Official NBA 2k18 MyCareer Thread

[Buffmeister]

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Its one thing to lump ratings into badges that can only be upgraded as you improve badge. But it's another thing that it has NO impact on Overall. Where you can improve defensive ratings(besides block, steal), free throw, Hands, Reaction Time without getting the badges. But even when max badge, it has no impact on OVR. Where my center had Gold Defensive Stopper, so on Ball D and other ratings associated were at 89. But had no impact on OVR. .

I created a Sharpshooting Playmaking SF. But not sure if i will take the time to fully develop him. I had 12K VC to start with. But it will take a long time to get him to be playable . i don't want to spend money on this player.

Yes, that doesn't make a lot of sense.
An upgraded badge should absolutley improve your overall as a player.

I skipped 2k17...don't know if it was the same case, like in 2k18...but in 2k16 it did go into your overall as a player...

So you can basicly get an Ovr99 without any upgraded badges at all...doesn't make sense to me

[illwill10]

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Yes, that doesn't make a lot of sense.
An upgraded badge should absolutley improve your overall as a player.

I skipped 2k17...don't know if it was the same case, like in 2k18...but in 2k16 it did go into your overall as a player...

So you can basicly get an Ovr99 without any upgraded badges at all...doesn't make sense to me

Well once you get to a certain point or rating, you have to have all badges. But it doesn't make sense. So basically I can have 89 perimeter defensive ratings and it makes no impact on ratings.
Last game I played with my Center, i played on Rookie. I always play on Hall of Fame. But I wanted to see if I can perform even better to get more XP. But, the way how I play, i still didn't get much more XP. Not a ball hog and you don't get much XP as a big if you aren't a Post scorer. If I known what I known now, i would have made that build as a PF instead of a Center because would have been more athletic and probably had higher mid range. I quickly realized Shot creator isn't a good build for a center because secondary ratings aren't good enough to make a difference even with badges. But I should've done a Post Scorer Primary and Defense Secondary. That way would have been easier to rep up

[illwill10]

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I feel like when I play as a big versus wing/guard the beginning of career is very different. Where I feel a big has a high floor & Low ceiling because you can come in and quickly average double double with blocks but don't really get that much better. Whereas with a guard/wing, it is a low floor/high floor because you start off with low ratings and not too many chances to make plays. With bigs, unless you aren't a scorer, you are averaging over 20-20-3 blocks after you get good minutes. But as a Wing, it will take a while for you figure out you go to moves. With my Center, i quickly found my game. With my SF, it will take me a while to find my game in short minutes. I only get 2-5 looks in the games I played. So, it is going to take longer to rep up early. But once I get ratings up and more minutes, it'll be much faster to rep up compared to my center

With my center, after 8 games, I was a starter. With my SF after 8 games, I'm the 8th man getting just 14 minutes a game. With a big, you don't really need to boost ratings to have immediate impact. But with smaller player, you need to boost ratings to have impact. I used VC saved up from other player, so i focused mainly on 3pt shot and mid shot. I maxed 3pt and got mid Range to 75. But i need to focus on shooting badges since without them you can't make shots consistently. As a Playmaker Secondary, I'm need to focus on Ball Handling and Passing. I got the Ankle Breaker badge already because used a easy drill to get it. I think my my Ball Handling maxes at 77-78. I need that because I lose the ball often especially on PnR. Got Bronze Catch and Shoot , Limitless Range, and Ankle Breaker. I wanted to focus on shooting badges 1st. Working on Corner Specialist then Pick and Pop. It'll be hard for me to get dimer because I don't get plays to handle ball and don't think I chose a good team to play for.

[illwill10]

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I've been focusing hard on drills to develop my SF. During games, I don't get much opportunity to do much. I finally got up to 20 minutes after 12 games. Only thing about 3pt shooting builds is that you pretty much have to have the badges to make 3s or at least have a teammate with Dimer. I recently got Catch & Shoot to Silver, Corner Specialist and Limitless Range to Bronze. I'm working on getting Deep Range Deadeye now. I would do Pick and Pop since it is easy drill, but only get 400 XP for it and I don't pick and pop like that. I will focus on getting those Badges to Silver before I focus on other badges. As a Playmaker Secondary, i can't really focus on them yet because haven't really touched Passing or Layup yet.
I don't really like choosing Pelicans. Not enough knock down shooters. Might do what I did with my Center and go to a young team with Potential.

[illwill10]

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After 30 games with my Sharp/Playmaker SF, we(Pelicans) are 11-19. It wasn't a good fit to begin with. Rarely do both Davis and Cousins have good games together. And when I get more than 8+ shots, they don't get a rhythm. Despite me being listed at 25 minutes, I have been getting 35+ minutes because depth isn't good at SF. And despite Alot of minutes, I dont get good stats. Unless you have gold badges, my shooting is way to inconsistent. Only thing I do consistently is rebound. My assist would be higher, but not enough shooters, easy misses, and Davis & Cousins aren't high volume catch and shooters.

