: 1 (1948)
BAA/NBA: 16 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)

Conference titles: 32
NBL: 1 (1948)
BAA/NBA: 31 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010)

Division titles: 28 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Retired numbers: 8 (13, 22, 25, 32, 33, 44, 52, MIC)
Honored (VM, GM, JP, SM, JK, CL)

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TEAM ROSTER
#	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	SCHOOL	SALARY
5	Steve Blake	PG	33	6-3	172	Maryland	$4,000,000
24	Kobe Bryant - C	SG	34	6-6	205		$27,849,149
6	Earl Clark	SF	25	6-10	225	Louisville	$1,240,000
21	Chris Duhon	PG	30	6-1	190	Duke	$3,500,000
3	Devin Ebanks	SF	23	6-9	215	West Viginia	$1,054,389
16	Pau Gasol - C	PF	32	7-0	250		$19,000,000
27	Jordan Hill	C	25	6-10	235	Arizona	$3,563,600
12	Dwight Howard	C	27	6-11	265		$19,536,360
4	Antawn Jamison	PF	36	6-9	235	North Carolina	$854,389
7	Darius Johnson-Odom	SG	23	6-2	215	Marquette	$473,604
20	Jodie Meeks	SG	25	6-4	208	Kentucky	$1,500,000
1	Darius Morris	PG	22	6-4	190	Michigan	$962,195
10	Steve Nash	PG	39	6-3	178	Santa Clara	$8,900,000
50	Robert Sacre	C	23	7-0	260	Gonzaga	$473,604
15	Metta World Peace	SF	33	6-7	260	St. John's	$7,258,960

Head Coach: Mike D'Antoni
Assistant Coaches: Dan D'Antoni, Bernie Bickerstaff, Chuck Person, Darvin Ham, Eddie Jordan, Steve Clifford
Athletic Trainer: Gary Vitti

 

Los Angeles Lakers Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Steve Nash	Steve Blake	Chris Duhon	Darius Morris
SG	Kobe Bryant	Jodie Meeks	Darius Johnson-Odom
SF	Metta World Peace	Earl Clark	Devin Ebanks
PF	Pau Gasol	Antawn Jamison
C	Dwight Howard	Jordan Hill	Robert Sacre

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Mike D'Antoni - The revoluntionary idealist

An insight to Coach Mike D'Antoni written by Kevin Arnovitz at espn.com

Name: Mike D'Antoni

Birthdate: May 8, 1951

Is he an emotional leader or a tactician?
D'Antoni doesn't involve himself in the granular X's and O's of the game so much as he's engaged in a campaign to revolutionize basketball with his tactical principles. Few coaches of this era have influenced today's NBA to the degree D'Antoni has. His contemporaries -- even for the most accomplished ones -- deal in battlefield strategy, while D'Antoni is much more of a game theorist. His teams craft their offenses around a few simple sets designed to produce quick results, and the principles guiding those schemes like tempo and spacing are more vital then the minutiae of the plays themselves. Stick to those principles, make smart reads, and you'll be successful.

Many revolutions have anthems, but not D'Antoni's, which feature few rah-rah speeches or rallying cries. D'Antoni motivates his players by offering them a system that's fun.

Is he intense or a "go along, get along" type?
Although he's a notorious sideline kvetch, D'Antoni usually carries himself with a loose, casual air, although New York clearly tested his temperament. He projects calm around his team and will rarely rip a guy except behind closed doors, but his also intensely competitive.

Does he rely on systems, or does he coach ad hoc to his personnel?
Throughout his career, D'Antoni has demonstrated a fundamental devotion to his system, one that preaches attacking immediately, spreading the floor and forcing defenses to react instantly. Players who can't shoot, move the ball, make quick decisions or aren't in condition to run the floor won't see big minutes for D'Antoni, who isn't all that interested in compromising his system to accommodate these shortcomings. For instance, it's nearly impossible to imagine a D'Antoni team playing a power, inside game. It simply isn't in his nature to build an offense around posting up a traditional big. Post-ups become isolations, and isolations breed stasis, which defies the principles of what's popularly known as Seven Seconds or Less.

If D'Antoni wants to post a guy up, he'll do it off pick-and-roll movement, or by running a flex screen way, way off the lane. But you won't see any hulking big men with their paws in the air asking for a simple entry pass from a wing stationed on the perimeter. That simply isn't why Mike D'Antoni got into this business.

