Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

[TeamBuilder]

Re: Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

I started a Nuggets Dynasty in MyLeague, and I made 2 trades that drastically alters my chances to win now, while still maintaining a bright future. My objectives were to keep my core three ultra-talented young players (Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr.) and fill in the rest of my roster with proven, talented veterans. Here is my new roster, with the two trades listed below:

Starting Lineup
PG - Mike Conley (83)
SG - Jamal Murray (83)
SF - Khris Middleton (86)
PF - Nikola Jokic (90)
C - Marc Gasol (85)

Bench
PG - Isaiah Thomas (80)
SG - Malcolm Brogdon (81)
SF - Michael Porter Jr. (76)
PF - Trey Lyles (76)
C - Brook Lopez (79)

The arrival of Marc Gasol and Mike Conley significantly bolsters both my offense and defense. Conley serves as a floor general at the point guard position, which is a luxury that Denver has been sorely lacking. Gasol allows Nikola Jokic to move over to power forward, effectively giving the starting unit the two most talented, stretch, brick wall, big men passers in the NBA... backdoor cuts for days!

Jamal Murray is in position to light up the league in year three, as he now has Conley to run the point and set him up, along with two excellent passers and massive screen setters (Gasol and Jokic) to give him all the room and looks he needs to scorch the net. Khris Middleton stretches the floor as a filthy 5th option who is absolutely murderous from mid-range. He teams up extremely well with Gasol and Jokic, as all three players boast mid-range shooting attributes of 90+.

The bench is so strong that I am able to sub the entire unit in together and not miss a beat against opponents. Depth is such that I can keep my starters well rested and not wear them out in the regular season. The backcourt duo of Isaiah Thomas and Malcolm Brogdon provide a nice mix of both scoring punch and stability. Brook Lopez offers a similar skillset to Gasol and Jokic, effectively giving me three stretch bigs who are also capable of scoring in the post. Trey Lyles and Michael Porter Jr. offer explosiveness and floor-stretching to round out the rotation.

Trade 1

Out
Gary Harris
Paul Milsap
Mason Plumlee

In
Marc Gasol
Mike Conley
Garrett Temple

Analysis - I offered Harris and Milsap for Gasol and Conley, but they countered with Plumlee and Temple included in the deal. I didn't want to lose a quality backup center in Plumlee, but being able to add two proven winners who offer defense and stability in areas of need was too good to pass up.

Trade 2

Out
Will Barton
Juan Hernangomez
Malik Beasley
2022 1st round
2023 1st round

In
Khris Middleton
Malcolm Brogdon
Brook Lopez

Analysis - It was essential that I keep my core young studs (Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr.) because this trade depletes future assets. Middleton rounds out the starting five and I get two perfect bench players in Brogdon and Lopez (who replaces the departed Plumlee from the first trade).

[Barncore]

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It's a real shame that we still can't get players to average 9+ FTAs per game in simulated stats, unless I missed something. I tried almost everything with Harden short of nerfing his three-point tendencies (didn't want to do that; too extreme IMO), but the most FTA I could manage was 5 or so I think.

Looking at shot charts, it seems like the engine can't understand the idea of shooting a ton of threes and a ton of inside shots at the same time. It's either one or the other. They'll "only" shoot 1700 combined 3PA + shots at the rim + FTA; Harden in 2018 shot 2106 combined, and 2199 in 2017.

Maybe next year. Or a tiny chance that a patch could help.

The same issue was in the game last year and the year before too. Sucks to hear it's still there.

I'm guessing it's a balancing act that they couldn't figure out and eventually settled on "less FTA but higher FG% and accurate PPG" was the best path

[James96]

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Just had Klay Thompson go unsigned in FA. Then signing a 1 year 1.6m dollar deal with Miami at the start of the next year. Anyone come across anything like this? Extremely frustrating.

Also if 2K are gonna base the myleague starting lineups on a players first position they need to update a number of players. So annoying having Hayward come of the bench for Robert Williams because Tatum is playing SF

[Cyrus09]

Re: Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

Just had Klay Thompson go unsigned in FA. Then signing a 1 year 1.6m dollar deal with Miami at the start of the next year. Anyone come across anything like this? Extremely frustrating.

Also if 2K are gonna base the myleague starting lineups on a players first position they need to update a number of players. So annoying having Hayward come of the bench for Robert Williams because Tatum is playing SF

The 2nd one is the worst thing in MyLeague. Especially since it already was in last years mode. They completely ignore 2nd positions in rotations and would start a bad player over everyone who can play that position if he has it as his primary.
There is no way around making the rotation for every team or changing all the positions. But that makes no sense either, because those things and lineups are changing too.

