Still Believe In Magic! (An Orlando Magic Dynasty) - AceXen's Blog

AceXen's Blog

Still Believe In Magic! (An Orlando Magic Dynasty)

Posted on July 27, 2011 at 11:19 PM.

(0)

Ok, this might be a long post but bear with me please. I've been around for a bit on the forums and I see that a lot of you are very knowledgeable about the game and the NBA in general and I was hoping you could give me some ideas as I tackle a new project on association.

The story:

First the owners threatened with firing all players and voiding their contracts. The players reply was that they would all take their talents elsewhere if that were to happen, noting the constant search of teams in other leagues for NBA talent. They had yet another meeting centering around the real problem: player contracts not on par with player talent, the real reason that owners are losing money. In order to make things somewhat fair and finally end the lockout, they proposed a solution which both parties agreed on: the dispersal draft!

The way it will work is that all players will be "fired" off their current teams and released of their contracts and all teams will hold on to 8 of their players. Once they have picked they will draft from the remaining players and free agents until they have a full roster. "It's a fresh start for everyone." said commissioner David Stern, but sadly not for everyone, as all rookies picked on this years draft that were supposed to enter the league this season will not. This in part due to the lockout extending over the summer circuit period. (because I can't download draft classes nor have the patience to make one, so all seasons will have computer generated rookies.) To offset this, the order of the dispersal draft will be fixed and based on last seasons standings, from worst to best record.

The only rookie that will play this season is Ricky Rubio, who unless the draft changes it, will most likely start the point for the Minesotta Timberwolves. (because I created him.) Future Hall of Famer and new TNT commentator Shaquille O'Neal said: "Well, I guess we know who the Rookie of the Year is going to be." On the bright side, comissioner Stern also commented:" Although the summer circuit and the preseason were affected by the lockout, the season will start on time." (I will play the 10-11 season as the 11-12 season and so on.) "That's great news for all of us. Players, staff and specially the fans!"- said recently crowned Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki, who will no doubt want to repeat his teams post season success. We'll have to wait for the season to begin on (--/--/--) to satisfy our NBA hunger but the dispersal draft on (--/--/--) will help mitigate that.

This is a little project I'd like to try out while I wait for 2k12 and the next NBA season. It's gonna be a fixed fantasy draft but as I explained it before not just random picking or at least until all teams have the "keepers" so to speak. I'll discuss the settings later I just wanted to know if anyone would follow, if it was kinda realistic at all and I'm very open to ideas or any criticism or feedback. I would like to know what players each team is most likely to keep, or which they would pursue later in the draft, etc. Also I'll be controlling all 30 teams to make it realistic but I'll most likely use the Orlando Magic as my team. Thanks for reading!