I added a 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 class.
2017:
Name: My 2017 class called "2017 after March Madness"
Good:
Fixed tendencies, ratings, potential, no misuse of badges, great depth with reasonable ratings that won't screw up your franchise.
Bad:
Josh Hart was a rushed job. I am having trouble with him and mainly only him. His stats don't match his potential impact and creating him is quite difficult.
A majority of undrafted rookies in my class are horrendously bad and play like HS players with NBA size and length.
Best Potential:
Fultz, Ball, Smith Jr., Fox and Jackson
Top sleepers: Harry Giles and Justin Patton.
The Oddity: The oddity of this class is out it lines up just perfect with DX draft board. I mean 100%. I felt like I did a good job. But I missed on some players like Josh Hart for example. That said, the game likes D.J. Wilson and he's drafted higher in the game than in real life and the game likes Harry Giles a lot even though I nuked his overall ratings.
Overall: Great overall class, if you draft well, you can do well in this class. A lot of talent from top to bottom. While a number of 2nd rounders might not make your squad, several of them have developmental potential to be back of the rotation players. Extremely weak selection of undrafted prospects. Almost nil.
2018:
Name: My 2018 class called "2018 after March Madness"
For 2018, I used gamertag: "xbloodshot14x" 2018 roster. I changed a couple players. (Jaylen Hands and LiAngelo Ball as they are in my 2019 class.) Both are better in my class while not being that good in either class but at least they have a shot at getting drafted. In his class, they were summer leaguers, in mines, late 1st rounders or early 2nd rounders. I also dropped Lenny Walker from Miami(FL) in 2019 for 2018 class. He most likely is an one and done player regardless so it made sense for him to be in 2018 over 2019.
Since this is xbloodshot14x class with just some edits so there won't be any overlap from his class to mines, I have no review. I simply got rid of two players from his 2018 class and removed a player from my 2019 class.
2019:
My 2019 class called "2019 NBA w Zion & Bagley REAL"
Good:
Zion and Bagley are rated right. Most of the players including LiAngelo is rated right. Honestly, I didn't want to rate Ball as high as I did as I do not think he will be on the same level as a player as DeAndre Bembry(69) is right now but a lot of fans like him and he does have some strengths. I moved Zion to the position he will likely play in the NBA (SF). Also, there shouldn't be any draft class where Zion is near LiAngelo in rating. There is a massive gap between the two. In fact, same for Bagley as well to Ball.
A big issue I noticed for most 2019 classes on XB1 is that the start peak starts at 22 and 23 for many of the legit 24/7/ESPN/scout/rivals guys. I moved that back for many of these guys. Especially the more skilled or skill+athletic guys. For the athletic guys, they tend too peak sooner as mention at the Analytics(Sloan) conference.
Reasonable gems within the class. You can find and develop gems in this class.
Bad: I would say you might see some of the summer leaguers drafted (50's rating). I ran numerous tests and I didn't see that many drafted if any in my last three test after editing. You will see some guys like Daniel King high on the draft board for NBA.com but he falls off massively the minute the real draft takes place.
Daniel King will show up at the top of your NBA.com class. Don't worry, he's terrible and never gets drafted my the CPU but do not be fooled by the scouts with him. He is the trap of the class and it's done on purpose.
Top potential:
Williamson, Bagley and Jordan Brown
Sleepers: Kostas A and M.J. Walker. Two oldies but goodies for this draft class.
The oddity: The 2nd round draft tends to get really weak after 40. That said, the undrafted players in this class add a lot of value and some could even make good end of rotation players/good D-League players and some could turn into potential borderline All Stars and some could be developed to be even better than that. This is a class of the ages. Williamson and Bagley are cornerstone prospects for whomever lands them. But don't sleep on the other top prospects who are of high quality and this class features two way players. And specialists. Just a great 1st round in general. I would pick my pick in this draft. I can get someone who can develop into a rotation role player.
Overall:
Most draft classes get tendencies of the players wrong, I did a good job for the most part to get the guys to play like their real life counterpart. I tested this after about 15 times. I changed everyone in the draft shot tendency and their abilities.
2020
Name: My 2020 class called "2020 after March Madness"
Good:
R.J. Barrett and LeMelo Ball are the studs of the class. There is a chance Barrett could be moved to 2019. His rating will drop two points but his potential will be the same. If he’s in 2019, it will be the deepest class of all my rosters. This draft class has a pretty deep 1st round. Doesn’t have any holes but isn’t superstar heavy. A lot of role players in this class so having a late 1st doesn’t suck in this class but it’s better than 19 where the class gets kinda weak after 25. Good 2nd round class unlike 2019. Get a 2nd round pick in this class.
Bad: Not a star driven class. After the top 2, getting a star in this class is highly unlikely unless you develop them to be a star. Overall, it’s a good class. A lot of 60’s in this class which is good for summer league. Not a ton of 1st round talent outside of the 1st round but it’s not no summer leaguers or worse like in 18 and 19.
Top potential:
Barrett and LeMelo
Sleepers: I am not sure. Probably Kamar Baldwin. Low potential but has a long bell curve. With development, he could be a star.
The oddity: None really. A pretty good class.
Overall: A solid class. You better trade for a top 2 pick if you want a star in this class. No one is passing on Ball or Barrett in this class and if Barrett leaves for 19’, this becomes an one man class.
