1.09 Suggestions

[rEdHoBBeS]

- boost jr smith, andre iguodala, nd dorell wright in dunking
- give jameer nelson a small boost in strength
- boost iguodala nd jr smith in jumping
- boost okafor a bit in blocking

[Blitz]

Steve Nash to Suns.

[xforce]

Alex Garcia to New Orleans.
Birthplace of Anderson Varejao (Orlando): Santa Teresa, Brazil
Birthplace of Rafael Araujo (Toronto): Curitiba, Brazil

[Yaso_Kuul]

Whats about Leon Smith (Sonics)??

Isn't Telfair not a little bit to good!? In the game he's better than Stoudamire and there were a lot of rumours about him nit being good enough for the NBA game.

[KoldPhyre]

I agree...:
raise Iguodala in Jump and Dunk;
raise Okafor in D.Aware. and (a lot) in blocking;
Alex Garcia to New Orleans...

I think that Anderson Varejão could be re-rated... What do u think?
if u want I can write my sugestion...

raise R. Araújo in Strengh (a lot) and in Rebounds (a bit)...

Jersey Numbers:
Dwight Howard -> 12
Shaun Livingston -> 14
Ben Gordon -> 7
R. Araujo -> 55
A. Iguodala -> 4
Al Jefferson -> 8
Delonte West -> 13
Tony Allen -> 42
J.R. Smith -> 18
Josh Childress -> 22
Luke Jackson -> 33
Donta Smith -> 36
Josh Smith -> 42
Luol Deng -> 9
Andris Biedrins -> 15
Jameer Nelson -> 14

plz correct me if I were wrong and thx the attention!

[perrypan]

Steve Nash to Suns.

Can't agree more, and I wanna the super tall Korean center in Portland!

[rEdHoBBeS]

podkolzine to dallas
also, for some reason nelson's body shape doesn't look right. mayb u can change it to somethin a little more muscular?

[rEdHoBBeS]

oh yeah, one more thing. for some reason, JR Smith, sebastian telfair, josh childress all have white bodies, even though they're black. mayb it's bc i'm using King James' rookie patches?:

[Donatello]

Steve Nash to Suns.

Can't agree more, and I wanna the super tall Korean center in Portland!

The contract is not signed, therefore he can still officially pull out of that deal, though I don't see it happening. He seems to be a good person, and it would be pretty crappy of him to just say "changed my mind".


On a separate note, I can't claim to know too much about this years rookies...but it seems to me the ratings are all a bit high, aren't they? Like I said, I'm not one to judge, just want to see if anyone who knows what they're talking about agrees with me

[rEdHoBBeS]

nah i think the ratings are fine overall.

[FanOfAll]

First, I would like to thank you for this roster patch (and all the others before) . I have a lot of suggestions though, Andrew, so don't take it personally...I just want to make these better . I'll give an estimate for the ones I remember (usually its FG) and that's just what I feel, everyone is welcome to alter them.

Rookies:
Ben Gordon:
UP - FG (about 76), 3 (70)
Luke Jackson:
UP - 3 (should be 72ish)
Dorell Wright:
UP - FG (74), 3 (68), quickness & speed (high 70s), darkness of skin
DOWN - Strength, passing
JR Smith:
UP - FG (76), 3 (70)
Jameer Nelson:
UP - Pass, DAware
DOWN - Quick, Speed (to mid 80s, he's not as quick as TJ Ford )
Rafeal Araujo:
UP - Pass (mid-high 40s, very polished post passer)
DOWN - DAware (40s, 50s terrible for a 4 ear college product)
Kirk Synder:
UP - Quickness (high 70s, low 80s), DAware (mid 70s)
Dwight Howard:
DOWN - Dunk (he can dunk, but in the 90s? I'd say 70s)
Sebastian Telfiar:
UP - Skin darkness
DOWN - Dunk (teens or sub-10), FG (68)
Andre Igoudala:
UP - Skin darkness, past that, great job on him

