NBA 2K9 - Developer Diary (by Erick Boenisch, Lead Feature Designer)

[Kully]

Great to see some of my wants made it in

Love the little things, like the codes menu, contracts, cpu trading, option years, customizable contracts......

Great news, thanks SimBaller and OS

[Joey P]

2k9 will make me put Madden and NCAA back in its case.

Thanks OS!.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by elprez98

I should've have known that they would step it up this year. Especially with no college game to work. I bet they just put the entire CH staff on NBA game to maximize their resources. This sounds like the level of improvement we'd be complaining about that would be in the college game, but not in the pro version.

You could be right, Legacy mode in CHoops blew away Association mode in NBA2K8.

[PlatinumJuice]

I wish it was Oct. 7th.... assoc. 2.0 is looking really nice. It was probably talked about in other threads;

Is player progression going to be the same as last year, or more stat oriented?

[Scoop 24]

some good things here. kobe better not bail on me after year 1.

[XavierVE]

Oh. My. Goodness.

Simballer, you are my hero. Look at all those little fixes! I think my heart skipped a beat. You guys should really consider releasing the game tomorrow because uh... please?

[demencia_total]

On the surface, it seemed like only the menus and the interface had changed in the Association, but it is truly about "The Little Things" as SimBaller puts it. Hopefully they fixed the problem where every team is over the cap and unable to sign free agents after a few seasons. This sounds incredibly promising, kudos to 2k.

[ryanm1058123]

Quote: Originally Posted by demencia_total

On the surface, it seemed like only the menus and the interface had changed in the Association, but it is truly about "The Little Things" as SimBaller puts it. Hopefully they fixed the problem where every team is over the cap and unable to sign free agents after a few seasons. This sounds incredibly promising, kudos to 2k.

uh bro, thats basically what bird rights are for. if you have guys who are on your team for 3+ years without being traded, they have bird rights and you can go over the cap to re-sign them