SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**ronyell** · 08-13-2016, 12:33 PM

SimWorld's College Hoops Hub Archive

ARCHIVING ALL OF THE CHAMPIONS, AWARD WINNERS & IMPORTANT EVENTS

YEAR 1

Spoiler

YEAR 2

Spoiler

**Dreece** · 08-13-2016, 01:47 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Reserved....

**ronyell** · 08-16-2016, 04:48 PM

DC1's Preseason All-Americans

**ronyell** · 08-18-2016, 01:27 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**ronyell** · 08-20-2016, 11:35 AM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**ronyell** · 08-29-2016, 03:21 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**ronyell** · 09-06-2016, 10:06 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**CWSapp757** · 09-07-2016, 11:44 AM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w

oNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w

ontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w

ontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w

ontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w

ontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> What’s good everybody. I would love it if everyone visiting this thread already knew who we are and what we do but I have to assume that you don’t so WELCOME to our draft class university. To make a long story much shorter, this thread is the home to Sim World draft classes where we try our best to provide you with draft classes to make your MyLeague mode a bit more enjoyable and give it some longevity. Let’s get on to the FAQs:

What are the basics that I can expect from the classes?
You can expect that every player will receive attention before the class is released. Often times, people release classes where just the top 50 (or even less) are edited and allow the CPU to randomly generate the rest. For some people, that is ok and I respect that but our classes are intended to provide unique players all the way across the board whether it’s a top rated prospect or a 58 rated player with one of the sickest verticals you have ever seen.

Speaking of unique players, it is important to note that we feel that we specialize in that area. In the NBA, every center isn’t a bruiser that camps out in the paint and every point guard isn’t a masterful ball handler that runs the team like Chris Paul. We make sure to stay true to that concept and provide you with a wide range of different play styles and body types. You may see a 5’10 lightning fast point guard that can slice through the lane with ease or a 6’6 turnover prone point guard that can pull up off the dribble with the best of them. You may find a 7’0 300 pound center that can wear down any defender or a 6’11 245 pound center that can drain it from behind the arc. Variety is the spice of life and you can get that here.

What’s the range of overall and potential with these classes?
This is one of the questions that I get every year and some people agree with how we do it and some people don’t. In regards to overall ratings this year, some people may not be very happy with the way we have done things this year. Many classes have players very highly rated coming in to the league with almost 15 players or more with a 75+ rating. Because the Sim World rating scale is a bit lower than 2k’s base roster, this would be a bit too much. Because of that, you won’t see a large amount of highly rated players as rookies. In these classes, there may be a class where there are NO players in that 75+ range or you may come across 3 to 5 of them in another class. A chunk of these players that may turn out to be stars may come in to the league with a rating in the 65 to 70 range. The best player RIGHT NOW isn’t always the best prospect.

In regards to potential, this needs to be bolded because it represents a major change that we implementing. There were still be THREE different versions of each class but the major changes in each version will not be potential but instead the “peak start” and “peak end”. For those of you that followed us last year, you may remember that we came up with the idea to alter peak start and peak end ages so that we could actually create “busts”. This occurs because the game does not take peak start or end into consideration with formulating a prospect big board. Therefore, I can have a 19 year old player with a 66 overall and a 90 potential with a peak start of 19 and a peak end of 28. The CPU will draft this guy extremely high (possibly number one depending on the other prospects available). When this guy is drafted, the game will tell you that his potential is a 90 but his peak start has already begun so he will NOT progress much without training or chemistry. There will be several players like that in each draft so that we can finally consistently provide you with bust players so that you guys that love to tank so much will be punished with the risk of drafting the next big time bust.

Will we get Newsfeeds and Advanced Scouting Reports this year?
Well, yes and no. If you have been paying any attention to the thread you will see that we have a new format of reporting news about players and getting you familiarized with the talent. Ronyell will be posting a variety of different news, stats and information about the players as we work on the draft classes. I will also be posting additional information just to get you guys prepared for the upcoming draft. The way we are doing it this year will allow for much more information to be posted about different players.

Unfortunately the days of the 150+ page scouting reports are gone. I simply don’t have the desire to do it anymore. I wish there was a more elaborate answer but I’m just going to keep it real… I’m tired lol. There will still be scouting reports with different rankings and write ups but it just won’t be as in depth as it used to be. In all honesty, this will force you to rely on the information me and Ronyell give you throughout the year as well as your own scouting.

I’m sure I’m missing a few things but if you guys have ANY more questions feel free to ask and I will add it to the main post.

**ronyell** · 09-10-2016, 05:21 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**ronyell** · 09-10-2016, 11:18 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

**miz468** · 09-11-2016, 04:17 AM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Looking forward to this. How you guys feeling about the edit player news?

Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk

**ronyell** · 09-11-2016, 09:41 AM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Originally posted by miz468

Looking forward to this. How you guys feeling about the edit player news?

Sent from my SM-G935T using Tapatalk

So it only helps edit ratings, names & position soooo.... not as groundbreaking as we hoped it'd be.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

**ronyell** · 09-12-2016, 05:16 PM

Re: SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Draft Class Central google doc link posted in "SimWorld's College Hoops Hub Archive" post, as well as here... NBA2K17 Draft Class Central

**ronyell** · 09-13-2016, 02:36 PM

SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

DREECE: #XmanLiveOn
Sure it's early on but Illinois' Ekpe Ococha looks like the best big man in the country. His defense, his post repertoire and what looks like a consistent jumper have been the reason for his team's success in this young season. He says he models his game after former NBA player Xavier McDaniel and that is looking like a solid comparison thus far.

CW SAPP: #TagTeamBackAgain
"We like to think of ourselves as the Triple H & Shawn Michaels of college basketball" says Kentucky freshman Cameron Griffey about him and his brother Antonio Griffey. "Probably more like the Rock and Sock Connection if we're being honest and I'm definitely the Rock in this analogy" added Antonio. The brothers were big WWE fans growing up and they bring a lot of that same energy to the team says their teammates Josh Patterson & Terrell Lowry.

GABRI: #GabriGlobal
Hot overseas prospect, Juozaas Dvarionas from Lithuainia is reminding a lot of people of a young Arvydas Sobonis from what I am hearing. Of course I haven't heard this from anyone who has seen him action so it looks like SimWorld is gonna have to book me a flight. I'll report back soon.

YELLZ: #sorrynotsorry
It looks like one of the country's top three high school recruits has made his decision on where he will be playing his college ball. John-Misty is an interesting character as he as produced two full length albums that have been quite successful. That being said Bruno has repeatedly said that his dream is to play in the NBA.

SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Recommended Videos

SimWorld Presents: The NBA2K17 Fictional Draft Class Thread (for Xbox One)

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment

Comment