Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
Any opinions about progressive fatigue -- on or off?
Any opinions about progressive fatigue -- on or off?
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
Currently doing a Modern Era CPU vs CPU simulation. I like to control all the 30 NBA Teams and do CPU vs CPU matchups for the national TV games and just play as the coach/GM. I never watch entire games, just come in and out using Simcast during certain momentsComment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
The Grizzlies are insane during their first season though. Ranked top 3 in both offensive and defensive rating and Ja Morant is having an MVP season lol. They have 60+ wins with like 2 games remaining, and just fell 4 losses short of beating the 73-9 Warriors record. I don't think this Grizzlies team will win the championship though, they struggle against other great teams (Lakers who are the 2 seed and Sixers who are the 1 seed in the East).
Excited to see how these playoffs will play out. A lot of coaching decisions will be made based off these playoffs and the offseason is going to be lit. KAT and Gobert are absolutely hurting the Timberwolves (both have low morale and it has even spilled over to Anthony Edwards), Celtics are disappointing as the Jrue Holiday trade hasn't materialized at all (Looking like they'll be a play-in team) and Portland has absolutely stunned everyone as they are currently a 6 seed looking to face off against the Warriors.
Let's see how this shakes up..Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
ALL STAR GAME: Jordan Team loses big
FEBRUARY 1988
MJ was a bit puzzled at the NBA All Stars eligible players. “The fans want a whole new generation it seems, hmm” he said as he was on TBS picking the team as he was a captain.
Missing were Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, in were newcomers like Reggie Miller and Jack Schultz. His first pick? “Let me take Karl Malone, bring some energy I haven’t played with before”. The other captain, Chris Mullin, made the smartest move and selected eventual MVP Dominique Wilkins. “Last Year, Dominique was unstoppable. I need that in my team”.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar, slated to retire at the end of the year, was selected as a reserve in Chris Mullins team. “I wanted to have Kareem in my starters, but Kareem told us both to allow someone else to start” he stated on the live coverage.
With their rosters set, Jordan was missing the support of Magic and Bird as he had expectations for a younger squad. “Horacio was selected because he can play, he has played overseas and this is his third All Star game so I know he can give me some energy”
The leading scorer for his team was Karl Malone with 16 points and 6 Rebs. Reggie Miller finished with a 3 pointer only, but grabbed seven boards. Michael Jordan, ahad a stinker in his expectations with 3 points and four assists. “I was really passive, Iwanted others to score”.
His team could of used him as they lost pretty big from buckets from Dominique Wilkins and even Chris Mullin himself. “Kareem played well, Dominique was unstoppable per usual and I hit some shots myself.. it was a good game overall for the team” Mullin said after the game.
David Stern, seeing another blowout in the All Star Game, says he needs a bigger sample size. “Lets see how next year draft is, we want the All Star Game back competitive”Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
I don't see any reason to turn it off. I feel it's more realistic and it's never caused me problems.
Blazers/Bulls 2073 Playoffs
We left off with the Bulls up 2-1 on the rival Knicks. The Bulls are led by two 27 year old allstars: Everett Byrd, a pudgy balding 6'2" PG who looks like someone's dad stole a uniform and walked onto the court, and Billy Murphy, a 6'8" SF with a trucker mustache. Both are offensive wizards but leave much to be desired on the defensive end. The Knicks are led by champion duo of PF Yao Zheng (arguable GOAT) and SG Alan Ewing. Once the rulers of the NBA, age has taken it's toll and their supporting cast is young and still developing. Bulls take a hard fought series 4-2.
Unfortunately for the Bulls, awaiting them in the ECF are the Nets. The Nets are a team which managed to stay terrible for many years while also hitting on picks, doing well in the lottery and building a stable of extremely talented players. They have four Rookie of the Year winners. FOUR!!! In 2072 the young Nets put the pieces together and won it all, sweeping the Bulls on the way.
Looking for a different outcome this year, the Bulls come out swinging and game 1 goes to double OT. Unfortunately the Bulls blow chances to win in both regulation and OT1, and end up losing 132-140. They bounce back and take the next 2 games, going up 2-1 in the series.
But the Nets have another gear, and they lean into what really makes their team great: defense. In the next 3 games the high powered Bulls offense, used to scoring 115-120 a game, is held to 91, 101, 99 points. Nets take the series 4-2 and advance to the finals.
