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Post by bbills on Mar 18, 2017 7:39:43 GMT -5
So the Relocation question i posted the other day in the main tank was so i can get some ideas on what i could do with my 2k17. I ended starting a GM Mode with 2 expansion teams and 1 Relocation.
The Kings were Relocated to St. Louis. I kept them the Kings because I didnt want to spend 2 hours trying to create new uniforms. I did however give them a New updated logo. I then Created an two Expansion teams, The Seattle Supersonics and Cincinnati Lions. The Kings moved from the Pacific Division to the Southwest division, Seattle replace them in the pacific and the Lions went to the Central division.
The Expansion draft was kida team as teams were able to hold 8 guys each so picking where slim. My Strategy was to Stay young and Build through the draft. My Roster ended up as followed.
PG Trey Burke, Joe Young
SG Kyle Korver, Ian Clark, Gerald Green, Micheal Gbinjie
SF Jerami Grant
PF Montrezl Harrrell , Willie Reed , Dontas Motiejunas
C Festus Ezeli, Ivaca Zubac, Joffery Lauvergne
M Harrell was my top pick in the Expansion draft he is 75 Overall in his 2nd year and i felt he was someone i could build around. Korver, and green are my only guys in their 30's Everyone else was sub 27 years old..
I dont plan on playing games but what i'll do is sim 10 games then ill post and update here on my progression.
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Post by bbills on Mar 18, 2017 8:01:16 GMT -5
I was already 20 games in when i decided to keep this log so heres where im at so far.
I started of with a starting lineup of
PG- Burke 73 ov
SG Korver 77 ov
SF Grant 72 ov
PF Harrell 75 ov
C Ezeli 76 OV
My head coach was the default guy i decided to keep him year 1 since he only had a 1 year deal.The Rotation we use will be 100% up to the coach i wont interfere. I did upgrade my Scout and Trainers to guys with B Ratings and A Potential.
20 games in we have a 9-11 Record Team Chemistry is 71% Fan Interest is 86% and Profit/Loss is currently projected to be 36 million profit.
In those 20 games Burke got a couple day to day injuries and combined with inconsistent play he lost his starting job to Joe Young. Korver is running my squad averaging 18 ppg. While Ezeli and Willie Reed are Dominating on the boards. Both guys are averaging almost 10 reb per game. Harrell is playing well he starts at PF averaging 12 and 6 with block per game.
I made 1 trade needing SF Depth i sent Motiejunus to Seattle for Dorin Finney-Smith a rookie SF out of Florida. Smith is 73ov and was inserted into started lineup by coach. He hasnt done much 6ppg and 4 reb. SF remains an area of need for my team i may bring in a FA here soon. Coach also uses a deep balanced rotation. Nobody averages more then 27 minutes a night and his rotation is 10 men deep.. Burke, Grant and Gbinije are currently earning DNP's.
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Post by bbills on Mar 18, 2017 8:08:14 GMT -5
Encase anyone cares Seattle Expansion team
PG Mudiay and Tyler Ullis
SG Tony Allen , Jodie Meeks and Lance Stephenson
SF Joe Johnson and PJ Tucker
PF E Ilyasova , David Lee, Richaun Holmes, D Motiejunus
C Jon Henson and Skal Labissiere
They went with Vets and a higher payroll but it hasnt translated to win as they have started 6-14
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Post by bbills on Mar 19, 2017 6:52:41 GMT -5
My last 10 games didnt go as well as my first 20.. I finished 3-7 so my record is now 12-18 overall on the season. My Team Chemistry is 77%, Fan interest is 86.6% and Profit is 35 million.
SF still is a problem for me and im gonna give it 10 more games then ill pull the trigger on someone else.. I've looked at Free Agency and the trade market and my best options are Free Agents Rasual Butler 73ov, Caron Butler 72 ov, Omri Casspi 72ov or i could trade for Matt Barnes giving up a future 2nd rd pick and Jeremi Grant.
I started looking into the scouting for next years draft. I importered the current Rookie class so its PG heavy with Ball, Fultz, Fox and Smith. its also SF heavy at the top of the draft with J Johnson, Tatum and Bridges all being top 10 talents. so these are my current targets.
Thats all i got for now. if anyone has any suggestion of who i should target at SF im open to it..
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Post by tadster00 on Mar 19, 2017 12:31:37 GMT -5
Go get CJ Miles. He's a good video game player. Or Patrick Patterson and play him at SF
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Post by bbills on Mar 19, 2017 14:13:10 GMT -5
Go get CJ Miles. He's a good video game player. Or Patrick Patterson and play him at SF Im letting the Coach handle his own roster so i cant move pat patterson to SF.. ill check out Miles |
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Post by bbills on Mar 19, 2017 16:59:53 GMT -5
Saw an improvement over my next 10 went 5-5 Team we are now 17-23 on the season. chemistry is at 77%, Fan interest jumped to 100% and projected income raised to 37 million.
