2k18 - 76ers "the process needs results"

[RMJH4]

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Trade Alerts

Warriors Take
Lets get started with the big trade as a new big 3 is formed with Chris Paul joining Durant and Curry. They desperately needed a 3rd scorer and this pushes Marcus Smart back to a more comfortable bench role. They still have depth down low Green, Looney and Wiley we would expect a true Center to be added during FA unless Green is traded.

Rockets Take
They missed the playoffs last year and Chris Paul is 37 so some youth was needed on the team. This finally give them some breathing room with cap space. Bell is locked up for 2 more years and he will be the PF this team has needed for many years. Anthony Brown will start at SF another major issue the last few years. Keller is a young SG who could get some minutes and you get a late 1st. They could also trade Bell at the deadline for expiring contract and 1st round pick if they want to start over.



Nuggets Take
Anthony returns home to Denver where will he will fix there biggest need at SF and provide scoring. Saric will provide depth and both players are in the final year so no longterm $ is taking back. This also sets Denver up to make a trade at the deadline with two expiring deals. This also allows you to bring back two younger players and opens up more minutes for your PG with A+ potential.

Thunder Take
Saric never panned out as anything special for the thunder the good news is they have yet to pay the 1st rounder to the 76ers. Its a interesting pair as teaming Westbrook with Isaiah Thomas which will be fun to watch. Something had to be done to shake the team up as Anthony wasn't cutting it as a #2 scorer on championship team. Westbrook is in the final year of his deal so this might not be the last move the team makes.




Kings Take We haven't talked about how the Kings had a epic collapse going from the 3 seed to out of the playoffs in the final weeks. Fox is a legit star leading the NBA in scoring and they have a trio of quality young wings. Blake becomes the 2nd option and they no major pieces were given up. The kings had to many bigs in the low 80's range and now you clear two of them up. They can easily bring back UFA Giles back to replace the Minutes they lose here.

Clippers Take
The Clippers got lucky in the draft after dropping to 4 as they were a cluster of people in the same tier. This clears the way for the rookie PF Webber to play major minutes right away. They get a pair of young bigs that can be rotation players, but the big part of the deal was getting the 1st round pick. They also make the trade early in FA so they can bring in another player as this sheds some salary.

Melo back in Denver, love it.

[RolePlayer]

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Dwight Howard in the Hall? I got questions. Very debatable in my mind, his post-2011 years have been rather middling.



As for the draft, look at the Outlaws! Jumping up all the way from 7th best odds.



And of course the Clippers blow it and get stuck at four. The curse lives on.

Jeez, Dwight is first ballot no way you have the kind of tenure he did in Orlando and not make it

[georgiafan]

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WOW, so many trades! CP3 to the Warriors? That must mean Steph is running as a SG (he shoots plenty so that should suit him fine). Can't believe the Rockets helped out their biggest rival ... Daryl Morey must be feeling some heat to make that trade.

Then 'Melo back to Denver! Isiah running point, Russell at SG (gonna hurt his triple-double pursuits but if they get a ring he'll be happy). Interesting move for the Nuggets ... can Melo lead them to glory again?

And Blake to Sacramento ... oh, how Blake must be feeling a bit betrayed. He was the face of the Clippers, helped turn them into a solid organization that wasn't derided around the league. LAC better be careful ... the Clippers curse is real and could strike again. The basketball gods might frown heavily on this.

I was trying to avoid a rockets and warriors but since the cavs and celtics did a trade in real life I figured it was ok. The Rockets easily could have lose Paul for nothing so now get 2 starters plus a little more in return for him. It was the best trade for them as I couldn't find a way for the math to work with New York in LeBron. Yea Curry will likely start at SG unless Smart officially starts and Paul plays the Iggy bench role.


Thunder and Nuggets are both teams in that 4/5 seed range that are stuck in the middle so maybe this move will help one of them have the change to make it farther.

The move for the Kings should get them in the playoffs for I believe the 1st time.

Hey,

I think your draft class is ok rating wise. I use draft class quality at 75 and the overalls are slightly lower. Which setting do you use?
I‘m also interested im your changes about the salaries you made.

I love your thread. Impressive how far you went in your franchise. Keep up the good writing.


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Thanks for the comment I always greatly enjoy any comments I get. I am still really enjoying this as its helped me distract myself from real life stuff the last few months.


On the draft classes I use custom draft classes this one was I believe jazzman operation sports. The only thing I would have wished was more 72/73 guys, but now that I look at it does appear to be close enough. The only time I didn't use a custom draft class and it was auto generated was last years and it was awful with the default setting. I had to go back to and bump all the cpu rookies up a few overalls or their potential as like 68 overalls with no potential went in the top 10. I haven't messed with the sliders settings for draft classes I would bump it up over 50 for sure if I do it again.

