X's T'wolves (NBA 2K11)

[The X]

A reminder to everybody to PLEASE USE SPOILER (LIKE THIS) option when posting comments on the Draft Lottery. I don't want anybody losing surprise of the lottery. As always, just go down one pick at a time. I'll let you know when it's alright to stop using spoilers, like in a day's time. If your comment is not specific to draft lottery then obviously don't need to use spoiler.

Solid offseason moves in the face of a rather unexciting turn of events with the free agent class. It seems the game still definitely needs a bit of fine tuning in terms of player and coaching movement but hey, at least you can hire and fire coaches in Association Mode and free agency is more deeply represented.

Cheers. Sucks about free agency, seems to always be like that. Only way to improve team is by trade or draft

2k definitely needs to continue to refine Association mode. Sadly I think they think it is perfect. But we all know that is not the case. Still great Association mode though

[Andrew]

Congrats on winning the lottery! Even in a weak Draft, having three lottery picks obviously offers some intriguing possibilities so I'm interested to see what deals you can swing. I'm guessing you'll be holding on to the first pick unless there's a superstar to be had.

[The X]

Congrats on winning the lottery! Even in a weak Draft, having three lottery picks obviously offers some intriguing possibilities so I'm interested to see what deals you can swing. I'm guessing you'll be holding on to the first pick unless there's a superstar to be had.

Definitely a good feeling winning the lottery. The draft class has parallels to the one we just had IRL. At number one I get pick of the bunch. There is no clear cut number one but it'll still be a good player. Honestly can't see myself dealing the number one pick. Keen to hold onto number 14 pick too since there are some intriguing prospects at that range. The number 3 pick is probably the one I would be most likely to trade, although unless it's a good deal for a veteran that will help me then I may just keep all picks. We'll have to see what happens. Btw, I think Andrew Andrew is probably too much of a stretch at 3 & probably won't be around at 14, so only option would be to move down. Not sure what will happen, but will be very interesting I'd say.

Thanks for using spoiler, I like the lottery to have some suspense just like IRL & just like when you're watching it in the game.

[Martti.]

Is there anyone good at #2? Package #3 and #14 for that if there's some kid with loads of potential. Although I guess you could use some veteran leadership.

[Andrew]

Btw, I think Andrew Andrew is probably too much of a stretch at 3 & probably won't be around at 14, so only option would be to move down. Not sure what will happen, but will be very interesting I'd say.

That'd be fun if you could somehow pick him up. I've been scouting a projected second round pick with the last name Tschirner in my 06 Dynasty.

[The X]

Is there anyone good at #2? Package #3 and #14 for that if there's some kid with loads of potential. Although I guess you could use some veteran leadership.

Top 4 can be found here: viewtopic.php?p=1387991#p1387991

Two PF's (a position I've already got 3 good ones in), one SF and one C (who only has size of a PF ).

I highly doubt I would package 3 & 14 to move up one pick. I don't have a 2nd Round pick this year. Potentially I could package the #3 pick with a player for #2 & future 1st/player. If I can, I want to keep 14. As I said to Andrew, some intriguing prospects there that could make solid role players.

I've been scouting a projected second round pick with the last name Tschirner in my 06 Dynasty.

Gold How do you pass on him?

[kibaxx7]

Great job X. I guess the virtual side is repeating on real life's counterpart (Cavs winning #1 with Clippers' pick)

[George7]

Great job getting the 1st and the 3rd pick as well!!! You could trigger a deal for a good player with that #3 and #14 picks if there's not many great players in the draft.

[Lamrock]

I can't believe it. After all those times in your dynasties, getting the best odds and picking fourth, the luck of the (fighting) Irish is finally there. Awesome GM'ing by Kahn got you here and you're in an excellent position. I'd recommend dealing either #1 or #3 for an all-star caliber player

btw, you taking notes on how to run a franchise, -hova?

[Valor]

Great to see you win the first overall pick X, and not only that, you have the 3rd and 14th as well!
Can't wait to see who you are going to pick, I don't think you have that much of a need to move up one slot though

[Andrew]

I've been scouting a projected second round pick with the last name Tschirner in my 06 Dynasty.

