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NBA 2k20 - Road to the last Dance

Posted on May 13, 2020 at 07:21 AM.

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Hallo all,

watching the ESPN documentary of the Last Dance, I thought it would be great to re-run all the years leading up to that season. I found a great historic roster for the NBA 2k20 for PS4 featuring the 1989-90 season from frrfs and thought this would be the right starting point. Bulls not champion yet, a chance to see whether they ever three-peat and a chance to have a good Larry Bird / Magic Johnson series in there.

For the simulation I picked the following principles as a starting point (might have to change them later):
1. I will adopt one team per season and manage the team (playing time, transactions etc) and play a couple of games.
2. If that team does not make it through the season or there is another interesting storyline, I will adopt another team for the play-off run.
3. I will mismanage the expansion teams (drafts poorly as possible and sign horrible free agents) for the teams like the Vancouver Grizzlies, Toronto Reports until they actually join the league
4. I will transfer all Hornets to New Orleans Roster in the correct year and continue to mismanage the Charlotte team until the Bobcats return to the scene.
5. I start as the Sonics
6. I will let the computer draft, I will not mess with the draft order
7. I will use user created draft classes where they look better than the standard 2k20 draft classes from a completeness perspective
8. I will try to do a couple of Iconic trades (Barkley to the best offer from the Western Conference)
9. I am not decided yet, whether I will retire Michael Jordan for a couple of years