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NBA 2K11 Fantasy Draft -- Scouting for Success

09:26 PM - January 11, 2011 by RaychelSnr

Dwyane Wade in LA. Carmelo under the bright lights in MSG. LeBron to the Suns. The landscape of the NBA is changed at the click of a button, the stars of the league realigned.

A fantasy draft in NBA 2K11 may be one of the most entertaining things you can do to liven up your Association mode. NBA 2K’s AI general managers also draft intelligently, selecting the league’s youngest and brightest stars early in the draft to build around. Rondo, John Wall and Derek Rose are all consistently chosen within the top 10 of the draft.

When building your draft boards, some of us dream about the luxury of having a CP3 or Dwight Howard available to us. But sometimes the ping-pong balls just don’t fall in your favor, and you may find yourself drafting towards the end of the first round.

Regardless of your draft position, you can still build a strong foundation of a team around players not named Kobe, LeBron or Durant. Here are some players to build around when the superstars are no longer on your draft board.

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# 41 SBartlett @ 01/17/11 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Vitch


	I pick my team, then run with whichever pick they get. I got the 10th pick with the Nets. Then once the draft has finished, I quit out, edit the roster for my team and start the association. This way, all the teams bar my own stay the same (except for my 15 players). This way I know which teams are good/average/poor and take advantage of the downloaded rosters/coach sliders that people make. My line up(rated 80 overall): PG: D Collinson SG: M Ginobli SF: G Wallace PF: L Aldridge C: B Haywood 6th: A Blatche (PF) Role: D James (SF), R Alston (PG), Bench: G Henderson (SG), K Humphries (PF) Filler: W Warren (PG), D Cook (SG), S Graham (SF), C Hunter (C) I did draft M Beasley, but traded him for Wallace (with a SG swap as well). I usually rotate Blatche in at C then PF and get him 30 mpg. I am currently 3-2 after picking up wins against Detroit, Sacramento & Charlotte. I lost to Orlando and Miami (Double OT). What I think my team needs is a good back up SG to take the pressure off Manu. I need to keep Manu's minutes down cos he takes longer to recover fatigue due to his age. Anyone got any ideas of a good back up SG I could move for?

CJ Miles is a quality wing player. Knockdown shooter, can finish on the break, and can defend the sg-sf positions.

# 42 Jackmouv @ 01/18/11 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ


	Gordon has always been a better 6th man than starter. Plus, I like Afflalo's defense to start games.

Exactly, I like BG at 6th as well and to anchor the reserve squad in much the same way Lamar Odom comes aff the bench, even though he is allaround better than Artest, Artest and Affalo set the tone defensively very nicely. And that leaves Odom and Gordon free to have an offensive impact with the reserves. Although, I would likely split the time at the 2 almost dead even with Affalo and Gordon.

# 43 Jackmouv @ 01/18/11 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SBartlett


	Afflalo D's Kobe up real well. He got my attention last year in the playoffs. His shot is solid, too. Here is my Sacramento Kings lineup... Starters: C-Oden PF-Hakeem Warrick SF- Redd SG- Afflalo PG-Deron Williams Bench: C-Nene PF- Brandon Bass SF- Kyle Korver SG- Martell Webster PG - Ronnie Price C- Hilton Armstrong SG- JJ Reddick Sometimes, late in games I go will go with Both Nene and Oden down low to protect that house!

Nice roster, though I don't like Redd at the 3, he is no match for the like of Odom, Artest, Lebron, Lewis, Pierce and all the other bigger and taller 3s. I'd go with Korver's length and outside shooting to create space.

# 44 Jackmouv @ 01/18/11 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeRo72


	I restarted my fantasy league with my NY Knicks and gave myself the 30th Pick. Put all the traditional powers towards the top (Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, Jazz, etc) and the bottom feeders towards the bottom of the draft order (Nets, Clippers, Warriors, Wizards, etc). I've mocked a couple of drafts and for the first time Yao Ming fell to me @ 30. I prefer to pick dead last every round because it obviously makes it more difficult to assemble a quality team. Here are the results of my draft. 1-C Yao Ming 2- PF Kevin Love 3- SF Andre Kirelenko 4- SF Rahard Lewis 5- PG Michael Bibby 6- SG Aaron Afflalo 7- PF Boris Diaw 8- SG Thabo Sefolosha 9- SF Kyle Korver 10- C DeAndre Jordan 11- PG Boobie Gibson 12- SF Donte Green 13- PG AJ Price I then signed Blake Griffin's twin brother and Joe Alexander (of West Virginia Univ fame) and sent them to the D-League. Thabo then became unhappy when I had to demote him from Sixth Man to Bench Warmer. His defense impressed me so I then promoted him to Role Player but his moral was still in the dumps so I turned around and traded Sefolosha and AJ Price for Chris "Bird Man" Anderson. His contract expires at the end of the season so It should give me room to free up space to re-sign Aaron Afflalo to a multi-year deal. Another thing fellas....make sure to edit all the generic D League players to 44 or 45 years old so that they retire after season 1 and the 2nd season of your association will have 90% real NBA journeymen and real prospects from the draft class. Lastly (actually do this before starting the Assoc) I created a pretty accurate Ricky Rubio and added him to the existing 2012 draft class I uploaded from 2k share as I was reading he should be stateside next season.