Representing the West are the Blazers. Under long serving head coach Alvin Montgomery they have mostly been the masters of the conference for a decade, but this says more about the pathetic state of the West than the greatness of the Blazers, as they are 2-6 against the East under Monty, with 1 of those championships courtesy of Yao Zheng getting injured in game1. The Blazers are led by superstar scoring PG RJ Curry, still in his prime at 30, but their other two big pieces, do-it-all SG/SF Brad Willis and swingman Jevon Barnes, are in decline.
The young Nets prove too much for them and take the series in a competitive sweep
Coach Monty's finals record falls to 2-7, which is both impressive (he made 9 finals!) and tragic at the same time.
2073 Offseason
Looking into the future, it seems the Nets will either stay this good or even improve further, while the Blazers can only decline. The decision is made to blow it up. Curry is their best asset, but for a trade that makes sense they need a team with a high draft pick that isn't in full on rebuild mode. Luckily the Clippers with the #3 pick already have 30 year old star C Pierre Micoud, and taking Curry makes more sense for their timeline than a rookie prospect.
34 year old Brad Willis still has something left in the tank as well, and goes to the Heat for 2 future 1sts and expiring salary. The Heat have been perennial contenders and 2070 champions but need more firepower to keep up with the Nets, and Willis, in theory, gives them a stacked starting 5 as they go all in on their remaining championship window.
As for the Bulls, they are at the stage of a rebuild where the rookie contracts are ending and hard decisions must be made to stay under the luxury tax. Their problems are compounded by Byrd's extension kicking in, where previously he'd been terribly underpaid on a contract signed before he broke out.
Two solid rotation pieces, C Guerrero and SF Harvey, are traded away for the 17th and 18th picks, which are then bundled with their own 28th pick for #9, which they use to draft what they hope will be a somewhat NBA ready SF Eriksson. 5th year SG Wright4 is signed to a fair long term deal and promising but underperforming 4th year SF Haywood takes the QO*. In the end the Bulls are paying the same money for less talent, and have to pray their young guys keep getting better.
*regarding Qualifying Offers. I never managed to completely fix the talent bloat in the 80's rating range as the draft class editing effort required would be too much. So there's still a bit too much talent for the available money, and this lets teams get away with paying guys the QO a lot, like a 5th year of a rookie contract almost (except you can't trade them). So a bit of a hack for me to stay under my luxury rule, but at the same time the excess of talent means every year the good CPU teams get a few mid-80s guys on cheap 1-year deals when nobody gives them a real contract by the end of FA. For example the Nets have 84 OVR center Carlton Dean on a ******* minimum contract.Last edited by aimlessgun; 10-17-2023, 12:42 PM.Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
Portland is such a dream 2k rebuild team right now haha. As a Portland fan I'm also seeing the fanbase dream of the play-in based on the potential talent of the roster, but I'm pretty sure in real life we have no chance. Also 2k treats Billups like a competent NBA coach and does not accurately model his true talent, which is that of a tank commander.Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
I wish 2K would make coaching stats widely available. I want to be able to see a coach's win loss record and maybe even break it out year over year and by team. Seeing how many years they've won coach of the year isn't enough.
I know this was available once upon a time because I would see stat overlays before games on what a coach's record was, but it's kind of lame how we can't see it whenever we want to. Feel like this was be an easy thing to implement.. or maybe it's in the game and I just don't know where to find it lolComment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
Right, this is only a pipe dream in comparison to real life lol. But I like them from a roster construction standpoint. Scoot and Shaedon in the starting backcourt, and Thybulle, Grant, and Ayton in the front court. Good mix of offense and defense.
And then you have Brogdon and Simons off the bench. On paper, I see why their record is the way it is, but we both know this is the type of event you would only see in a videogame lolComment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
*Some actual Research has gone into this when it comes to Charlotte Hornets franchise. A few events have been doctored for enjoyment
NEW ORLEANS LOSES BID,CHARLOTTE WINS FRANCHISE
MARCH 1987
In an amazing turn of events, the New Orleans new franchise that was set to start next year, did not meet the requirements for the NBA owners to finalize their bid to win the franchise. “It’s a shame, but you have cities that are willing to do the work and show that the NBA deserves to be in their market veruss other teams” stated David Stern
Enter George Shinn, who by most felt that it was a long shot to win a franchise for his city of Charlotte. “We have 10k season ticket holders ready to go!” he stated, which appeased Red Auerbach. David Stern was quite surprised as the bid from New Orleans failed to deliver the same amount in the time frame they gave. “Who knows? New Orleans may have a team one day, it could be next year”.
