1.09 Suggestions

[sventhedog]

PISTONS tayshaun prince lower fg and 3 pt. he's overrated as a shooter.
JAZZ carlos boozer jersey no. 5.

[Raider_MXD]

Dajuan Wagner's primary position is SG

[sventhedog]

Luke Walton:
Primary Position: SF
Secondary Position: PF
FG: 66
3PT: 64 (showed he can nail them in playoffs)
FT: 70
Dunk: 20
Inside Scoring: 42
Quick: 66
Speed: 64
Passing: 82
Dribbling: 68
OAware: 74
DReb: 39
DAware: 53
Stamina: 42
Overall: 53

I second this. The game treats Walton like a pure big man, making PF being his primary position and only giving him a power dribble. In reality, he's a SF who only played PF out of necessity because the Lakers had no other bigs. His 3pt rating (15) is ridiculously low, and his passing should be much higher than it is right now. I read somewhere that you could give players the ability to pro hop by adjusting their dunk ratings. If that's true, then please try to do it for Walton, because I've seen him pro hop more than power dribble in real games.

Other Suggestions:
-Chris Webber's FG, Inside Scoring, Stamina, Hardiness, Speed, Quickness, and Jumping all need to be decreased (at least until his overall rating is in the 70's). He's not the superstar that he was before his injury. Recently he was a lot slower, had trouble jumping, and shot a terrible percentage. Only time will tell if he can regain his old form.

-Amare is a quick, athletic dunker, not a good back to the basket player. He should be given the ability to pro hop, if possible.

-Rick Fox has been terrible since coming back from injury. Now he's deep on the bench and possibly retiring, rather than a solid role player. Stamina, Hardiness, and 3pt (his shot was horribly cold, leading to his benching) all need to be lowered.

-Grant Hill's overall rating is 69? That's way too high for a guy who has barely even played in the last several seasons.

-Trenton Hassell has recently made a name for himself as a defensive stopper. His Defensive Awareness should be raised to at least the high 70s (Rick Fox's rating) or possibly even 80, IMO.

-Bruce Bowen is a horrible offensive player, and his FG (75) and 3pt (85) ratings are way too high. He's not even one of the great 3pt shooters in the league, and his high percentage is due to him being a selective shooter rather than someone who can light you up from outside. During the recent Lakers/Spurs series, the Lakers chose to ignore him in order to crowd the middle against Parker and Duncan, and Bowen was unable to make them pay. His offense was so poor that the Spurs often benched him in favor of Devin Brown.

-Steve Francis is highly overrated. I know that he was getting used to a different offensive system under Van Gundy, but his poor FG% and career-low ppg last season must be taken into consideration. His passing is also highly overrated. Francis simply is not a good distributing PG. His passing should be lowered to around 68, the same as Iverson, who is a similar player.

-Steve Nash is a huge liability on defense. Adjust his Defensive Awareness rating to reflect this.

-Please take a look at all the bench players with shockingly low overall ratings in the 40's or 30's, like Jamal Sampson. I've seen some other rating edit sites which have said that these guys deserve a ratings boost.

bruce bowen is a defensive specialist (this is why people tend to overlook his offensive game) n was a horrible offensive player in his earlier years. but his offense has really improved a lot. he worked very hard to improve his offensive arsenal. he can drive, and he can knock down a 15 foot runner. he is not as good as ginobilli, parker offensively but he is really deadly from beyond the arc specially from the sidelines. and he led the league in three point percentage last season. that's a whole season, u cant judge his offense in one bad series (against the lakers). if u do this, every spurs player's three point would be down because they struggled to hit from downtown in that spurs lakers series. this is why i think andrew made the right adjustment to bowen's rating. i would suggest that his fg be lower( 72-73) but not his three point.

other than that. i second all ur suggestions.

[Adrian]

TRADE: New Jersey traded Kerry Kittles and $1.5 million to the LA Clippers
for a 2005 2nd round draft pick.


Dallas signed 1st round draft pick (#21) Pavel Podkolzin to a 3 year,
$3,424,680 contract with a 4th year worth $1,945,435 at the team's option.