I don't like Rishard at the 2, I'd go with Affalo and bring Rishard off at 6th man in much the same way Odom does for the Lakers.

# 45 Nickp23 @ 01/19/11 07:53 PM

Thanks been looking for a guide like this for a while

# 46 jiva8 @ 01/30/11 05:40 AM

Just completed my draft..picked the knicks i had the 13th pick

C- Marc Gasol (Hopefully gona trade for oden)
PF - Lamarcus Aldridge
SF-Dorrell Wright
SG- Joe Johnson
PG- Baron Davis
6- Aaron Affalo
7-mickael Pietrus
8- Toney Douglas
9-Ryan Anderson
10- Kwame Brown(i know but he was the only center there!)
11-Jake Robinson (CPU Generated but 92 3pter)
12-Dante Cunningham
13-Mike Harris

bout to tear it up!

# 47 parker987 @ 01/30/11 06:34 AM

I normally take a center or PG first because there aren't many good centers in the NBA and i need a good pg to control the floor

# 48 CHANNAH4 @ 01/31/11 11:26 PM

I like taking Josh smith with my 2nd round pick because he is the best defender on the game hes usually there in the top 10 of the second round

# 49 woody2goody @ 02/11/11 12:39 AM

Eric Bledsoe is a heck of a player. My association is with the Clippers, and even though he wasn't starting to begin with, he made a good impression, so much so that I traded Baron Davis after just 4 games or so in order for Bledsoe to become my starter.

Since then he's averaged about 18 points per game and has been excellent from behind the arc in addition to his inside scoring prowess.

Another player to recommend is Jason Thompson, the Kings' young Power Forward. He was great for me in last year's game and is excellent on the glass. He is one to develop definitely.

# 50 mjbird123 @ 03/01/11 09:07 PM

well I cant find a good pick to be in a draft but now I will always draft this way it will make it better and more entertaining.

# 51 mjbird123 @ 03/01/11 10:33 PM

Well I just did a draft so here is my 5 and bench for the Thunder. here is my 5, bench and their overalls
starting 5
pg Derrick Rose 91
sg Wesley Matthews 75
sf Wilson Chandler 80
pf Kevin Love 82
c Marcus Camby 78
bench
sg Arron Afflalo 72
pf Amir Johnson 71
sf Luc Richard Mbah A Moute 70
pg Goran Dragic 68
Pg Eddie House 65
pf Dante Cunningham 63
sf Dante Greene 62
c Etan Thomas
So thats my team didnt make any trades. I have some good rebounders and some good scorers. I think this a team that i will keep for seasons. Hope you like this team to if have some trades I can do tell me I will be happy to make them or think about them If there good i'll make the trades. will play my 1st game tomorrow afternoon.
pg Eddie House 65

# 52 BullsClips @ 03/02/11 01:33 AM

Hey everyone, thought I would explain the rationale for my fantasy draft team. I'm the Magic and am up 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs against the Hawks and finished my regular season 65-17.

PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Jason Richardson
SF: Dorrell Wright
PF: Blake Griffin
C: Chris Bosh

Bench
SF: Chase Budinger
SG: JJ Redick
C: Channing Frye
PF: Taj Gibson
PG: Earl Boykins
PF: Luke Harangody
SF: Rasaul Butler

I decided to trade my third round selection, LaMarcus Aldridge, and my next two first round picks (2011 and 2012) for Blake Griffin and a second rounder in 2012 to create my Big 3 of Rose, Griffin and Bosh. I figured I would go for the known commodities of Rose and Griffin as the foundation of my franchise as opposed to making 2 first round picks in the coming years. The rest of my team, I wanted to be able to spread the floor. With Rose's ability to drive and kick, my team has been deadly. J-Rich is a fantastic 2-guard option, and shoots well off of a double screen, and when he is not on, JJ is in to carry the load from the perimeter. I think Richardson was a steal in the 4th round, and his contract situation is pretty good, as he is locked up for the next three years (I think). I won the MVP with D-Rose, averaging 27.9 and 12.8 assists, and am looking forward to bringing a title to the Amway Center. Contract situation with Rose may be a bit dangerous, but I will release who I have to in order to keep him around for a long time.

Just my two cents. I love reading about other people's philosophies and teams, so great thread. In my opinion, the fantasy draft keeps everything fresh and interesting.

