How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[airlandon]

Re: How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

Started out with the Knicks...Currently 18-14....I immediately waived Curry and his expiring 11M contract.

Made an 6 player deal with the Pacers

NY trades: Wilson Chandler, Amare and Bill Walker
IND trades: Paul George, Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Lance Stephenson

Traded Landry Fields to SAC for Luther Head and 2nd Round Pick

PG- Felton, Lance Stephenson
SG- Auzibuke, Luther Head, Rautins
SF- Paul George, Dunleavy
PF- Gallo, Walter Hermann
C- Anthony Randolph, Jeff Foster Mosgov

Gallo is 4th in the lg in scoring at 26 PPG
Felton averages 14 and 11 but probably gets All-Star snub
Paul George is a BEAST. Dunks everything.
Dunleavy returns to glory days averaging 17 off my bench.

WE CANT GET A REBOUND FOR S***. Ill probably end up trading Azibuke and both 2nd rounders for a young, athletic big man. ( Ibaka, Whiteside or McGee) Allowing Randolph to go back to playing PF. Dont really want to get any "superstars" that way I wont play favorites while im playing, makes my team more balanced IMO.


Expiring contracts (Foster, Kelenna, Dunleavy, Hermann) Will have tons of $$$$ in free agency so I may try to sign 2-3 quality role players

Wilson Chandler and Amare for Paul George?! Don't you think you could have gotten a bit....wait a lot more for both Chandler and Amare

[richyung62]

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I am curious what you guys think of my trade. Here it is:

Bulls Receive:

Carmelo Anthony

Bulls Sends out:

Luol Deng
Taj Gibson
Ronnie Brewer
Charlotte 2012 1st Round Pick

Denver Receives:

Luol Deng
Taj Gibson
Andre Igoudala

Denver Sends Out:

JR Smith
Carmelo Anthony

76ers Receive:

JR Smith
Ronnie Brewer
Charlottes 2012 1st Round Pick

76ers Sends out:

Andre Iguodala

I went ahead and made this trade as well, lost a lot of defense, managed to make it all the way to the ECF, loss 4-2 to ATL, I haven't made any moves in the off season, but I'm thinking about picking up some defensive assets via free agency, I want a defensive (2), i let Bogans go, may pick up Pietrus or AK-47, Micheal Redd is also a free agent that would fit perfect with my team IMO, also need a back up (4) which will be Nick Collison even though he just signed an extension IRL, but any ideas of a 2guard I can pick up? Prefrably defensive minded. I may just start Korver but his defense sucks. That AK-Redd-Collison trio looks good IMO, only if I could afford Redd

[thaone08]

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Started out with the Knicks...Currently 18-14....I immediately waived Curry and his expiring 11M contract.

Made an 6 player deal with the Pacers

NY trades: Wilson Chandler, Amare and Bill Walker
IND trades: Paul George, Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Lance Stephenson

Traded Landry Fields to SAC for Luther Head and 2nd Round Pick

PG- Felton, Lance Stephenson
SG- Auzibuke, Luther Head, Rautins
SF- Paul George, Dunleavy
PF- Gallo, Walter Hermann
C- Anthony Randolph, Jeff Foster Mosgov

Gallo is 4th in the lg in scoring at 26 PPG
Felton averages 14 and 11 but probably gets All-Star snub
Paul George is a BEAST. Dunks everything.
Dunleavy returns to glory days averaging 17 off my bench.

WE CANT GET A REBOUND FOR S***. Ill probably end up trading Azibuke and both 2nd rounders for a young, athletic big man. ( Ibaka, Whiteside or McGee) Allowing Randolph to go back to playing PF. Dont really want to get any "superstars" that way I wont play favorites while im playing, makes my team more balanced IMO.


Expiring contracts (Foster, Kelenna, Dunleavy, Hermann) Will have tons of $$$$ in free agency so I may try to sign 2-3 quality role players

wow umm wtf? honestly that team wouldnt win a chip for a long time. u need atleast one star that can do what u need for your team to win and you had that but got rid of it. the rebounding you had that in amare and wilson but you ve that away. and you trading wilson and amare for noone is not even close to being smart dude. you did wat isiah thomas did and made the team even more worst.

[Dr.Evil]

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Im on a 3 game losing streakin my Warriors chise now i'm 15-10 :S. Curry is out for 4 weeks and Wilson Chandler is out for another 2

[ONEFORALL]

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Man this is cruel. I just started my sixers association and got David West for Brand. Lost first game to Miami and in the first quarter of the second game West went down and the injury was Torn MCL Season.