Ian Clark has emerged as one of my better players.. Splitting time between backup PG and SG he is averaging a Solid 16.3ppg 2nd on my team behind Korver. Joe Young at PG has been Solid as well stepping in for Trey Burke, Young is averaging 11 ppg with 6 asts. He is definately making a case for me to target SF in the draft and give him a chance as my starting PG going into next season.
Joe Lauvergne asked for an extension and I obliged with a 1 year deal this is important because F Ezeli has a player option and if he decides to leave after the season ill have a potential replacement already in on the roster.
I've decided to go ahead and sign Caron Butler for the remainder of the season hopefully he can give us a 2nd half push for the playoffs.
I think my owner tried to test me because out of the Blue he tells me he wanted me to cut ties with Kyle Korver and i told him Flat out No and he didnt lose any faith in me as a Gm.This also might have something to do with the Emergence of Clark at SG. Given Korvers age and the fact that he and Clark are both Free agents at the end of the season maybe the Owner wants me to go with the Younger guy who might be easier to keep. I Dont know.
Look at the Power rankings my team ranked 26th on the rankings which i kind of expected since im not that deep of a team. As far as GM Power Rankings im currently 7th which was kind of shocking..
Im thinking about straight up cutting Trey Burke he is clearly in the Coaches dog house and the least happy player on my team.. Their are some decent Talents on the FA list G Vasquez, Nate Robinson, Phil Pressley, Ray McCallum, Jordan Farmer to name a few. I might give Burke to the deadline if i dont trade him he will probably be released and ill pick up one of these other guys..
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Post by bbills on Mar 24, 2017 19:54:50 GMT -5
Its been a few days since i've played..
Over my last 10 games I went 4-6, Not the best but not the worst i guess. So im 21-29 on the season, Im 11th in the conference now just slowly sinking and moving up the draft board.. Chemistry took a bit of a hit its at 65%(more on this later), Fan interest is still 100% and Income is 37 Million..
I think im gonna raise prices by 3 bucks over the next 10-20 games to see if i can capitalize on fan interest. Looking at the standing the East is Garbage with my record im still ahead of 5 other teams and in the west i would have the 3rd worst record only St. Louis Kings and the LAKERS are worst. Seatles stable of Veteran players has finally Gelled and they went on a 8 game win streak at one point and currently on a 7-3 over their last 10 games. they have shot up to 25-27 record and are Currently 9th in the west 3 games out of the playoffs.
The Reason my teams chemistry took a bit of a hit i think is because i made a trade. I sent Jemeri Grant to the Rockets for Troy Williams and a 2017 2nd rd pick. One of the main reasons i did this move is because i need to add picks going foward.. I only have 3 guys under contract going into next season. I do hold Team options on 4 guys as well but that still leaves with alot of Holes to fill.
The trade deadline should pass during the next round of Game Simulation.. I have to make a final decision on Trey Burke.. I try to trade his ish ass but if I cant find a deal ill prob Cut his ass and sign someone else. Outside of that I dont forsee any major moves happening.. Im liking my current team and kinda want to let this season play out.
A Few Notable trades that have happened So far are:
Spurs Trade 2019 1st rd pick and Dewayne Dedmon
Minn Trade Gorgui Dieng
Minn Nikola Pekovic
Memphis Trade Chandler Parsons and 2018 2nd rd pick
Knicks Trade J Noah and Lance Thomas
Seatle for Skal Labissiere
LAC trade Austin Rivers and Alan Anderson
Hornets Trade Jeremy Lamb and Marco Belineli
Nothing major yet if any blockbusters go down ill post it on my next recap
Looking ahead to a few Mock drafts Currently im Slated to have the 10th pick and they have me picking
Draft Express: PG Frank Ntilikina Belgium - He is the 4th ranked PG in the draft
2k Sports: Miles Bridges Michigan State- 3rd ranked SF
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Post by bbills on Mar 24, 2017 19:56:33 GMT -5
Just wondering is anyone actually reading/Enjoying this? Im enjoying myself but I prob wont post every 10 games if nobody gives a ish.
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Post by bbills on Mar 26, 2017 13:33:01 GMT -5
We have passed the deadline. We went 2-8 over this 10 game stretch. It was a pretty boring deadline i didnt make any other moves and only 3 other trades went down The Mavs sent Wes Matthews and Yogi Ferrel to the Rockets for Trevor Ariza and Patrick Beverly. Only other worth noting is Spurs sent Danny Green and a future 2nd for Etwon moore and Quincy Pointdexter.
