SWJMJ's Classic Team Roster: 75 teams!

[Schmtywrbnygrmnjnsn]

Ps3 users, are you tired of having only season rosters?
Do you have too few classic teams to play with?
Are you a NBA history nut who spends >2 hours a day on basketball reference?
Are you frustrated with 2k's inability to give us enough classic teams?
Do you wish 2k sports would give us a separate game with just classic teams?
Do you wish you had a pc so you could play the UBR?
Have you considered getting one just for that?

If you answered yes to any or all of the following questions: then this roster is for you!

I am looking for suggestions for a full 75 team classic roster
Any team from 1950-2012 will be considered. And provided I don't hit the CAP limit too early, answered.


This roster is a WORK IN PROGRESS, I am putting the thread out there to gauge interest.
NOTE: Due to the inability to hex edit on Ps3, I have no control over the courts or jerseys, and there will be CAPs and CATs, however, they will play correctly with their tendencies, ratings, accessories, and rotations

Teams so far: (not done, will note as they are)
1956-57 Boston Celtics: Cousy and Sharman + Rookie Russell
1957-58 St. Louis Hawks: Bob Petit
1961-62 Cincinnati Royals: Big O triple-double
1961-62 Philadelphia Warriors: Wilt 100
1964-65 Boston Celtics: Best Russell team+Hondo
1964-65 San Francisco Warriors: Finals matchup Wilt v Russ
1965-66 Philadelphia 76ers: Would use 67 but 66 has 12 players
1969-70 New York Knicks: Clyde, Willis Reed comeback champs
1969-70 Phoenix Suns: Connie Hawkins=Blake Griffin/Shawn Kemp blueprint
1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers: Longest winning streak (Heat suck)
1972-73 Kansas City: Tiny Archibald leads league in PPG & APG
1972-73 Seattle Supersonics: Spencer Haywood and Downtown Freddie Brown
1974-75 Buffalo Braves: Maca-Maca-DOO!
1974-75 Chicago Bulls: Sloan, Thurmond, Van Lier
1974-75 Golden State Warriors: Richolas Barry & Jamaal Wilkes NBA champs
1975-76 Spirits of St. Louis (ABA): Bad News Barnes, Young Moses and Mike D'Antoni!
1976-77 Chicago Bulls: Artis Gilmore and Bob "Butterbean" Love
1976-77 New Orleans Jazz: Pistol Pete
1976-77 New York Knicks: McAdoo + Walt Frazier
1976-77 Portland Trailblazers: NBA Champs Bill Walton
1978-79 Washington Bullets: Unseld, Hayes, Bobby D
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers: Rookie Magic plays C w/ Kareem out in Finals
1979-80 San Diego Clippers: World B. Free
1980-81 Chicago Bulls: Artis Gilmore and Reggie Theus
1980-81 Denver Nuggets: High-Scoring Alex English, Kiki Vandeweghe, David Thompson
1981-82 San Antonio Spurs: Whereas, George Gervin is a great scorer
1983-84 Dallas Mavericks: Aguirre, Blackman and Harper
1983-84 New York Knicks: Banaaaaarrrrrrd Kiiiiiiiing!
1983-84 Utah Jazz: Adrian Dantley 31 PPG
1984-85 Chicago Bulls: Rookie Mike + Woolridge
1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers: Showtime! With a bonus Bob McAdoo (can never have enough McAdoo)
1984-85 New York Knicks: BBBBBAAAAAAANNNNNNNNAAAAARRRRRDDDDD KKKIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGG!!!!
1985-86 Atlanta Hawks: Nique and Webb
1985-86 Boston Celtics: Might be GOAT, original big 3 plus Dennis Johnson, Bill Walton
1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers-DONE: Best Showtime team, Magic MVP and NBA champs
