How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[D4R3D3V1L]

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

After playing the 1st 10 games of my nets fantasy season, we are 8-2. Falling to the Heat and Cavs. I then beat them back in the 2nd game I played them. Anyways, link to my dynasty is on page 405 or 406 I believe. Check it out if u want to follow!

[Batistaj15]

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Just finished up my first regular season. Quick rap up, Lamarcus Aldridge dominated in the All-Star game coming off the bench with 16 points and 12 boards. I was the East I lost by 12 points. Amare didn't make it because he got injured like 2 weeks before the game, but he was healthy enough to play when the time came and they didn't let him play. They didn't let CP3 play i nthe game either. Paul only has played 62 games for me due to injury, he definitely should of made over John Wall who numbers was lower then CP3. Wall made the All-Star game as a rookie also, that's slight unrealistic.

Heat ended up with the number 1 record. LeBron won MVP. 2K seriously needs to something about this he wins it literally every year it's annoying. STAT and Melo were 3rd and 4th in MVP standings tho Spolestra won Coach of the year. Arenas won 6th man of the year, Tyrus Thomas won defensive player of the year. Derrick Williams won ROY. Most improved was Ty Lawson and 6th man of the year was Lou Williams.

Shaq is still bitching about playing time and says he's outta NY after the season. Dude seriously wants me to play him 30+ minutes, I have to Centers to develop in Mozgov and Jeremy Tyler(R). Oh yeah I lost my previous data. Long story short, I had my regular association saved and a backup file saved a few games behind incase anything. So I resigned to the Nets to edit their minutes and forgot to switch back to the Knicks before I turned off the game, so it would freeze everytime I would try to resign back to the Knicks. So I had to countinue off the backup file that was a few games behind, so basically the Iverson trade never happened.

So now fast forward to the Playoffs, when I went to go check who my 1st round opponent was gonna be, I seen it was the Bucks and litterally started laughing out loud. Then I checked the team stats and seen they have the lowest scoring offense in the league, so it should be easy. But here's the catch we have the worst defense in the league giving up the most points to opponents. This series is gonna come down to Brandon Jennings and which team rebounds better. Young Money leads Milwaukee in basically everything so if I shut him down the series is over. They also have Wesley Mathews I believe, I checked his defense ratings he's a lockdown defender so Melo will have his hands full. So if we could stop BJ and win the rebounding matchup this series is ours. Only thing is where also the worst rebounding team in the league, this a personal problem with me tho I'm terrible at securing rebounds.

I'm excited this is my first Playoff series since I purchased the game and I plan on playing every single matchup. I'm off fellas

I totally agree with you on 2k editing the LeBron James for MVP deal. I'm in my second year witih the Knicks... im putting up astronomical numbers with melo shooting 51% averaging nearly 30 per game. Lebron is the leading candidate for MVP and there are players playing better than. LBJ is averagin 25 per game with 7 asssists per. I'm averaging 28 per game with 7 rebounds per with melo. KD is averaging 31 per game with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. Derrick rose is also playing better than lebron. i dont see why he's still the leading candidate for mvp

[Tigers3]

Re: 2011 NBA Playoffs (L.A. Clippers)

At the All Star Break my Kings are 23-30. I made my first trade a few games before the ASB. Lamar Odom was tired of coming off the bench and was very unhappy in LA. I went after him because I have been wanting to upgrade at SF and PF and he just happens to fit in both.

Kings Recieve:
Lamar Odom (71 w/LA) (78 w/Sac)
Trey Johnson (58)
2011 1st rd pick

Lakers Recieve:
Marcus Thornton
Jason Thompson

I think this trade makes sense for both teams. Thornton was saying all year he would be leaving for FA after the season and Evans is the SG of the future anyway. Thompson is a great player but just not quite good enough to be a starter. For the Lakers, Thornton is a great backup to come in and score right away off the bench, giving Kobe more rest so he will be fresh for the playoffs. He also has the potential to take over the starting spot when Kobe retires if he decides to stay in LA. They also get a good PF in Thompson who would be more willing to come off the bench for Pau.