I didnt fair well in that stretch but I did play the Cavs 4 times so Im not to worried about it.. I Released Trey Burke cuz he is a bum and signed Gervis Vasquez to back up Joe Young at PG.. My team Chemisty shot up to 70% and Fan interest is still 100% and we are running a Profit of 39.5 million so raising ticket prices helped.. I may do 1 more price increase if we stay at 100% interest after my next 10 games.
I've fallen to 8th pick in the draft.. My current draft Targets are
1. Lonzo Ball PG
2. Josh Jackson SF
3. Markelle Fultz PG
4.Jason Tatum SF
5. DeArron Fox PG
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Post by mrShowtime on Mar 26, 2017 18:14:01 GMT -5
just found this. Didn't read it all yet. Maybe tomorrow.
Expansions teams should've both been in the West so the Grizzlies can be added to the East where they belong.
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Post by bbills on Mar 29, 2017 11:54:25 GMT -5
just found this. Didn't read it all yet. Maybe tomorrow. Expansions teams should've both been in the West so the Grizzlies can be added to the East where they belong. True about the Griz should be in the east but they are the furthest west of anyone else including my Lions.. the problem with the West is their outside of Seattle their really isnt anywhere else deserving of their own franchise really. I was looking at the relocation map to see if anywhere makes sense and the only other spot was San Diego but do you really want 5 teams in California? |
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Post by bbills on Mar 29, 2017 12:12:40 GMT -5
5-5 in my last 10 and 28-42 on the season.. Going into the final 12 games so my next update will take us to the end of the season... My goal is to stay under 50 losses if i can do that ill be happy.. Team Chemistry is now at 74% and Fan interest remains 100% im going to raise prices for the final 12 game to try to bring in as much cash as possible. I figured out how to throw Promotion night and was able to set up a bobblehead night. I dont know what this does for the sales or interest.
Even though i went .500 these last 10 game i rose in the draft im now slated for the 5th pick.. Mock draft have me taking SG Malik Monk for Kentucky
Kyle Korver reached out about signing an extention and i happily obliged. He has been so happy that he even took a pay cut from his 5 mill salary this year to a 1.5 mill next year. so thats awesome i get my best offensive guy back for next year at a huge discount.
Looking towards the Off-Season guys i have under contract are Korver, Montrelz Harrell, Rookie Ivca Zubac and Jeffoery Lauvergne. Lauvergne might be a trade Casualty this off season Zubac has progessed a little better then he has and i See Zubac being a potential future replacement for Ezeli both are Defensive minded Centers with is something i like.
Players with Team Options are Ezeli, Joe Young , Doran Finney-Smith and M Gbinji as of today im probably going to pick up Young and Ezeli for next season.. Finney-Smith is my starting SF but im not happy with his production so if i dont draft a SF ill prob turn to FA before resigning him..
Players with Player Options- Willie Reed. Im hoping he pick up his Option because he is a beast on the Boards off the Bench for me.
Expiring Contract are G Vazques, Troy Williams , Ian Clark, Gerald Green , Caron Butler. Only 1 im looking to resign would be Ian Clark he is my sixth man and splits PG duties with Joe Young. he is 3rd on my team in scoring behing korver and Harrell.
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Post by bbills on Mar 29, 2017 18:09:00 GMT -5
The Seasons end is apon us. We finished 33-49 on the season with 78% team chemistry 100% fan interest and 39 million profit.. I have to say Season 1 was a Success in my book. For a team built around Korver Harrell and Ezeli to get 33 wins and finish ahead of 6 other teams in the standings thats a plus IMO.
Zubac was named to the 2nd team all rookie team. I feel like Ian Clark got shafted in the 6th man of the year award Mason Plumlee won it.
I Simulated the Playoffs and the Cavs beat the Grizzlies in the Finals Kyrie won finals MVP.
Dirk and Pierce were Selected to the Hall of Fame. They also had their numbers retired and the Spurs also retired Manu's number
At the League Meeting Owners approved giving the worst team improved odd of winning the lottery.. The Vote went 29-3 in favor
At the Draft Lottery i have a 3.6% chance of moving up in the draft. I ended up with the 7th pick.. The Kings leap froged the Celtics and Hornets to win the lottery.
