OT Merged: NBA2k17... Anyone having luck with the Blazers in this game?

[dviss1]

Ok. I just beat the Warriors 98-68 in Golden State in 6 minute quarters. This edition is easier than any of the previous ones. The defense gives you more space to shoot, CJ and Dame hit off balance shots they would never hit in 2K16, and steals are very easy. I'm loving this.

It's like they understand how much harder they made 16. Even while I'm adjusting to the movement it's easier to get to the bucket as well as block shit's cleanly.

 

[BigGameDamian]

When I play online Stotts isn't letting Harkless have anytime unless I make the sub and take over coaching.

 

[dviss1]

Meh, you let Stotts coach? Be a man and put it on manual coaching.

 

[Sarni]

You let the CPU do rotation subs for you? Put that shit on manual! Lol.

Nah can't be bothered going into menus so much. I preset when and which subs I want to make and that's it.

 

[Chris Craig]

Allen Crabbe kinda sucks in the game. CJ and Dame are both lights out though. I like using Meyers for those mid range jumpers.

Crabbe got his contract after the game came out. He will be lights out next year.

Just edit Crabbe, and put him where he is supposed to be stat wise

 

[Chris Craig]

That's actually a fantastic idea. I like Ezeli a lot though, then again Meyers shooting is fun too. I know Pelicans would do the trade for Vonleh, Connaughton and a pick but the cap would not allow it I think. Then again I can just turn off financial trade rules for this trade, it's just a game anyway. Ezeli would still be getting a few minutes per game and I just like having him around so I know that I can put Davis and Ezeli on and close up the shop.

Evans is fantastic, legitimate third scoring option.

PG Lillard 34 / Turner 14
SG McCollum 32 / Crabbe 16
SF Evans 24 / Turner 8 / Harkless 12 / Crabbe 4
PF Aminu 26 / Davis 14 / Harkless 6
C Noel 24 / Leonard 14 / Ezeli 10

The rotation there is absolutely crazy. Nobody will ever go below 68-70 in stamina and there's many scorers.

Is there a way to set a position you want to play certain players in though? I've been playing this game for 3 years and still haven't figured this out. I want automatic changes but I want Leonard to be thrown at C and Davis at PF, the game is pretty much always doing this the other way round.

Or just skip Noel and get Evans for Plumlee. It still does not work financially though and Noel is ace. Also considering trading for Okafor, in the game it won't work as he's pretty much untradeable for 76ers but it's sort of realistic that Sixers would currently go for a deal at a reasonable price, so I'd just do trade override. The offensive force would be immense with Okafor on court, defensively it'd hurt but I still have Ezeli, Aminu and Davis for that purpose.

Put it on manual man, play a real game

 

[Sarni]

Just edit Crabbe, and put him where he is supposed to be stat wise

What improvements would you give him though? I'm thinking about editing Turner and giving him a 75-76 open 3 point shot as I think he will improve this season and it would make him much more fun to play. I would also improve Harkless' 3-point shooting. Then again it would feel a bit like cheating, although I believe that these stats will change during season in dynamic ratings but MyLeague save created now will not update.

 

[Chris Craig]

What improvements would you give him though? I'm thinking about editing Turner and giving him a 75-76 open 3 point shot as I think he will improve this season and it would make him much more fun to play. I would also improve Harkless' 3-point shooting. Then again it would feel a bit like cheating, although I believe that these stats will change during season in dynamic ratings but MyLeague save created now will not update.

I updated his medium and 3pt shooting, free throw shooting just a tad, shooting off the dribble

 

[MickZagger]

I play online a little bit and can hang with most. My major issue is that my bigs like drift around and guys get easy looks down low. By the time they pass it down low and rotate my guys its too late a lot of the time.

Lillard can slash with the best of them in that game.

 

[Sarni]

I updated his medium and 3pt shooting, free throw shooting just a tad, shooting off the dribble

His open 3 is 90 though, he is not better than that. I will probably improve his ball handling too and off drible shots, then improve Harkless open shooting and Meyers ball handling.

 

[Chris Craig]

His open 3 is 90 though, he is not better than that. I will probably improve his ball handling too and off drible shots, then improve Harkless open shooting and Meyers ball handling.

I meant his shots from mid and close...spacing out this morning, but yeah off the dribble and ball handling, realistic moves

 

[KingSpeed]

In 6 minute qtrs, Plumlee just had 22 points. Look for him going to the basket.

 

[Sarni]

I meant his shots from mid and close...spacing out this morning, but yeah off the dribble and ball handling, realistic moves

I have increased his off dribble and contested 3 point to 78 and 79, and improved ball control to 80. I have also increased Harkless open 3-point to 77 and mid range to 73.

 

[Chris Craig]

I have increased his off dribble and contested 3 point to 78 and 79, and improved ball control to 80. I have also increased Harkless open 3-point to 77 and mid range to 73.