Gold How do you pass on him?

Exactly, I might just have to pick him up. He's not too bad for a second round pick, so we'll see.

[hova-]

Good to see you getting the best out of the three lottery picks. I don't know if you can use all these picks well though. A trade seems pretty probable for me. You're team already is stacked with talent. Get that one veteran All-Star and you can compete for the Conference Finals.

Lamrock, if he makes the Playoffs in his third season, I have still some time left I guess. So far, I don't regret how I turned around the "Kings".

[The X]

Cheers for all the feedback guys. Greatly appreciated & I think it's safe to say the spoilers have run their course.

Great job X. I guess the virtual side is repeating on real life's counterpart (Cavs winning #1 with Clippers' pick)

That there is. I don't know which pick I won the lottery with, the Clippers or the Raptors.

Great job getting the 1st and the 3rd pick as well!!! You could trigger a deal for a good player with that #3 and #14 picks if there's not many great players in the draft.

Cheers. Will have to see what happens, but I'm thinking I will hold onto #14 pick. There are two prospects in particular that have piqued my interest at that spot & should be hopefully available. I think if I was to deal the #3 pick, perhaps it would be packaged with a player to open up a roster spot.

I can't believe it. After all those times in your dynasties, getting the best odds and picking fourth, the luck of the (fighting) Irish is finally there. Awesome GM'ing by Kahn got you here and you're in an excellent position. I'd recommend dealing either #1 or #3 for an all-star caliber player

btw, you taking notes on how to run a franchise, -hova?

Cheers, but as we know Kahn can still Kahn it yet. I'll have to see what's available & on offer for those picks. I'm leaning towards keeping the #1 pick & dealing #3 at this stage.

You will remember that this isn't the first time I've won the top pick, it's actually the second time. I picked Guy Dumars back for Bobcats at number 1 I believe. I bit the bullet & went for need & the fact I liked him more than the overrated number 1 prospect Priest Askins.

Great to see you win the first overall pick X, and not only that, you have the 3rd and 14th as well!
Can't wait to see who you are going to pick, I don't think you have that much of a need to move up one slot though

I agree, when you got first & third I don't think I need to move up one spot to two. I've got five prospects total that I'd be interested in picking at 1, 3 & 14. If I can't nabbed three of those five then I will trade out of that pick. That's more or less where I'm at with this draft.

Good to see you getting the best out of the three lottery picks. I don't know if you can use all these picks well though. A trade seems pretty probable for me. You're team already is stacked with talent. Get that one veteran All-Star and you can compete for the Conference Finals.

Lamrock, if he makes the Playoffs in his third season, I have still some time left I guess. So far, I don't regret how I turned around the "Kings".

hova, I got no competition with you. I just hope we both build successful teams that can compete for years to come. I think Lamrock just wants to see a successful Seattle Supersonics team. I like Chase but hope you can get a dynamic frontcourt performer.

As for getting the best ouf the three lottery picks, we'll have to see how the draft pans out first. Like most drafts you don't really know straight away whether it's a success. I had seller's remorse after last year's draft on giving up Chuck Smith since Bradley really struggled early. But as I got use to him I didn't regret it as much. Of course I had one eye on the standings & seeing Raptors stumble down the stretch made me happy. Don't know why Toronto didn't start Chuck, team played so much better when he was on the court for them than Barbosa.

As for getting that one veteran All-Star, these things are always easier said than done. I guess what nobody knows is that I flirted with the idea of dealing Beasley in deals for Danny Granger or Andrew Bogut last season. The latter just didn't seem right to do to Bucks since as Stephen A. Smith remembers, Bucks have 80 small forwards (so much so that both their 1st Round pick SF's spent season in D-League including a quality player in Richie Strickland that I thought about drafting if Svensson or Nunez wasn't there at 6). As for Granger, I almost pulled the deal but in the end his age (around 30) soured me on him even though I thought he would've been a nice fit. I'm kinda glad I didn't because the Cavs never would've dealt for him & made their miraculous 2012 title winning run

[Cruzerr]

I wonder which one of you will get to the Playoffs sooner. None the less, I'm really pleased that you have some awesome draft picks. You have already decided who you going to pick? Or you are like"Ill decide my pick in the draft"

[Fresh8]

Congratulations on gaining three lottery picks. Got me pumping my fists in the air!

