by JimRaynor55 on Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:17 am
I noticed that there were several players who are now starting for their teams, or getting a lot more minutes, who barely played at all last season. Because of their lack of playing time, these guys have such poor ratings that they're almost useless in game. The following players all deserve major, or at least moderate overall upgrades in their ratings (be sure to give them big boosts in stamina, so they can play more than a few mpg. I'll point out the stats that I think are a lot better than their current ratings in those areas:
BUCKS
-Maurice Williams
In 26.8 mpg, he's averaging 9.3 ppg on 0.431 FG%, 0.4 3PT% (although he's only taken a small number of shots), a terrific 5.9 apg, and 0.84 spg. Also increase the his extremely low speed, quickness, and dribbling ratings.
CLIPPERS
-Rick Brunson
Not scoring well, but he's averaging 0.384 3PT% (although he's making <1 3PT shot per game), 0.756 FT%, and terrific 5.2 apg in only 24.3 mpg.
-Bobby Simmons
He deserves a HUGE upgrade. In 38 mpg, he's averaging 16.2 ppg on 0.477 FG%, 0.392 3PT% (again, only a small number of attempts), 0.866 FT%, 2 orpg, 4.6 drpg, and 1.38 spg. Although I haven't seen him play, his speed, quickness, and dribbling seem pretty low.
-Chris Wilcox
In only 22.8 mpg, he's averaging 9.8 ppg on 0.522 FG%, 0.612 FT%, 1.5 orpg, 3.5 drpg, and 0.53 spg.
RAPTORS
-Loren Woods
In only 16.9 mpg, he's averaging 0.588 FT% (deserves a big decrease to his current rating of 78), 1.9 orpg, 3.4 drpg, and 0.89 bpg. He can also play so PF, and from what I've heard, he's got good speed for his size. Increase his speed and quickness (both currently in the 30s).
SPURS
-Manu Ginobili
He's not just breaking out, but I thought I'd throw him in here because he deserves a big increase to his 3PT rating. He's currently making more than 1.4 3PT shots per game, on 0.393 3PT%. That deserves a lot better than his current rating of 68.
As you've probably heard, the new All-Star rosters were announced a couple days ago. Remember to adjust the staminas for all the players on the All-Star team, so that nobody plays too much minutes (the current All-Star teams would be a good guide). It would be amazing if you could make the new jerseys and court as well, although that's secondary to the rosters and I don't expect you to have to do it.