NBA 2K18 Classic Roster Planning Thread

[fcf250]

So... with the availability of a fairly enormous number of players from All Time teams, it looks like a great year for NBA 2K roster creators. I'm hoping we can use this thread to organize roster making, avoid overlap, and so on.

I'm also hoping to get some input on what to do this year. I did a late 70s roster two years ago and 1996 last year. This season, I am leaning toward doing some kind of alternate history roster - like an entire 1984 season roster based on the idea that Portland won the coin flip and picked Hakeem Olajuwon that year. But if anyone has any suggestions or seasons/concepts you'd really like to see, post them here!

[World1]

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I'm down to help. I'm already posting skeletons for season specific rosters using the players we have in the game now.

[fcf250]

Awesome! As I said, sometime in the 1984 region is my first choice, although given some of the players who will be available this year the idea of trying something REALLY early - like a late 60s roster - is awfully tempting.

[Coachjosh21]

Great to see people starting early! Here is a a quick list I made a while back of rosters and draft classes for PS4 on 2k14-17. The ones that show a year and no other details have nothing on PS4.

Game Roster/Draft Year PSN/Thread Link
2k16 Roster 1972-73 Crazyh16
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
2k16 Roster 1976-77 Gertie653
2k16 Draft 1977 Ferffs
2k16 Roster 1978-79 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Draft 1979 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Roster 1979-80 Factchecker77
2k16 Draft 1980 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Draft 1981 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Draft 1982 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Draft 1983 Oldscoolcarl
2k16 Roster 1984-85 Factchecker77
2k16 Roster 1984-85 crazyh16
2k17 Roster 1984-85 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...oster-ps4.html
2k16 Roster 1985-86 ercecio99
2k15 Roster 1985-86 Mjwizards
2k15 Roster 1986-87 Mjwizards
2k15 Roster 1987-88 Mjwizards
1988-89
2k16 Roster 1989-90 ainthefly07
2k15 Roster 1990-91 Ferfs
2k15 Draft 1991 Ferfs
2k16 Roster 1991-92 ainthefly07
2k17 Roster 1991-92 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ba-roster.html
1992-93
2k16 Roster 1994-95 ainthefly07
1994-95
2k17 Roster 1995-96 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-2k17-ps4.html
2k16 Roster 1996-97 ainthefly07
2k16 Roster 1997-98 crazyh16
2k17 Roster 1997-98 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...eated-ps4.html
1998-99
2k16 Roster 1999-00 Miamiheatfan_455
2k16 Roster 2000-01 katunga90
2k16 Roster 2000-01 Miamiheatfan_455
2k16 Roster 2001-02 Orlegend0208
2k17 Roster 2001-02 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...oster-ps4.html
2k16 Roster 2001-2002 crazyh16
2k16 Draft 2002 Orlegend0208
2k16 Roster 2002-03 Miamiheatfan_455
2k16 Roster 2003-04 miamiheatfan_455
2k16 Roster 2003-04 Jaiveer
2k16 Draft 2004 Jaiveer
2k16 Roster 2004-05 Jaiveer
2k17 Roster 2004-05 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-complete.html
2005-06
2k16 Roster 2006-07 Cold Stone Catz
2007-08
2008-09
2k16 Roster 2009-10 Jaiveer
2k17 Roster 2009-10 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...oster-ps4.html
2k16 Roster 2010-11 miamiheatfan_455
2k16 Roster 2010-11 Jaiveer
2k16 Draft 2011 Jaiveer
2k16 Draft 2012 Jaiveer
2k16 Roster 2012-13 Cold-stone-catz
2k16 Roster 2013 Jaiveer
2k16 Roster 2013-14 Cold-Stone-Catz
2k14 Roster 2013-14 Default
2k15 Roster 2014-15 Default
2k16 Roster 2014-15 Cold-Stone-Catz
2k16 Roster 2015-16 Default

[MJWizards]

Well its gonna be insane this year! I just preorder after the alltime roster reveal and im going to do at LEAST 4 or 5 full season! Starting probably with a early 80s now that i finally got got King Dantley English and David Thompson!

[Barttramer]

Quote: Originally Posted by MJWizards

Well its gonna be insane this year! I just preorder after the alltime roster reveal and im going to do at LEAST 4 or 5 full season! Starting probably with a early 80s now that i finally got got King Dantley English and David Thompson!

Have you guys heard if ages will be editable on the all-time teams and classic teams this year? It may not be a big issue, since I assume the all-time teams will have the legends in their prime…but it’s still nice to have.

I must say..I read the list of players on those teams and I almost feinted! It’s an amazing addition! Now as long as something silly doesn’t happen..like you can’t plug them into MyLeague…this will be the best version of the game for classic rosters ever.

[janmagn]

Quote: Originally Posted by fcf250

So... with the availability of a fairly enormous number of players from All Time teams, it looks like a great year for NBA 2K roster creators. I'm hoping we can use this thread to organize roster making, avoid overlap, and so on. I'm also hoping to get some input on what to do this year. I did a late 70s roster two years ago and 1996 last year. This season, I am leaning toward doing some kind of alternate history roster - like an entire 1984 season roster based on the idea that Portland won the coin flip and picked Hakeem Olajuwon that year. But if anyone has any suggestions or seasons/concepts you'd really like to see, post them here!

Don't know about others, but I think a much more interesting alternative 1984 roster would be if the Rockets/Blazers deal (Ralph Sampson for Clyde Drexler and 2nd overall pick) went through. It was a real thing and we would've seen a crazy big 3 of Jordan/Hakeem/Drexler

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[CDazzle91]

I'm not a great roster maker and (at least in years past) can't really create good caps, but what I can do is compile lists lol. I 'm hoping to do an all-time fantasy draft roster this year, but to do that we need to remove the duplicate legends and fill in their spots on the teams with the dupes. So, to help facilitate that process, I've created a spreadsheet that has several tabs. If any roster editors/cap creators out there want to use it feel free to and let me know what else I can do to help this process in 2K18.

Spreadsheet Tabs:

1.) All Players - All of the players on the default all-time roster
2.) No Duplicates - All of the unique players on the all-time roster (keeping the highest overall version of each duplicate player)
3.) Players to Remove - All of the duplicate players in the default roster that need to be removed for a fantasy draft/no dupes roster (the lower overall versions)
4.) Players to Add - A list of missing legends/players to fill out unique rosters for each team. Some of these guys are glaring omissions like Barkley, Miller, Sheed, etc. while others are fringe at best. I just wanted to make sure we could get enough players to fill out 15 unique for each team. Not all of these guys need to be included, it's more for reference of who you might include.
5.) Team Totals Before - How many unique players each team has after removing the dupes.
6.) Team Totals After - How many "Players to Add" are on the list for each team, how many they need added, and the difference between the two.

Click Here to access the spreadsheet