# 53 mjbird123 @ 03/02/11 05:58 PM

I forgot to save my draft so now I will do a new one w/ the Magic got pick14 Im doing the draft as I post this.Here is my sarting 5 and bench
I will go in the order I draft them
pf Amar'e Stoudemire 88
sg Eric Gordon 84
c Shaq 77
sf Richard Jefferson 77
pg Jameer Nelson 75
Bench
sg Arron Afflalo 72
pf Channing Frye 70
sf Damion James 70
pg Earl Boykins 70
pf Ryan Anderson 65
pg eddie House 65
c Etan Thomas 64
sf Donte greene 62
So thats my team wount forget to save if have trade ideas tell me

# 54 mjbird123 @ 03/03/11 09:03 PM

something must be wrong w/ my game because my draft is not there . ill have to DO A NEW DRAFT i REALLY LIKED THAT DRAFT. So I will do a new one and post MY team around 4ISH tomorrow.If not 4 than 6:00

# 55 mjbird123 @ 03/06/11 07:16 PM

Ive done thousands of drafts since I got nba 2k11 I know its hard to believe, but its true. drafts have never suited me because I quickly get tired of them.I cant find a good team or a pick that I want to be. I will try giving drafts until Saturday if I dont find a good draft by Saturday. I'll stop doing drafts. I will have a association to fall back on which will be the Celtics season I might start. I will keep trying drafts till sat. What pick should I be what team should i be? can you guys help me make a decision?

# 56 mjbird123 @ 03/06/11 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mjbird123


	Ive done thousands of drafts since I got nba 2k11 I know its hard to believe, but its true. drafts have never suited me because I quickly get tired of them.I cant find a good team or a pick that I want to be. I will try giving drafts until Saturday if I dont find a good draft by Saturday. I'll stop doing drafts. I will have a association to fall back on which will be the Celtics season I might start. I will keep trying drafts till sat. What pick should I be what team should i be? can you guys help me make a decision?

I forgot to say I will be posting all my drafts that I canda like. Then you guys can choose what draft I should keep

# 57 mjbird123 @ 03/07/11 03:56 PM

So I will do a draft as every pick and post them here. post drafts later all the drafts should be up by tonight or tomorrow. Then on sun or sat I will choose the draft I will keep. Everyday I will take away 1 or 2 drafts I dont want. Then on sun or sat you can choose beetween the top 2 drafts

# 58 mjbird123 @ 03/08/11 05:16 PM

so I start doing the drafts tonight so all 30 of them will be up most likely be tonight or maybe tomorrow afternoon

# 59 ntaylor @ 04/12/11 03:30 AM

I have started a fantasy draft association as Miami currently (30-18). Always seem to lose when simulated. Have made a lot of trades to original squad and originally just tried to pick best players and then trade assets for needs.

Original squad:
PG:Kyle Lowry
SG: D.Wade
SF:Wilson Chandler
PF:Josh SMith
C:LaMarcus Aldridge
Bench: Gortat, Sefolosha, Duhon, Kwame Brown, Petro, Courtney Lee, Dorell Wright, Jamario Moon and signed Eddie House (FA)

Needed a proper centre so traded out: Chandler, Petro, Lee and House for Okafor and Redick.
Signed James Jones and Shelden Williams as FA.
Traded Gortat and Redick for Rashard Lewis to have depth in forward positions and Wright and Brown for C.J.Watson and a draft pick.
Signed DeSagana Diop, Rasual Butler, Matt Carroll, Joel Anthony and Josh Boone and on traded Diop with Jones and Williams for DeAndre Jordan (like him as a prospect).
Lewis was awful so traded him and Duhon for Greg Oden and Amir Johnson as Okafor was injured.
Finally with 2 PF, 2 C's and no SF i traded Josh Smith and Okafor (once returned from injury) for Kevin Durant and Hassan Whiteside.
went from 15-14 to 30-18 currently.

Current line up of:
Lowry, Wade, Durant, Aldridge, Oden.
Bench: Sefolosha, Watson, Moon, Butler, Jordan, Anthony, Boone, Whiteside, Johnson, Carroll.

Durant has a 1yr/$21mill contract but re-signed 5yrs between $7mill-$11mill. Dont know why? But it means i have nearly $20mill available with free agency. LeBron, CP3 and Derrick Rose being main out of contract players.
Thinking of getting CP3 as Rose states he would like to re-sign with his team. Though i could get LeBron and trade him for 2 good players? Next season only my starting 5, Watson and Moon are signed up.

# 60 Antec @ 04/12/11 12:45 PM

Foreshadowing in the first post with Carmelo to the Knicks. I can't wait to see how Wade gets to LA and LeBron to the Suns. Clearly that will happen as Chris obviously knows the future. Should be an exciting off season filled with drama in Miami.

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