I'm going to try and do this legitimately (Through in-franchise trades), however if it doesn't work then I'll be forced to abuse the ability to change rosters before a Franchise, and I'll simply recreate the rosters of my 2k3 franchise.
First moves will be to get rid of any staff that aren't master, and upgrade, since my team should have a low salary. The one *loss* that will happen due to my favourite player retiring, will be that of my only veteran, Arvydas Sabonis.
Nuggets starting lineup
PG - Travis Hansen
(One of those random created 1st year players that appear in Franchise. He was a 6'4 guard with decent passing/handling/stealing a good mid range shot.)
SG - Marko Jaric
(I love having 2 or 3 player on the floor who can pass well at all times, he can do this as well as hit the 3 most of the time)
SF - Nikoloz Tskitishvili
(7' tall, handles well, great shooter. Needs to improve his post ability, mostly defense. When matched up against Marion or any good post SF, has a lot of trouble. Luckily on offense he simply shoots over the top of them)
PF - Maybyner Hilario (Nene...)
(I noticed they once again robbed him of a decent stealing stat, check out his numbers last season, he was between 16-21st in the league in SPG! Yet a 50 rating? I'll have to change that, probably a 60 or 65 at least... An excellent shotblocker, can finish in the paint provided the ball only has to travel a short distance from his hands... He rebounds, he runs faster than most other guys his size, and he even hits that midrange when I need him too. We won't pay attention to his abysmal FT shooting
C - Yao Ming (He might be the hardest to acquire through conventional means. Having Marcus Camby, Carmelo, Andre Miller, etc will help in having trade bait for players like him. I don't really see how the Rockets would give him up, and I will compensate them by probably giving them Carmelo and a Center, as well as a pick...)
2nd squad (I play a 10 man rotation with everyone getting minutes, subbing guys out for their personal backup as their energy wears down)
PG - Junior Harrington
(Although more skilled than Travis Hansen, he is not as accomplished a passer. When Junior is on the floor, I'm looking for him to post up weaker PGs, and drive on the slower ones. He can finish very well.)
SG - Jiri Welsch
Upon close inspection of him compared to Marko Jaric, I found that while he isn't as good of a shooter, he can still drain 3s, pass well, and can even post up far better than Jaric. Whether he will be able to use this in a league overflowing with good SGs, there are many bench SGs who can't play a lick of defense, and he should be able to take advantage)
SF - Vincent Yarbrough
(Another holdover from the original Nuggs roster. Yarbrough can pass a little, and last season when I had him and Hilario on the floor together there were many alley-oops thrown as a result of Hilario's man coming to attempt to stop the excellent driving Yarbrough. He is quick, but his defense is a serious question mark...
An interesting note on Yarbrough is that he will be forever burned into my memory as the player unfortunate to have Kobe dump the behind the back crossover into a 360 dunk on him. Poor Vince
PF - Pat Burke
(I believe he is a free agent this year, so he should be easy to grab. He's a big body that can hit an open shot, and post up a little as well. I'll use him to bring opposing strong PFs out of the post, after Hilario likely picks up a few fouls...)
C - Arvydas Sabonis!
(The only way I'll be able to get him into my lineup, is to remove him from 90s West by taking 90s west and planting it into a Franchise... Then I'll have the dubious task of trading for one of the 14 greatest players of the 90s West (No Hakeem, no MJ...)
I'll fill out the roster with a couple situational players, maybe quick guy who dunk, and a 3pt shooter.
I'll get started later on today, and if theres any interest I'll do my best to keep you informed.
First moves will be to get rid of any staff that aren't master, and upgrade, since my team should have a low salary. The one *loss* that will happen due to my favourite player retiring, will be that of my only veteran, Arvydas Sabonis.
Nuggets starting lineup
PG - Travis Hansen
(One of those random created 1st year players that appear in Franchise. He was a 6'4 guard with decent passing/handling/stealing a good mid range shot.)
SG - Marko Jaric
(I love having 2 or 3 player on the floor who can pass well at all times, he can do this as well as hit the 3 most of the time)
SF - Nikoloz Tskitishvili
(7' tall, handles well, great shooter. Needs to improve his post ability, mostly defense. When matched up against Marion or any good post SF, has a lot of trouble. Luckily on offense he simply shoots over the top of them)
PF - Maybyner Hilario (Nene...)
(I noticed they once again robbed him of a decent stealing stat, check out his numbers last season, he was between 16-21st in the league in SPG! Yet a 50 rating? I'll have to change that, probably a 60 or 65 at least... An excellent shotblocker, can finish in the paint provided the ball only has to travel a short distance from his hands... He rebounds, he runs faster than most other guys his size, and he even hits that midrange when I need him too. We won't pay attention to his abysmal FT shooting
C - Yao Ming (He might be the hardest to acquire through conventional means. Having Marcus Camby, Carmelo, Andre Miller, etc will help in having trade bait for players like him. I don't really see how the Rockets would give him up, and I will compensate them by probably giving them Carmelo and a Center, as well as a pick...)
2nd squad (I play a 10 man rotation with everyone getting minutes, subbing guys out for their personal backup as their energy wears down)
PG - Junior Harrington
(Although more skilled than Travis Hansen, he is not as accomplished a passer. When Junior is on the floor, I'm looking for him to post up weaker PGs, and drive on the slower ones. He can finish very well.)
SG - Jiri Welsch
Upon close inspection of him compared to Marko Jaric, I found that while he isn't as good of a shooter, he can still drain 3s, pass well, and can even post up far better than Jaric. Whether he will be able to use this in a league overflowing with good SGs, there are many bench SGs who can't play a lick of defense, and he should be able to take advantage)
SF - Vincent Yarbrough
(Another holdover from the original Nuggs roster. Yarbrough can pass a little, and last season when I had him and Hilario on the floor together there were many alley-oops thrown as a result of Hilario's man coming to attempt to stop the excellent driving Yarbrough. He is quick, but his defense is a serious question mark...
An interesting note on Yarbrough is that he will be forever burned into my memory as the player unfortunate to have Kobe dump the behind the back crossover into a 360 dunk on him. Poor Vince
PF - Pat Burke
(I believe he is a free agent this year, so he should be easy to grab. He's a big body that can hit an open shot, and post up a little as well. I'll use him to bring opposing strong PFs out of the post, after Hilario likely picks up a few fouls...)
C - Arvydas Sabonis!
(The only way I'll be able to get him into my lineup, is to remove him from 90s West by taking 90s west and planting it into a Franchise... Then I'll have the dubious task of trading for one of the 14 greatest players of the 90s West (No Hakeem, no MJ...)
I'll fill out the roster with a couple situational players, maybe quick guy who dunk, and a 3pt shooter.
I'll get started later on today, and if theres any interest I'll do my best to keep you informed.
But I guess for Yao, it's a toss up.
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