SimWorld Presents: Reaching for Greatness (A NBA2K Dynasty)

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best viewed from a computer or from web view & much dynasty info is contained in video links

THE AGENDA
This dynasty will begin from the real life date of February 27th, 2017 on NBA2K17 MyLeague for Xbox One using the SimWorld NBA2K17 Re-Vamp.

We are chronicling the entire landscape of the NBA as your everyday media outlets. We hope that as we get years into the MyLeague, that you may get a chance to follow some of the guys that you may have contributed to our fictional draft classes & maybe we could involve you in articles and/or interviews (we are always looking for help).

THE INFO
Post #2 will be where our "NBA SimWorld TV" (Live Media Stream) will be view-able. It is essentially our SimWorld NBATV; a twitch stream to view info, boxscores & stats straight from the MyLeague itself as we work them (which can also be viewed at: http://www.twitch.tv/simworldgaming) as they are all archived. We will also stream stats/team stats on occasion & if you ever have an inquiry about anyone in particular or a team in particular just let us know & we will try to get in a stream of that info or get it posted.

In post #2 you will also see a link to our NBA Info doc which has up-to-date depth charts, media info, ongoing storylines & team specific info if you are in "catch-up" mode or just wanna do a detailed dive in.

Post #2 is also where we will keep each season's league history (champions, awards and league leaders) info.


THE MEDIA
Live games will be streamed at www.youtube.com/SimWorldTV every Wednesday at 8pm est so please tune in to see our gameplay, chat with us & to show your support. Occassionally other games will be streamed without notice if it's a game i don't wanna miss coverage of.

All playoff elimination game footage will be posted & all NBA Finals game footage will be posted with announcements.

NOTE: ANY GRAPHIC THAT SAYS TO CLICK THE LINK WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL LINK TO BOXSCORES, AUDIO/VIDEO OR WHATEVER IT STATES.

This Dynasty will move at a rapid pace & we hope to get this thing pretty far down the road of a MyLeague. As this project evolves, info will all be posted here in the OP and as usual if you're liking what you see, please hit that like button & rate the thread AND if you think you'd like to help; PM me (no gaming system necessary). Appreciate your follow & hope you enjoy.

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2016 - 2017

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The Warriors have kept up their dominance up to this point just as expected. Since the All Star break they have lost only three games (2 ironically at home), a loss in a back-to-back in Atlanta, a heart-wrenching loss to the “Dub-stopping” Bucks & a fluke loss to Sacramento in Oracle. Aside from those three losses, the Warriors have seemed to find their stride with Durant in the mix and have seemed to have calmed Darymond’s early season antics. Curry and Durant have taken center stage & the Dubs have looked pretty much unstoppable with multiple convincing wins over Houston, San Antonio & OKC since the break. The only team to give them a true battle was oce again Memphis who they still managed to edge out in a nail-bitter.



The Rockets have gone 14-4 since the break (including an 8-game win streak) and the addition of Lou Williams seems to be a perfect fit coming off of the bench for D’Antoni. When Harden missed 8 games with his foot injury Lou stepped right in and he has provided the Rockets no only another 3 point weapon but another shot creator. Houston currently sits in 3rd in the West just a half game behind San Antonio.



Utah is continuing to shock the hell out of everyone. Currently riding a 7-game winning streak and losing only 5 games since the break; the Jazz finally look healthy and are gathering some chemistry. Their defense continues to be the fire in their engine but their offense has really taken strides over the past month with everyone healthy. The Jazz are getting solid contributions from 1 through 12 on the team and look poised to make a run past the 1st round if they remain in the 4/5 seed.



After the smoke cleared from the trade-deadline many still feel as if Doc Rivers and company should have made a move. Although the Clips have gone 14-7 since ASW, they have still looked lethargic at times. Paul is back but still does not look 100% & they picked up Matt Barnes off of waivers but they are still lacking defensive continuity and outside of Paul & Blake they can’t manage to find any consistent offense.



Russell Westbrook and company are starting to gel. Up until a few weeks ago the Thunder were being spearheaded as the one-man-Russ-Show. Then OKC made a much unheralded move to get Taj Gibson & Doug McDermott from Chicago. Their integration took a little time and saw a small step backward upon Kanter’s return from injury but the Thunder have won 9 of their last 10 with that one loss being to (go figure) Golden State. Russell has continued to play out of his mind but Gibson & McDermott have given more outlets and Roberson’s move to the bench has given the Thunder depth. These last couple of weeks will be crucial to their seeding and post-season potential.

THE REST:

The Pelicans have seen incredible individual scoring performances from their new duo (46, 38, 41 from Davis & 59, 40, 38 from Cousins) but have not gotten enough from anyone else to gain anything more than 5 wins since All Star. Portland who many expected to make a move after ASW has been terribly inconsistent and have battled injuries outside of Lillard & McCollum. San Antonio has limped into this portion of the season going a pedestrian 11-8 since the break with Gasol, Parker & Kawhi all missing some time. Memphis has played .500 ball but nothing spectacular. The Nuggets have been slumping and are currently hanging on to the 8th seed by a thread. The Buddy Hield project has gone nowhere in Sac as Buddy has been injured & Noel has been a bright spot for the future in Dallas despite Dallas’ losing ways.






