Re: Association: In-Progress Patch Items
* I'm seeing teams desperate for C/PFs, perhaps too desperate. This problem only happens for that position. Every year I see an undrafted OVR 56-58 being signed to a 5 yr deal worth 6-10 (starting) million a year. Another issue is they don't get played so even with a decent potential (80 and up), they don't grow much.
Now I'm all for stupid GM mistakes. It happens but this is a little too stupid. Now I know bad contracts are by design but when I see the same type of player with the same OVR getting the same big contracts, I think that is a bug.
In all cases, these transactions are done on the very last day of offseason free agent signing. You open that view up when the phase is done and you'll see some odd transactions at the top.
* Fix role management by the AI. This hurts the AI because it will still trade for good players but once they are on the team, the new player will get mad because the team already has a 6th man and there can only be one 6th man. The AI does not do a good job at adjusting roles and choosing the 6th man. It is also limited because it cannot designate more than one 6th man unlike the human player can.
Why is Jason Terry (78) a role player on the 76ers but Craig Brackins (64) is the 6th man?
An AI team will get a beneficial trade from a fire sale team but the AI lacks the role and minutes management intelligence to keep the team happy. The good trade turns out to be a curse instead because it tanks chemistry. In addition, it doesn't help that players get upset way too easily.
Another example is Rockets picking up Jason Kidd. Now the AI did do a good job and cleared out a logjam by getting rid of Lowry (Courtney Lee was in the trade for Kidd). However, they set Jason Kidd as a role player and out of all people, a 65 rated C was the 6th man.
Move over to the Hornets and they picked up Elton Brand and Grant Hill for Peja, Belinelli, Willie Green. Definitely made their team stronger but guess what: Elton Brand (OVR 76) made David West (OVR 75) a role player and he demanded a trade. Grant Hill was a OVR 77 and then also got set to role player. Demanded a trade. Guess who is the 6th man: a OVR 66 PG/SG. By the end of the season, their chemistry was 0% and they missed the playoffs.
* I'm seeing teams desperate for C/PFs, perhaps too desperate. This problem only happens for that position. Every year I see an undrafted OVR 56-58 being signed to a 5 yr deal worth 6-10 (starting) million a year. Another issue is they don't get played so even with a decent potential (80 and up), they don't grow much.
Now I'm all for stupid GM mistakes. It happens but this is a little too stupid. Now I know bad contracts are by design but when I see the same type of player with the same OVR getting the same big contracts, I think that is a bug.
In all cases, these transactions are done on the very last day of offseason free agent signing. You open that view up when the phase is done and you'll see some odd transactions at the top.
* Fix role management by the AI. This hurts the AI because it will still trade for good players but once they are on the team, the new player will get mad because the team already has a 6th man and there can only be one 6th man. The AI does not do a good job at adjusting roles and choosing the 6th man. It is also limited because it cannot designate more than one 6th man unlike the human player can.
Why is Jason Terry (78) a role player on the 76ers but Craig Brackins (64) is the 6th man?
An AI team will get a beneficial trade from a fire sale team but the AI lacks the role and minutes management intelligence to keep the team happy. The good trade turns out to be a curse instead because it tanks chemistry. In addition, it doesn't help that players get upset way too easily.
Another example is Rockets picking up Jason Kidd. Now the AI did do a good job and cleared out a logjam by getting rid of Lowry (Courtney Lee was in the trade for Kidd). However, they set Jason Kidd as a role player and out of all people, a 65 rated C was the 6th man.
Move over to the Hornets and they picked up Elton Brand and Grant Hill for Peja, Belinelli, Willie Green. Definitely made their team stronger but guess what: Elton Brand (OVR 76) made David West (OVR 75) a role player and he demanded a trade. Grant Hill was a OVR 77 and then also got set to role player. Demanded a trade. Guess who is the 6th man: a OVR 66 PG/SG. By the end of the season, their chemistry was 0% and they missed the playoffs.
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