[J-Clutch1]

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Oh yeah, I'm very disappointed they don't announce "Irving" in the game.

[Jonesy]

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I'm the 3rd year of a T-Wolves association and I just signed Anthony Randolph to a huge 6 year deal and WOW that dude is a straight beast!! He was only averaging 12 and 6 playing behind Amare but i still threw a bunch of money at him and he agreed to sign and after 5 games he is averaging 31 and 13 rebs per game. I just run whatever the plays the cpu coach calls and Randolph is just money in the post, has a nice mid range J and even gets out on the break occasionally and can finish with authority. I missed the playoffs the first year and scrapped into the 8th seed the following year playing 28 game seasons and simming every 2nd game up until the 3rd year and now i'm playing every one.

It's funny because i've made two major trades so far over the 3 years and both times the cpu has made out better than i have in the deal. I traded Beasley to Toronto for Bargani where he blossomed into a star (25+ppg, 8 rebs, 2 time allstar the last two years in TOR) and traded Johny Flynn + Bargani for Brandon Jennings + pick (Flynn is putting up 22 and 8apg) while Bargani and Jennings have shot horribly for me (both well below 40%) and have been / were underachieving for me. At least i don't feel like i ripped the cpu off for once.

Having Randolph has made Kevin Love kinda unneeded so i traded him to Cleveland for Hickson and their pick.

Current lineup

C: Randolph (rated 80 but plays like a 90)
PF: Hickson (rated 77)
SF: Wesley Johnson (rated 80 and is now 92 from 3 and 90 from mid range)
SG: Travis Leslie (71 rated SG from Georgia I got in last years draft with the 17th pick)
Pg: Jennings (rated 88)

I also signed Kirk Henrich as my backup pg and sg and he is a solid player.

I'm loving it so far!!!

[assassinkobe24]

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Currently playing an 82 game season, like usual. It is a couple days past New Years already and I have a 29-5 record with the Los Angeles Lakers. Playing 10 min quarters with custom sliders that give realistic statistics and pretty up tempo games. So far, the top four seeds of the Western Conference are the Lakers, Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs. The top four seeds for the Eastern Conference are the Celtics, Heat, Bucks, Magic.

Bryant is averaging 25.5/4.7/7.0 with .465% shooting.
Gasol is averaging 17.9/11.6/3.3 with .563% shooting.

Meanwhile...
Durant is the leading scorer at 33.8 ppg
Ellis is the second leading scorer at 28.0 ppg

Howard is the leading rebounder and blocker at 13.2 rpg and 2.1 bpg
Rondo is the leading assister at 10.5 apg
Wade is the leading stealer at 3.3 spg

Right now in the MVP race, James is first, Wade is second, Bryant is third, Gasol is fourth, and Durant is fifth.

Wall is the leading candidate for ROTY with 17.7 ppg and 7.5 apg.

So far, it has been pretty fun. During the Christmas game versus the Heat, I was down 110-108 and it was my possession at 3.9 seconds left on the clock. I inbounded it to Bryant and he made a running three point shot over James and Wade (both of which who played terrible defense on Bryant as they were two to three feet away). Bryant made the shot and it was awesome. I cannot wait for the All-Star Game :]

By the way, a lot of players on my roster have been having issues with their minutes, since the Lakers team is so stacked, such as with Barnes and Brown. Fisher is at 50 morale since his minutes are eaten up by Blake and Brown. I am trying to improve Brown's morale first, then Fisher. So far, Blake is at 75 while Brown is improving and is at 65. Barnes is a tad lower than 50, so is Ratliff, Walton, and Vujacic. Other than that, the rest are at 75 or higher.

[Fresh Prince]

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NY trades: Wilson Chandler, Amare and Bill Walker
IND trades: Paul George, Dunleavy, Jeff Foster and Lance Stephenson

Wow. When I saw Amare included in this deal I was pretty sure you'd be acquiring Granger, or at least Hibbert + George/Collison or something. Why did you pull the trigger? You could have gotten a lot more for Amare + Chandler from any other team in the league, and the Pacers.

[Shield]

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ORL assoc. 19-3 [29 game season] just beat MIA 103-90. Carter finally impressed me by draining 6 treys, Casspi had 21, Dwight came in 14pts,12reb,4blk. I held Lebron to a modest 25 pts HAHA, at least he didn't go off for 40 like he usually does. This game was back and forth up until midway through the 3rd then i slowly pulled away and kept a 10 pt lead til the end. I was surprised by how progressively easy it became after the half. I couldn't go up by more than 3 in the 1st half.
In great position for the playoffs, hope to keep the #1 seed. 4 weeks earlier I traded Rashard to SAC for Casspi and Garcia, i just had to get rid of his contract. However that 1 trade vaulted SAC to #1 in the West, surprising. Traded for Amundson as my backup PF and extended his contract 2 more years for a measley $999k/season.