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Post by tadster00 on Mar 29, 2017 19:19:39 GMT -5
The Seasons end is apon us. We finished 33-49 on the season with 78% team chemistry 100% fan interest and 39 million profit.. I have to say Season 1 was a Success in my book. For a team built around Korver Harrell and Ezeli to get 33 wins and finish ahead of 6 other teams in the standings thats a plus IMO. Zubac was named to the 2nd team all rookie team. I feel like Ian Clark got shafted in the 6th man of the year award Mason Plumlee won it. I Simulated the Playoffs and the Cavs beat the Grizzlies in the Finals Kyrie won finals MVP. Dirk and Pierce were Selected to the Hall of Fame. They also had their numbers retired and the Spurs also retired Manu's number At the League Meeting Owners approved giving the worst team improved odd of winning the lottery.. The Vote went 29-3 in favor At the Draft Lottery i have a 3.6% chance of moving up in the draft. I ended up with the 7th pick.. The Kings leap froged the Celtics and Hornets to win the lottery. pretty interesting stuff like team meetings and what not. Nice thing is you can go after some big FA's. And who doesn't want to play in Cincinnati?? Hahaha |
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Post by bbills on Mar 29, 2017 19:38:22 GMT -5
The Seasons end is apon us. We finished 33-49 on the season with 78% team chemistry 100% fan interest and 39 million profit.. I have to say Season 1 was a Success in my book. For a team built around Korver Harrell and Ezeli to get 33 wins and finish ahead of 6 other teams in the standings thats a plus IMO. Zubac was named to the 2nd team all rookie team. I feel like Ian Clark got shafted in the 6th man of the year award Mason Plumlee won it. I Simulated the Playoffs and the Cavs beat the Grizzlies in the Finals Kyrie won finals MVP. Dirk and Pierce were Selected to the Hall of Fame. They also had their numbers retired and the Spurs also retired Manu's number At the League Meeting Owners approved giving the worst team improved odd of winning the lottery.. The Vote went 29-3 in favor At the Draft Lottery i have a 3.6% chance of moving up in the draft. I ended up with the 7th pick.. The Kings leap froged the Celtics and Hornets to win the lottery. pretty interesting stuff like team meetings and what not. Nice thing is you can go after some big FA's. And who doesn't want to play in Cincinnati?? Hahaha Things are getting pretty interesting.. I dont want to go crazy and just Sign all the top guys right away or it will get boring fast so im slow building my team.. This year its the draft and signing my head coach.. Im mainly only looking to bring in 1 starter for next year maybe 2 if the right guy is available.. Right now my starting roster is PG Possibly Joe Young if i dont draft or sign a FA I feel Comfortable with.. I wont grab a superstar here thats for sure. SG Korver - Small chance ill sign someone else to start here and let Korver be my 6th man.. Ian Clark is a possible resigning as to be my 6th man again as well SF will be a rookie or FA this is a spot i would be willing to Spend on the right guy. PF M Harrell.. WIllie Reed picked up his option and will be my backup im not in the market for anyone here C Ezeli with Zubac as his backup. Ezeli is in his final year and Zubac is being groomed to be his replacement next season. Their is a chance i move Korver to SF as well and sign a good SG |
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Post by bbills on Mar 30, 2017 18:18:16 GMT -5
The Cincinatti Lions are Proud to announce we have agreed to a 4yr $20 dollar contract with Doc Rivers to be our Head Coach.  My offers were down to Doc and Quinn Sydner who was the Hot prospect because he just led the Jazz to the Western conference finals. Snyder wanted 5.5 mill per year so I decided to go with Doc.. I guess their was a little bit of a Homer in me with the Signing.. As far as the Draft. ish got weird. The one thing i dont like about the game is the Computer make some weird ass trades at the draft. when it was my pick I was offered the Lonzo Ball who the Celtics drafted 3rd for my 7th pick and a 2018 2nd rd pick.. I had to jump on that deal.. The Guy i would have drafted was infact the guy the Celtics took Jayson Tatum SF.. Ball is rated 78 and Tatum 76 ov so they didnt do that bad in terms of Skill but overall the deal didnt really make sense for them. Lol with the 39th pick I drafted Rodions Kurucs from latvia who played last year for Barcelona he is a 6-8 SF with some upside IDK how good he can be.. he will be coming off the bench for my squad. with my 2nd 2nd rd pick i drafted another SF Jamel Artis from Pitt 6-7 decent offensive game but raw defensively. Going into Free Agency im looking to sign 2 guys a Starting SF and a backup SG. or Two SG's if i decide to move Korver to SF |
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Post by mrShowtime on Mar 31, 2017 22:27:13 GMT -5