Does he share decision-making with star players, or is he The Decider?
His fierce belief in his system and his ego make him The Decider, unless, of course, the star player subscribes unreservedly to the system, as was the case with Steve Nash in Phoenix, but clearly not so with Carmelo Anthony in New York. D'Antoni tried to sell Anthony on the notion that the system makes the game easier then BullyBall does, that it allows a player like Anthony to be more efficient, and that it would tax his body less. Did this pitch make Anthony feel as if his coach didn't believe in his game? On a conceptual level, D'Antoni was a conventional basketball player playing for a coach who sees shattering convention as a personal mission. Even if you believe D'Antoni was right all along, is it possible he defended the ideal at the expense of problem-solving? The dynamic that materializes between D'Antoni and Kobe Bryant will inform this question a great deal once everyone settles in. Executive decision-making aside, D'Antoni needs players who can make decisions -- and fast -- because his system requires so many instantaneous reads.

Does he prefer the explosive scorer or the lockdown defender?
The explosive scorer, and shooters more then isolation scorers. D'Antoni has tradionally believed his team's best chances of winning occurs when its putting up 110 points. His allergy to defense is overstated, but he can't accomplish what he wants as a coach unless there's offensive versatility on the floor. In particular, bigs need to be able to shoot the ball, because that will draw opposing shot-blockers away from the basket, thereby-creating space in the middle of the floor for everyone else.

Does he prefer a set rotation, or is he more likely to use his personnel situationally?
D'Antoni prefers a set rotation. He believes in the guys that he believes in, and during the halcyon days in Phoenix, that often meant no more then seven players, each for heavy minutes. His teams don't overpractice and are given a fair amount of rest. So far as game situations, they rarely take precedent over doctrine. Let the other team adjust.

Will he trust young players in big spots, or is he more inclined to use his grizzled veterans
Despite being an outside-the-box coach, D'Antoni tends to trust his vets because they're more likely to comprehend a system and make smart decisions on the fly. Yet his most successful teams in Phoenix were populated with a bunch of young guys. The starters on 62-win 2004-05 team were 30 (Nash), 26 (Shawn Marion), 24 (Quentin Richardson), 23 (Joe Johnson) and 22 (Amar'e Stoudemire). And three of the six 30-minute-a-night players on the 61-win team in 2006-07 were 24 years old, while Marion was still only 28.

Are there any unique strategies that he particularly likes?
A basketball possession is best maximized early in the shot clock. It's during this narrow window when the defense is most vulnerable to attack and the offense controls space on the court. Once the defense gets set, it controls the layer of space around each offensive player, the passing lanes and the basket area. But during those first few seconds, it's squatter's rights in the half-court. If as an offensive player you can stake claim to the corner, it's yours -- and the ball will find you there before a defender can close. If you're a rolling big man, then set a drag screen early while the defense is backpedaling, then dive to the basket. The defense will either collapse, allowing the point guard to find any number of open perimeter shooters, or the ball will be delievered to you with your momentum carrying you toward the basket against a disoriented defense. By pushing the ball, a team can find mismatches, and keeping the middle of the floor open creates all sorts of vectors for drives and cuts. As D'Antoni's players move with purpose at high speed on offense, they must think about the most logical place to run. In the half court, D'Antoni's offense often generates movement by having the ball handler dribble sharply at a teammate to whom he'll either hand the ball off or use to rub off the pursuing defender to get just enough space to launch a quick-release jumper. Since the defense is stretched thin and constantly lured to the arc, the interior is open for back door cuts (see Marion, Shawn). These seem like logical precepts, but prior to D'Antoni's success in Phoenix, few NBA staffs adhered to them. D'Antoni is fiercely proud of the system he's popularized, an offense that features interchangeable parts, delights spectators and inspires players. One gets the impression that as much as D'Antoni wants to win a title, he could retire happily knowing he left a profound imprint on the game he loves.

What were his characteristics as a player?
Italian fans nicknamed D'Antoni "Arsene Lupin" the debonair thief of French crime fiction and cinema who worked deceptively, but as a force of good. As a pointn guard with Olimpia Milano, D'Antoni was a showman who became the team's all-time leader in points while leading the team to five Italian League Championships.

Which coaches did he play for?
D'Antoni's coach for 10 of his 12 seasons in Milan was American Dan Peterson, a luminary of the game in Europe who imported the tactical philosophies of Red Auerbach, John Wooden and Ray Meyer to the continent. With D'Antoni running point, Peterson eventually rolled out a run-and-gun offense that provided the inspiration for D'Antoni later in Treviso and the NBA. D'Antoni's each during theh first 20 games of his brief NBA career was none other than Bob Cousy, but D'Antoni played most of his games for Phil Johnson, a Kings fixutre during the franchise's nomadic years. D'Antoni also played briefly for Rod Thorn and Joe Mullaney on the last Spirits of St. Louis team.