Trade the number 14 pick for Wilt and you got your veteran All-Star right there.

[The X]

I wonder which one of you will get to the Playoffs sooner. None the less, I'm really pleased that you have some awesome draft picks. You have already decided who you going to pick? Or you are like"Ill decide my pick in the draft"

I've got a fair idea of who I like. As for who I'm leaning towards picking at number one, well I won't give that one away, where's the fun in that?

In the draft I usually have targets but as you saw last draft, I picked somebody (i.e. Floyd Bradley) who definitely wasn't an option. I only picked him due to trades that arose & picked the best available player.

Congratulations on gaining three lottery picks. Got me pumping my fists in the air!

Trade the number 14 pick for Wilt and you got your veteran All-Star right there.

Glad to hear you pulled out the fist pump. Everybody loves a good fist pump I wonder what you'll do when I win the title

I tried to change your player's name officially to Wilt in the game but names seem to be locked in Association. Will have to see if I can do it. If possible then Metta World Peace might be the newest Laker

[Fresh8]

As you will see in real life soon, my trademark moves on the court are the 1) fist bump and 2) jumping into players during pull up j.

And wouldn't mind an official name change to Wilt. would be funny. same with World Peace!

[Cruzerr]

Sorry, but I wasn´t around on your last draft

[hova-]

As for getting that one veteran All-Star, these things are always easier said than done. I guess what nobody knows is that I flirted with the idea of dealing Beasley in deals for Danny Granger or Andrew Bogut last season. The latter just didn't seem right to do to Bucks since as Stephen A. Smith remembers, Bucks have 80 small forwards (so much so that both their 1st Round pick SF's spent season in D-League including a quality player in Richie Strickland that I thought about drafting if Svensson or Nunez wasn't there at 6). As for Granger, I almost pulled the deal but in the end his age (around 30) soured me on him even though I thought he would've been a nice fit. I'm kinda glad I didn't because the Cavs never would've dealt for him & made their miraculous 2012 title winning run

Actually that's quite amazing. Granger made the Cavs champ and you almost tried to trade for him. Now his inofficial trade value has certainly gone up to heights that you needed to give up a lot for him (not in the game, but just in this whole multiverse).

I'm really looking forward to the draft. I like your last draft a lot and Smith's comments were classic.

[The X]

As you will see in real life soon, my trademark moves on the court are the 1) fist bump and 2) jumping into players during pull up j.

And wouldn't mind an official name change to Wilt. would be funny. same with World Peace!

Metta Fresh Peace

Sorry, but I wasn´t around on your last draft

NBA Draft Coverage (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)

2010 Draft coverage might be slightly shorter. Might just do coverage up until lottery since it's such a weak draft & summarise rest.

If you need any more info to catch up on other stuff, first couple of posts in this thread have indexes, including this one:
http://forums.nba-live.com/viewtopic.php?p=1267441#p1267441

As for getting that one veteran All-Star, these things are always easier said than done. I guess what nobody knows is that I flirted with the idea of dealing Beasley in deals for Danny Granger or Andrew Bogut last season. The latter just didn't seem right to do to Bucks since as Stephen A. Smith remembers, Bucks have 80 small forwards (so much so that both their 1st Round pick SF's spent season in D-League including a quality player in Richie Strickland that I thought about drafting if Svensson or Nunez wasn't there at 6). As for Granger, I almost pulled the deal but in the end his age (around 30) soured me on him even though I thought he would've been a nice fit. I'm kinda glad I didn't because the Cavs never would've dealt for him & made their miraculous 2012 title winning run

Actually that's quite amazing. Granger made the Cavs champ and you almost tried to trade for him. Now his inofficial trade value has certainly gone up to heights that you needed to give up a lot for him (not in the game, but just in this whole multiverse).

I'm really looking forward to the draft. I like your last draft a lot and Smith's comments were classic.

