How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[JBH3]

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

Season1 [as] Mavs (All-30 Teams) Association:

As of March 1st, here's how my association is looking.

STANDINGS:

--Atlantic Div--
BOS 34-24
NYK 31-27
PHI 25-34
NJ 24-36
TOR 19-41

--Central Div--
CHI 43-15
MIL 29-30
CAVS 25-34
INDY 22-36
DET 19-42

--South East Div--
MIA 38-22
ORL 38-23
CHAR 31-28
ATL 31-30
WAS 22-37

--South West Div--
MAVS 43-16
SAS 39-20
HOU 30-31
NOR 29-32
MEM 25-36

--North West Div--
DEN 34-27
OKC 31-27
UTH 32-29
POR 29-30
MIN 18-42

--Pacific Div--
LAL 38-23
GSW 31-27
PHX 30-28
SAC 29-29
LAC 24-37

LEAGUE LEADERS:

--PPG--
Kobe 30.8
Durant 29.9
Lebron 28.2
Monta 27.7
Rose 27.0

--REB--
Howard 11.9
D.Lee 11.8
Z-Bo 11.0
Duncan 10.9
Crash 10.1

--Assists--
Kidd 10.3
Rondo 10.0
Paul 9.9
Calderon 7.4
Collison 7.4

--Steals--
Wade 2.8
Rondo 2.6
Manu 2.5
Kobe 2.5
Paul 2.4

--Blocks--
Howard 2.1
Lopez 2.1
Duncan 2.0
J.Smith 1.9
Bargnani 1.9

Awards:


MVP: Lebron, Kobe, Dirk, Rose, Duncan
ROY: Wall, Turner, Griffin, W.Johnson, Favors
6th Man: T.Williams, Odom, Jamaal Crawford, Sessions, Al Harrington
DPOY: J.Smith, Gerald Wallace, D.Howard, Lebron, Duncan
MIP: Johnny Flynn, D.Collison, Sessions, Hickson, T.Williams

Trades:

12/1:
DAL Trades: G Deshawn Stevenson - 68 ovrl - 1yr/$4.15mil.
DAL Trades: C Alexis Anjinca - 44 ovrl - 1yr/$1.47mil (Team Opt).
INDY Trades: G/F James Posey - 71 ovrl - 2yr/$13.40mil.

12/7:
NOH Trades: Peja(DET), J.Smith(DET), '11 1st & 2nd Rd'er(DET).
DET Trades: Big Ben(NOH), Maxiell(NOH), CharlieV(NOH), Stuckey(CHA).
CHA Trades: Gerald Henderson(DET), Kwame(DET), '11 2nd Rd'er(DET).

1/12:
MIA Trades: Mario Chalmers.
LAC Trades: Craig Smith, '11 2nd Rd pick.

1/19:
TOR Trades: J.Jack(NOH), Banks(NOH), Dorsey(NOH), '11 2nd Rd'er(POR).
NOH Trades: Pargo(TOR), Bellinelli(POR), Green(TOR), A.Gray(POR).
POR Trades: Bayless(TOR), D.Cunningham(TOR).

2/9:
Pistons: Prince(GSW), Hamilton(NJ), '11 2nd Rd(GSW).
GSW: B.Wright(DET), Gadzuric(DET), Vlad Rad(DET), '11 1st Rd (DET).
NJ: Troy Murphy (DET).

2/13:
WAS: Arenas, '11 2nd Rd.
NYK: '11 1st Rd, Eddy Curry, Kellenna Azubuike.

Notable Injuries (OUT):

LAC:Bledsoe out 1-2wks Torn Hammy.
MIA: Lebron out 1-2wks Strained Achilles.
ORL: Bass out 1-2wks Broken Back.
DAL: Mahinmi out SEASON Torn MCL.
DAL: Chandler out 1-2wks Broken Foot.
NJ: S.Graham out 4-6wks Broken Ankle.
DEN: Nene out DTD Seperated Shoulder.
DET: TMac out 6-8months Torn MCL.
DET: B.Wright out 4-6wks Broken Arm.
SAS: Herrman out DTD Sprained Foot.
SAS: Temple out 4-6wks Torn Meniscus.