What is his coaching pedigree?
In Milan, D'Antoni went straight from the court to the first chair. He built an illustrious career as a head coach in the Italian League, where he launched then refined his system. D'Antoni landed in Denver to coach the Nuggets during the strike-shortened 1998-99 team, which ranked sixth in the NBA in pace factor and posted a 14-36 record. In 2002, he joined Frank Johnson's impressive assistant crops in Phoenix that consisted of Tim Grgurich, Marc Iavaroni and Phil Weber. D'Antoni took over the reins in Phoenix midway through the 2003-04 season and immediately pushed the pace. After several seasons of success in Phoenix, D'Antoni became frustrated with new management and ownership and departed for New York. After nearly four seasons of drama with the Knicks between May 2008 and March 2012, D'Antoni resigned. Less then a year later, October 2012, he assumes the head coaching duties for the Lakers.

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(Lakers shooting guard, Kobe Bryant recently sat down with Stephen A. Smith over the weekend discussing the Lakers winless pre-season, the sudden firing of Mike Brown, the hiring of Mike D'Antoni instead of Phil Jackson and the expectations as the season begins tonight)

Stephen A. Smith (SA): Well Kobe, your 17th season in the NBA is just hours away and before the games even count on the record books you've already had a interesting month. What are your thoughts as you look back at what has transpired over the last few weeks and this weekend?

Kobe Bryant (KB): Crazy man, crazy. If you would've told me a few months ago that we would have gone through the whole preseason without a win and that we would have a new head coach I would've looked at you and thought you must have so much hatred for this organization that you thought of the worst possible scenario for us to be in, but this is a first. It's the first time the organization didn't win a preseason game, and with the talent that we've assembled here I have to say that is very unacceptable and we as players need to own up to it.

SA: Just 72 hours ago Mike Brown was relieved of his coaching duties. Now some will say that he was not given a fair chance with this roster. Some say that if you go back to last season even when those new guys were not here that from the end of last season til the end of the preseason the record was a disasterous 1-13. What are your thoughts on the way the organization went about dealing with that?

KB: If there is one thing about this organization that separates them from everyone else, is that they do not tolerate and they don't stand for below average. The excuses are all there for someone to use like you said, the new guys weren't here last year, Dwight just recently got cleared to play and played the last two or three games of the preseason. Looking back on it, I think coach Brown was put in a tough spot from the beginning. I mean, he's replacing the greatest coach in the game, there was a lockout so he couldn't have no contact with any of the players til that was over, there was just alot of things kept coming up that we as a team and an organization weren't expecting and didn't plan for. I know that management when it comes to this type of decision they don't make it just to make it. Dr. Buss, Mitch, Jim, they don't make these sudden decisions unless they have already covered their bases and did their homework and I trust them. They made some very bold moves over the summer and they have a history of pulling off a bold move and it works out in the end and I'm confident that this to will work itself out in the end.

SA: Well speaking of it working out in the end. As soon as they announced they had relieved Mike Brown of his duties, the rumors started to fly and then the reports started coming in and the first person on everyone's mind including myself was Phil Jackson, your old coach, that this is exactly the situation, exactly the roster for him to make a return again, to coach this team and to coach you. You have stated that you felt like you let him down two years ago and that you want the opportunity to make it up to him and to make it be that he goes out the right way. What were first thoughts when you heard Phil's name mentioned first?

KB: I wasn't healthy two years ago, I was basically playing on one leg and I wanted to make sure he went out on top, it's what he deserved. He has meant so much to me in my career, and we might have had our differences when he first coached here, but when he came back the second time I learned so much from him that I really couldn't see myself playing for anyone else. When I heard his name mentioned I was kind of surprised. I know that he wouldn't have inquired about the situation if he wasn't healthy enough.

SA: Well at the end of the weekend when it came down to a decision, the decision wasn't the most popular one if you based it on popularity. Everyone was expecting Phil Jackson to be named the head coach, but management went a different direction and went with the second choice in many peoples eyes and hired Mike D'Antoni. What is your relationship like with Mike D'Antoni, you guys were part of Team USA together?

