Draft Class Strength/ Potential Balance
 

Hey fellow nba 2k simmers im new here

my history:
I played nba 2k14 before, and nba 2k17 now, i'm a simmer

There seems to be unbalance and flaws in mygm/ myleague and I'm trying my best to balance them to make them playable after a few years


Problems:

* nba 2k roster is dumb

* not enough 90+ ovr players

* not enough playing time for players with same ovr

* Several 90+ 3 pt

* auto generated rookies are crap


How I play:

* I edit the current roster

( I made Green, Klays, etc. overall lower)


* I edit the potentials too

I made assumptions on whether a young player will be good

90 - 99 - HOF

85 - 90 - All Star

80 - 85 - Potential All Star

75 - 80 - Starter

70 - 75 - Role Player

40 - 70 - Benchwarmers or Free Agent

( I made almost half of the young players 70 - 75 pot

I made their peak end the year after their peak start

except for Giannis, Booker, Porzingis, Maker, etc.)


I did not edit the old guys since they will regress anyway


* I use Lorenzo's Team Training Sliders to remove the 3 point cheese


* I make my own custom Draft Classes

I use a player generator by Turty for reference then edit if too big values

65 player progression
50 player regression
20 in season training

> Ive been looking at basketball reference draft classes 2000- 2010 for idea
on how many potential per draft class should i generate

0 - 2 90+ potential guy with 75- 80 ovr

1 - 3 85+ potential guy with 70 - 75 ovr

2 - 3 80+ potential guy with 65 - 75 ovr

3 - 7 75+ potential guy with 60 - 70 ovr

40 + 75- potential guy with 60 - 70 ovr


* I edit player development ( create busts / sleepers/ Iron man)

peak start is the celing a player can reach
peak end is when the player will regress

A superstar needs 6 -7 years before peak start to get to 90+ with 4 - 5
jump each season

A Sleeper also need 6 - 7 years before peak start

An Iron man has 75 - 85 potential and late peak end


*How long do I do all this stuff?
several hours and when i'm bored I play the classic lakers and Shaq

- viper

Re: Draft Class Strength/ Potential Balance
 

That's a lot of work lol, any chance you'll share the roster and draft class? Would be interested in trying it.

Ps, if you like Kobe and Shaq Lakers you should do a MyLEAGUE with 97 Lakers, it's great fun knowing what Kobe is going to be