sevin0seven wrote:Ron Seikaly should be replaced by either Mitch Richmond or Latrell Sprewell on the classic Warriors team with Mullin/Hardaway. Jeremy Lin should also be a selectable player on the Knicks team with Carmelo and Stoudimire.
I used to have Richmond on the Warriors. The problem is that they wouldn't have a big man. I tried to make sure every team had at least one ball handler and one big man. Sprewell wasn't added because there aren't any free player slots with long shorts. Until the "attribdb" file is figured out, he would have to replace Anfernee Hardaway, Charles Barkley, or Reggie Miller - and that's clearly not the right move.
sevin0seven wrote:Jeremy Lin should also be a selectable player on the Knicks team with Carmelo and Stoudimire.
Unfortunately, players can't just be added. He would need to replace one of these Knicks players: Allan Houston, Amare Stoudemire, J.R. Smith, Carmelo Anthony, Larry Johnson. I didn't think he belonged over any of those guys.
To try to understand how constrained the process of creating this roster was, take a look at the "Team Texture Swaps" sheet in the spreadsheet that's included with the release. I wish it were easy to add/move/replace players. It's really not. It's hard to explain how the process works. You can't just change which uniform a player wears. You have to change the texture. And if you do that, you change it for every player that wears that uniform. So you're basically assigning uniforms to teams, keeping in mind the number of players, the shorts length, the body types, the jersey neck type, the shoes, and even the dreaded-but-critical texture size.