How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[Jonesy]

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

Looks great but how the hell did you manage to acquire 2 studs in Bogut and Wallace while only giving up Kaman?

EDIT: nevermind

[BlueNGold]

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

Nice write-up. I like what you're doing with your team and how all the CPU teams are turning out. Do you sim games? How many a season?

I do sim games but I try not to sim too many. I played about 30-40 games last season (not including my playoff series against the Heat).

I don't really have a pattern to my simming, I just play the games that I'm interested in. Like last season I made sure to play the Bulls because Rose was dominating the league. I also tried to play most of the games against the elite teams in the league or the ones that were being re-built by the CPU that looked interesting.

Nice work BlueNGold, do you take control of trades for all teams during the season and just let the CPU do the business in the off-season?

No, I'm only controlling the Cavs. The rest of the league is CPU controlled so they're doing their own signings and trades, although I would have liked to do a 30 team Association because I could keep it a little more realistic.

So which of these 2 trades should I try to pull off (not sure if they work without trade override yet, but think of these as trade talks):

Nets receive - Corey Brewer & Anthony Tolliver
Timberwolves - Travis Outlaw & 2nd Rounder

or

Nets receive - Marcus Thornton & David Anderson
Hornets receive - Travis Outlaw & 2nd Rounder


Both the T-Wolves and the Hornets would receive upgrades to their backup SF spot.

Both deals look fine to me. I'd just go with whatever player you prefer out of Thornton and Brewer.

these post sound great. i dont own the game yet, but i am definetly interested. offline association is the only mode im interested in. i dont play online. do you guys think this mode is deep enough to keep playin multiple seasons? also can u have fun with controlling 1 team or do you have to control them all for things not to get to out of hand. thanks for any advice and i will continue to follow you guys' seasons.

Yes. After the patch it seems like the CPU does a good job with their teams, so it keeps future seasons interesting. Pre-patch they were barely making any trades after the 2nd year, but that's fixed.

The only issue I've noticed is the one I just had going into my 2nd offseason, where about 20 coaches all switched teams. I guess it's some kind of strange glitch.

Aside form that, this is probably one of the best current franchise modes you can find out of all the 360/PS3 sports games. College Hoops 2K8 was #1 IMO, but this comes close.

[Remixxxxxxx]

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

I'm working on starting a Clippers Assoc. right now, quick question though - I'm looking at starting Bledsoe at PG and looking to trade Baron and possibly Aminu, who would be fair to get back?

[jeremym480]

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

I'll probably do that. Are you doing 82 game seasons?

Yeah, I go with 82 games and 12 minutes quarters. If I don't play a lot of the games then I don't really connect with my team. So at the start of the season I write down all the teams in my notebook. Then I go through the schedule and write in the date in which I plan on playing each team. Since I play the first 10 games that gives me a good starting point. Once I finish the first 10 games, I'll start knocking out most of the Eastern Conference teams since I play in the West. It usually works out to about 1 game a week. Sometimes you will get more and some weeks you may have already played all the teams so, you can just skip through. It still takes me about 2 months to make it through a season but, it's the only way I know how to do it and play a good amount of games.

My only hope is that one day NBA 2K adds a super-sim feature so that I can possibly have a say in all 82 games. Honestly, that's the feature that I want more than anything.

[jeremym480]

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

Here's my monthly update..

My Record: 35-24
Date: March 3 2010
Next Opponent: Bucks

Western Conference Standings
Spurs - 42-19
Mavericks - 41-19 0.5 GB
Thunder- 38-21 3 GB
Suns- 35-24 6 GB
Lakers- 36-26 6.5 GB
Jazz - 32-29 10 GB
Rockets - 33-30 11 GB
Trail Blazer- 23-24 31-20 11 GB
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Nuggets - 31-31 11.5 GB
Kings - 28-31 13 GB
Hornets- 29-34
Grizzlies - 27-35
Clippers- 24-38
Warriors - 23-27
Timberwolves - 23-39

Power Ranking's (Last Week)
1. (2) Heat - 44-15
2. (1) Celtics - 42-15
3. (4) Mavericks - 40-18
4. (3) Thunder - 37-20
5. (5) Spurs - 39-19
6. (6) Bulls - 35-22
7. (8) Magic - 37-23
8. (10) Lakers - 35-25
9 (7) Bucks - 35-24
10. (12) Suns - 33-23

Notes
The Denver Nuggets had a terrible February by going 3-12. The dropped from 6th in the West with a record of 27-21 to 9th with a record of 31-31. A cold spell like that certainly doesn't bode well for the return of Carmelo Anthony next season.