From the standings above:

Bulls in the East and the Mavs in the West continue to battle it out for the league's best record. While the Thunder have fallen onto losing ways going 4-7 in Feb while allowing the Nuggets to firmly affix themselves atop the North West. Also, the Blazers have come back from the abyss having been 20-27 through FEB 1st and going 9-3 through the month of February.

It's looking like the East will be sending an under .500 team to their 8th seed, that is unless the Bucks find a way to start winning consistently. They sit at 29-30 through February, and have a hold on the 8th seed as the next closest teams are the 25 wins Sixers and Cavs.

[thaprodigyisback]

That Yao Ming trade is going really good for me I've won 3 state and I just beat the Thunder in a thriller Yao Ming had 69 Points, 6 Rebounds, and 10 Blocks. Jrue had about 34,4 and. 12.

The reason I scored 69 with Yao is because the CPU decided it wanted to cheat with KD and don't tell me the CPU doesn't cheat because I had Kirilenko on KD and doubled him and he just shoots over it as if Kirilenko is not a top wing defender that's just as tall and lanky as KD.

[AnArtofWar]

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

Did you mean Kemba Walker? If you have the 1st pick i'd go with Kyrie you could always trade down if you wanted Kemba

Yea.
It was the opposite in my draft at least, Kemba was projected first and from my scouts, he seemed like the better choice. What ended up happening was...

Drafted Kemba...traded Lou Williams and some picks for the 4th pick in the draft and got Perry Jones.

So now my line up will be something like Kemba, Gordon, Iggy, Jones, Monroe and Charlie V as my 6th man. Or I might use Perry Jones as my 6th and I will also heavily use Will Bynum and maybe Daye. And I'll have to see who I get in the free agency pool...I don't want to change the Pistons too much and anyways, I doubt players would want to come to the Pistons who weren't even at 500 in real life or in the game, so I might as well keep it realistic. I'll probably get a couple decent players, probably a couple decent vets and use them sparingly and try to get them deep into the playoffs.

[RajonRondo9Celtics]

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

just started a new assoc. and did a fantasy draft. Team looks like this:

PG. Rafer Alston/ Rodrigue beaubois
SG. Shannon Brown/ Arron Afflalo/ Charlie Bell
SF. Michael Beasley/ Martell Webster
PF. Amare Stoudemire/ Kurt Thomas/ Chris Wilcox
C. Kendrick Perkins/ Brandon Haywood

Im liking my team so far, and i feel like the Beasley/ Stat combo will kill teams

[richyung62]

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

When bringing Melo to CHI, who would be a good, realistic compliment at SG. I'm only willing to trade Bogans. I'm thinking T-Mac or J.R Smith. Any other realistic options? (Not really looking for a big stat guy, I already have three scoring options)

If I can't get this guilt feeling out I'm just gonna go normal bulls roster w/ shooting guard addition.

JR Smith & bring him off the bench to provide some scoring.T-Mac would be easier to trade for, but you may find yourself falling in love with his game because he scores hella easy in this game.

[J-Clutch1]

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

I have found my true keeper. Started a 58-game Association with the Nets and got the picks the Nets have IRL. Traded 4 picks total and Murphy and Humphries for Melo alone.

Games are feeling tough, and I'm loving the challenge. I'm using Rashidi & ffaacc03's latest update, and it's just great. So my team looks like this(I'm definitely gonna make some moves eventually though):

Harris/Farmar/Uzoh
Morrow/Vujacic
Melo/James
Favors/Outlaw
Lopez/Petro

I'm very thin on big men.

[thaprodigyisback]

Just beat the Heat on Superstar 110-90 Andrei Kirilenko, Jared Jeffries, and Peja shut down Lebron with their length. He finished with 21 Points on 10-24 shooting. I completely shut down Bosh he only had 10 and 8 and shot 5-18. Mike Miller had 10 points and 14 REBOUNDS smh DWade and 24,5,5, on 10-22 shooting.
Yao Ming held down the paint as usual with 28, 5 REB, and 11 Blocks. Kirilenko was on fire he had 27 PTS 6REB 3 STL and 2BLK on 11-19 shooting and went 5-6 from 3. Peja had 18 off the bench in 17 minutes going 4-8 from 3. Jrue also added 14,4 and 10

[jordanjr_]

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

Ok So I've Set Up 3 Realistic Chicago Bulls Teams. Which One Do You Guys Like, Think Is Better, Think Is More Realistic etc. Also feel free to give adjustments comments.

