I can't help but to consider the what if's. It's not like I seek them out purposely. Those thoughts simply came to me when I was reading the blog. I fully embraced those two components as is when I read the blog, but 10 minutes later, I simply had to consider the "possibilities."
It could be up for discussions for NBA2k17 or never, my desired speculations.
I'm happy that you don't believe it's half baked. More power to you.
Personally, it can be considered half baked, half something or even one-third or three-fourths something if you don't consider the possibilities when creating something magnificent such as "team relocation."
I'm glad people working on NBA2k looks to explore and implement more than limit what could be done, and actually consider the possibilities however small it maybe. Some people may call it unrealistic, but it's not unrealistic if it's remotely possible. Some people simply would like to have a can-do attitude.
There are thoughts on creating part of the NCAA. There are small towns with college basketball teams and
these locations could very well be destinations for our virtual NBA. It may or may not be "realistic" but it should be in our virtual NBA because realistically it's possible. It's not like it's completely forbidden.
Davidson university, Rutgers university, what about relocating an NBA team to Palo Alto where Stanford has a football and basketball team? What's the likelihood of an NBA franchise of ever sniffing Palo Alto? Whether or not someone thinks a certain location can realistically support an NBA franchise, but if it's remotely at all possible, it is by definition realistic.
Again, can do attitude. Are there plans for the NBA to relocate teams anytime soon? Regardless, implementing a feature (team relocation) that could potentially be a game changer for those that choose to use it, should consider the what ifs (team expansion, relocating team to an extremely small town). The virtual hardwood is here for gamers to live out their fantasies.
Team expansion happened once, and it could happen again. Just because it's probably not in the immediate foreseeable future doesn't mean it's never going to happen. Our virtual NBA game goes up how many years (2025, 2050, whatever it is). It's not like there are gamers that play NBA2k16 and will stop playing it once they reach year 2018 - immediate future. What about the gamers that push their franchise to year 2050? What's in store in the year 2050?
Don't limit yourself.
I'm going to go off on a tangent. MyPlayer (although I don't play the mode), there are individuals creating "themselves," giving themselves attributes where their real self have no business giving. Probably a sector of the population giving their own MyPlayer dunk packages couldn't even dunk with their real self on an 9 foot rim to save their life. There are probably grown adults who are no tall than 6 feet creating a virtual self that's greater than 6 feet with abilities that mirrors Lebron or Kobe or Jordan. That's even more unrealistic than seeing a new expansion NBA team in a small time city.
Just because it's "un-realistic" for small towns to truly legitimately get an NBA franchise doesn't mean it's not "realistic" if you get what I'm saying. It could happen is what I'm saying, even more so than a decked out MyPlayer.