Suns Trades
2/17 - Phoenix trades Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu & Earl Clark to Orlando for Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus, Marcin Gortat and '11 1st Round Pick.

Suns Starters
Steve Nash - 23 PPG - 2.9 RPG - 8.5 APG - .5 SPG - 48% FG%
Vince Carter - 21 PPG - 5.2 RPG - 3.8 APG, 1.2 SPG
Grant Hill - 13 PPG - 6 RPG - 1 SPG - 50% FG%
Josh Childress - 9.4 PPG - 5 RPG
Robin Lopez - 7 PPG - 7 RPG - 1.2 BPG

Key Bench Players
Goran Dragic - 9.5 PPG - 3.5 APG
Mickael Pietrus - 8.4 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 1 SG
Channing Frye - 6 PPG- 5.2 RPG

Team Trends
Phoenix is currently leading the NBA in scoring with 107.7 PPG. The Front Office is hoping for an increase with the addition of Vince Carter. Also, their Defense is allowing the second most PPG in the NBA at 104.6. Only the Golden State Warriors give up more at 106.4 PPG. That's one of the reason's The Brass in the Desert brought in Pietrus and Gortat. We're expecting that 104.6 to slowly go down the rest of the way.

League Trades
2/9 - Mavs Trade Deshawn Stevenson & Steve Novak to Cavs for Anthony Parker and Jamario Moon
2/11 - Pacers trade James Posey & '12 1st Round Pick to T'Blazer's for Joel Przybilla
2/11 - Kings trade Francisco Garcia, '11 2nd Round Pick to Knicks for Eddy Curry
2/17 - Bobcats trade Boris Diaw and Kwame Brown to Mavs for Tyson Chandler
2/17- Washington trades Gilbert Arenas to Orlando for Rashard Lewis

Big League Injuries
J. Howard - Washington - Broken Jaw - Out 6-8 Weeks
M. Binny - Atlanta - Plantar Fasciitis - Out 2-4 Weeks
Steve Nash - Phoenix - Lower Back Strain- Out 1-2 Weeks
Danny Grainger - Indiana - Strained Hamstring - Out 1-2 Weeks
Josh Smith - Atlanta - Broken Toe - Out 1-2 Weeks

Team Injury Notes
With Nash out for the next 1-2 weeks Phoenix is in the market for a PG to sign to a 10 day contract to serve as a backup Dragic. I ended up signing 35 year old veteran Mike James to a 10 Day Contract. He'll spell Dragic for about 8-10 minutes a game until Nash returns. Then we'll go from there depending on how he preforms.

Players of the Month
November - East - Lebron James / West - Kobe Bryant
December - East - Lebron James / West - Kevin Durant
January - East - Lebron James / West - Monta Ellis
February - East - Lebron James / West - Monta Ellis

Rookies of the Month
John Wall for the East and Blake Griffin for the East have won the award all 4 months.

Hirings/Firings
Clipper's fire Vinny Del Negro- Hire Andy Kelley

All Star Teams

EAST
Starters
G - R. Rondo - BOS
G - D. Wade- MIA
F - L. James - MIA
F - A. Jamison - CLE
C - D. Howard - ORL
Reserves
G - D. Rose - CHI
G - S. Jackson - CHA
F - D. Grainger - IND
C - B. Lopez - NJ
G - J. Johnson - ATL
F - G. Wallace - CHA
G - J. Wall - WASH

West
Starters
G - C. Paul - NO
G - K. Bryant - LAL
F - C. Anthony - DEN
F - T. Duncan - SA
C - A. Bynum - LAL
Reserves
F - D. Nowitzki - DAL
C - C. Kaman - LAC
G- D. Williams - UTAH
G - M. Ellis - GS
F - R. Gay - MEMP
G - C. Billiups - DEN
G - A. Brooks - HOU

[Pitfighter87]

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Im the bobcats and im tryin to move DJ Augustine.Any body have any fair suggestions?Ive looked in the trade finder and the nets are offerin Devin harris and travis Outlaw for DJ,a second round pick and Kwame brown.That dont seem like enough to me though and im needin a more of a pass first guard.

[natedZA]

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

CHICAGO BULLS

Default Settings
7 Min Quarters
12 Min Sim Quarters

Im Going With The Normal Bulls Roster, Updating The League's Roster With Official NBA Transactions. (You Don't Have To Do A 30-Team Association; Just Select "Resign Position" and Make The Trade From The Team)

Roster:
PG: Rose, Watson, Lucas
SG: Bogans, Brewer
SF: Deng, Korver, Johnson
PF: Boozer, Gibson, Thomas, Scalabrine
C: Noah, Asik

Waiting for Bulls to pull the trigger on a SG deal before i make any moves, but if that doesn't happen i'll make a trade with bogans + DP's.