George Shinn is now up to his neck in working to get the franchise together: What will the colors be? What will the name be? All of these to soon be final very soon. A little south , the Miami franchise will be named “Miami Heat”.
NEW STARTS:
With the news of new teams, lots of players that are close to finishing their contracts overseas are looking to look at FIBA outs to become “draftable free agents”. With the new CBA, the NBA cut the draft to three rounds from seven and also has made the NBA go deep in their pockets with sending $2 million to FIBA for every five years.
This is to clear a pathway so that it makes it easier for players to have an “NBA Out” in their contracts. ”Being able to play in Miami is something I would be really interested in” says Moises McFadden, a former Kansas standout who plays in German Bundesliga Basketball League.Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
28-15 with the bulls in modern era. 3rd in the east. Still haven’t had one injury despite raising the slider to 60. Idk what it is but it makes me not want to play.Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
NBA PLAYOFFS 1988: PISTONS ARE ALL FIRING!
MAY 1988
The Chicago Bulls felt that this was the year to go deep in the playoffs, well it was only time before they could reach the end.
“The Pistons have good players on their team, Isiah and company deserved to win. They have more of a complete team, we just have to look at our roster and make adjustments for next year” Michael Jordan stated after the Bulls were swept. The Chicago Bulls finished their first round series with the Philadelphia 76ers as the underdog overcoming the favorite, winning the series 3-2. “The Sixers were a tough, tough team. Very good challenge and a challenge that gave us a lot of hope in the future” stated Eddie Johnson, who finished with 15 points in the clinching game.
Over out west, the Lakers took down the upstart Jazz, but not without some late “Magic”. “The Jazz are a good team, they are coming up well and will be threats soon” said Magic Johnson as they cleared the Jazz in the first round. For the second round, they faced the Suns, where they are running into future stars. “Ryan Burns and Kevin Johnson can really play, but time will tell on what Phoenix does because they can both play their butts off” said the Lakers Coach.
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MIAMI or CHARLOTTE?
Alan Varem from the Sixers was asked after the defeat from the Bulls on whats next for the team. “Well, as you know there are two new teams coming to the NBA, which would shake up things. Who knows who gets left off the roster so that they can be draft eligible? Some people may want a change of scenery”
Asked if he would be open to it, he added “It would be tough to leave Philly, but if the team decided it would be better for me to move elsewhere, it would be excited for a new adventure.” Rumors have been going on about Moses Malone of the Sixers and Kelly Tripucka of the Pistons ready to be apart of the Supplemental Draft.
Julius Erving has also expressed support for the new teams. “Being able to go to South Beach during the season for a game would be nice. Going to the beach right after you deal with the snow in Philadelphia will be a good change of scenery that will be much needed”Comment
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Re: How’s your franchise going? NBA 2K24 thread
So the play-in has concluded and the playoffs are now underway! The Mavs disappointed for a second year in a row being eliminated by the Kings in play-in. Jason Kidd obviously isn't the man for the job, and was relinquished from his duties directly after.
The West is absolutely loaded. I can't even predict the winner if I wanted to.
In the West:
Grizzlies (1) vs Suns(8)
Lakers (2) vs Clippers(7)
Warriors (3) vs Portland (6)
Pelicans (4) vs Nuggets (5)
In the East, it's very top heavy it appears. Think the Sixers or Bucks are going to end up going all the way , although the Bucks bench is pretty suspect and Middleton is very inconsistent. The played pretty poorly down the stretch, but maybe in the playoffs they can turn it up a bit.
Sixers (1) vs Hornets (8)
Hawks (2) vs Bulls (7)
Knicks (3) vs Celtics (6)
Bucks (4) vs Cavs (5)
Some pretty good matchups in both conferences. Gonna update yall as I get more games in.Comment
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