My old rotation:

Evans/Udrih
Thornton/Evans/Greene
Garcia/Casspi/Greene
Thompson/Cousins
Cousins/Dalembert

My new rotation:

Udrih/Evans
Evans/Greene
Garcia/Casspi/Greene
Odom/Cousins
Cousins/Dalembert

My offseason plan as of now is to draft the best point guard available with my 1st pick, take the best player available with the lakers 1st pick, and sign a starting small foward in free agency.

Well I decided to go ahead and sim most of the games after the All Star Break so I could get into the offseason and be ready to play most the games in the 2nd season. My offseason was a huge success. It went exactly how I planned above.

I picked up team options on Evans (who is now an 86) and Casspi (68), and declined options on Greene, Jackson, and Taylor.

I was disappointed to see that Samuel Dalembert decided to test free agency because he was a great backup for Cousins.

I drafted Jimmer Fredette with the 9th overall pick. Took Travis Leslie with the 25th pick (Lakers). Drafted a 62 rated PF in the 2nd round and on the very last pick of the draft, the Heat offered me the last pick and James Jones for 2nd year pg Eugene Jeter (64). I decided to go ahead and do it because Jeter wouldn't see the floor and already said he would be leaving after this year. I used the last pick to pick up another 62 rated PF.

I used my cap room to give a big 4 year 40 million dollar offer to Thaddeus Young. He accepted. I also signed DeAndre Jordan to a multi year deal to take Dalembert's place as the atheletic defensive backup Center.

My new lineup:

Jimmer (68)/Udrih (67)
Evans (86)/Leslie (65)
Young (76)/Garcia (68)/Casspi (68)/Jones (58)
Odom (76)/Rookie (62)/Rookie (62) (Cant remember the names)
Cousins (78)/Jordan (68)

I really like how the new team looks. Jimmer has 83 mid and 3. We have good atheletic finishers in Evans, Young, and Odom along with a great post thread in Cousins. With them forcing the D to collapse, all Jimmer has to do is spot up and shoot 3s. Evans can even help with the ball handling duties if Jimmer is ever struggling. Our second unit is very defensive minded. Leslie is very athletic with a 77 on ball defense and Jordan can control the paint. I expect to fight for a low playoff seed this year and if I get to year 3, I expect to be in the Western Conference Finals.

[sYn Shepard]

Re: 2011 NBA Playoffs (L.A. Clippers)

Kings have a surprising young PG in their roster on 2k11. I don't if he's actually that great in real life, but Eugene Jeter is a great mid-range shooter. I use him as my 6th man under the newly acquired Jameer Nelson

[AllStarDaDon]

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Well I decided to go ahead and sim most of the games after the All Star Break so I could get into the offseason and be ready to play most the games in the 2nd season. My offseason was a huge success. It went exactly how I planned above.

I picked up team options on Evans (who is now an 86) and Casspi (68), and declined options on Greene, Jackson, and Taylor.

I was disappointed to see that Samuel Dalembert decided to test free agency because he was a great backup for Cousins.

I drafted Jimmer Fredette with the 9th overall pick. Took Travis Leslie with the 25th pick (Lakers). Drafted a 62 rated PF in the 2nd round and on the very last pick of the draft, the Heat offered me the last pick and James Jones for 2nd year pg Eugene Jeter (64). I decided to go ahead and do it because Jeter wouldn't see the floor and already said he would be leaving after this year. I used the last pick to pick up another 62 rated PF.

I used my cap room to give a big 4 year 40 million dollar offer to Thaddeus Young. He accepted. I also signed DeAndre Jordan to a multi year deal to take Dalembert's place as the atheletic defensive backup Center.