Before Beasley's game took off in second half of season, I used trade finder. The Danny Granger deal was the one that intrigued me the most.

And you are right, I wouldn't dare try to trade for him now. I'm hoping to see him and Jin Lam start together next season.

[The X]

Coming up to the draft, I was thinking about how I would rank some of my previous draft picks (based on fun factor, impact, career progression & how they went relative to draft position) throughout my Live & 2k dynasties & Associations. Please note that I have left out real life prospects since they're not as fun It'd probably look something like this:

C- "That Guy" Dumars (#4 pick) - Live '05 Bobcats (You were right Lamrock, That Guy was a #4 pick. For some reason I thought he was #1. Looks like I wanted Iwanaka but I hit the jackpot when Dumars landed in my lap. He delivered everything I could ever want & became a cult hero. He won ROY for me)

PF- Jay Wright (#24 pick) - Live '04 Nuggets (he was probably the biggest gamble I've made. He was projected a mid-2nd Round pick & I took him late in the 1st on a guaranteed deal. He was rated terribly, like high 40's or low 50's & his potential wasn't that great. Funnily enough he was my 11th or 12th man through his entire rookie contract but showed something at the end of that time so I re-signed him. He somehow made a career jump (ratings went to low 70's) when he hit about 26/27 & became my starting PF & a solid player,ala Antonio Davis. He was somebody with little talent compared to a lot of other guys on this list but he had heart & it carried him to a good NBA career. He turned good enough for me to deal away Nene)

SG- Kwesi Wilkinson (#8 pick) - Live '04 Nuggets (a rich man's Kerry Kittles is how I would describe him. All Rookie 1st Team & made the All-Star team two or three times)

PF- Johan Svensson (#6 pick) - 2k11 T-wolves (this one was a toss up but he is edged by Jay Wright but he'll jump above him in a season or two if he continues to improve All Rookie 2nd Team)

SG- Andrew Watson (#31 pick) - Live '05 Bobcats (my team was so bad Watson started as a sophomore & averaged double figures All Rookie 2nd Team)

PG- Floyd Bradley (#3 pick) - 2k11 T-wolves (has talent but his game needs more maturity. Has shown great flashes of potential, let's hope he builds upon it & doesn't end up like the next guy on this list. All Rookie 1st Team)

PG- Felton Lindow (#1 pick) - Live '04 Nuggets (helped lead me to a surprising title as a rookie & won Finals MVP over Melo. He never improved after that & played most of his career as a backup PG. I think he was ROY or at least All-Rookie 1st Team)

C- Cosmo Farrell (#14 pick) - Live '04 Nuggets (exciting big man who like to dunk & block shots. A joy to have)

C- Cuba Quaid (#11 pick) - Live '04 Nuggets (picked as a potential future starting centre & that's what he became)

SG- Andrew Watson (#34 pick) - Live '06 Blazers (this rendition just didn't have the heart of the Bobcats version)

PF/SF- Severin Harding (#6 pick) - Live '06 Blazers (easily my worst ever draft pick. He was projected as a late lottery pick & I did reach a bit but I was intrigued by him. Big, big mistake)

Steven E. Smith: “I liken this pick to taking the nice girl to the prom that you know will never put out. She’s nice & all, but she ain’t gonna put out. Take the girl that will put out. Severin is the nice girl, but LaMarcus will put out for the team that decides to take him to the prom.”

I should've listened to Steven E.

[J@3]

Wow, awesome coverage. The draft is by far my favourite part of pretty much any NBA game, hell maybe of the NBA itself. I could read an entire association story about nothing but drafts but I like that you always put such a high emphasis on covering it.

[The X]

Thanks, I always strive to recreate my favourite parts of draft. I've been hooked on drafts since 1996 & seeing the excitement generated on Sportscenter after watching March Madness for the first time a few months before that.

I guess you could call us both draft junkies

[Valor]

I personally can't wait for you to cover the draft as it's always the best coverage around The X, NCAA, and NBA Draft just fits

[The X]

I personally can't wait for you to cover the draft as it's always the best coverage around The X, NCAA, and NBA Draft just fits

Cheers, glad you like Hope I don't disappoint