1987-88 Chicago Bulls: Mike MVP and DPOY in the same year, Rookie Pippen
1988-89 Detroit Pistons: Bad Boys win championship-"Jordan Rules" Isiah Thomas, Laimbeer, Dumars
1989-90 Los Angeles Lakers: Slowtime but another Magic MVP
1989-90 Seattle Supersonics: Kemp + X-Man and Dale Ellis
1991-92 Boston Celtics: Reggie Lewis and Bird
1991-92 New York Knicks: Ewing, Jackson, Starks, X-Man, Gerald Wilkins
1992-93 Boston Celtics: Bird retires, Reggie Lewis, still McHale/Parish, X-Man and Dee "no look" Brown
1992-93 Phoenix Suns: The Round Mound in his prime, KJ, Chambers, Majerle, Ceballos
1993-94 Houston Rockets: Champs during Mike's suspension *cough* I mean baseball career. Hakeem
1993-94 Miami Heat: Glen Rice, Baby Jordan and friends
1993-94 New York Knicks: Overshadowed in the finals by OJ but still a great team. Ewing, Blackman, Doc
1994-95 Boston Celtics: Nique joins the dark side
1994-95 Dallas Mavericks: ROY Kidd w/ Mashburn and Jim Jackson
1994-95 Orlando Magic: Only team to Send Mike home from 91-98, Penny and Shaq
1995-96 Seattle Supersonics: Glove and Kemp, got torched in Finals by Mike
1996-97 Charlotte Hornets: More Glen Rice but this time has Muggsy & Vlade
1996-97 Houston Rockets: Prince Hakeem, Barkley and Drexler
1996-97 Los Angeles Lakers: Rookie Kobe meets Shaq, also Fish, Eddie Jones and Ceballos
1996-97 Philadelphia 76ers: Rookie AI meets Matt Geiger, (lol) Derrick Coleman and Stackhouse
1997-98 Indiana Pacers: Reggie, Mullin and Rose pt. 1
1998-99 Los Angeles Lakers: Shaqobe, Rodman, Rice, Horry, Jones, Harper
1998-99 New York Knicks: Spree, Ewing, Grandma-ma, Houston, Camby and Chris Dudley, NBA legend
1999-00 Indiana Pacers: Reggie Finally makes the finals! And loses to...
1999-00 Los Angeles Lakers: Shaqobe beat Reggie in Finals, Glen Rice, Horry, Ron Harper
1999-00 Portland Trail Blazers: Jail Blazers + Pippen; Sheed, Stoudamire, Sabonis
1999-00 Toronto Raptors: Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. 'Nuff said
2001-02 Washington Wizards: MJ's comeback! Scores 20 a game on all midrange jumpers
2002-03 Orlando Magic: Prime Tmac, also Mike Miller, Darrell Armstrong, Kemp and hurt Grant Hill
2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers put together dream team, come up short (Deja Vu)
2004-05 Detroit Pistons: Billups, Rip, Wallace, DARKO, Coleman, Sheed
2005-06 Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe 81 , Kwame & Smush
2005-06 Washington Wizards: Agent Zero pre guns and ankles
2006-07 San Antonio Spurs: Duncan's best team, TP and Manu
2007-08 Boston Celtics: The Big 3 and Rondo: the last great team (unless the heat win)
2007-08 Los Angeles Lakers: Kobe MVP, gave Boston a run w/ Pau
2009-10 Cleveland Cavaliers-DONE: BronBron pre-decision, also Shaq, Jamison
2009-10 Los Angeles Lakers: Champs, Kobe cements his legacy
2010-11 Chicago Bulls: D-Rose MVP, Boozer, Noah
2010-11 Dallas Mavericks: Dirk finally wins one, Jet, Tyson Chandler and Kidd
2011-12 Boston Celtics: The Fantastic Four

Matchup #1: 1987 Lakers vs 2010 Cavs: The two most versatile players of all time go head-to-head in their primes with their best supporting casts.

[MJWizards]

OH YES!!!!
SWJMJ, why don't you put teams with scoring champ or at least great scorers on? Would be an insane season with those guns at their peak!

