How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[jdx66]

My Celtics (we're starting a trend here) are 5-3. After an embarassing loss to the Thunder (129-89, KD scored 57), I made my first move of the season. Traded Nate and Von Wafer to Toronto for Julian Wright, some scrub that I cut, and their 2011 1st round pick.

Nate and Delonte were both complaining about minutes because they were splitting what was available. I prefer West to Robinson and I was in need of a backup SF, so Nate was shipped.

That picks going to come in handy.

Buckeyes | Cavaliers | Reds | Bengals
Sent from the DROID2.

[SladeRider]

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Always like to create a team and send them through association filled with all free agent guys that aren't that good. While 2K improved the create a team feature last season, they still haven't made it as good as it should be and non of the uniforms look like the rest of the NBA. They force you to put logos on the jerseys when no team in the league has their logo on their uniform on the front so I just took the Sonics, placed a bunch of free agent guys and switched them out for Minnasota considering they are the worst team from the division the Sonics use to be in.

On my team to start with I had Allen Iverson, Earl Watson, Jarvis Hayes, Michael Finley, Jason Caffey, Jerry Stackhouse, Rashad McCants, Joe Smith, Fabricio Oberto, Damien Wilkins, Marcus Williams and Mikki Moore.

Not a team that was going anywhere, I signed Larry Hughes and traded him and AI away to Toronto for a 1st round pick and Barbosa, sent Barbosa packing to Cleveland for a 1st round pick. Leaving me with my own 1st rounder and ones from Toronto and Cleveland. Thought I would end up with 3 lottery picks to rebuild the team from but Cleveland managed to scrape into the playoffs.

Anyway, at the trade deadline. I traded my 2012 1st round pick to Phoenix for Steve Nash and their 2012 1st round pick. Believe it will be a steal for me because my team is much improved thanks to the draft.

We ended up with the worst record in the league at 16-66, considering Steve Nash was our only allstar calibar player, isn't wasn't a surprise but it was nice to beat the Nets record they got last season.

Went into the lottery with high chances thanks to our record and the Toronto pick. After the lottery was done, we ended up with the 1st, 3rd, 15th and 31st picks in the draft.

I was thinking of selecting Harrison Barnes with the 1st pick but I also wanted Perry Jones and Golden State had the 2nd pick and they were stated to pickup Jones with the 2nd pick so I ended up selecting Perry Jones with the 1st pick. Golden State went with Kyrie Irving with the next pick and it allowed me to get Harrison Barnes with the 3rd pick.

Also got lucky with the 15th pick aswell, managed to select Donatas Motiejunas. He was projected to go high in most drafts I've seen this year. And with the 31st pick, I went with Ibrahima Thomas. I needed a center and my scouts said he had A+ potential so he fills a need and might blossom into the player I need someday.

That mean my starters going into free agency were Steve Nash, Harrison Barnes, Perry Jones and Donatas Motiejunas and I needed a SF.

Tried to get the big name free agent, Carmelo Anthony but by trading for Steve Nash, that opened up alot of cap space for Phoenix and he went there. Not one problem because I got the guy I actually wanted, Tayshaun Prince.

I plan on this being Harrison Barnes' team along with Perry Jones aswell and having Melo on the team might of meant interrupting Barnes' development as Melo would of been the man on our team. But with Prince, we got a excellent role player to play alongside my rookies.

When next summer hits though it might be a completely different story. Chris Paul might become available and with Nash coming off the books, I might make a play for Paul and set my team up for years to come and if I'm really lucky, the Phoenix pick might actually be a high pick but after Melo signed with them, I'm not counting my chickens on that one.

I also hired a new coach called Casey Westphal. He is rated A accross the board so I now have an outstanding coach tied down to a 6 year deal, unfortunantly to make room for him, his assistant is on the completely other end of the scale and is F accross the board in his ratings.

[ggsimmonds]

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Midseason update on my Wizards association.