But playing with me doing all lineups for every team there is noway you can play with injuries, since you have to adjust at least 4 lineups every day with the number of injuries happening. That's my only negative point in this years mode so far and it's a real bummer.

[janmagn]

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The 2nd one is the worst thing in MyLeague. Especially since it already was in last years mode. They completely ignore 2nd positions in rotations and would start a bad player over everyone who can play that position if he has it as his primary.
There is no way around making the rotation for every team or changing all the positions. But that makes no sense either, because those things and lineups are changing too.

But playing with me doing all lineups for every team there is noway you can play with injuries, since you have to adjust at least 4 lineups every day with the number of injuries happening. That's my only negative point in this years mode so far and it's a real bummer.

Just edit the injury slider in MyLeague sliders

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[SteboSSK]

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IRL this would be a defensive disaster. No switchability, Jokic playing D at the 4 lol?

I started a Nuggets Dynasty in MyLeague, and I made 2 trades that drastically alters my chances to win now, while still maintaining a bright future. My objectives were to keep my core three ultra-talented young players (Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr.) and fill in the rest of my roster with proven, talented veterans. Here is my new roster, with the two trades listed below:

Starting Lineup
PG - Mike Conley (83)
SG - Jamal Murray (83)
SF - Khris Middleton (86)
PF - Nikola Jokic (90)
C - Marc Gasol (85)

Bench
PG - Isaiah Thomas (80)
SG - Malcolm Brogdon (81)
SF - Michael Porter Jr. (76)
PF - Trey Lyles (76)
C - Brook Lopez (79)

The arrival of Marc Gasol and Mike Conley significantly bolsters both my offense and defense. Conley serves as a floor general at the point guard position, which is a luxury that Denver has been sorely lacking. Gasol allows Nikola Jokic to move over to power forward, effectively giving the starting unit the two most talented, stretch, brick wall, big men passers in the NBA... backdoor cuts for days!

Jamal Murray is in position to light up the league in year three, as he now has Conley to run the point and set him up, along with two excellent passers and massive screen setters (Gasol and Jokic) to give him all the room and looks he needs to scorch the net. Khris Middleton stretches the floor as a filthy 5th option who is absolutely murderous from mid-range. He teams up extremely well with Gasol and Jokic, as all three players boast mid-range shooting attributes of 90+.

The bench is so strong that I am able to sub the entire unit in together and not miss a beat against opponents. Depth is such that I can keep my starters well rested and not wear them out in the regular season. The backcourt duo of Isaiah Thomas and Malcolm Brogdon provide a nice mix of both scoring punch and stability. Brook Lopez offers a similar skillset to Gasol and Jokic, effectively giving me three stretch bigs who are also capable of scoring in the post. Trey Lyles and Michael Porter Jr. offer explosiveness and floor-stretching to round out the rotation.

Trade 1

Out
Gary Harris
Paul Milsap
Mason Plumlee

In
Marc Gasol
Mike Conley
Garrett Temple

Analysis - I offered Harris and Milsap for Gasol and Conley, but they countered with Plumlee and Temple included in the deal. I didn't want to lose a quality backup center in Plumlee, but being able to add two proven winners who offer defense and stability in areas of need was too good to pass up.

Trade 2

Out
Will Barton
Juan Hernangomez
Malik Beasley
2022 1st round
2023 1st round

In
Khris Middleton
Malcolm Brogdon
Brook Lopez

Analysis - It was essential that I keep my core young studs (Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr.) because this trade depletes future assets. Middleton rounds out the starting five and I get two perfect bench players in Brogdon and Lopez (who replaces the departed Plumlee from the first trade).

[trekfan]

Re: Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

Just had Klay Thompson go unsigned in FA. Then signing a 1 year 1.6m dollar deal with Miami at the start of the next year. Anyone come across anything like this? Extremely frustrating.

Also if 2K are gonna base the myleague starting lineups on a players first position they need to update a number of players. So annoying having Hayward come of the bench for Robert Williams because Tatum is playing SF

I do 30 team control to avoid that free agent thing from happening with Thompson -- happens every year in 2K, no matter what.


As to your second point, I was actually looking at the coach rotations (all AI done) and was pleasantly surprised to see the opposite of what you saw -- Boston had Hayward and Tatum starting, playing the SF and PF position respectively.