On the salaries the major problem after a few years is everyone is asking for 20 million a year even the fringe starters that are like 80 overall. The production of players don't match their overalls so even if someone is rated mid 80's they don't typically play like it. I change the shot tendency ratings for the younger guys and that's helped out. I think I forgot to that do that last year so I will make sure I do it for next year.

The main thing I did was the players like 79 to 83 overall I changed them to around 9 million a year assuming this was their 2nd non rookie contract and they had average stats. For example Levine was only 84 overall, but was producing on a team that was over achieving so he was worth the 24 million. While Maker for the bucks had bad stats on a team that was doing nothing. So Maker despite like a 87 overall wasn't worth like 27 million for the next few years. If a player was like 83 overall and still 23 so yet to reach his potential I didn't change anything. The players like Justice Winslow who was down to a 79 overall and no real upset anymore wasn't worth the 20 + million per year.

I didn't change anything for my team just the CPU teams as now teams have cap flexibility instead of being stuck paying guys who aren't producing huge salaries. I had to do something different as this is my first year going this deep controlling all the teams and it wasn't fun anymore with so many people wanting 20 million per year with no cap space. Basically I just looked at everything like age, stats, grades etc and tried it keep everything the same so it was fair to all teams.

Melo back in Denver, love it.

I think it will be a good fit for him to start and finish out his career. They also have greek freaks younger brother who has been starting the last 2 years, but he hasn't really improved and melo is about 6 overall points better.

Jeez, Dwight is first ballot no way you have the kind of tenure he did in Orlando and not make it

I have always followed Dwights career as since he is from GA I watched him play during high school. I do think he gets a bad rap as he is good at what he does. I haven't compared him with other C in the hall to see where he ranks.

[zackebarsch10]

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Thanks for the comment I always greatly enjoy any comments I get. I am still really enjoying this as its helped me distract myself from real life stuff the last few months.





On the draft classes I use custom draft classes this one was I believe jazzman operation sports. The only thing I would have wished was more 72/73 guys, but now that I look at it does appear to be close enough. The only time I didn't use a custom draft class and it was auto generated was last years and it was awful with the default setting. I had to go back to and bump all the cpu rookies up a few overalls or their potential as like 68 overalls with no potential went in the top 10. I haven't messed with the sliders settings for draft classes I would bump it up over 50 for sure if I do it again.



On the salaries the major problem after a few years is everyone is asking for 20 million a year even the fringe starters that are like 80 overall. The production of players don't match their overalls so even if someone is rated mid 80's they don't typically play like it. I change the shot tendency ratings for the younger guys and that's helped out. I think I forgot to that do that last year so I will make sure I do it for next year.



The main thing I did was the players like 79 to 83 overall I changed them to around 9 million a year assuming this was their 2nd non rookie contract and they had average stats. For example Levine was only 84 overall, but was producing on a team that was over achieving so he was worth the 24 million. While Maker for the bucks had bad stats on a team that was doing nothing. So Maker despite like a 87 overall wasn't worth like 27 million for the next few years. If a player was like 83 overall and still 23 so yet to reach his potential I didn't change anything. The players like Justice Winslow who was down to a 79 overall and no real upset anymore wasn't worth the 20 + million per year.



I didn't change anything for my team just the CPU teams as now teams have cap flexibility instead of being stuck paying guys who aren't producing huge salaries. I had to do something different as this is my first year going this deep controlling all the teams and it wasn't fun anymore with so many people wanting 20 million per year with no cap space. Basically I just looked at everything like age, stats, grades etc and tried it keep everything the same so it was fair to all teams.

Yeah I think I should also exclusively Go with custom draft classes.
I heard a lot about adjusting the tendencies in other threads. What exactly do you edit as I am unsure what to adjust?!



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[georgiafan]

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Yeah I think I should also exclusively Go with custom draft classes.
I heard a lot about adjusting the tendencies in other threads. What exactly do you edit as I am unsure what to adjust?!



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Yea custom draft classes is something I always enjoy as it helps me get to know future draft classes. I haven't done it yet for this years game, but I really want to add some past draft classes as I know they are some people on here that did a great job with them. Remember you can always change the draft class mid season if its not a good one. I will typically sim a few months ahead and check out the draft classes to avoid classes with a bunch of high ratings and then just save back over that file to the current point.