Standings
1. Celtics 26-13_____________________ 1. Lakers 29-13________ Raptors 7-33
2. Hawks 25-17 ______________________2. Nuggets 25-15 ______Suns 9-30
3. Heat 25-17 _______________________3. Rockets 25-16 _______ Hornets 13-28
4. Bulls 24-17 _______________________4. Mavericks 23-16
5. Bobcats 22-16 ___________________ 5. Spurs 24-17
6. Bucks 22-16 _____________________ 6. Warriors 22-17
7. Wizards 19-19 ____________________7. Thunder 21-19
8. Magic 20-21 _____________________8. Jazz 20-20

PPg leaders: ____________ MVP race
1. Kobe 30 _____________ 1. Kobe
2. Durant 28.9 ___________ 2. LeBron
3. Rose 28 _______________3. Wade
4.Lebron 27.9 ____________4. Pau (??)
5. Carmelo 27.2 __________ 5. Rose

AI Trades:

Suns Trade: Goran Dragic, '11 1st round
Knicks Trade: Anthony Randolph

Pistons Trade: Tracy McGrady, Will Bynum
Celtics trade: Kendrick Perkins

Pistons Trade: Ben Gordan, Jonas Jerebko
76ers Trade: Thaddeus Young, Jason Kapono

I like the Pistons (16-24) moves except for one major problem. They have zero depth in the backcourt now. Stuckey and Rip, that is all. But the amount of cap room they will have after this season is great. I expect them to move Villanueva next. Maybe for a guard. Either way they are in great shape for the offseason.

Celtics(26-13) I wonder about. 5 PGs, 4 SGs, 2 each of other positions. Their bench will eventually start rioting. 3 PGs on the bench over 70, plus T-mac. I will also watch them to see if they make any moves, although I think they should have never made any trades with the top spot in the east so far. But they definitely have the best trade assets in the league.

76ers (16-23) are a curious case. If they were in playoff contention this move would be good, but they have the same record as the Pistons, so why take on Gordan and his contract? Now they moved Turner to the bench and have yet to find a suitor for Brand. Sure they added another scorer and improved their bench play, but I would think that they would be thinking future. This trade screams "playoff push" to me.

Suns (9-30) have been making moves left and right but have yet to move Nash. So I like that. You wanna hear a incredible stat? Aside from Nash, the only other player who has more than 1 year remaining is Frye. Everyone else on the roster becomes a FA after this year. Everyone. (If the Suns decide not to exercise their options). Phoenix will limp to a bottom 5 record but could have a huge offseason. Don't like trading away their 1st though. Especially when it is almost certainly going to be top 5.

Raptors ( 7-33) are a head scratcher. Worst record in the league and they are doing nothing. Fired their coach but has not made any moves. Looking at their contracts. Uye. A lot of dead weight. It should be only a matter of time before they do something, but their big contracts are not appealing to other teams apparently. Team is in horrible shape.

A few random facts:
Reason for Orlando underperforming? Carter was lost for the season in the 2nd week. JJ is now starting at the 2. Damn.

Gasol broke his arm and will be lost for 6-8 weeks. rut-row. Lakers also made some curious moves. Acquired Stackhouse and Warrick from the Suns. Not sure I follow the reasoning. But it worked out now that Gasol went down. But not sure if I understand the reasoning for acquiring Warrick.

Great season so far. I like keeping up on the moves AI teams make.

[thaone08]

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Midseason update on my Wizards association.

Standings
1. Celtics 26-13 1. Lakers 29-13 Raptors 7-33
2. Hawks 25-17 2. Nuggets 25-15 Suns 9-30
3. Heat 25-17 3. Rockets 25-16 Hornets 13-28
4. Bulls 24-17 4. Mavericks 23-16
5. Bobcats 22-16 5. Spurs 24-17
6. Bucks 22-16 6. Warriors 22-17
7. Wizards 19-19 7. Thunder 21-19
8. Magic 20-21 8. Jazz 20-20

PPg leaders: MVP race
1. Kobe 30 1. Kobe
2. Durant 28.9 2. LeBron
3. Rose 28 3. Wade
4.Lebron 27.9 4. Pau (??)
5. Carmelo 27.2 5. Rose

AI Trades:

Suns Trade: Goran Dragic, '11 1st round
Knicks Trade: Anthony Randolph

Pistons Trade: Tracy McGrady, Will Bynum
Celtics trade: Kendrick Perkins

Pistons Trade: Ben Gordan, Jonas Jerebko
76ers Trade: Thaddeus Young, Jason Kapono

I like the Pistons (16-24) moves except for one major problem. They have zero depth in the backcourt now. Stuckey and Rip, that is all. But the amount of cap room they will have after this season is great. I expect them to move Villanueva next. Maybe for a guard. Either way they are in great shape for the offseason.