Cleveland who at one point seemed on a collision course with the Warriors for 3rd straight year have gone only 11-8 since ASW. Granted that they are just getting back Love, they have struggled mightily on the defensive side of the ball even with the addition of Larry Sanders. Scoring has been a non-issue with Cleveland putting up 100+ in all but 2 games since ASW but in lieu of the added scoring punch in the addition of Deron Williams and return of Love & J.R. Smith; the Cavs have only a couple of weeks to shore up their defensive woes as there a few teams on their heels.



Hotlanta… The Hawks are the hottest team in the NBA right now (aside from Golden State). Despite last night’s debilitating loss t home to the Sixers, the Hawks have lost only three games since the break and have huge wins over San Antonio, Cleveland, Boston & Golden State all in the past few weeks. Sparked by ferocious defense and everyone stepping up through injuries have lead to the Hawks sitting in 2nd place in the East. With Dwight Howard & Bazmore out for the next few days, it may be tough for the Hawks to keep up the pace.



Considered to have had the best trade acquisitions this year, the Raptors started off the their post-All Star season by winning 7 straight and recently 6 of their last 8. DeRozan & Lowry continue to be the catalysts but Ibaka has been exactly what they have needed in terms of space creation and rim protection. P.J. Tucker’s impact is yet to have been felt as he played only 4 games before fracturing his foot. He is expected to return just prior to the playoffs.



The Celtics looked to be on the verge of a meltdown post-All Star & the rumor mill was in full force as the Celtics lost 8 of the first 9 after the break including a 5-game losing streak right off the bat. Isaiah played poorly & the jeers were in full force for Ainge and his reluctance to nab Jimmy Butler or Paul George. Well since then the C’s & Isaiah Thomas have responded to the tune of 9 wins in their last 10 games including an 8 game win streak.



It seems that All Star weekend is the worst thing that could have happened to the Wizards. They have looked asleep at the wheel since the break enduring an 8 game skid right out of the break and only winning 4 games since mid-February. Bogdonovic seems to have left his jumper in Brooklyn and there are rumors of infighting between Beal & Wall once again. The Wiz are currently sitting at .500 which is good for a 7/8 seed in the East at the moment. With the Pacers just out of reach, the Wizards could find themselves on the outside looking in if they don’t right the ship.

THE REST:

The Bulls have looked just as we thought they would (lackluster) after giving up Gibson & McDermott leaving behind a heap of non-cohesiveness. The Pacers’ have fallen apart. Losers of 11 straight; their front office & locker room is about to explode according to reports around the league. Milwaukee has found their stride without Jabari Parker and Middleton is returning to form; seeing the Bucks currently in the 5th seed. The Pistons are somehow managing to maintain playoff presence despite Jackson & Van Gundy still being at odds. The New York circus has calmed down and so has any aspirations of a playoff birth & the Sixers will not see their project completed until next season as Ben Simmons will not see action until then.



















3-26 Suns sign F Troy Williams to a 1-yr deal

3-17 Cavs release G DeAndre Liggins & sign C Larry Sanders to a 1-yr deal

3-17 Clippers release G Alan Anderson & sign F Matt Barnes to 1-yr deal

3-4 Magic sign F Anthony Bennett to 1-yr deal

3-2 Mavs sign G Lance Stephenson to a 1-yr deal

2-27 Thunder sign PF to a 2-yr/$14 mil extension

2-27 Cavs sign G Deron Williams to 1-yr deal

2-27 Celtics sign C Kelly Olynyk to a 2-yr/$14 mil extension

2-27 Hawks sign G Tim Hardaway to a 2-yr/$17 mil extension












* Harden: leads NBA in APG, 3rd in PPG, has scored over 40 9 times & has Houston 13 games ahead of last year’s win total

* Westbrook: 2nd in NBA in PPG & APG, 10th in RPG, leads his team in PPG, RPG, APG & SPG & has 23 triple-doubles on the season

* Durant: leading the Warriors in PPG & BPG, shooting 52% form the field & has helped lead GS to 63 wins thus far this season

[AdamJones113]

Of Princes and Posers


Which teams we can expect to see on primetime TV in May and June

by AdamJones, April 1st, 2017


As the great (or, perhaps more accurately, the angry) Bobby Knight said, "You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball." There is truth to that statement. The NBA sets divisions, conferences, schedules, and schedule rules; the teams play each other according to the schedule generated by computer. Innovators—people who can figure out a new way to beat the system—are hailed as champions of a new era of the game. Each team determines its style of play and the players it wants. One goal, of course, is the same throughout the league, and its truth is a strange mixture of Bobby Knight and George Carlin: everyone wants to go home, finish playing, happy, and the only way to do that is to win the last game of the year.

Some teams are better at that then others. It is not for me, in this immediate space, to tell you which team will win it all, or which players from said team will emerge shirtless for days on end afterwards. It is upon me, as Milton would have said, were he a fan, or alive, to explain why a few select teams will come closer to that end goal than the majority. And in doing that I must return to the all-important way to defeat the game of basketball: build a team identity and live it every day and night.

