Historic teams and your usage of them

[Chemthethriller]

I see a lot of people that want team A, B, or C... I've been thinking about it and in all my 2k time combined I think I have used them maybe 6 times, I don't play with real life friends so I can see that making a difference. Anways, the question is how often and how do you use them?

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[Schiltzenberger]

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Haven't been able to do it on xb1, but in the 360 days..... I'd put all the top players from the legends teams on the FA list so they would all be in the fantasy draft at the start of Association games between my mate and I.
Although my favourite reason to put them on the FA list was so that they'd all sign with teams for year 2 of your mycareer. Career is fun playing against the current superstars but even better when you're up against Jordan one night, dunking on Wilt or Russell the next.... Great fun!

[Kstat]

Historic teams and your usage of them

Classic games are really a way to extend the life of the game for me. It more than doubles the amount of teams you can use, and really only a few of them are poor versions. It definitely helps keep the game from getting stale.

There are very few current teams that can play out of the post like 90% of the classic teams can. It's a very different way to play the game as opposed to the three point barrages you get today.

There aren't any truly dominant centers anymore. Sometimes it's fun to play through the biggest guy on the floor and play the game inside-out.

[jbthegreat]

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The only reason why I purchased 2k11 and 12 were because of the classic teams. I canceled my preorder for 2k16 Jordan edition when I realized that Jordan's likeness and signature style were half assed.

[Mauer4MVP]

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I do a legends-current day roster with them for a MyLeague every year.

It's pretty fun because you can get some really unique rosters that I'm always curious how they will mesh.

For example, the Pistons will have:

PG. Isaiah Thomas
SG. Joe Dumars
SF: Richard Hamilton
PF: Ben Wallace
C: Andre Drummond

Sixth Man: Chauncey Billups.

I am really curious how Wallace and Drummond will mesh.

[midwestking100]

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Replace majority of the current teams with some of the classics in myleague. For example, replace the current miami heat team with the 2013 heat and replace the current Detroit pistons with the 1989 pistons .

[The 24th Letter]

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Mix and matching rosters with legends extends the life of the game for me...

I hope we can create teams...then it will REALLY be extended

[oldfruit]

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I do two two things with them.

1) I place the best players into the league either for a fantasy draft or so that each team is balanced with a couple of superstars. It changes the dynamic of the franchise mode.

2) I take individual legends and place them on my team. For instance, at some point I'm going to start a franchise where young Vince has been added to one of the current teams, for me to play.

[VDusen04]

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I know many likely already know where I stand with classic teams but I'll answer regardless.

I'm a fan of current and classic teams alike. When 2K had modes dedicated to classics, I played those modes to the fullest, and repeatedly (still go back and do so at times).

Without any dedicated classic modes, I still go through and edit each classic team to make it fully authentic in terms of players and accessories. That's strangely enjoyable in its own right. Oftentimes I'll also take some players from those classic teams and create new classic teams (ex: I used to make the 2000 Raptors on my own because about eight of their players were already on the game).

From there, having so many classics often meant there was an endless amount of Quick Game possibilities. Those were fulfilling to me, especially if my statistics were tracked and viewable in my profile. I don't know if 2K still has this, but I really liked when I could go into my Profile stats and it'd show something like:

VDusen04
Points: 54 - Mitch Richmond, Golden State (5/2/12 vs. Boston)
Rebounds: 15 - Bill Laimbeer, Detroit (1/11/12 vs. Chicago)
Assists: 18 - Muggsy Bogues, Toronto (2/20/14 vs. New York)

I also really enjoyed creating highlights from those games and uploading them, often in mix format. I miss the 2K video edit mode they used to have for a good portion of last gen. I've forgotten its name now, but it allowed gamers to cut, splice, add transitions, use every official camera angle, and ultimately upload. That was awesome.

I miss doing this:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fdJ7gBYnbPo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[LO6IX]

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I don't use them at all.

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[Lord Bonium]

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Personally, i mostly use them in myteam. Looking forward to trying out young vince, raef lafrentz, jason williams, ben wallace, michael finley, nick van exel, 12-13 birdman and so many more. I'm a little bummed that darvin ham's not on the 03-04 pistons roster though.

A mycareer using all time teams was always enjoyable as well but i don't think it's possible to use custom rosters anymore. Probably because children were using those lame rosters full of 5'3 25ovr players to get more vc back in the day.

[GJC1213]

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I played the Jordan Challenges and the Legends Mode on 2k11-12 a ton. Those were so well done.

The custom rosters from 2k11-12 were probably the single best experiences I've had with any sports game. I must have run seasons using Portlandblazers set for a solid 2 years.

If the players were accurate and the ability to customize and share rosters was there I would play with the retro rosters almost exclusively.

[LionsFanNJ]

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I put a bunch of classic superstars into a myleague last year.

This year I wwuld have done the same, but was hoping for Jason Kidd. I dont get him so its up in the air if I'll do it this year.

[ksuttonjr76]

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I used them when they were available to play with in online game modes. I didn't like the fact that you only could play other classic teams.

Personally, I'm still in the minority that would like to be able to use them in online quick matches against current NBA teams. Before anyone says it, no...I prefer to play randoms than always having to look for someone from my friends list. I also don't do leagues. The only mode I play is online quick matches and MyPark modes after I get MyPlayer to a certain ranking.

[yellow86]

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Wow with all the whining you would think people would use them a lot. I actually play a lot of classic teams, make custom play-offs of 90s only teams etc. I try to replay some epic series like: 94 Nuggets vs. 96 Sonics, 94 Rockets vs. 95 Knicks and now we can even do more. Reliving and changing history kind of in a game is just awesome. That's why I wish they'd give these teams their proper due by having everything accurate.

I totally understand Rasheed saying he doesn't want to be in, if 2k cannot guarantee the player will look and player like his real life counterpart. I loved the job they did with the olympic team, because Barkley really looked and played like him. 2k12 had a lot of guys looks down, but others not at all (their last year before retirement look) and signature moves were missing. For instance, Abdul-Rauf looked great, but he had nothing resembling his signature quick release, head fake or crossover. Then it's just the name, but playing like any generic.