How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[Noles4ever]

Minnesota Timberwolves l [Control 30 Teams] Association

Update l 2

Record l 6-20

Scores l

11/17 l vs Clippers [L 109-93]
11/19 l vs Lakers [L 125-82]
11/22 l @ Thunder [L 90-86]
11/24 l vs Spurs [L 108-74]
12/01 l @ Mavericks [L 118-89]
12/03 l @ Spurs [L 122-104]
12/04 l vs Canaliers [W 130-94]
12/06 l @ Knicks [L 120-89]
12/08 l vs Thunder [L 104-91]
12/10 l vs Pistons [W 107-90]
12/11 l @ Bulls [W 91-90]
12/14 l @ Warriors [L 114-96]
12/15 l @ Suns [L 124-90]

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Starting 5 Stats l

Johnny Flynn l 21.1 PPG l 6.2 APG
Wesley Johnson l 16.0 PPG l 5.6 RPG
Michael Beasley l 19.8 PPG l 7.4 RPG
Kevin Love l 12.7 PPG l 9.6 RPG
Kosta Koufos l 3.4 PPG l 4.1 RPG

Bench Stats

Luke Ridnour l 8.9 PPG l 5.3 APG
Corey Brewer l 8.3 PPG l 3.0 RPG
Wayne Ellington l 4.3 PPG l .396 3PT %
Martell Webster l 4.0 PPG l 1.8 RPG
Sebastian Telfair l 3.8 PPG l 2.5 APG
Darko Milicic l 4.7 PPG l 5.8 RPG

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Overall Recap l

Where's the defense? We're giving up a NBA high 112.0 points per game. Third year big man Kosta Koufos has taken over the starting job, I've played alittle with Kevin Love at center and Michael Beasley at power forward with Brewer at small but it doesn't work Beasley's number took a hit and he can't defend most power forwards down low so I went to Koufos he seems to do small things that I like. Kevin Love has missed 3 games with a twisted ankle and is listed as day to day, Anthony Tolliver has filled in nicely. Wesley Johnson earned rookie player of the month in the month of November, he earned it he has lived up to the high draft pick in the off-season. Johnny Flynn is back in the line up so hopefully with him back we'll start getting some wins for coach Rambis. We end the month with 4 road games Trail Blazers (15-11), Nuggets (16-8) (LAC (9-17), Cavaliers (11-14), and host 3 Jazz (14-12), Hornets (11-14), Nuggets (16-8) hopefully we can pick up 2 wins and end the month on a positive note.

[ajf14]

Quote: Originally Posted by BenGerman

Hey guys, thinking of starting a 76's Franchise and wondering what you guys do as far as playing your games? Do you sim until playoffs, knock it down to a 59 game season, or just sim a few, play a few? Or do any of you play all of your games? Thanks for the answers

i play the first couple weeks of the season, and then i play whatever games interest me, or when i have to take over if they're on a losing streak. i tend to sim more and more as the season goes along, just because of impatience

[TheWarMachine13]

I just started a franchise with the Spurs, 9 minutes (12 sim) on Pro, 29 game schedule, and my first game's against Oklahoma City.

Tony Parker and Chris Quinn are my point guards. Quinn's at the end of the bench though and he shouldn't get much pt. George Hill will hopefully get a lot of minutes as backup PG as he's the sixth man coming off the bench. Neal is a role player and Ginobili is starting. I've got RJ starting of course and James Anderson as my backup SF. I upped their potential a good bit (Hill to 86 and Anderson to 93) so those two guys along with Splitter and maybe Blair look to be the future of my team. Duncan is starting at PF, his backup is Splitter, who will also be playing some center and Bonner is going to be a bench warmer PF who can play some SF if necessary, I think I put him at 6 minutes a game. Blair is my starting center and McDyess is the backup. Both of them will get minutes there and at PF.

Figured since we just signed him in real life I'd sign Ime Udoka and place him on the IR. If RJ gets hurt, Anderson starts and Udoka is the backup. If Anderson gets hurt, Udoka is the backup. He's a good insurance on the team. I can also make him a SG if any of them get hurt. I don't mind if he had to get some minutes in the first year, he's my best perimeter and post defender.

I'm kind of hoping Donatas Motiejunas out of Lithuania falls in the draft to me, 7 footer at PF who can shoot, play defense, and seems to have no glaring weaknesses.

[JBH3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Noles4ever

Minnesota Timberwolves l [Control 30 Teams] Association Update l 2 Record l 6-20 Scores l 11/17 l vs Clippers [L 109-93] 11/19 l vs Lakers [L 125-82] 11/22 l @ Thunder [L 90-86] 11/24 l vs Spurs [L 108-74] 12/01 l @ Mavericks [L 118-89] 12/03 l @ Spurs [L 122-104] 12/04 l vs Canaliers [W 130-94] 12/06 l @ Knicks [L 120-89] 12/08 l vs Thunder [L 104-91] 12/10 l vs Pistons [W 107-90] 12/11 l @ Bulls [W 91-90] 12/14 l @ Warriors [L 114-96] 12/15 l @ Suns [L 124-90] ------------------------------------------- Starting 5 Stats l Johnny Flynn l 21.1 PPG l 6.2 APG Wesley Johnson l 16.0 PPG l 5.6 RPG Michael Beasley l 19.8 PPG l 7.4 RPG Kevin Love l 12.7 PPG l 9.6 RPG Kosta Koufos l 3.4 PPG l 4.1 RPG Bench Stats Luke Ridnour l 8.9 PPG l 5.3 APG Corey Brewer l 8.3 PPG l 3.0 RPG Wayne Ellington l 4.3 PPG l .396 3PT % Martell Webster l 4.0 PPG l 1.8 RPG Sebastian Telfair l 3.8 PPG l 2.5 APG Darko Milicic l 4.7 PPG l 5.8 RPG ------------------------------------------- Overall Recap l Where's the defense? We're giving up a NBA high 112.0 points per game. Third year big man Kosta Koufos has taken over the starting job, I've played alittle with Kevin Love at center and Michael Beasley at power forward with Brewer at small but it doesn't work Beasley's number took a hit and he can't defend most power forwards down low so I went to Koufos he seems to do small things that I like. Kevin Love has missed 3 games with a twisted ankle and is listed as day to day, Anthony Tolliver has filled in nicely. Wesley Johnson earned rookie player of the month in the month of November, he earned it he has lived up to the high draft pick in the off-season. Johnny Flynn is back in the line up so hopefully with him back we'll start getting some wins for coach Rambis. We end the month with 4 road games Trail Blazers (15-11), Nuggets (16-8) (LAC (9-17), Cavaliers (11-14), and host 3 Jazz (14-12), Hornets (11-14), Nuggets (16-8) hopefully we can pick up 2 wins and end the month on a positive note.