Team w/ Melo:
Rose, J.R Smith, Melo, Boozer, Noah

Team w/ Iggy:
Rose, Iggy, Brewer, Boozer, Noah

Normal Team w/ SG adjustment:
Rose, SG(anyone rumored to come to CHI), Deng, Boozer, Noah

Thanks in advance.

[Evan_OS]

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

Just beat the Heat on Superstar 110-90 Andrei Kirilenko, Jared Jeffries, and Peja shut down Lebron with their length. He finished with 21 Points on 10-24 shooting. I completely shut down Bosh he only had 10 and 8 and shot 5-18. Mike Miller had 10 points and 14 REBOUNDS smh DWade and 24,5,5, on 10-22 shooting.
Yao Ming held down the paint as usual with 28, 5 REB, and 11 Blocks. Kirilenko was on fire he had 27 PTS 6REB 3 STL and 2BLK on 11-19 shooting and went 5-6 from 3. Peja had 18 off the bench in 17 minutes going 4-8 from 3. Jrue also added 14,4 and 10

Have fun while it lasts, the Heat are next to impossible to hang with on HOF. I tried to hang with them playing with the Lakers. I gave them a run for their money, but they just took off after halftime. The score was like 125-101?

[J-Clutch1]

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

Have fun while it lasts, the Heat are next to impossible to hang with on HOF. I tried to hang with them playing with the Lakers. I gave them a run for their money, but they just took off after halftime. The score was like 125-101?

HoF is unrealistic man. Why would you want to play any team on that difficulty?

The guy's just having fun playing the game on Superstar. You dont have to downgrade that by saying it's not the same cuz it's not on HoF.

[BlueNGold]

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

I've been meaning to do an update on my 2nd year Cavs Association. Been awhile since I have so here's a mega-update.

Regular Season Standings:

Eastern Conference

1. Miami Heat 57-25
2. Milwaukee Bucks 52-30
3. Orlando Magic 50-32
4. Chicago Bulls 50-32
5. Boston Celtics 49-33
6. New York Knicks 47-35
7. Atlanta Hawks 43-39
8. Cleveland Cavaliers 43-39

Indiana Pacers 40-42
Washington Wizards 36-46
Charlotte Bobcats 36-46
Philadelphia 76ers 36-46
New Jersey Nets 35-47
Toronto Raptors 31-51
Detroit Pistons 24-58

Western Conference

1. Los Angeles Lakers 53-29
2. Denver Nuggets 52-30
3. Portland Trail Blazers 51-31
4. Houston Rockets 46-36
5. Oklahoma City Thunder 44-38
6. San Antonio Spurs 42-40
7. New Orleans Hornets 41-41
8. Golden State Warriors 39-43

Minnesota Timberwolves 37-45
Utah Jazz 37-45
Phoenix Suns 36-46
Dallas Mavericks 34-48
Los Angeles Clippers 31-51
Memphis Grizzlies 30-52
Sacramento Kings 28-54

Current Playoff Tree:

(1) Miami - (8) Cleveland; tied 1-1
(2) Milwaukee - (7) Atlanta; tied 1-1
(3) Chicago - (6) New York; CHI leads 2-0
(4) Boston - (5) Orlando; BOS leads 2-0

(1) LA Lakers - (8) Golden State; LAL leads 2-1
(2) Denver - (7) New Orleans; NO leads 3-0
(3) Portland - (6) San Antonio; SA leads 2-1
(4) Houston - (5) Oklahoma City; OKC leads 2-1


Awards:

Most Valuable Player - LeBron James (MIA) - 26.5 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.3 BPG

Defensive Player - Josh Smith (ATL) - 16.4 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 4.2 APG, 2.2 SPG, 2.1 BPG