Vets:
Jarvis Hayes:
UP - FG to 76 (polished mid-ranged shooter)
QRich:
UP - 3 to 74
DOWN - FG (74/76)
Corey Maggette:
UP - FG (78)
DOWN - 3 (70/72)
(for FG and 3, you have Mags and QRich mixed up a bit right now...they're pretty close, but Q is the better 3 pt shooter and Mags the better mid ranged shooter)
Lamar Odom:
UP - FG (72)
Derek Fisher:
DOWN - 3 (64...this one is huge, he has the 3 pt logo but shot only 29% from 3's last year and only made 0.6 3's a game)

This I don't feel as sure about, and I'm on the fence about these. But a lot of guys with the 3 point logo (Cassell, Lue, Welsch) shot a good % (38, 39%) but only made 1 a game. My initial reaction was the 3 point rating should be lowered, but after thinking about it, it can go either way. But if you're interested, the names I found so far are aforementioned (Cassell, Lue, and Welsch), plus Sprewell and Wesley (yes, they are huge threats to hit the 3, but only at a 32/33% clip).

Kelvin Cato:
He's a center (listed as 4 last year because of Yao but did play a lot of 5 on defense even with Yao). Orlando is definitely playing him at center with their dearth true centers.
Michael Curry:
He retired from the Raptors.

[Andrew]

Thanks for all the feedback, I'll put it to good use.

On the subject of transactions, I prefer to wait until they are made official just in case the deal doesn't go through. Also, because teams can only have 15 players in NBA Live 2004 while in real life teams generally have more than 15 during the offseason, not all of the draft picks are on their teams yet. I'll be sure to sign them as soon as they sign in real life, releasing one of their team's free agents who likely won't return.

[Ruff Ryder]

Jersey Numbers:
Dwight Howard -> 12
Shaun Livingston -> 14
Ben Gordon -> 7
R. Araujo -> 55
A. Iguodala -> 4
Al Jefferson -> 8
Delonte West -> 13
Tony Allen -> 42
J.R. Smith -> 18
Josh Childress -> 22
Luke Jackson -> 33
Donta Smith -> 36
Josh Smith -> 42
Luol Deng -> 9
Andris Biedrins -> 15
Jameer Nelson -> 14

Dorell Wright -> 1
Justin Reed ->9
Al Jefferson -> 8
Delonte West-> 13
Tony Allen -> 42
Steve Francis -> 3

[sugashane3400]

Carlos Boozer is now on the Jazz

[FanOfAll]

Carlos Boozer is now on the Jazz

No he's not. The Cavs have 15 days to match after it is official (which I believe occurs on the 15th). I doubt they will not match.

[rEdHoBBeS]

they can't match.. they don't have the cap space to.. but back on teh topic.. yes i agree, nelson's speed does need to go down a bit. his quickness also, but not as much.

[Jonnejon]

In dynasty mode, if you go to the Celtics, it saids the head coach is John Carrol, but the current head coach is Doc.

[SkipToMy_Lou]

Hi, I'm new here , live in Melbourne, Australia and participate in Aussie Live Online an all Aussie league.

Here are some suggestions for the next roster patch:

Luke Jackson - Increase 3's to about 76, also jumping higher (he has the highest vertical leap in the draft)
Shaun Livingston - Decrease overall rating, put speed and quickness down, decrease field goals.
Dwight Howard - Dunking to mid 70's.
Sebastien Telfair - Field goals, 64
J.R.Smith - FG: 68, 3P 72, DNK: 79
Ben Gordan - FG:74, 3P:76

[FanOfAll]

they can't match.. they don't have the cap space to.. but back on teh topic.. yes i agree, nelson's speed does need to go down a bit. his quickness also, but not as much.

They could be shipping Big Z's 14.5 million dollar, expiring contract to a team like the Hawks (that could a) use him and b) always seems to like expiring contracts they never put to good use).

J.R.Smith - FG: 68, 3P 72, DNK: 79

Don't want to insult you, but I think Smith's FG should be higher. Scouting reports say he "has one of the sweetest strokes off the catch in HS"...he's always raved about that and his dunking.

Edit - Got some more Andrew...
On the Bobacts:
Gerald Wallace is a SG (secondary SF).
Tamar Slay, Bernad Robinson are SF (secondary SG).
Fizer is a PF (secondary SF).

