https://www.operationsports.com/nba-...mate-team-one/
"In short, the Franchise mode in NBA Live 18 is, for all intents and purposes, unplayable in its current form.
At its core, it feels like single NBA seasons linked together with the draft and free agency wedged in between. You start any franchise with your first game of the upcoming regular season. Instead of progressing by days, you progress by weeks, which is an odd choice for a basketball game. During the season, you can make tweaks to your roster by initiating trades, signing free agents, and upgrading your players (more on this later). And…that’s about it. Ten years ago, this would be perfectly fine for a franchise mode. But today? It doesn’t work."