The tendencies are something that's very easy to do and even though its right in front of you its kind of hidden at the same time. If you go to the main roster screen hit triangle (ps4) and you will see the tendency section so just hit quick edit. The first one you see will be something like "shoot at will" and this effects how often they shoot in games. The higher the number the more points they will score during sim games. I believe once a young guys overall rating improves his tendencies don't so you can have a 24 year old 90 overall and not scoring if his shoot tendency is lower then a guy who was good on the default roster. They are a bunch of them and one that effects assist and rebounds etc with scoring being about the only one I will tweak. You could tweak the whole league in about 10 minutes so not a big time commitment. Its a must once you get a few years into the league and you see superstar type players.

[zackebarsch10]

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Yea custom draft classes is something I always enjoy as it helps me get to know future draft classes. I haven't done it yet for this years game, but I really want to add some past draft classes as I know they are some people on here that did a great job with them. Remember you can always change the draft class mid season if its not a good one. I will typically sim a few months ahead and check out the draft classes to avoid classes with a bunch of high ratings and then just save back over that file to the current point.



The tendencies are something that's very easy to do and even though its right in front of you its kind of hidden at the same time. If you go to the main roster screen hit triangle (ps4) and you will see the tendency section so just hit quick edit. The first one you see will be something like "shoot at will" and this effects how often they shoot in games. The higher the number the more points they will score during sim games. I believe once a young guys overall rating improves his tendencies don't so you can have a 24 year old 90 overall and not scoring if his shoot tendency is lower then a guy who was good on the default roster. They are a bunch of them and one that effects assist and rebounds etc with scoring being about the only one I will tweak. You could tweak the whole league in about 10 minutes so not a big time commitment. Its a must once you get a few years into the league and you see superstar type players.

Oh wow. I didn‘t know it is so easy. I always thought that you have to adjust all tendencies for every young player. But what you said makes a lot of sense is easy to do.
Thanks a lot and as I said keep up your excellent write-ups.


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[georgiafan]

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Trade Alerts

Suns Take
Josh Jackson wasn't starting on a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 13 years. He was blocked both short and long term by Booker, Porter and Chriss. The suns needed to make a trade to try something different and not pay luxury tax to a core who hadn't even made the playoffs. They don't get a star player in return, but basically get a entire new bench and keep the starting lineup. They also had the 5th pick in the draft and took the #1 rated prospect who dropped after a knee injury. This trade also takes the pressure off him to not rush back from his injury. Dane Toole is a 25 year old 82 overall rookie who can easily replace the backup minutes at the 3. He is locked into a great contract for the next few years. Sexton finally gets the chance to start and play 30 minutes a game. They get the draft rights to Bellamy a 19 year old PF with B+ potential. The Thunder pick could have more value then expected if the Isaiah Thomas and Russell Westbrook pair don't work out. They are reports the Thunder could dump the salary of Steven Adams by the deadline if they aren't a top 5 seed. If you don't make the playoffs again this year you can easily trade Sexton + both draft picks as part of another big trade.


76ers Take
This is the biggest trade the 76ers have made under this front office and Jackson fits the teams 3 & D style perfectly. They 76ers finally cashed in all the depth and pieces they had for a big name. This will shake up the team as now you have Simmons at 1, Fultz at 2 and Covington to the bench. It will put some pressure on T.J McConnell to be the backup PG. They 76ers without the depth now have to worry about injuries which hasn't been the case for a few years. The 76ers wanted to bring in a new wing to defend teams #1 option as Covington approaches mid 30's. If the 76ers win the title this trade will be a success if they don't it has some long term affects salary cap wise as you got rid of some cheap contracts.

* I can swap one of the 2nd for a 1st if everyone thinks it not a fair trade


Bucks Take
Another team that has done nothing in the playoffs that will shake things up this offseason. They lost Jabari Parker in FA as he joins the Heat so they didn't have a PF on the roster. This move is 2 fold as Sabonis now starts and should replace most of Parkers production. This also saves them a lot of $ as Sabonis only makes 14 million this year and will be a FA next summer while Brogdon was on the books for close to 30 million next year. Middleton accepted his player option so he also is in the final year of his deal. They also could trade Thon Maker at the deadline for a expiring contract if they want to which would make for a clean cap sheet going into the offseason around their star player that's now 27. This also opens the door up for the young PG Ponds (80 ovr) to start.

Pacers Take
The Pacers had 4 starting caliber PF/ C and no PG after letting Rubio walk. This move clears the log jam up and Sabonis was likely to move on after this year anyway. Brodgon is owed close to 30 million next year which isn't a issue as Indiana isn't a hot bed for FA's. The Pacers are still going to be stuck in the middle of being a fringe playoff team and not being a real threat to win the title. They are now a very deep and balanced team built around Myles Turner, Oladipo, KCP, Brogdon, Moses Brown, P.J Washington and 3 young wings that were taken in the lottery. They will have a tough call to make on if they should trade Oladipo at the deadline.