There are certain team identities that are pervasive throughout the NBA, depending in part upon the times. The Pelicans' newfound duo of Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins would, in any other era, lead New Orleans immediately into contention. Yet as we know, this is not so today. The Pelicans sit at 31-45,with 6 games remaining to catch up their 4.5-game deficit to the Nuggets (that they are still mathematically in contention with a winning percentage of .408 is due only to the atrocity of the bottom half of the West this season). Davis is leading the league in points per game with 29.7, and is adding a hefty 12.2 rebounds and over 3 blocks per contest to post what would, in a season with the Pelicans in contention, be MVP-worthy numbers. Cousins, ailed by ankle issues and time in Sacramento—the latter being worse, by far—is still averaging 25.7 points, 12.1 rebounds, and 4.3 assists (the latter good for third best on the team) per game. The acquisition of Cousins has determined the near future of basketball in the Bayou (pending Cousins' decision in free agency, where the Pels are confident in his return). Big man basketball it is, and that identity will do the team a world of good next season.

If New Orleans is rightfully struggling to contend in a cutthroat Southwest Division, it is a completely different story in the Pacific—the Kings, who appear weaker than Louis XVI in 1791, and the Warriors, who are stronger than Louis XIV ever was. The Kings have floundered in mediocrity and a lack of self-awareness for ages now, it seems. Trading Boogie away was a big step... but towards what, it remains to be seen. The only identity the Kings have shown of late is a one of uncertainty and acquiring young shooting guards (Stauskas, McLemore, Hield, etc). And so rightfully they sit at 29-47, 5-8 in a division with two of the few teams worse than they are, the Lakers and the Suns. Far away at the top of the division is Golden State—63-13, 119.3 points per game, three of the best shooters—nay, players—in the game, in Curry, Thompson, and Durant. The addition of Durant has been, of course, terrific. He is an MVP candidate with 27.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Most importantly, he has not sullied the Warriors' chemistry and identity in any way (it is foolish to think that he has, solely on the basis of the Warriors' slightly worse record this season). While Sacramento has relied upon the unreliable Rudy Gay, the Warriors have somehow improved on what was already a championship-winning offensive identity.

It is easy to discuss, say, the underrated, defensive identity of the Grizzlies, who took it from the Spurs, whose identity is now merely that they are the Spurs. It is easy—or even fun, if you are a Celtics or Clippers fan—to discuss the identity of the Lakers: how it was Kobe Bryant, until it wasn't, and then the rug was pulled out from under them. It is more difficult, however, to explain how the Hawks acquired their defensive identity. One solution is to point to Mike Budenholzer, coming from the Pop coaching tree. One cannot, however, point to the draft (often the foundation of a team's identity) to explain Atlanta's revival. The only noteworthy first-round pick since 2012 is Dennis Schroeder (who is acquitting himself nicely, leading the team in points and assists per game). It is remarkable that the Hawks have built themselves through free agency—Millsap, Howard, Bazemore, Hardaway, Ilyasova, Sefalosha, and more all played elsewhere first—in an era where most free agents, LeBron and KD notwithstanding, rarely change a team much for the better, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Yet despite that, the Hawks have held teams below 100 points per game in each of the last 3 seasons (all but the year under Budenholzer). This year, they have allowed a miserly, league-leading 93.3, which has propelled them to 47-28, best in the Southeast (which, to be fair, is hardly the best division in basketball). Scoring is a problem: 96.9 points per game will not see Atlanta into June. But they have somehow, someway, found a terrific defensive identity, and that has taken them to greater heights than anyone would have thought possible.

Identity is everything in June. A poor-shooting team cannot rely upon a sudden proliferation of three-pointers if their defense fails; in the playoffs, there is so little room for error. Those teams that have built an identity are the ones who will remain with something to play for; those who have not will most likely get in a lot of TV time in May. Which identity is strongest remains to be seen, as it varies from year to year, from LeBron to incredible offense to (as often happens, it seems) the rock that is the Spurs. Teams must stay true to their strengths and true to themselves. Only then will they defeat the game.

[Tekkonkinkreet]

Good luck with this. Enjoyed the top 10 play videos last time out.

[ronyell]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tekkonkinkreet

Good luck with this. Enjoyed the top 10 play videos last time out.

Thanks. Hopefully the crew we have now can help us keep this thing rockin long term.

[ronyell]

April 1st, 2017




JAMYCHAL GREEN IS EXPECTED TO MISS THE NEXT 4-6 WEEKS AFTER MRI REVEALS A SLIGHT FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT ANKLE. THE GRIZZLIES HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL LOOK TO SIGN A FORWARD AHEAD OF THE PLAYOFFS.

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April 1st, 2017




THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS WILL BE WITHOUT JUSEF NURKIC FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REGULAR SEASON AS HE SUFFERED A CALF STRAIN LAST NIGHT. THE BLAZERS ARE FIGHTING FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT BEING ONLY 2 GAMES OUT OF THE 8TH SEED.