My new lineup:

Jimmer (68)/Udrih (67)
Evans (86)/Leslie (65)
Young (76)/Garcia (68)/Casspi (68)/Jones (58)
Odom (76)/Rookie (62)/Rookie (62) (Cant remember the names)
Cousins (78)/Jordan (68)

I really like how the new team looks. Jimmer has 83 mid and 3. We have good atheletic finishers in Evans, Young, and Odom along with a great post thread in Cousins. With them forcing the D to collapse, all Jimmer has to do is spot up and shoot 3s. Evans can even help with the ball handling duties if Jimmer is ever struggling. Our second unit is very defensive minded. Leslie is very athletic with a 77 on ball defense and Jordan can control the paint. I expect to fight for a low playoff seed this year and if I get to year 3, I expect to be in the Western Conference Finals.

I loved the post. Solid team, keep us updated I wanna see how this turns out. I love that you kept it realistic and didn't make a super team like everyone else.

I totally agree with you on 2k editing the LeBron James for MVP deal. I'm in my second year witih the Knicks... im putting up astronomical numbers with melo shooting 51% averaging nearly 30 per game. Lebron is the leading candidate for MVP and there are players playing better than. LBJ is averagin 25 per game with 7 asssists per. I'm averaging 28 per game with 7 rebounds per with melo. KD is averaging 31 per game with 9 rebounds and 2 blocks per game. Derrick rose is also playing better than lebron. i dont see why he's still the leading candidate for mvp

Agreed it's so annoying, it bothers the hell out of me.

Update on my Knicks. We the lost first game at home, but won the second one completing blowing them out. Hopefully I can continue the success in the 2nd game the rest of the series.

[aquaticmadness]

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I have won three NBA championships with the Heat on Superstar. Does not hurt that I also drafted a currently 95 PF/C.

[Cairns_baller]

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Hey guys,

First time poster and pretty much a newbie to this game after finally getting it yesterday. Played a bit of 2k10 and really enjoyed it. Living in Australia my knowledge of the NBA isn't that great either.

I've decided to start an association with New Orleans, rebuild the team and make them into a competitive team and was wondering if anyone could give many any advice, as I said my knowledge is that great.

I haven't got Xbox live yet either so I'm using the default rosters. I'm looking for a fairly balanced team, don't wanna live and die by the three but would like some decent shooters. I'd like to be strong in the back of the court as well.

Mix of youth and experience would be great. Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers,

Matty

[Cairns_baller]

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Any suggestions? Pretty much starting from scratch.

[benton32]

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Iam doing a association with the Blazers iam in my 2nd season, Last season 43-39 but missed the post season, finished 10th in the west, In the offseason i was offered the first overall pick from the Raptors for my first rounder, Dante Cunningham and Patrick Patterson, and i was like nahhh i like Patterson he is great off the bench at PF and even C at times, So i ended up drafting a guy that i dont need right now so i sent him to the Dleague, In the Free Agency I picked up a back up PG JJ Barea, My starting PG is Kyle Lowry,

So the season started (and by the way i do the games on coach mode i guess i like coaching the games to) but ya during the first 2 weeks of the season we got off to a rough start.. and the raptors offered me there #1 pick that they picked and it was a PG Rated 79 and there 2nd rounder, but they wanted My PG Lowry, my first rounder this season, and Batum, this was a tough decision i like Batum and Lowry but Batum was only getting 18 mpg and starting to complain, i already had Matthews as the 6th man and Patterson getting mins, so i went for it, plus the PG they had was named kenny McCormick and he had a potential grade of A, and so does Patrick Patterson, so go future there, In my first game with McCormick he had 11 assist, good start, but Dallas was to much beating us 115-99,

Gerald Wallace had 22 and 10, Roy and Aldridge at half was a combined 4-17, we are right now struggling at 7-12 but theres alot of season left.. more to come

[benton32]

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do players improve more in the offseason the more they play and do good during the season, I know football games i think do this.. some ask me whats the use of playing bench guys haha, its like the expect all 5 starters to play 40 mins, and do u guys control all the players on your team while playing the games or just one player..