The LA Clippers elected not to match Phoenix's 6 year, $45 million offer
to restricted free agent Quentin Richardson, making Richardson a Sun.


Orlando signed Michael Bradley.


Charlotte signed Corey Benjamin.


New Jersey signed Jacque Vaughn and Rodney Buford to 1 year, minimum
contracts.


Washington signed Anthony Peeler.

[ServeNVolley]

-Steve Francis is highly overrated. I know that he was getting used to a different offensive system under Van Gundy, but his poor FG% and career-low ppg last season must be taken into consideration. His passing is also highly overrated. Francis simply is not a good distributing PG. His passing should be lowered to around 68, the same as Iverson, who is a similar player

Francis plays the game much like Billups does for Detroit. He is not expected to be Jason Kidd with his passes, he is just expected to set up the offense, be a leader, and score. Granted, his passing might be slightly overrated in the game, so maybe downgrade it slightly. Otherwise, I think he's aptly rated in the game.

Iverson, however, is a very gifted passer, but just hasn't had to show it yet in Philadelphia. Now that Snow is out, Iverson is the point, and it's where he should be. If you ever read anything that asks Larry Brown or any other of Iverson's coaches, they'll tell you how gifted of a passer he is, and that they had Eric Snow to run the point, so Iverson didn't need to do that.

[ServeNVolley]

-Steve Francis is highly overrated. I know that he was getting used to a different offensive system under Van Gundy, but his poor FG% and career-low ppg last season must be taken into consideration. His passing is also highly overrated. Francis simply is not a good distributing PG. His passing should be lowered to around 68, the same as Iverson, who is a similar player

Francis plays the game much like Billups does for Detroit. He is not expected to be Jason Kidd with his passes, he is just expected to set up the offense, be a leader, and score. Granted, his passing might be slightly overrated in the game, so maybe downgrade it slightly. Otherwise, I think he's aptly rated in the game.

Iverson, however, is a very gifted passer, but just hasn't had to show it yet in Philadelphia. Now that Snow is out, Iverson is the point, and it's where he should be. If you ever read anything that asks Larry Brown or any other of Iverson's coaches, they'll tell you how gifted of a passer he is, and that they had Eric Snow to run the point, so Iverson didn't need to do that.

[Andrew]

Thanks for the transactions update, but as I said before I do keep up with them myself so it's not necessary to post them.

[iG®]

HI!My first post and one question .

When you gonna relese this patch?[You probably answered on this before]

[JimRaynor55]

bruce bowen is a defensive specialist (this is why people tend to overlook his offensive game) n was a horrible offensive player in his earlier years. but his offense has really improved a lot. he worked very hard to improve his offensive arsenal. he can drive, and he can knock down a 15 foot runner. he is not as good as ginobilli, parker offensively but he is really deadly from beyond the arc specially from the sidelines. and he led the league in three point percentage last season. that's a whole season, u cant judge his offense in one bad series (against the lakers). if u do this, every spurs player's three point would be down because they struggled to hit from downtown in that spurs lakers series. this is why i think andrew made the right adjustment to bowen's rating. i would suggest that his fg be lower( 72-73) but not his three point.

Good points, and I was probably too harsh on Bowen by judging him from one series. However, I checked on his stats yesterday, and he only shot 36% from 3pt land in the 2003-2004 season. That's good, but far from his league-leading 44% in 2002-2003. I don't think 36% is deserving of an 85 rating.

[Ruff Ryder]

HI!My first post and one question .

When you gonna relese this patch?[You probably answered on this before]

Sometime over the weekend or next week is what I think he said...

[TheTruth#34]

i think that shawn marion and pierce have to be quicker and higher rated

[Filip]

Give Deshawn Stevenon a headband and Tyronn Lue his braids

[iG®]

Yuo should incrase Radmanović speed to at least 75.

[Andrew]

I've just released v1.09, so I've missed out on the last couple of suggestions since my last post in this thread, so they'll have to be for v1.10.