[trekfan]

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Whew, that was a doozy of a trade for the 76ers. I think you might have overpaid just slightly for Jackson, seeing as how he wasn't even a starter, but Philly's in a WIN NOW mode, so I think it balances it out the same.



As for Indiana, they traded Sabonis for Brogdon? Eh, not a fan, especially at Brogdon's insane salary, but the Pacers got to pounce on trades when they can. Gonna miss Sabonis.

[georgiafan]

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Whew, that was a doozy of a trade for the 76ers. I think you might have overpaid just slightly for Jackson, seeing as how he wasn't even a starter, but Philly's in a WIN NOW mode, so I think it balances it out the same.


As for Indiana, they traded Sabonis for Brogdon? Eh, not a fan, especially at Brogdon's insane salary, but the Pacers got to pounce on trades when they can. Gonna miss Sabonis.

I was actually hoping to overpay as Toole was taken in the early 2nd round and developed more then he should have overseas bc the draft and stash players apparently all do. So I'm fine with overpaying for that reason.

The PG FA was also the weakest spot and they didn't have a starter. The main reason I made the trade and I mentioned it in passing was Sabanos might not have even got minutes for them this year as he was the 4th big man behind. The pacers can do a semi rebuild if they want at the deadline as dipo and KCP who both have moveable contracts.

Myles Turner - Age 26 -- 90 ovr (locked up longterm)
Moses Brown - Age 23 - 85 ovr - A+ potential (currently at b+, about to get paid)
P.J Washington - Age 24 - 86 ovr - atleast an A rating in reb, inside D and inside scoring. (just got a new deal)

Oh wow. I didn‘t know it is so easy. I always thought that you have to adjust all tendencies for every young player. But what you said makes a lot of sense is easy to do.
Thanks a lot and as I said keep up your excellent write-ups.


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Yea its very easy to do I don't get to drastic or fancy its helped out for sure with some of the young guys that are now stars that went in the top 5. You can also edit player badges at the same section.

Thanks for the comment I really do appreciate it and I am about done with FA so should have some more stuff up while I am killing time at work tomorrow

[georgiafan]

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Quick Thoughts

I am finally done with the offseason so I'll start posting the team preview soon. I am going to make those quick just the team salaries photo with a few sentences per team.

If you look closely you will see that the team salary situations still isn't that good espically when it comes to luxury tax. Since I will be getting 2k19 I will just have to overlook them this late in the game. I was able to fit all the major players without a problem. Its the smaller players where I may should have done it different. The crappy teams who had cap space I signed players to 1 year deals looking back I might regret that but those teams can always use those players for trade purposes at the deadline.

I have adjusted the shoot and shot contest tendencies for the players who deserved them so I am anxious to see if it helps guys get better stats with high overalls (cpu teams)

I prob wont actually play any games till Friday as tonight I want to try and do other stuff like play a way out and tomorrow is the draft. I also don't like getting to far ahead of what I post on here.

Speaking of 2K19 I will be watching the draft tomorrow with my league in mind of who I want to use. Since I am a hawks fan in real life they will def be a strong leader if they take doncic.

I will def finish out this next year and then i'll look at doing one more season after that in some form or fashion. I have a cool storyline with the draft class coming in so I would like to play that out a year.

[georgiafan]

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2023 Power Rankings

* based off the default 2k power rankings

32. Clippers
Since they traded Blake Griffin this summer they are officially in tank mode. The key to the season will be the play of 4th overall pick Weber who has only has a 75 rating but high potential. They will be plenty of playing time for the young core of Jones, Hansen, and Musa.




31. Cavs
The post Lebron era hasn't been kind as none of the young guys have developed. They will try and find a taker for the contract of Porter which is going to be hard. They are hoping to tank and draft Lebron James Jr with the 1st pick and then sign his daddy in FA.





30. Nashville Outlaws
Things are looking up after getting lucky in the draft lottery and taking Marshall 1st overall. We wouldn't not be surprised to see them flirt with a playoff spot with the vets on the roster. If that's not the case look for them to trade players like Aldridge and Lowry at the deadline.





29. Nuggets
Its a make or break year for the young back court after trading Isaiah Thomas. They have failed to make any noise in the playoffs and with new deals for Harris and Anigobogu you are locked into this core for now. It Is anyone's guess how this season goes for Denver with the team chemistry sky high.