Rookie - Ted Kelley (DET) - 16.5 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 0.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.1 BPG

6th Man - Anthony Randolph (DET) - 13.3 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.9 SPG, 1.3 BPG

Most Improved Player - Kendrick Perkins (PHX) - 11.4 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.3 SPG, 2.0 BPG

Coach - Nate McMillan (POR) - 51-31 record; 3rd seed in West

League Leaders:

PPG
Derrick Rose (CHI) - 33.8
Carmelo Anthony (CLE) - 30.2
Kevin Durant (OKC) - 29.7
Monta Ellis (GS) - 27.4
Kobe Bryant (LAL) - 27.1

RPG
Kevin Love (MIN) - 14.8
Dwight Howard (ORL) - 11.7
Pau Gasol (LAL) - 11.2
Al Horford (ATL) - 11.1
Gerald Wallace (CHA) - 10.6

APG
Rajon Rondo (BOS) - 10.1
Chris Paul (NO) - 9.3
Deron Williams (UTAH) - 8.8
Russell Westbrook (OKC) - 8.6
Jason Kidd (DAL/SA) - 8.6

Trades:

2/4 - Spurs trade: DeJuan Blair, Antonio McDyess
Mavericks trade: Jason Kidd, Giacomo Izzo

1/22 - Pistons trade: Charlie Villanueva
Hawks trade: Zaza Pachulia, Ronny Turiaf

1/13 - Trail Blazers trade: Rudy Fernandez
Suns trade: Goran Dragic, next year's 2nd round pick

12/28 - Rockets trade:Jermaine Taylor, James Posey
Suns trade: Jason Richardson

12/27 - Pacers trade: Sebastian Telfair, Anthony Tolliver
Mavericks trade: JJ Barea, Shawn Marion

12/20 - Bucks trade: Keyon Dooling, Samardo Samuels
76ers trade: Wayne Dillon, DeShawn Stevenson

12/10 - Suns trade: Hedo Turkoglu, 2nd round pick
Kings trade: Donte Greene, Pablo Batistuta

11/17 - Suns trade: Earl Clark
76ers trade: Andres Nocioni

11/9 - Lakers trade: Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher, 2nd round pick
Cavaliers trade: Delonte West, Daniel Gibson

10/29 - T'Wolves trade: Wesley Johnson
Suns trade: 1st round pick, Jermaine O'Neal

Coach Hirings/Firings:

3/24 - Grizzlies hire Erik Fowler; fire Kurt Rambis

3/22 - Raptors hire John Kuester; fire Erik Fowler

3/17 - Pistons hire Albert Buckner; fire Ernest Harper

12/30 - Kings hire Alvin Gentry; fire Paul Westphal

12/21 - Suns hire Lionel Hollins; fire Alvin Gentry

11/17 - Grizzlies hire Kurt Rambis; fire Lionel Hollins

11/10 - Raptors hire Erik Fowler; fire Albert Buckner

Notable Injuries:

Jason Thompson (MIN) Torn MCL, Out 4-6 months
Jason Terry (DAL) Torn MCL, Out 4-6 months
Howie Malone (ATL) Torn ACL, Out 4-6 months
Al Harrington (ORL) Broken Ankle, Out 4-6 weeks
Jameer Nelson (ORL) Broken Wrist, Out 4-6 weeks
Paul Pierce (BOS) Lower Back Strain, Out 1-2 weeks
Jeff Green (OKC) Broken Arm, Out 1-2 weeks
Joakim Noah (CHI) Broken Foot, Out 1-2 weeks



One thing I have to add that has nothing to do with my team....

Derrick Rose was completely robbed of an MVP award. Comparing his stats with LeBron:

Rose - 33.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 8.0 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 51% FG, 35% 3PT, 79% FT

LeBron - 26.5 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.3 BPG, 45% FG, 28% 3PT, 79% FT

Yes, LeBron has the better all around numbers, but Rose was the more dominant player throughout the season and only LeBron's rebounds are up from his previous MVP years.

Not to mention Rose had a RIDICULOUS 7 game stretch where he put up 43, 35, 57, 44, 44, 49 and 47. He also had a 61 point, 14 assist game against Indiana at the end of March. Basically he destroyed the league.