Quick note: John Wall is becoming frustrated in WAS due to Arenas getting all the PT, AND they traded for Beaubois. This is messed up, i wish i was able to edit the minutes rotation just so Wall doesn't force his way out but it appears inevitable. Even though I'm not a big fan of Jameer and i want to move him in the offseason i won't try to pry Wall away from WAS, just does't seem right.

[44drob]

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Recently jus got into a slump after starting 7-3

Now currently 8-7

Heading into a back to back game at the Lakers And Clippers

On the positive Side at Least

John Wall Is Avg: 19.6 ppg 8.4 Asists And 2.4 Stls

He's Second Behind Blake Griffin For rookie of the year

[44drob]

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Year 1: Traded Baron Davis & 1st Round pick for Micahel Beasley. Sign Carmelo Anthony at years end. Not a very succesful year.

Year 2: Starting Lineup.

PG Eric Gordon
SG Carmelo Athony
SF Michael Beasley
PF Blake Griffen
C Chris Kaman

Result: Leading league in scoring, FG% and winning %.

Settings: Minor slider adjustment to my liking. Standard Association settings. All-Star difficulty.

Great Changeup

[Severus21]

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Started an association with the Clippers, i didn't make any trades in the 1st season and we finished 14-44, with the Suns sweeping Miami 4-0 in the finals. In the 11' draft picked up C Enes Kanter with the 2nd overall pick, after lots of trades which saw both Baron Davis and Chris Kaman leave i got additional picks with which i picked Kyle Singler and Brandon Knight. So 2nd year roster looked like this:

PG: Bledsoe|Knight
SG: Gordon|Belinelli
SF: Aminu|Singler
PF: Griffin|Harangody
C: Kanter|Jordan


2nd season followed a similar path as the 1st, albeit with a 11 game improvement with LA finishing 25-33 meaning more lottery picks. One bright spot was Enes Kanter winning rookie of the year for his great play. The Rockets beat Milwaukee 4-1 in the finals with Yao the MVP.
In the 12' draft i picked Reggie Bullock no. 8, a SG from North Carolina to be back up to Eric Gordon who had decided to test free agency. Rudy Gobert a Centre from France was picked 7th in the 2nd rd to back up Enes Kanter. Ater going into free agency i was able to re-sign Eric Gordon for a hefty 83.57m over 5 years, with a 1 year player option. So going into the 3rd year the roster looked like this:

PG: Bledsoe [75]|Knight [71]
SG: Gordon [84]|Bullock [72]
SF: Aminu [76]|Singler [75]
PF: Griffin [86]|Jamychal Green [59]| Harangody [59]
C: Kanter [81]|Gobert [66].

Looking at the team so far, Griffin has, unsurprisingly, been a beast so far with Gordon also being very impressive. Bledsoe and Knight are a great 1-2 combo at the point while Enes Kanter has also been very good since he joined. Aminu is another one who has impressed me and become a clutch shooter, while Singler is also very useful.

3rd season review will be up shortly.

What do you think so far then guys?

[Cameron34Crazie34]

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Well since Mike Dunleavy is my fav player I decided to go with the Pacers. I have made a few trades and not really a big fan of Granger so I unload him.

Starting Lineup

PG: T.J. Ford
SG: Evan Turner
SF: Wilson Chandler
PF: Josh Smith
C: Roy Hibbert

Bench

PG: Steve Blake
SG: Branden Rush
SG: Mike Dunleavy
SF: Devan Ebanks
PF: Leon Powe
PF: Josh McRoberts
C: Anderson Varajoa

[natedZA]

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As my Thunder team was ruined due to the free agency, I've started a Knicks franchise and went straight to work with the roster fine-tuning the squad.
This is my current (experimental) starting lineup and haven't changed much for my Startling line up:

Felton (PG)
Stoudemire (PF)
Gallinari (SF)
Mike Miller (SG) or Dorrel Wright who I tried to play at the SG position
Randolph (Experimental Center)

Then, I loaded up my bench with rookies:

L.Sanders
G.Monroe
A.Daye
H.Thabeet

Having trouble now at the SG position, any recommendations? I should trade Thabeet as I've got too many PF/C's. Should I go for Shannon Brown?