[Bolsen]

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

Just lost Eastern Conference Finals to Celtics with Heat.

[Tigers3]

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I loved the post. Solid team, keep us updated I wanna see how this turns out. I love that you kept it realistic and didn't make a super team like everyone else.

Thanks man. Yea I definitely could have made some huge trades. Before the 1st game of my 1st season I was offered Russell Westbrook for Demarcus Cousins and a 2nd round pick. A few weeks later I was offered Carmelo for Cousins straight up! I think it is funner to limit yourself to trades that you could see each team doing in real life.

Anyway, I just played the 1st game of my 2nd season on the road against the T'Wolves. Jimmer struggled shooting 1-6 but had 6 assists. Tyreke led us with 28. We trailed most the game, but went on a 15-2 run late in the 4th and ended up pulling out a 7 point win. Omiri Casspi was huge for us. He had 19 points shooting 7-8 from the field and 5-6 from 3. Rookie Travis Leslie had a nice first game also. He had 7 points and played great defense. In case you missed the post earlier, here is our lineup one more time.

Jimmer/Udrih
Evans/Travis Leslie
Thaddeus Young/Garcia/Casspi/James Jones
Odom/Two 62 rated rookies
Cousins/DeAndre Jordan



Our offense is looking nice but it looks like defense will be our problem this year. I have decided to put Francisco Garcia on the trading block early in the season. Between him and Casspi only one of them can be the backup small foward, and I prefer Casspi. The only thing Garcia does better than Casspi is play defense, but Casspi will usually be playing on the court with Travis Leslie and DeAndre Jordan so he will have help on D. I am going to pursue a trade that would give us Joey Dorsey (64) from the Raptors. My plan was to just let Thaddeus Young and Cousins play the PF when Odom is on the bench but Cousins is too slow for athletic fowards off the bench and we got killed on the boards when Young was playing PF. I want a true PF to come in and just play defense and rebound.

Joey Dorsey is exactly the kind of player I need. He rebounds on both ends and plays great post defense. We have enough options on offense that we don't need another scorer. I will probably offer Garcia for him within the next few games and I might try to get a 2nd round pick as well since Garcia is 5 points better than Dorsey.

[sYn Shepard]

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My King's drop a hard, 19 point loss to the Grizzles. Rough game to end the month.

I'll be doing a HUGE update on my blog to end the month. It'll be a recap of November, showing league leaders, standings, and a break down of my King's roster so far. So please check it out and leave some comments on it.

Also Tiger3, way to use Casspi well! I can't seem to ever get him going. I managed to acquire Jameer Nelson, who is picking up my three point shooting along with my improved Tyreke Evans. Cousins is my beast down low, and I got James Harden off a trade to come off the bench strong. I also manage to use the rookie, Eugene Jeter, very well.

[Cairns_baller]

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My King's drop a hard, 19 point loss to the Grizzles. Rough game to end the month.

I'll be doing a HUGE update on my blog to end the month. It'll be a recap of November, showing league leaders, standings, and a break down of my King's roster so far. So please check it out and leave some comments on it.

Also Tiger3, way to use Casspi well! I can't seem to ever get him going. I managed to acquire Jameer Nelson, who is picking up my three point shooting along with my improved Tyreke Evans. Cousins is my beast down low, and I got James Harden off a trade to come off the bench strong. I also manage to use the rookie, Eugene Jeter, very well.

Ouch, the 2nd quarter probably decided it, looks like Evans had a good game. Gay, Randolph and Mayo all performed and Battier had a good game from the bench.

Guess it was one of those games for your shooters. What's the plan for Nelson and Cousins.

Awesome read mate can't wait for the next one.

[aksumite]

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my association is terrible, because its not ONLINE



ONLINE ASSOCIATION MODE PLEASE