The Ball's in Your Court, The Michael Russell Story, A GM Dynasty on NBA 2k14 (360)

[BraedenG33]

Hello everybody. This is my NBA 2k14 GM Dynasty. It will follow the life and career of Michael Russell, a young scout with an eye for talent. I will be doing this in Association mode. I will be using vtcrb's trifecta project roster, draft class, and slider sets. I will control one team, the Milwaukee Bucks, which was selected by the people who voted for the team in the selection thread. I will only control one team but to counteract 2k's weird trade logic I will turn off CPU trades and control the trade deadline myself.

These are the settings:

Roster: Trifecta
Sliders: Trifecta
Draft Class: Trifecta:
Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Season Length: 82 Games
Playoff Format: 7-7-7-7
Injuries: On
Progressive Fatigue: On
Player Roles: On
Team Chemistry: On
CPU Trades: Off
Trade Override: On (to control the deadline)
Tread Deadline: On

I will be doing this in GM dynasty format, similar to my older, now defunct, series, Cold As Ice: The Tony Winter Story. It will focus on the life of our main character, on and off the court, inside and out of the front office. The NBA is the setting, but the plot is his life and career. I will play 2 or three of the big games every month of the season and have 'news report' style posts as add-ins explaining on-field story-lines and games and such, while the character-based posts will be focused on his perspective of the situations and a lot of off the field drama mixed in. I do want to stay with the same team as many people who do this type of thing struggle to do.

I will be posting the month-by-month schedule after I get the story going and introduced and let you choose the games you want to see.

[zwolf1224]

Oh. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. The awaited dynasty has started. Time to pull out the popcorn. Gwt the drinks. Pull up a chair and enjoy the show. Good luck to your career and i will be following.

[BraedenG33]

Quote: Originally Posted by zwolf1224

Oh. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. The awaited dynasty has started. Time to pull out the popcorn. Gwt the drinks. Pull up a chair and enjoy the show. Good luck to your career and i will be following.

Yeah, I figured you'd be excited. I hope to get some posting out tonight after SNF.

[zwolf1224]

Quote: Originally Posted by BraedenG33

Yeah, I figured you'd be excited. I hope to get some posting out tonight after SNF.

Haha. SNF or not im on here if i'm not training. XD people should be posting soon. Especially if they know your work. It's nice to have stories like this also. Just pull up a glass (most of the time just water) sometimes mix some stuff up in your drink and read or game on nba. haha. probably not the best idea for me but what the hell right. everybody deserves a break.

[BraedenG33]

Shoutout to Tazer19 for the awesome banner

September 10th, 2013

Just another day in the office.

Or, that's what it seemed like.

"Alright, so who's on tap today..." I mumbled to myself as I looked over the sheet of paper with the players I'm supposed to watch tape on. I was a scout, a minor one, for the Milwaukee Bucks. Today we began to look over draft prospects, to make our initial board and I would be making visits around the country to scout players and revise that board. I was living my dream, or I was on the way.

Little did I know my dream was about to get bigger.

Quote:

Prospects: Forwards Jabari Parker, Duke Andrew Wiggins, Kansas Glen Robinson Jr, Michigan Aaron Gordon, Arizona Alex Poythress, Kentucky Noah Vonleh, Indiana Julius Randle, Kentucky Jerami Grant, Syracuse Isaiah Austin, Baylor James McAdoo, North Carolina

Wow, I got some big names, cool... I thought.

I clicked on the Jabari Parker tape I was eMailed and began to watch.

"Hmm, smooth Jumper, above average athlete, ooh, a post game too, looking good looking good..." I said as I reviewed the tape.

"Excuse me, Mr. Russell, a word." I heard a voice say as more office door was opened.

"And who might you be, miss" I asked the woman.

"I might be someone who has a close connection to your boss, and I also might be someone you should listen too." She said back condescendingly.

"Okay then."

I followed her out the door and to an elevator. We walked in and she pushed the button to the top floor.

"What's this all about?" I asked her.

"This is about your job." She said.

"Am I being fired?" I asked, horrified. "Please, do not fire me, I'll do anything, this is my dream job."

"You're not being fired, quite the contrary, actually."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You'll see. Now stop asking questions, or I WILL have you fired."

"Sorry."

"When the elevator opened, she ushered me out and we walked to a large set of glass double-doors, labeled 'Kohl' and instantly I knew where I was. That's the owners office! I thought.

"You may enter when you are ready, Mr. Russell."

"Okay."

I opened the glass door into a large office, with an overview of the city from the large floor-to-ceilling windows. There was a modern looking desk in the center, with a man in a large cushioned chair waiting for me.

"Michael Russell, I've been expecting you." Herb Kohl said.

"Mr. Kohl."

"Sit down." He said, pointing to a chair on the other side of the desk.

"Now Michael, you know that we've been a middling team the last few years, yes?" He asked.

"Yes, sir."


"Well, I've had enough of that. I've decided that a change needed to be made."

"Okay, sir."

"I've fired John Hammond, and I want to interview you for the GM position."

"What? Me?"

"Yes."

"Well, sir, I'd be honored, its my dream to be the head of a team.

"Yes, yes, I know. But lets just get on with it."

"Okay."

"If you had the choice, without my impact on your decisions, how would you get the team to be a competitor as fast as possible."

"Well, I would think we would need to trade some of our young assets for a star to pair with OJ Mayo."

"Like what?"

"Maybe we could package Ersan and Larry for Rondo. They need a center, and are a team looking to solidify the long term, they may decide to tank and send off Rondo, we could take advantage of that and grab a star point guard. We could also send Caron Butler and out 2015 first rounder to Toronto or Houston for Rudy Gay or Omer Asik, though I'd rather get Asik. Then we'd have Rondo, OJ, and Asik, which is a formidable top 3. After that we'd just have to keep finding the pieces to put around them. And we have some nice pieces now in Brandon, Giannis, and Henson."

"Hmm, interesting, but then who would we start at 3?"

"That would be a position we get to in free agency. I think Deng is available."

"But what about this year?"

"Delfino can hold his own, I guess. Coach would have to figure that out."

"Is Rondo-Mayo-Deng-Henson-Asik a title contending lineup to you."

"Well, It has the potential to be. Don't forget Giannis could be a star down the road, too."

"Alright, next question. Would you ever tank?"

"If push came to shove and we were already struggling, I'd consider it, if It was OK'd by you."

"Ok, then."

The interview continued for a while, maybe an hour.

"Okay, Michael, I'll let you know if you get the job, return to you office."

"O-Okay." I stammered.

[beast10]

Lmao following.

[BraedenG33]

Quote: Originally Posted by beast10

Lmao following.

Lol, I can't even respond to that. Thanks for the follow, but I'm still waiting on the Mike v. Malik showdown. #BattleForTheRank

[LemonTea3260]

Following, good idea