How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

[RaychelSnr]

Growing up as an '80s baby, I was introduced to sports VERY early on. The last sport I was introduced to was basketball. I'll never forget "Mickey Dordan" as I used to call His Airness; I was three. As I grew older and followed the elegance that was basketball, I always stuck to the Chicago Bulls. They were the first team I got to see play on TV. Michael Jordan was the first player I got to know.

I scrutinize and criticize everything the team does. Sometimes I like to think that I could probably run the team better than Gar Forman, so why not try to rebuild the Bulls to the greatness they once were? That's when I blew the dust off of my PS4 and booted up good old NBA 2K17. And that's where this fantastic voyage begins.

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[Equinox831]

I mean, that is a way to do it.. It's not really realistic in the slightest, but you managed it. The trades are horrible.

[DBMcGee3]

Lol, that good ol' ridiculous 2k trade logic.

[Mister_G]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

I mean, that is a way to do it.. It's not really realistic in the slightest, but you managed it. The trades are horrible.

LOL agreed. Whatever floats your boat I guess. I used to make trades like this when I was like 14 playing 2K5. Not my thing anymore.

[Nolove626]

Lol yeah this sounds like a big waste of time, but at least he seemed to have fun doing it

[baconbits11]

Interesting read. But honestly, you got a lot of luck there with the Cavs Injuries, then the Rockets screwing up as bad as possible...James Harden on the bench in OT??? That's an Atlanta Falcons level choke there. How different would your story be if the Bulls were bounced by the Cavs in the 2nd round. This is no better than what they had been doing over the past 5 years.

[ty5oke]

Damn that trade logic sounds horrible.

[Graphik]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

Lol here's what I did. Traded Rondo and Lopez for Whiteside and Austin Rivers. Picked up Zach Randolph of FA, he signed for the low and I picked up Livingston for some size in the back court. Then I traded for Sabonis for a big man with some range.

Viola...best team in the east. Lol @ 2K's trade logic tho. One day it'll be fixed....one day

[GLegend1226]

To each their own. Every year I play MyGM mode and play a 82 gm season. The second season, I either play a second season as the same team, or if there have been crazy trades in the NBA, I will start a new season with a different team. But I always buy the team the second season for 50k VC.

This season, I just finished my season with coincidentally the Bulls. I went 68-15 and defeated the warriors for the Chip. In 2k16, I Played with the TWolves and lost to the warriors in the conference finals. In 2k15, I played with the Kings and won the chip by defeating the Cavs.

I play 10 minutes qtrs on HOF simulation, no sliders. I get realistic stats, and a good challenge. As far as trades, I do them , but I do not do anyhting that will drastically change my teams. My team overall was normally 14th , but it fluctuated anywhere between 11th and 19th based on injuries and hot streaks.

The biggest trade I did was taj Gibson and a pick for Kenneth Faried. I needed some more athleticism in the front court. Also, I wanted to start Mirotic to space the floor, and Gibson was not happy with that. With Faried, he has the low ego badge, so he did not complain nearly as much.

But I had one all-star (Wade). Rondo led the league in assists at 11. Butler averaged 19 in the season and 21 in the playoffs. Wade averaged 20 in the season and 19 in the playoffs. But Lopez was the Finals MVP with a 19ppg and 15rpg avg. against the warriors.

[BA2929]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

Lol yeah this sounds like a big waste of time, but at least he seemed to have fun doing it

If you really think about it, isn't playing video games in general just a big waste of time?

[zrohman]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

How did I turn the Bulls into a championship team? I just traded the entire team for an entirely new team.

[itchyroll_51]

This game's trade logic actually isn't this bad if you turn the difficulty of trades to 100. OP should have done that instead. Then he will realize the fun in winning on MyGm, not with INSANE trades but instead it will be changing player tendencies for the whole team so the sqaud can perform better on both sides of the ball.

[Guapo516]

This games team building logic is just bad in general. Young players that are no brainers to be retained by their team are often unrestricted free agents after their rookie deal and it's disappointing. I really feel like I have to play God for my league/gm to work.

[MBhoops]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

I mean, that is a way to do it.. It's not really realistic in the slightest, but you managed it. The trades are horrible.

Maybe you don't actually follow the real NBA but after what just happened with Cousins I'm inclined to believe #SimNations idea of "realistic trades" is far from realistic.

[MBhoops]

Re: How I Turned the Bulls Into NBA Champions (NBA 2K17)

This was a fun read. The writer clearly had fun building this team and that's all that really matters at the end of the day.

Well written piece as well. Kudos.