I see you've got your "Sim Quarter Length" as 12min and your quarter length is 7 min. Won't this mean that in the games you play, your stats will be very much different to the rest of the league?

[BlueNGold]

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

I see you've got your "Sim Quarter Length" as 12min and your quarter length is 12 min. Won't this mean that in the games you play, your stats will be very much different to the rest of the league?

No. Playing 12 minute quarters while also having sim quarter length at 12 means your games and the CPU simulated games are both being played at 12 minute quarters, which is what you want for realistic stats when it comes to played and simulated games.

Of course, the stats for played games is affected by rosters, sliders, etc. so you have to find the right fit for you so you can get as close to realistic stats as possible.

[natedZA]

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

No. Playing 12 minute quarters while also having sim quarter length at 12 means your games and the CPU simulated games are both being played at 12 minute quarters, which is what you want for realistic stats when it comes to played and simulated games.

Of course, the stats for played games is affected by rosters, sliders, etc. so you have to find the right fit for you so you can get as close to realistic stats as possible.

Sorry, I meant because he has 7 min quarters and his sim-quarter length at 12min. So surely because he's playing 20 min less (in total) than the sim-length his stats will be very different?

[jordanjr_]

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

I see you've got your "Sim Quarter Length" as 12min and your quarter length is 7 min. Won't this mean that in the games you play, your stats will be very much different to the rest of the league?

That's what you would think. It depends on what style of player you are. I'm an uptempo type of player. I diont spend much time on my possesions (some people try and use the whole 24).
I played under these settings before I restarted my association and within the first month D.Rose was leading in scoring, and 3rd in assists. Carlos Boozer and Noah were top 10 rebounders. And I averaged a little under 100 ppg

[natedZA]

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

That's what you would think. It depends on what style of player you are. I'm an uptempo type of player. I diont spend much time on my possesions (some people try and use the whole 24).
I played under these settings before I restarted my association and within the first month D.Rose was leading in scoring, and 3rd in assists. Carlos Boozer and Noah were top 10 rebounders. And I averaged a little under 100 ppg

Very interesting, thanks!

[nelz0r]

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I got a question for you people. Im playing The Association mode as bulls. last week howard got injured for a few weeks. and now he is back and im playing with him. It said He is averaging 21 points and lots of rebounds and blocks, but he still wont show up on Leauge leaders, team stats, player stats and thing like that. any ideas?:P

[Shield]

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

I got a question for you people. Im playing The Association mode as bulls. last week howard got injured for a few weeks. and now he is back and im playing with him. It said He is averaging 21 points and lots of rebounds and blocks, but he still wont show up on Leauge leaders, team stats, player stats and thing like that. any ideas?:P

He obviously hasn't played enough games to qualify, not sure how many exactly.

[Chrisksaint]

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Simmed through the first part of the season in my Clippers franchise, at the beginning I traded away players like Baron Davis,Eric Bledsoe(don't really like him as a player in this game),Chris Kaman,1 other but can't remember got a lot of cap relief and a few 1st rounders. I got really lucky with the picks cause I traded with some teams that were mediocre/good teams but didn't end up like that, I had the #4,#7,#8 pick in the draft, although I think I prolly used a draft class with too high of ratings idk cause Irving was the highest with a 77.

My current line up:
PG:Kyrie Irving(Duke)/Randy Foye
SG: Eric Gordon/Rasual Butler
SF: Alminu/Terrence Jones(UK)
PF: Blake Griffin/Craig Smith
C: Enes Kanter/Deandre Jordan

My question is I have roles turned off, should I also turn off player chemistry/progressive fatigue or no?

[natedZA]

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

Simmed through the first part of the season in my Clippers franchise, at the beginning I traded away players like Baron Davis,Eric Bledsoe(don't really like him as a player in this game),Chris Kaman,1 other but can't remember got a lot of cap relief and a few 1st rounders. I got really lucky with the picks cause I traded with some teams that were mediocre/good teams but didn't end up like that, I had the #4,#7,#8 pick in the draft, although I think I prolly used a draft class with too high of ratings idk cause Irving was the highest with a 77.

My current line up:
PG:Kyrie Irving(Duke)/Randy Foye
SG: Eric Gordon/Rasual Butler
SF: Alminu/Terrence Jones(UK)
PF: Blake Griffin/Craig Smith
C: Enes Kanter/Deandre Jordan

My question is I have roles turned off, should I also turn off player chemistry/progressive fatigue or no?

Nice lineup! How's Kanter playing for you?