28. Cozumel Cruisers
They were able to land Deandre Jordan in FA basically because they offered mega $ for 2 years. He will make a nice pair down low with Bazzey with Okafor coming off the bench. This is a big year for Garrett as they badly need him to keep on developing. The playoff dreams could hinge on the play of veteran SG's THJ and Bazemore.





27. Nets
They may have got the steal of the draft with Wisniewski and the cap space for next year is crystal clear. They do face some tough calls on the young players like Bowen, RHJ, Washington and Allen. They could benefit more then anyone from tanking then having another star rookie and a boat load of cap space next year. Then just use bird rights to sign Russell to a new deal and your set up for the future…. sounds easy right ?

[georgiafan]

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2023 Power Rankings

26. Raptors
Hagans made the all star team last year so he is a legit building block the problem outside of him not much is here. OG and Poeltl are nice role players and Beasley is a young player on a 1 year prove it deal. The most interesting player they have is Adrien a SF with a PF's body. They had a ton of cap space this year after letting Kanter and Derzon go just wasn't able to sign a big name FA.





25. Pistons
This Pistons have been over achieving for years now always seem to make it to atleast the 2nd round of the playoffs. They return the same basic roster as last year and Its hard to see them making a major move unless you trade Kemba for a few 1st round picks since he is 32. We would project them to land somewhere in the 3 to 6 range.





24. Hornets
I don't see how you rank the hornets 24 as this could be the weakest roster in the NBA its going to be a long year in Charlotte. They have a lot of $ tied up next year in player option so they will be crossing the fingers those players opt out. Teams will come calling for Monk its just a matter of how much they are willing to trade for him.





23. Trail Blazers
A interesting team who for now return the big 3 of last year plus Collins on a new long contract. They will look at trading Gasol who has said this will be his last year and will soon be joining the hall of fame. They have great depth at big and still need a SF and depth at Guard. Lillards 34 million player option we project him to decline as someone will give him atleast 1 year longer. They made it all the way to the WFC last year and this is a pivotal year for the future of the franchise as they decide to give it one more shoot or trade some star players for assets.





22. Heat
They went in FA hoping to sign two max level FA's and ended up in decent shape with Jabri Parker and T.J Warren. They brought back Winslow, Damian Jones and Bam as rotation players and added Dinwiddy to help out the bench. They have a legit star in Moore just don't have the players around him yet to make a deep playoff run.





21. Jazz
They have enough talent in place to make it to the finals now that former 2nd overall pick Wiseman is one of the best proven young players in the league. Their big 4 can hold its own against anyone and they have a good bench. They don't have any excuses with this roster they have to make the playoffs.

[RolePlayer]

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The effort is amazing

[georgiafan]

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2023 Power Rankings

20. 76ers
We don't know why the power rankings always rate the 76ers low even when just about everyother place has Philly as the favorites in the East. They are counting on Josh Jackson to get them over the hump after losing in game 7 of the finals two straight years. They don't have the depth as previous years so health will be important.





19. Thunder
Westbrook will have to share the ball with Isaiah Thomas coming over in a sign ansd trade and move over to SG. They will likely try to move Adams if the season starts out slow as he is headed in the wrong direction and owed major $ next year. Its hard to see how this team makes it past the 2nd round of they playoffs and they don't own their first round pick this year.





18. Magic
It's pretty much Romeo Langford and a bunch of average guys who might be able to contend for a 8th seed. They aren't bad enough to get a top 5 pick and not good enough to make noise in the playoffs. They are a young team so I wouldn't expect a major move this year from them.





17. Rockets
They are semi rebuilding after missing the playoffs this past season as Chris Paul was traded for Jordan Bell, Anthony Brown and a 1st round pick. They brought in Bledsoe for the starting PG job which is a huge get for them. They should be able to sign Hardin to a extension during the year at a lower price then the 46 million he is getting this year. The big question they face is do you trade Capela and Bell for expiring contracts and some draft picks and start over from scratch this summer. They need to remove the logjam for minutes with 4 young SG/SF's needing to play more





16. Bucks
They are in a similar spot as the rockets they face a clean cap sheet this offseason with a star player who is good enough to make you a fringe playoff team. They moved off Bogdan's contract and lost Parker this summer. They only young player with real potential on the team at this point is Ponds who will be the starting PG.





15. Mavs
Dennis Smith signing a new contract is only days away from happening so he isn't going anywhere. Bagley is a legit star and #1 option on a team capable of winning the title. They are loaded with depth at all positions so they may want to make a big move for a 3rd star at the deadline. They can get up to about 30 million by adding Noel, Joseph and Barnes together. The key to the season could be the play of former top 5 pick Saramago.

[georgiafan]

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The effort is amazing

thanks I clearly need a life or another hobby lol