I don't even recall seeing a CPU player be so dominant in any season of all of my 2K Associations (dating back to 2K5). Rose's season was literally Jordan-esque. It was one of the cooler things I've seen going through a virtual season in any sports game. I always found myself checking every Bulls game box score to see what Rose did next.


As for my team, I'm currently in the 1st round of the playoffs facing who else but the Heat, lol. The series is currently tied 1-1 with me stealing Game 1 on a very satisfying Carmelo Anthony buzzer beater from 3, and then Melo going up to LeBron and celebrating.

I just finished Game 2 and the Heat destroyed me. I had no chance from the opening tip, really. It actually felt like they were pissed from Game 1, haha.

I'll update after Round 1 of the playoffs end. Thanks for reading.

[Bellsprout]

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Thanks for reading.

You're welcome.

[richyung62]

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

Ok So I've Set Up 3 Realistic Chicago Bulls Teams. Which One Do You Guys Like, Think Is Better, Think Is More Realistic etc. Also feel free to give adjustments comments.

Team w/ Melo:
Rose, J.R Smith, Melo, Boozer, Noah

Team w/ Iggy:
Rose, Iggy, Brewer, Boozer, Noah

Normal Team w/ SG adjustment:
Rose, SG(anyone rumored to come to CHI), Deng, Boozer, Noah

Thanks in advance.

team with Melo or Normal team, Iggy aint much of a upgrade over Deng

[richyung62]

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

Bulls Association.

dont feel like making any major moves. been playing will with this team.

Rose
Brewer
Deng
Boozer
Noah

Carl Landry
JR Smith
Jordan Farmar
Damion Jones
Korver
Kurt Thomas
Scal
Nikki Moore

[dazpoo23]

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

Bucks Association
"Fear the Deer"

Season
In my second season now, finished the season 42-40(playing a week, simming the next), injuries kept us down at the start of the season but we pushed through the playoffs. Traded Redd to thunder for N.Collison M.Peterson, for morale reasons.

Season Roster
Jennings/Doolings/D.Jefferson(dleague)
Salmons/Delfino/M.peterson
Maggette/Hobson
Moute/N.Collison/Sanders/Brockman
Bogut/Gooden



Playoffs
Beat the Hawks in six and then Knicks in five, so we made it to the Eastern conference finals, but the heat swiftly ended our progressive season. Lakers ended up trumping Miami.

Off-Season
Re-sign Mbah a Moute at 2.5mil/yr (plan on using at SF spot more this year

Draft
No major trades were made by us in the regular season, we had 17th pick, but there was no great difference in talent, so I traded down for 25th pick exchanging my 17th, and two '11 2nd rounders for the mavericks '11 1st, and '12 1st.
With the 25th pick i draft Valanciunas, 6'10 center from Lithuania my euro Bogut who i had my eye on as a prospect.
n.b. Barnes went to Minny, Perry Jones ended up in Washington, Irving went to Toronto, Kanter to Philly.

Free Agency
My key objective going into the season was to get better and younger, even though we made the conference finals, most of the production was from an aging roster.
I had around $8million in cap room heading into free agency 7.83mil of that was consumed signing Thaddeus Young onto a $36mil, 4 year contract. This was the major acquisition of the off-season. Young would provide youth and much needed athleticism while maintaining solid perimeter D.
Signed Tony Allen of waivers for min contract to solidify my perimeter defense, also got DeAndre Jordan 8mil/ 4yr deal to give a presence inside.

Trades
A big weak spot for me last year was at back-up PG, I tried to pursue Dragic but was unobtainable, so settled for J.J.Barea, unfortunately i had to give up both Dooling and Ilyasova to the Mavs for Barea and their 2nd rd rookie Malcolm Delaney.
To pad out the whole at SG i signed Stackhouse, again.

Heading into 2011-2012 Season
here's my roster...


Jennings/Barea/Delaney
Salmons/Allen/Stackhouse
Thad.Young/Maggette/
Gooden/MbahaMoute/Sanders/Brockman
Bogut/D.Jordan/Valanciunas


Looking forward to the regular season.