I really applaud your efforts here. It has to be rewarding, although somewhat frustrating to be 6-20. Despite your losing now, I think the core of Love, Beasley, and Johnson could be a very good one given a couple of years of growth. Flynn...I don't know about, but he's avg'ing 21/gm so I guess you're good w/ him...? He's a volume shooter though right? Not much of a facilitator? I don't know...guess I'm not a big fan of undersized PGs.

So what's your plan?
Looking for a pedigree center to fill out your front court?
Anyone you're eyeing in the upcoming FA class?

What do you do with Martell Webster?

I like your updates, and for your sake hope you can win some more games. Keep it steady and grow your stable of players and I bet you'll be winning in no time.

[Weeks]

Da Bulls

Oklahoma City came to town to visit the injury-riddled Bulls. In case you haven't heard in my last user played game against the Celtics D. Rose got injured (severe ankle sprain-1 month) and so did Booz (back strain-2 weeks).

My starting lineup for that game was:

1.Watson
2.Bogans
3.Deng
4.Gibson
5.Noah
6. Brewer
7. Korver
8. Asik
9. Thomas
10. Johnson (called up from NBDL)
11. Beverley (FA, 1yr-1.44M)
12. Scal

So for the game...

I started out the first playing good team ball. I was creating open shots and getting stops on D. The result of this was a pleasantly surprising 23-22 lead. Not much, but pretty good when your best starter is Joakim Noah.

The 2nd was a TOTALLY different story. I couldn't get shots, I was making turnovers. It got so bad that our crowd was booing us. Almost all of our points came from the line and we were outscored 29-10. The score entering halftime was 52-33; Thunder.

CJ Watson and Taj put on their best performance in the 3rd quarter, leading the Bulls to 28 points that quarter. The only problem, we gave up 33. I guess good offense comes with a price...

The 4th quarter was easily the Bulls best of that game. Finally getting their Offense and Defense to work together, but it was the same ol' story of "Too little, too late" The Bulls proceeded to outscore the Thunder 28-16 that quarter behind Watson, and Gibson's phenomenal 2nd half. But with the Lack of time it still resulted with a big L. The final score was 100-89.

The Bulls have now dropped four in a row since the departure of Booz and Rose, and have dipped below the .500 mark falling to 9-10 after there 9-6 start.

Some players did have good game but basketball is a TEAM game which the Bulls didn't play, here are some stats:

Bulls:
CJ Watson: 39 Min, 30 pts, 5 reb, 12 ast, 3 stl.
Taj Gibson: 34 Min, 18 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk.
Luol Deng: 41 Min, 18 pts, 7 reb, 4 stl.
Joakim Noah: 35 Min, 4 pts, 15 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 4 blk.

Thunder:
K. Durant: 29 Min, 21 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast, 3 stl.
J. Green: 31 Min, 18 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk.
S. Ibaka: 30 Min, 12 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk.
J. Harden: 28 Min, 12 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl.
R. Westbrook: 30 Min, 10 pts, 2 reb, 8 ast, 3 stl.

Team Stats: (CHI/OKC)
FG%: 36%/42%
FT%: 75%/87%
Ast: 24/24
TOs: 16/17
Rebs: 54/55
Stls: 12/13
Blks: 6/5

Hopefully I can bounce back and not wreck my record to much before Booz and Rose return.

[Weeks]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBH3

Season1 [as] Mavs (All-30 Teams) Association: As of FEB 1st, here's how my association is looking.

Great post. Did the CPU give parker an extension? Or was it you?

How many user games have you played?

(Didn't want to quote the whole thing...)

[TheWarMachine13]

Golden State Warriors.

First game I won against the Clippers 75-81.

I just traded Monta Ellis to the Spurs for George Hill, Richard Jefferson, and two first round draft picks. I figured RJ, Dorrell Wright, and Rodney Carney are good enough at the SF position for this year and if I want I can try and work a trade in the offseason to get the top pick of the draft. Harrison Barnes maybe.

Stephen Curry
George Hill
Harrison Barnes
David Lee
Andris Biedrins

That's pretty sick.

[Mike Smoove]

With all the issues of my player mode, my guy getting corrupt after the patch im gonna start a association, but what ima do is create my guy and just use playerlock. Im not gonna rate him too high as I wanna give him room to grow but he will start. Probably gonna play for my hometown Knicks. But would love to play for the Warriors, I love their new court although 2K got the yellow wrong.