Similarly, the Bulls (with all their PFs) were playing Jabari Parker at the SF while Markannen played the PF, and Wendal Carter coming off the bench to back up the PF/C positions.



I'm not sure why the difference (I'm on PC).


Anyway, I came here to expand on the Draft Lottery Elimination tournament rule I found last night -- there's a trick to getting it to show up.












I started running a brand new simulation (new save file and everything), the elimination tournament rule had apparently disappeared.


Except it hadn't. There are more draft lottery rules than room in the screen to show (even with the scroll down), so the game only shows a certain amount depending on what type of rule you replace -- so if you're replacing a "Bonus" rule (dictating when the teams will go into the bonus), you'll only see a few lottery rules.


However, if you replace a Draft Lottery rule, you'll get a much longer list of rules -- with the Draft Lottery Elimination tournament rule in there.



If you want to see more Lottery rules, you need to have 2 Lottery rules in the League Meetings list ...







And then you'll need to select the last one to (probably) get the draft lottery tournament rule.



I've found that the lottery tournament rule pops up under the "Replace" option when I'm replacing a rule to do with lottery odds of the top-3 picks. It's weird, I'm not sure it's intentional (could be a bug) but it's a nuance that they definitely haven't explained, so if anyone is looking for a certain rule and can't find it, play around with replacing certain rules with other rules.



There could be a lot of depth in this that we don't know about yet.

[Cyrus09]

Re: Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

Just edit the injury slider in MyLeague sliders

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Doesn't really change a thing. Tried many settings out and the number of injuries stayed the same.
Now I'm adding some injuries manually from time to time.

[jimmym68]

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i searched on every forum on here and cant find nothing. so here it goes i am trying to find some help, in gm mode
my team image is at zero anybody know how get it to go up or is it a glitch?

[TeamBuilder]

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IRL this would be a defensive disaster. No switchability, Jokic playing D at the 4 lol?

Yes, Jokic at the four. Think about how the Grizzlies were able to play Gasol and Randolph together defensively. Same idea, except Jokic has more ways on the offensive end to punish other teams who go small. If the opponent plays a small lineup, then either Gasol or Jokic will feast.

[trekfan]

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MyLeague Offseason Notes:


Staff signing is a bit of a pain this year -- the coach negotiations, usually just a formality, are tougher to pull off. Took me all 7 days to get all the head coaches in the league signed despite offering near max or max money; I didn't see a slider for them in the contract negotiations tab of the ML settings, so I'm guessing this is something we can't change.



That said, if you don't get anyone signed for a position, the game just signs someone for a 1 year deal there. I'm going through and bumping all those contracts up to 4 years so I don't have to worry about this for awhile, but at least the game doesn't get stuck.

[georgiafan]

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I noticed the hawks don’t Have the thunders 1st round future draft pick (melo trade). It’s easily fixed so not a big deal

Edit also not showing Melos dead $ as it has hawks with 22 million in cap space

[trekfan]

Re: Official NBA 2k19 MyLeague/MyGM Thread

I noticed the hawks don’t Have the thunders 1st round future draft pick (melo trade). It’s easily fixed so not a big deal

Edit also not showing Melos dead $ as it has hawks with 22 million in cap space

Yeah, they just assigned him as a vet minimum signing to the Rockets without taking into account his dead money.


The Kings Pick (that the Celtics have) also lacks top-1 protection, so if it ended up there in 2019 they'd get it back and convey their next year's pick completely unprotected as I understand it.

[SuperNova854]

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I tried the same thing man. I noticed Giannis was having success averaging 8 free throw attempts per 36 minutes, so I even tried changing Harden's tendencies to more closely resemble Giannis's and literally nothing I did helped...

I thought maybe it's a positional thing, but no matter what position I have Harden play, even if he's a power forward, no luck. I'm stumped.

The only thing I can think of is maybe raising the foul tendency of players league wide.

[LorenzoDC]

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Is it just me or are young high potential players not developng or progressing badges year after year, even if they are being mentored by guys with badges, even gold ones?


The graph displays on the mentee pages seem to show lines that top out aqt the next badge level, but the new badges don't appear, even after the league year changes.


I have't tested it closely to verify but I wanted to see if anyone else sees or notices anything like this.


Also, I saw some teams offering trades of two 1st round licks in consecutive years, even with the Stepien rule activated. This is when you do trade finder with a team you control.


UPDATE: Actually, I think maybe badge progression isn't happening all across the league for anyone, maybe. Anyone else seeing this? Something is going on here.