KB: Coach D'Antoni is a very knowledgable coach, he is set in his ways about scoring the ball. We got to spend sometime together over the past eight years with TEAM USA and I liked his style of offense, he was always preaching if you can rebound and get the ball ahead of the defense and get an easy basket, go for it. I think the most important thing is that we have Steve Nash, who played under coach D'Antoni in Phoenix so that will make the transition in offensive philosophy easier to digest. The hardest part about making a coaching change especially during the season or even before the season is that the practice time to get accustom to his style is so short that we have basically learn on the fly until we can get a few practices under our belt and first month of the season we don't have that much time off between games to where we can get a few good practices under out belt, so we'll have to use this first month as extended practices, but I'm not that worried about it, we have a veteran team here, guys who understand and know the game very well, it's just a matter of us all being on the same page.

SA: So after a winless preseason, the experts still have you guys as the team to beat in the Western Conference. You got a few tests very early in the season looking at the schedule. You have Dallas tonight, the Clippers on Friday, the Spurs in a few weeks, the Nets as well will be here, is it safe to say that if you guys don't start out like it's expected that doubt might surround this team if the record isn't reflecting the expecations?

KB: Well my goal, and I know our team goal is to win this whole thing. For me I want to win every game, I think that we have a serious shot here and expectations are always going to be high when you play for the Lakers and they should be. We shouldn't settle for anything less and we'll start that marathon run tonight and just hope that everyone enjoys the ride.

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NBA Power Rankings (Opening Night)
RK (LW)	Team	Record	Next Game
1 (-)	Los Angeles Lakers	0-0	vs. DAL
2 (-)	San Antonio Spurs	0-0	@ NOH
3 (-)	Chicago Bulls	0-0	vs. SAC
4 (-)	Miami Heat	0-0	vs. BOS
5 (-)	Oklahoma City Thunder	0-0	@ SAS
6 (-)	Philadelphia 76ers	0-0	vs. DEN
7 (-)	Indiana Pacers	0-0	@ TOR
8 (-)	Denver Nuggets	0-0	@ PHI
9 (-)	Boston Celtics	0-0	@ MIA
10 (-)	New York Knicks	0-0	@ BKN
11 (-)	Memphis Grizzlies	0-0	@ LAC
12 (-)	Dallas Mavericks	0-0	@ LAL
13 (-)	Minnesota Timberwolves	0-0	vs. SAC
14 (-)	Portland Trailblazers	0-0	vs. LAL
15 (-)	New Orleans Hornets	0-0	vs. SAS
16 (-)	Los Angeles Clippers	0-0	vs. MEM
17 (-)	Golden State Warriors	0-0	@ PHX
18 (-)	Brooklyn Nets	0-0	vs. NYK
19 (-)	Cleveland Cavaliers	0-0	vs. WAS
20 (-)	Phoenix Suns	0-0	vs. GSW
21 (-)	Utah Jazz	0-0	vs. DAL
22 (-)	Atlanta Hawks	0-0	vs. HOU
23 (-)	Milwaukee Bucks	0-0	@ BOS
24 (-)	Sacramento Kings	0-0	@ CHI
25 (-)	Houston Rockets	0-0	@ DET
26 (-)	Detroit Pistons	0-0	vs. HOU
27 (-)	Toronto Raptors	0-0	vs. IND
28 (-)	Charlotte Bobcats	0-0	vs. IND
29 (-)	Washington Wizards	0-0	@ CLE
30 (-)	Orlando Magic	0-0	vs. DEN

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Matchup Preview | October 30, 2012
Dallas Mavericks (0-0, 0-0 Away)	STAPLES Center Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Lakers (0-0, 0-0 Home)
Projected Starters Darren Collison Point Guard Steve Nash O.J. Mayo Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant Shawn Marion Small Forward Metta World Peace Dirk Nowitzki Power Forward Pau Gasol Chris Kaman Center Dwight Howard Injury Report Bernard James   Darius Johnson-Odom Jared Cunningham   Darius Morris Dominique Jones   Robert Sacre Game Notes Opening night in the NBA as the 2012-13 season gets underway with a Western Conference showdown between the Lakers and the Mavericks. After an 0-8 pre-season the Lakers fired Mike Brown over the weekend and hired former Knicks coach, Mike D'Antoni, who will make his official debut as the Lakers new head coach tonight. Series Matchup Game 1: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 @ Los Angeles, 7:30 pm Game 2: Saturday, November 24, 2012 @ Dallas, 5:30 pm Game 3: Sunday, February 24, 2013 @ Dallas, 10:00 am Game 4: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 @ Los Angeles, 7:30 pm