2017:
Name: My 2017 class called "2017 after March Madness"
Good:
Fixed tendencies, ratings, potential, no misuse of badges, great depth with reasonable ratings that won't screw up your franchise.
Bad:
Josh Hart was a rushed job. I am having trouble with him and mainly only him. His stats don't match his potential impact and creating him is quite difficult.
A majority of undrafted rookies in my class are horrendously bad and play like HS players with NBA size and length.
Best Potential:
Fultz, Ball, Smith Jr., Fox and Jackson
Top sleepers: Harry Giles and Justin Patton.
The Oddity: The oddity of this class is out it lines up just perfect with DX draft board. I mean 100%. I felt like I did a good job. But I missed on some players like Josh Hart for example. That said, the game likes D.J. Wilson and he's drafted higher in the game than in real life and the game likes Harry Giles a lot even though I nuked his overall ratings.
Overall: Great overall class, if you draft well, you can do well in this class. A lot of talent from top to bottom. While a number of 2nd rounders might not make your squad, several of them have developmental potential to be back of the rotation players. Extremely weak selection of undrafted prospects. Almost nil.
2018:
Name: My 2018 class called "2018 after March Madness"
For 2018, I used gamertag: "xbloodshot14x" 2018 roster. I changed a couple players. (Jaylen Hands and LiAngelo Ball as they are in my 2019 class.) Both are better in my class while not being that good in either class but at least they have a shot at getting drafted. In his class, they were summer leaguers, in mines, late 1st rounders or early 2nd rounders. I also dropped Lenny Walker from Miami(FL) in 2019 for 2018 class. He most likely is an one and done player regardless so it made sense for him to be in 2018 over 2019.
Since this is xbloodshot14x class with just some edits so there won't be any overlap from his class to mines, I have no review. I simply got rid of two players from his 2018 class and removed a player from my 2019 class.
2019:
My 2019 class called "2019 NBA w Zion & Bagley REAL"
Good:
Zion and Bagley are rated right. Most of the players including LiAngelo is rated right. Honestly, I didn't want to rate Ball as high as I did as I do not think he will be on the same level as a player as DeAndre Bembry(69) is right now but a lot of fans like him and he does have some strengths. I moved Zion to the position he will likely play in the NBA (SF). Also, there shouldn't be any draft class where Zion is near LiAngelo in rating. There is a massive gap between the two. In fact, same for Bagley as well to Ball.
A big issue I noticed for most 2019 classes on XB1 is that the start peak starts at 22 and 23 for many of the legit 24/7/ESPN/scout/rivals guys. I moved that back for many of these guys. Especially the more skilled or skill+athletic guys. For the athletic guys, they tend too peak sooner as mention at the Analytics(Sloan) conference.
Reasonable gems within the class. You can find and develop gems in this class.
Bad: I would say you might see some of the summer leaguers drafted (50's rating). I ran numerous tests and I didn't see that many drafted if any in my last three test after editing. You will see some guys like Daniel King high on the draft board for NBA.com but he falls off massively the minute the real draft takes place.
Daniel King will show up at the top of your NBA.com class. Don't worry, he's terrible and never gets drafted my the CPU but do not be fooled by the scouts with him. He is the trap of the class and it's done on purpose.
Top potential:
Williamson, Bagley and Jordan Brown
Sleepers: Kostas A and M.J. Walker. Two oldies but goodies for this draft class.
The oddity: The 2nd round draft tends to get really weak after 40. That said, the undrafted players in this class add a lot of value and some could even make good end of rotation players/good D-League players and some could turn into potential borderline All Stars and some could be developed to be even better than that. This is a class of the ages. Williamson and Bagley are cornerstone prospects for whomever lands them. But don't sleep on the other top prospects who are of high quality and this class features two way players. And specialists. Just a great 1st round in general. I would pick my pick in this draft. I can get someone who can develop into a rotation role player.
Overall:
Most draft classes get tendencies of the players wrong, I did a good job for the most part to get the guys to play like their real life counterpart. I tested this after about 15 times. I changed everyone in the draft shot tendency and their abilities.
2020
Name: My 2020 class called "2020 after March Madness"
Good:
R.J. Barrett and LeMelo Ball are the studs of the class. There is a chance Barrett could be moved to 2019. His rating will drop two points but his potential will be the same. If he’s in 2019, it will be the deepest class of all my rosters. This draft class has a pretty deep 1st round. Doesn’t have any holes but isn’t superstar heavy. A lot of role players in this class so having a late 1st doesn’t suck in this class but it’s better than 19 where the class gets kinda weak after 25. Good 2nd round class unlike 2019. Get a 2nd round pick in this class.
Bad: Not a star driven class. After the top 2, getting a star in this class is highly unlikely unless you develop them to be a star. Overall, it’s a good class. A lot of 60’s in this class which is good for summer league. Not a ton of 1st round talent outside of the 1st round but it’s not no summer leaguers or worse like in 18 and 19.
Top potential:
Barrett and LeMelo
Sleepers: I am not sure. Probably Kamar Baldwin. Low potential but has a long bell curve. With development, he could be a star.
The oddity: None really. A pretty good class.
Overall: A solid class. You better trade for a top 2 pick if you want a star in this class. No one is passing on Ball or Barrett in this class and if Barrett leaves for 19’, this becomes an one man class.
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