I'm focusing heavily on badge development to help scoring. I got Dead Range Deadeye, Catch & Shoot, and Limitless range at Sliver. I have Corner Specialist at Bronze. I'm working on getting Bronze Mid Range Deadeye, probably after 2 sets of practices. I got Bronze Ankle Breaker and it does help me drive. But i have to wait for Cap Breaker to get 75 Ball Handle. I need that to unlock Pro Dribble. My current Normal 1's is too slow. After that badge. I'm stuck between upgrading Corner Specialist to Silver or upgrading easy drill badges to Bronze.

Not sure how long I play this career. Wish I could request trade in year one. It was easy with my center because I started with a lot of VC saved up so I was able to get to 88 OVR by ASW. With this player I'll be lucky to get to 77 because I don't plan on spending real money on VC. Not sure what team I would want to play for anyway. I would go to a young team with high draft pick and where i would be main option. So most likely Mavs.

[hanzsomehanz]

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Started a new grind as a 6ft10 255 PF Rebounding Slasher

First game I only played the 4th Quarter of a blowout and almost register a triple double! The grind has been seemingly easy with this character .

The character is only a 65 overall right now. I'm just going to focus on athleticism, dunking and rebounds. Mid Range at 63 is my only range outside the paint lol.

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[illwill10]

Re: Official NBA 2k18 MyCareer Thread

Started a new grind as a 6ft10 255 PF Rebounding Slasher

First game I only played the 4th Quarter of a blowout and almost register a triple double! The grind has been seemingly easy with this character .

The character is only a 65 overall right now. I'm just going to focus on athleticism, dunking and rebounds. Mid Range at 63 is my only range outside the paint lol.

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Yeah it is very easy with bigs. Especially grinding at first. Because you can come in and average a double right away.
It just gets harder when you get high overall. 12000-20000XP. Isn't much once you get close to 90.
Whereas now with my SF, I get around 4000-8000 XP now, because still figuring out what my player does best. But I know once I do, I will get a lot more XP with my SF than with my Center

[illwill10]

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I'm now considering starting back up with my Center. Main reason why I stopped was that it would take another 20-30 games before I get next cap breaker to get me to 90 and it will be past trade deadline. But since now I play same amount of minutes with my SF, might as well start back up.
That way I can stock up on VC to use for my SF.
I'm debating on whether continuing where I'm at in season. Very low chance I get cap breaker to get to 90 before trade deadline. But I'll get to 90 and sim to offseason where I can affect our FA chances. Or just sim straight to next season, that way current young players are better and hopefully our team help with depth and still have a high chance of getting to 90 way before trade deadline.
I might just sim to next season, i don't care about high profile free agency and would want to get current players better. Just checked, I have about 30 games before trade deadline. So there's a chance that I can get cap breaker in time to request trade. But I'm still going to sim to next season. Core of guys are still going to be there and will progress. Especially the rookie PF Cook. We have 4-6 potential players leaving, so I'm hoping the computer makes good decisions

Update: I simmed the rest of 2nd season after only playing 22 games. I still won MVP and DPOY. 1st team All NBA and All Defense. I simmed the 1st round of playoffs hoping we would lose. Took until Game 7 after down 0-2, but they thankfully won. As expected, Fox, Hield, and Cook got better. Fox stayed at Bronze Dimer but got Silver Ankle Breaker and Gold PnR Maestro so that'll help him score. Cook started with 13 badges last year. Got 2 more this year, including Alpha Dog and 8 of those badges are now Silver. Our depth is alittle better. We have Rudy Gay, Troy Daniels, and Rondo. But Rondo is last in rotation and gets 0 minutes so Fox will continue to get 40+ minutes. So I will still focus on grinding to 90, so I can adjust minutes and trade for Backup PG and wing players

[illwill10]

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After 2 games into 3rd season, We(Kings) are 2-0. Depth is better this year with Rudy Gay and Troy Daniels at wing. So Hield and Bogdanovic isn't playing 35+plus minutes. We got Rondo But he is 13th in rotation. Wish he played a few minutes because of Gold Dimer and good perimeter D, but Fox hasn't been playing crazy minutes. Our PF Cook is even better in year 2. First year, he would get about 14-20 points and 5 rebounds. The first 2 games he averaged 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks. He is going to be a superstar. I started off slow each game to allow him and others to get hot. Then I got aggressive in 2nd half.

I'm about 16-17 games away from next cap breaker. Which is better than original 20-30 game prediction. Team is much better, but still want to work on wing depth. I know which 3 players I want to go after. SG/SF Josh Richardson, PG Cory Joesph, and a second year SG who has high 3pt, Mid Range, and 82 Perimeter D. That way we have 3 and D players coming off the bench. The plan is still to move Cook to SF. He's a mismatch offensively, and he has size and athleticism to stick with SFs. Ibaka to starting PF. Drop Bogdanovic to 6th man. But i wouldn't be opposed to us trading him or Hield for the wings. They are both either scoring 20pts or shooting 2-13. The whole plan is to be an athletic defensive perimeter shooting team.

