The Association - What do you want to know? (2K10)

Quote: Originally Posted by drewbaby1414

I am thinking that controlling all 30 Teams is the only way to roll. Here is a list of what I see as the benifits. 1. Be the GM for every team. The human mind of the fan is still way ahead of the AI. 2. Control team trading (make trades that make sense) 3. FA's...A lot of the players will decline their option for a longer term deal. 4. Control playing time and linupes. (sit injured players with nagging injuries) 5. Draft the right players for each team and make sure the rookies get playing time. On another note...Rookies will need to have their shot tendencys raised through the roof inorder for them to ever be elite scorers.

I'm with you, thank you 2K for this option!

[drewbaby1414]

Quote: Originally Posted by kenzil

I have been asking about the benefits of this and I agree with all your points. I actually tried to sim a few seasons with the 8 teams allowed in 2k9 to get a feel. Overall, I liked it but it can become an overwhelming task managing all the line-ups on a daily/weekly basis (injuries constantly occurring). That was just with eight teams so I could imagine with all 30. I did like controlling the draft...it made the draft take a lot longer and required me to think of the needs for each team (pick based on need or best available player). I do have a few questions since I am considering this route for the association this year.... 1) how will you determine what trades to make in the future years of your association? I will base it upon salary cap, team needs, player moral...stuff like that....With some teams I will auto-mate the trade feature in the future. 2) What things will you allow the cpu to 'sim' and what things will you pay attention to...i.e. let cpu change lineup for minor injuries or will you manage all lineup changes when injuries occur? Automate resigning of coaches, scouting, and for some teams I like the Bobcats I will let them fend for themselves. 3) off season free agency - how will you do this for all 30 teams? (again seems overwhelming) maybe you have a more efficient way of doing this? With the free agency I will do what is best for each team and player. Players like D-Wade, Amare, Bosh, and LBJ will all most likley turn down the player option in their contract. I will make sure that they do that and let the bidding begin. After the big free agents are signed I will turn the automate feature on for the rosters to be filled for teams to get the 10-14 players on the depth chart. I am sure there are more questions but I wanted to get an idea from people that plan to do this that are mainly association players like myself.

Each team has options to be automated...So in reality you could control just one team and automate the rest.....By controlling all 30 or just a few with the automated feature I think its managble for us stat junkies.

[kenzil]

Thanks drewbaby! Good info...I am really looking forward to this now! Btw, I feel sorry for the Bobcats in your association...they only have the cpu AI to depend on...

[ronyell]

Ayo Mo.... does the allstar game move to a different city each year? do incoming rooks & players tendencies increase & decline
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Quote: Originally Posted by Po Pimp

I asked this in the other thread, but can someone answer this for me... Is the crowd neutral in the ASG, or do they still boo the road team? It's an ASG! The crowd should cheer for everybody! Also, there shouldn't be any De-Fense chant!

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[Fireworld]

Hey all, I was wondering if there was a blog or something talking about the features of 2k10 Association mode. I'm thinking about jumping ship to 2k this year but would like to learn more about this mode first...I looked in the "Developer insights" on 2k.com but didn't find anything. Just looking for some help, thanx..

[MikeGiani]

I heard the D-League isn't working and restricted free agency is broken and doesn't work...

can anyone confirm this?

[drewbaby1414]

Can someone give us a break down of player progression...How do rookies develope and what kind of numbers do they put up?