Couple of suggestions:

1983-84 Utah Jazz (Adrian Dantley 30.6 ppg)
1984-85 New York (Bernard King 32.9 ppg)
1981-82 San Antonio (George Gervin 32.3 ppg)
1980-81 Denver Nuggets (David Thompson 25.5 ppg + Alex English 23.8 ppg)
1961-62 Philadelphia (Wilt Chamberlain 50.4 ppg!!)
1976-77 New Orleans (Pistol Pete Maravich 31.1 ppg)
1978-79 Washington Bullets (Elvin Hayes 21.8 ppg, Dandrige, Unseld)
2002-03 Orlando Magic (McGrady 32.1 ppg)
2005-06 Washington Wizards (Arenas 29.3 ppg)
1979-80 San Diego Clippers (World Free 30.2 ppg)
1974-75 Buffalo Braves (McAdoo 34.5 ppg)
1972-73 Kansas City (Archibald 34.0 ppg and 11 ast)
1983-84 Dallas Mavs (Aguirre 29.5 ppg + Blackman 22.4 ppg)
1988-89 Seattle Supersonics (Dale Ellis 27.5 + McDaniel 20.5 ppg)
1974-75 Golden State (Rick Barry 30.6 ppg )
1969-70 Phoenix Suns (Connie Hawkins 24.6 ppg)
1972-73 Seattle Supersonics (Spencer Haywood 29.2 ppg)
2005-06 Los Angeles Lakers (Kobe Bryant 35.4 ppg)

[Schmtywrbnygrmnjnsn]

Sounds great. I'll definitely add those

[Sellaz32]

Yo man...I wish you luck on this. We attempted a project similar for PS3 last year and the best we could do was 65 teams. And that was with 14 more current teams.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...d.php?t=553112

Chances are good you are going to run out of CAP space. Not to mention that there are exporting team limitations this year. Not trying to be a downer, just wanted to prepare you before you get in too deep...

Good luck!

[wordz_of_wizdom]

Quote: Originally Posted by Schmtywrbnygrmnjnsn

Sounds great. I'll definitely add those

This sounds awesome and i really like your introduction to your thread. Very cool. Well i have a few teams to suggest. 2011 mavericks. 2008 celtics. 2009 or 2010 lakers. 2007 spurs. 2005 or 2006 pistons. 94 knicks. 94 rockets. 89 pistons. 87 lakers. 86 celtics. 70 knicks. And if you don't have enough room, if you don't mind i would suggest deleting some of the much older teams to make room for the more modern teams that more people would want to play with. These teams i have suggested are all simply and plainly good teams and they have all won nba championships. I personally feel that if you use to much space with very very old teams that many won't play with or just ok teams with big scorers, you may run out of space for teams that will appeal to a modern and current as well as old school audience. These are just great winning well rounded solid teams that will appeal to most rather than some of half. Besides i would really love to play with these teams all in one season. That would be insane. I really hope everything works out with this project because it has certainly gotten my interest and i would so look forward to such a project. Makes me smile.. Well the roster plans and that introduction of yours. cool.

[Schmtywrbnygrmnjnsn]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sellaz32

Yo man...I wish you luck on this. We attempted a project similar for PS3 last year and the best we could do was 65 teams. And that was with 14 more current teams. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...d.php?t=553112 Chances are good you are going to run out of CAP space. Not to mention that there are exporting team limitations this year. Not trying to be a downer, just wanted to prepare you before you get in too deep... Good luck!

Thanks Sellaz! I was always a big fan of your work on 2k12, especially your CAPs. I don't see the CAP limit as the stopping point persay, just as another obstacle. I plan, if I do hit the limit, to rerate, height, weight, position, and sig the current players who look the most similar to the player I need and then add them to the end of the bench w/ 0min assigned in the rotation. The math says I should be able to have CAPs and CFs for the 1st 8-9 of most teams. Thanks for the feedback though, it is always appreciated!

[Sellaz32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Schmtywrbnygrmnjnsn

Thanks Sellaz! I was always a big fan of your work on 2k12, especially your CAPs. I don't see the CAP limit as the stopping point persay, just as another obstacle. I plan, if I do hit the limit, to rerate, height, weight, position, and sig the current players who look the most similar to the player I need and then add them to the end of the bench w/ 0min assigned in the rotation. The math says I should be able to have CAPs and CFs for the 1st 8-9 of most teams. Thanks for the feedback though, it is always appreciated!

Sounds like you have a plan and are approaching it with the right attitude. You have quite a good team list there too.


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[Sellaz32]

One more thing...if it were me I would go with the 84 Knicks instead of 85. The 85 team had a horrible record and King only played 55 games. They were minus Cartwright and Truck Robinson too. Just a thought...


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