[Buffmeister]

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So after getting handed a L by GS...
It looks like another good streak is on the way...
Currently we are: 41-1...jeesuz!
It is not like that it is too easy...there are a lot of close games.
Dijeng now has found his rythim it seems, since KAT is out. His Season stats went up in PPG from 5.2 to 9.5...and his rebounding has upped from 4.1 to 8.5 in the last 7-8 games.
Butler is getting better and better now...
Wells is hitting 3s at 58.4%...
And I'm doing just great in the 4th...

Finally, i can upgrade my player to 90Ovr!
But i don't see why i have to, at least not right now.
I was hoping i would get 1 of the cap's for mid-range...but instead i got 2 for some other stuff...great...

I should be able to get another cap-breaker right before the regular season is over...

Had a tough week, where we had to play against GS, NOP and then against the Cavs...
We were able to avenge the loss to GS and had a OT W against the Pelicans.
A.Davis is just not fun to play against! He was catching Lobs all over the place and Cousins was just a bully on the inside.
Before the OT started i thought to myself:"should i completly take over? Or should the other guys win the game?"
I decided to share the ball and it played out...Wiggins stepped up and finished the game with 29pts/9reb/7ast...Butler had 25pts/5reb/5ast...I finished with 28pts/3reb/13ast/4stls...and we won 126:119.

[Buffmeister]

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So, then we flew in our private Jet all the way to Cleveland.
I. Thomas is still leading the league with points: 30.3ppg...
And i had a great game against him!
He is just too small...blocked 3 of his shots, was able to get some of his shots heavily contestet, which he missed most of...and showed some quick hands that got me 3 steals...

Got subbed out towards the end of the 1. and came back to start the 2nd Quarter just to get subbed out again with 4minutes remaining.

Most of the time i played in the first half, i played against Thomas.
Finished the 1. half with 3 Blocks, 2 Steals and a good amount of contestet shots he missed...all of these were just against him...

Then the 2nd half starts and he made his 1. basket in the 3rd Quarter...and the commentary Team is praising him for having an outstanding game???
I was like:"???????"
Paused and checked the stats...
I. Thomas: 31 points!...31!...at the beginning of the 3rd!!
How did that happen???...he must've banked every shot when i was benched in the 1. half...cheeeese

Nah man! you ain't putting 40+ on me!
Well, yeah...he did...haha!

We were down towards the end of the 3rd by 8....and i allways getting subbed out with like 1-2 minutes to play in the 3rd.
So having that in my mind i started to double team JR and LeBron...to force TOs or getting steals, to get the scoring as close as it gets with fastbreaks (or maybe a little lead), before i get subbed out again.

Got the lead down to 2, for the Cavs.
And got subbed out.
While sitting on the bench i checked the stats and Thomas had 36pts but already played 32 minutes...out of 36!
Nice, he won't play the next whole Quarter!

I get subbed in again with 10minutes left on the clock...down by 6...still a game we can win.

Most of the 4th i played against Rose...just making sure he isn't able to keep on driving to the basket and it should be all good...

End of the story...we won by 4pts!

Thomas played 36 minutes and finished with 41pts..
LeBron scored a triple-double 15pts/12reb/11ast...but that wasn't enough James..it wasn't enough...

I finished with 34pts/4reb/18ast/4blk/4stl

[Buffmeister]

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Quick questions about shoe contracts...

Will you get a new offer, after time has passed by...where you can re-negotiate your salary?
(Or are you stuck with it until you retire, unless you violate your contract?)

What if you change Teams?
New offer?...new costumcolors and so on?

???

[UNcmon]

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So going into my 3rd season w/ the Bucks, I recommeded the front office go after Butler, Klay and Love. Season 3 comes around and I see this! All 3! This lineup is unfair.

[illwill10]

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So going into my 3rd season w/ the Bucks, I recommeded the front office go after Butler, Klay and Love. Season 3 comes around and I see this! All 3! This lineup is unfair.

That's what I'm grinding for to influence roster movements. Felt like forever to get to 90.
I don't even want to ask for superstar teammates. I intentionally chose a young rebuilding team for the challenge. I just want to add to bench because I cant stand Team AI management.
I don't want a superstar because I don't want to team offense to revolve around one person. Now our starters get about 12-17 shot attempts each. Last year, our bench scoring was nonexistent. I like that we get equal touches, so if one is cold , it shouldn't affect us too much. Hopefully I'm able to get the bench players I want.
Plus I'm tired of playing 38 minutes a game. It takes about a hour to do a game and pretty much play the whole 2nd half. I want to lower my minutes to 32.

[UNcmon]

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That's what I'm grinding for to influence roster movements. Felt like forever to get to 90.
I don't even want to ask for superstar teammates. I intentionally chose a young rebuilding team for the challenge. I just want to add to bench because I cant stand Team AI management.
I don't want a superstar because I don't want to team offense to revolve around one person. Now our starters get about 12-17 shot attempts each. Last year, our bench scoring was nonexistent. I like that we get equal touches, so if one is cold , it shouldn't affect us too much. Hopefully I'm able to get the bench players I want.
Plus I'm tired of playing 38 minutes a game. It takes about a hour to do a game and pretty much play the whole 2nd half. I want to lower my minutes to 32.

Can't argue that, it's fun building a team too. And I agree with the team ai being horrible, I wish we can change the teams playbook to another teams .Which team do you play on?