[tril]

took me a while to get into basketball mode. But now that I am; I have to say that this game is truly enjoyable.

like others have said build your own team.

The way I run my association is as follows:

pick a team, start a fantasy draft, let the cpu pick your players and run with it. If you are over the salary cap, trade players to get under the cap. another rule to employ is, that after the draft if you have players that are usually starters on your bench, you have to trade them. In other words, if Hibbert backs up Howard, you either have to trade Howard or Hibbert.

play shorter quarter lengths.

I have 2 association modes going.

1.first association is 12 minute quarters/ 14 games

2. second association 3 minute quarters 82 game schedule, with foul out set to 3. scores usually fall between 16 - 36 points per team. this is very fun cause every possession counts, and every foul has a bigger impact on the outcome.

(the ai shines with this, there's alot of things youll see game-play wise)