Hawks:
Boris Diaw: Give his 3 pt rating somewhere in the 50s. I don't know how he has a 75 rating. He shot 23% and made 0.1 3 pg. Also, up his passing to somewhere in the low 60s, same with dribble. He's an all-around player minus a occasionally reliable jumper. Drop the FG to somewhere in the mid 60s as well.
Josh Smith: Much darker skin tone.
Oh one more thing , I think either Childress or Diaw should be a SG. I would say Childress since he's already been saying that's a 2.

[alexboom]

Great roster Andrew, here are some suggestions :

You didn't changed Jason Hart skin color like I suggested in a previous version

As you can see, he's not dark black like you made it in the roster

Christian Drejer is more short haired

I suggest you increase a little Brian Cardinal ratings while you decrease Penny Hardaway a little

that's all for now

[rEdHoBBeS]

Hi, I'm new here , live in Melbourne, Australia and participate in Aussie Live Online an all Aussie league.

Here are some suggestions for the next roster patch:

Luke Jackson - Increase 3's to about 76, also jumping higher (he has the highest vertical leap in the draft)
Shaun Livingston - Decrease overall rating, put speed and quickness down, decrease field goals.
Dwight Howard - Dunking to mid 70's.
Sebastien Telfair - Field goals, 64
J.R.Smith - FG: 68, 3P 72, DNK: 79
Ben Gordan - FG:74, 3P:76

hmm.. you sure luke jackson had the highest vert in the draft? with guys like the smiths nd iguodala there? and i think jr smith's FG should be a little higher than that. nd the 3p a little lower than 72. nd the dunk a little higher than 79. sorry if it sounds like i'm criticizing, i'm just trying to be a help

[SkipToMy_Lou]

On Draftcity they said that Luke Jackson was a suprisingly athletic player, and that he had the highest vertical leap.

Yeah suppose J.R.Smith's dunking could be a little higher hey, maybe Field Goals at 72 keep 3's how i said before.

Created rookies for aussie live online till we used our old rosters, and done around 25 or so.
Spent around 48 solid hours creating those to perfection, anyone is interested in the ratings I assigned PM me and will send them to you.

[WIzKID]

i think there are several players rated way too high overall
for the most part everything is pretty good though
all of the HS players are over rated (although i think howard only slightly so... like in dunks)
telfair a 65 is kind of insane for a guy who many are saying won't even be NBA ready for a minimum of a year
biedrins may actually be underrated all around... he's a good back to the basket player who is a solid defender and decent low post scorer
for the most part i think every rookie needs to go down 2 points overall.. i know the overall rating doesn't "do" anything, but obviously telfair isn't gonna come in and be as good as Dampier and Magloire
Livingston, another guy who won't be ready for the NBA immediately, not to mention full-time starting is rated = to Nene and Jalen Rose[/i]

[RandomSurge]

On a separate note, I can't claim to know too much about this years rookies...but it seems to me the ratings are all a bit high, aren't they? Like I said, I'm not one to judge, just want to see if anyone who knows what they're talking about agrees with me

no you're right, basically every rookie I've looked at is over-rated

if you're to compare their overall ratings to their peers...you'd think grossly so

could be easily fixed by decreasing offensive and defensive awareness ratings. Specially for the highschoolers

I mean, I know they haven't played a game yet, but if you're telling me livingston, telfair, devin harris, childress, etc... are even as good as gordan giricek at this point...you're dreaming. Iguodala already as good as bobby jackson?

I have a very hard time believing livingston's already as good as jalen rose

livingston and howard at 68 and okafor at 69?

I'm not trying to shit on andrew, I know how tough it is to do this stuff, plus he has the added pressure of people just begging him to release stuff

and having the rookies in itself is great...it's free, they're in the game...so not too much bitching from this side

just pointing out that the ratings for the rookies might be a bit overblown

[Ruff Ryder]

On Draftcity they said that Luke Jackson was a suprisingly athletic player, and that he had the highest vertical leap.

He has a 36 inch vertical, but doesnt seem to show it much. It is not the highest in the draft, because JR Smith has a 44 inch vert, and I know there are other high jumpers in that group.

Also, raise Jamal Crawfords dunk to maybe 50-60, and Gordon to 75, because he is an outstanding leaper for just a 6'2" guy. I've seen him throw down a windmill.