The Cincinatti Lions are Proud to announce we have agreed to a 4yr $20 dollar contract with Doc Rivers to be our Head Coach. My offers were down to Doc and Quinn Sydner who was the Hot prospect because he just led the Jazz to the Western conference finals. Snyder wanted 5.5 mill per year so I decided to go with Doc.. I guess their was a little bit of a Homer in me with the Signing.. As far as the Draft. ish got weird. The one thing i dont like about the game is the Computer make some weird ass trades at the draft. when it was my pick I was offered the Lonzo Ball who the Celtics drafted 3rd for my 7th pick and a 2018 2nd rd pick.. I had to jump on that deal.. The Guy i would have drafted was infact the guy the Celtics took Jayson Tatum SF.. Ball is rated 78 and Tatum 76 ov so they didnt do that bad in terms of Skill but overall the deal didnt really make sense for them. Lol with the 39th pick I drafted Rodions Kurucs from latvia who played last year for Barcelona he is a 6-8 SF with some upside IDK how good he can be.. he will be coming off the bench for my squad. with my 2nd 2nd rd pick i drafted another SF Jamel Artis from Pitt 6-7 decent offensive game but raw defensively. Going into Free Agency im looking to sign 2 guys a Starting SF and a backup SG. or Two SG's if i decide to move Korver to SF Doc Rivers is a STEAL at only $5 a year. That's cheaper than DollarShave Club |
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Post by bbills on Apr 3, 2017 18:37:18 GMT -5
Free Agency wasnt as eventful as i would have liked it was either overpay a guy a max contract or take a chance on someone. I went with the later. I targeted 2 guys that fit what i wanted to pay financially and skill wise.
I offered JJ Redd!ck 2 years 30 million and Dion Waiter 2 year 28 million with a player option for a 3rd.. I also offered Aaron affalo and Ishiah caanan 1 year deals each at slightly more then the league min and both accepted.
JJ Redd!ck decided to sign with Atlanta and Dion agreed to sign with me. Im not in love with the move but he will be given a shot at starting SG but if he doesnt fit in i feel his contract is a moveable deal.
This mean Korver will be moving to SF this year.
At training camp Doc wanted me to work on Ezeli's rebounding and i worked on lonzo fundamentals ,j zubacs defensive awareness, Waiters shot discipline and Harrells mid rang game.
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Post by philipandhisbuddies on Apr 8, 2017 1:35:33 GMT -5
Just wondering is anyone actually reading/Enjoying this? Im enjoying myself but I prob wont post every 10 games if nobody gives a ish. Just started. Would have liked to see you bring back the Seattle Sonics though |
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Post by bbills on Apr 8, 2017 5:22:21 GMT -5
Just wondering is anyone actually reading/Enjoying this? Im enjoying myself but I prob wont post every 10 games if nobody gives a ish. Just started. Would have liked to see you bring back the Seattle Sonics though I had already done a franchise with the sonic and feared I would lose interest in it quicker if I did it with them again. But Seattle is in the league and I can keep you if formed on what they are doing if you want |
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Post by philipandhisbuddies on Apr 8, 2017 17:59:04 GMT -5
Just started. Would have liked to see you bring back the Seattle Sonics though I had already done a franchise with the sonic and feared I would lose interest in it quicker if I did it with them again. But Seattle is in the league and I can keep you if formed on what they are doing if you want Nah it's cool. Would have been cool if you did the Sonics and tried to replicate their old team. Find the next Ray Allen (Devin Booker?), Rashard Lewis, etc.. Or maybe find a way to bring Russell Westbrook and Durant back? |
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Post by bbills on Apr 9, 2017 17:56:05 GMT -5
I had already done a franchise with the sonic and feared I would lose interest in it quicker if I did it with them again. But Seattle is in the league and I can keep you if formed on what they are doing if you want Nah it's cool. Would have been cool if you did the Sonics and tried to replicate their old team. Find the next Ray Allen (Devin Booker?), Rashard Lewis, etc.. Or maybe find a way to bring Russell Westbrook and Durant back? thats actually a pretty fun idea. i may have to think of something along these lines for future franchises |
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Post by bbills on Apr 9, 2017 19:41:55 GMT -5
Season 2
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Post by philipandhisbuddies on Apr 9, 2017 21:04:50 GMT -5
Nah it's cool. Would have been cool if you did the Sonics and tried to replicate their old team. Find the next Ray Allen (Devin Booker?), Rashard Lewis, etc.. Or maybe find a way to bring Russell Westbrook and Durant back? thats actually a pretty fun idea. i may have to think of something along these lines for future franchises Maybe even look to get James Harden, though he was never drafted under the Sonics name, but it'll be more challenging. I suspect Durant will be the easiest since he is a free agent after one season, but then you're going to have to draft smart/make great moves to have the assets to ever acquire the other two. |
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