Celtics(26-13) I wonder about. 5 PGs, 4 SGs, 2 each of other positions. Their bench will eventually start rioting. 3 PGs on the bench over 70, plus T-mac. I will also watch them to see if they make any moves, although I think they should have never made any trades with the top spot in the east so far. But they definitely have the best trade assets in the league.

76ers (16-23) are a curious case. If they were in playoff contention this move would be good, but they have the same record as the Pistons, so why take on Gordan and his contract? Now they moved Turner to the bench and have yet to find a suitor for Brand. Sure they added another scorer and improved their bench play, but I would think that they would be thinking future. This trade screams "playoff push" to me.

Suns (9-30) have been making moves left and right but have yet to move Nash. So I like that. You wanna hear a incredible stat? Aside from Nash, the only other player who has more than 1 year remaining is Frye. Everyone else on the roster becomes a FA after this year. Everyone. (If the Suns decide not to exercise their options). Phoenix will limp to a bottom 5 record but could have a huge offseason. Don't like trading away their 1st though. Especially when it is almost certainly going to be top 5.

Raptors ( 7-33) are a head scratcher. Worst record in the league and they are doing nothing. Fired their coach but has not made any moves. Looking at their contracts. Uye. A lot of dead weight. It should be only a matter of time before they do something, but their big contracts are not appealing to other teams apparently. Team is in horrible shape.

A few random facts:
Reason for Orlando underperforming? Carter was lost for the season in the 2nd week. JJ is now starting at the 2. Damn.

Gasol broke his arm and will be lost for 6-8 weeks. rut-row. Lakers also made some curious moves. Acquired Stackhouse and Warrick from the Suns. Not sure I follow the reasoning. But it worked out now that Gasol went down. But not sure if I understand the reasoning for acquiring Warrick.

Great season so far. I like keeping up on the moves AI teams make.

so wat kind of trades did you make for your team

[ggsimmonds]

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so wat kind of trades did you make for your team

I told you already. Seraphin for Ben Wallace.

[thaone08]

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I told you already. Seraphin for Ben Wallace.

naw i mean since you in midseason did you make anymore

[ggsimmonds]

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naw i mean since you in midseason did you make anymore

Doubt it. My initial plan was to wait until the all star break and see if my team was contending. That was going to dictate whether or not I decided to shake up my team. Well I am about 3 weeks away from the all star game and I am in playoff contention.

I am going to wait until the offseason to make moves. I may trade Andray and Kirk for expiring contracts, but I doubt it. Any moves I may make will definitely happen the final week before the trade deadline though.

[thaone08]

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Doubt it. My initial plan was to wait until the all star break and see if my team was contending. That was going to dictate whether or not I decided to shake up my team. Well I am about 3 weeks away from the all star game and I am in playoff contention.

I am going to wait until the offseason to make moves. I may trade Andray and Kirk for expiring contracts, but I doubt it. Any moves I may make will definitely happen the final week before the trade deadline though.

well i made a new one cause my other one messed up when my xbox got the red rings but i just did my kendrick perkins one and through the trade finder for hinrich and yi i got mo williams and a 2nd round pick so he mad em y bench better cause now i go him and mcgee comin off with young

[SladeRider]

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

Simmed through my 2nd season with a lineup of Nash, Barnes, Prince, P.Jones and Motiejunas. Ended with a record of 52-30, tied best record in the league, lost the tiebreaker with the Lakers and got the 2nd seed in the West.

Lost in the WCF to the Lakers 4-2 but the improvement was so great that it didn't matter that we came so close, just happy to see such a huge turnaround.

Barnes won ROTY and P.Jones was award to the All-Rookie 1st team along with Barnes.

And the Phoenix pick I got in the Steve Nash trade turned into gold when I found out Phoenix had the 2nd worst record in the league and a high chance to win the lottery. Finally reached the lottery and was lucky enough to win it again and it set me up for a plan for the offseason.

I selected Michael Gilchrist with the 1st pick to become my starting SF and replace Prince. I resigned Nash to be a roleplayer with the idea of signing Chris Paul.

Finally got to the free agency period and Chris Paul had already resigned with New Orleans and is stuck in a 6 year deal with them and I'm left without a PG for the future. Denver did get desperate in the 2nd round though and traded away a 2013 1st round pick for one of my 2nd rounders.

