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

[ryanm1058123]

I know you will be able to run plays in practice mode, not sure if you will be able to run plays in practice mode in association. You would think though if it was in the regular mode, it would be in Association

[Jukeman]

WOW Oct.7 cant come fast enuff!!!!! Coaches being fired!!!! I wonder if the carousel is as good as CH2k8, do teams stick with the same style when a coach leave(like in past NBA2k versions) or do they switch??? are the coaches settings editable??? are asst coaches in and are they editable??? so many mysteries!!!!

I also wonder if every player will be happy like in 2k8(cpu controlled teams) seem like every player had 100 for morale, is this tuned???

[DC]

Yea coahces get fired and those dumb generic coaches will take over teams. I hope we can edit coaches. I hate generic anything in my game

[Nodima]

Yea I noticed this year Madden's coaching rosters were preeeetty deep, I wish 2K could do something similar?

[DC]

How is Madden's done?

[Nodima]

I sold it because it wasn't fun to play, but all the coaches were the real coaches at least for the coordinators, if they had positional coaches they were all real too if I remember. So if 2K had the same, the assistant coaches would all have names, and whatever free agent coaches are still in the coaching union would be available to step in I think.

And retired players could become coaches (at least if it was like, say, Madden 2005) and be good at various things based on their backgrounds (same with the old coaches).


I might be overrating it but there were basically a lot of real, not generic coaches in all positions. Maybe because of NFL Head Coach

[DC]

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And retired players could become coaches

I have been pushing for this for a while in NBA 2K. Hopefully my voice will be heard for 2K 10

[mars blackmon]

Quote: Originally Posted by ryanm1058123

I know you will be able to run plays in practice mode, not sure if you will be able to run plays in practice mode in association. You would think though if it was in the regular mode, it would be in Association

i'm with you ryan this is very important to me being that i play association so heavily...we should be able to practice while in association.


i would have to export team, leave the mode, load my exported team and then enter practice mode...that's not a good look.


and say that i make a trade, like i'm using the bobcats and trade gerald wallace for josh smith? i now have to export a whole new team all over again and this goes for every single transaction i may make, it's very frustrating for a practice-holic like myself lol....