Now armed with 3 first rounders (mine from 2013 and 2014 and Denver's 2013), I thought I would try and trade for a good PG but every offer for Darren Collison was turned down, every offer for Jennings was turned down and I didn't even bother looking at trying to trade for Paul or Williams.

Both the Pacers and Bucks wanted Barnes and/or P.Jones in the deal to get Collison or Jennings and that was never going to happen. There was not one good enough PG to sign in free agency either. Billups was the only PG rated better then Nash and it didn't feel like it would be much of an improvement because I had everything setup to sign Chris Paul but was thwarted at the last minute for whatever reason.

I kept checking his status and it kept saying it would be foolish of him not to test his value in the free agent market.

That means I will be looking to sign Brandon Jennings next summer but with being a restricted free agent, it's going to be difficult to sign him.

[thaprodigyisback]

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Started a new Association with the Cavs. First thing I did was trade Varejao, Williams, and Sessions for Beasley, Pekovic, Martell Webster and a 2011 2nd RD Pick. Then I traded Anthony Parker to the Spurs for Tiago Splitter and I traded Jamison and Gibson for Garnett, Scalabrine (who shouldn't even have been on the roster) and a 2012 2nd Rounde. Next I signed AI to a 1 yr. deal.

Allen Iverson
Martell Webster
Michael Beasley
Kevin Garnett
Tiago Splitter

I'm currently 2-2 I got off to a slow start getting blown out by the Pacers on opening night, I then beat the Suns and Hawks in a back to back, I then proceeded to get blown out by Wizards despite a strong showing by Martell Webster. AI has been playing well so far averaging 18 and 8, he had 32 and 12 against the Hawks. I struggled with Webster in the first game but I've picked it up and scored 25 against the Wizards making 5-10 from 3. Beasley was averaging 18ppg. before I played the Wizards and he only scored 2pts. which dropped his avg. to 14ppg. KG has been solid giving me 15 and 5. Tiago Splitter has been great averaging 11 and 7.

[GS4IV]

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I have been looking through this thread, but can't seem to see anyone else commenting on this (so I wonder if it's just my copy of the game).

In the offseason, during the player re-signing offseason task, each of my team's free agents want to sign for essentially the league minimum. I have done three different Associations, and every time it's the same thing. Some of the players this has happened with is Kevin Love, Carl Landry, and Jamal Crawford. Has this happened with anyone else? Thanks.

[chitown1-23]

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Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there a patch coming soon if so when and what are they patching if anyone knows?


Allright, the Boston season I was doing I wasn't having much fun.

So I just started one with the clippers.

Gettin ready to play my first game, only trade I made was for T-Mac. Always been a fan of him.

[CabreraMVP]

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In year 2013 this is my team.

Irving (1st pick), Billups
Stuckey, Gordon, Hamilton
Turner, Daye
Speights, Udoh,
Monroe, guy I drafted.

I'm 0-1, lost on a buzzer beater. I hit a big shot with Turner with 2 seconds left, but couldn't hold them and they hit a jumper to win it. I'm going to sim a lot of games, but play few also, to get to the playoffs.

[RGmoney]

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

Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there a patch coming soon if so when and what are they patching if anyone knows?


Allright, the Boston season I was doing I wasn't having much fun.

So I just started one with the clippers.

Gettin ready to play my first game, only trade I made was for T-Mac. Always been a fan of him.

No ETA yet: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...tch-items.html

[OCC2USC]

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Just started a Assocation with the ATL Hawks and I'm very please so far at what i have for the future.

Well i want to make a run for Melo in the offseason and for that i traded Mike Bibby (He sucks) and his big contract, along with Marvin Williams & a couple of overpaid big men. I went from -$10 million in salary cap to having close to $30 next season for hard cap. But i also still have a championship squad that will contend this season. here's my roster:
Starters:

Allen Iverson (PG)
Joe Johnson (SG)
Mo Evans
Josh Smith
Al Horford

Bench:

Jamal Crawford
Jordan Crawford
Jeff Teague
Devin Ebanks
Derrick Character
Lazar Hayward


Also have 2 1st rounders & 4 2nd rounders.


Won my 1st game by 7 points vs Memphis & I love this team.

My goal is to have next season:

Joe Johnson
Jamal Crawford
Carmelo Anthony
Josh Smith
Al Horford

That team would be unstoppable