Nice...sounds bout right

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I used to be able to get NBA 2k for about half price on PC, but that option doesn't appear to be available this year. I simply don't play enough to justify spending $60+ on a game.

Have fun fellas.

 

[dviss1]

I used to be able to get NBA 2k for about half price on PC, but that option doesn't appear to be available this year. I simply don't play enough to justify spending $60+ on a game.

Have fun fellas.

Wait till the price goes down or buy it pre owned at game stop.

 

[MickZagger]

Who wants to play me?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Just played a game online. Noticed Evan Turner starts at SF instead of Harkless now. The game did have Harkless starting before.

 

[Strenuus]

Just played a game online. Noticed Evan Turner starts at SF instead of Harkless now. The game did have Harkless starting before.

Stotts talks to the video game! :MARIS61:

 

[PDXFonz]

Just played a game online. Noticed Evan Turner starts at SF instead of Harkless now. The game did have Harkless starting before.

I'm sure when Stotts sets his lineups the first person he calls is Ronnie to make sure that he sets them as well... That is what you are implying, is it not?

 

[Sarni]

This game is so frustrating at All Star with Portland's current defensive stats, played Utah last night and they were hitting it from everywhere. I have to increase defensive stats of almost entire team, it's not reasonable that Turner's defensive consistenty and IQ are sub-70, ditto Crabbe. Ezeli's shot contest is pathetic too and his strength at 80 is significantly underrated as well. Plumlee's passing accuracy at 41 is ridiculous as well, he's a much better passer than that. Also reckon his offensive rebound should be better than 72.

Gonna pull Harkless up to 77 (mid-range and 3-point shooting, defensive consistency and IQ), Ezeli up to 79 (standing dunk, strength, defensive stats), Plumlee up to 80 (passing accuracy, mid-range shot, offensive rebound), Leonard up to 75-76 (ball control, hands, standing dunk, defensive stats), Crabbe to 79 (off dribble shooting, ball control) and Turner to 81 (3-point shooting, defensive stats). Can post my improvements later today.

 

[Sarni]

So I have made following changes:

Plumlee:
Improved passing accuracy from 40 to 70
Improved strength from 68 to 76
Improved potential from 78 to 80

Aminu:
Improved shot contest from 68 to 75
Improved defensive rebound from 72 to 78
Improved driving layup from 68 to 77
Improved close shot from 63 to 71
Improved offensive rebound from 48 to 67
Improved block from 57 to 69

Turner:
Improved open shot 3p from 64 to 75
Improved off dribble 3p from 41 to 65
Improved ball control from 77 to 81
Improved shot contest from 68 to 72
Improved steal from 63 to 68
Improved defensive consistency from 65 to 75
Improved pass perception from 55 to 65
Improved post fadeaway from 52 to 71

Crabbe:
Improved driving layup from 79 to 84
Improved off drible mid range from 77 to 82
Improved contested 3 from 64 to 80
Improved off dribble 3 from 54 to 75
Improved ball control from 65 to 80
Improved driving dunk from 45 to 65
Improved shot contest from 52 to 70
Improved steal from 61 to 70
Improved speed from 74 to 76
Improved vertical from 74 to 77
Improved defensive consistency from 65 to 75
Improved pass perception from 52 to 67

Ezeli:
Improved standing dunk from 70 to 85
Improved defensive rebound from 80 to 84
Improved shot contest from 67 to 76
Improved strength from 80 to 90
Improved defensive consistency from 55 to 77
Improved P&R defense from 56 to 65

Harkless:
Improved shot close from 64 to 71
Improved contested mid range from 38 to 62
Improved open mid range from 62 to 75
Improved contested 3 from 64 to 72
Improved open 3 from 70 to 80
Improved free throw from 60 to 70
Improved ball control from 63 to 70
Improved offensive rebound from 63 to 67
Improved defensive rebound from 59 to 66
Improved shot contest from 60 to 69
Improved speed with ball from 65 to 73
Improved strength from 45 to 55
Improved defensive consistency from 50 to 67
Improved help defense from 68 to 72
Improved offensive consistency from 45 to 65
Improved potential to 80

Hope I did not go overboard with these improvements, feel like they are realistic improvements considering what was supposed to be improved by players or was already better last season. Might have gone a bit overboard with Crabbe and Harkless but I love them.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I like playing people online when they are talking shit over the mic. Acting like they are really good at basketball.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Stotts talks to the video game! :MARIS61:

Well it has been reported that some coaches do use NBA2k, NFL2k, NHL2k to help with coaching.

 

[Strenuus]

Well it has been reported that some coaches do use NBA2k, NFL2k, NHL2k to help with coaching.

Then they shouldn't be coaching.

 

[Strenuus]

I like playing people online when they are talking shit over the mic. Acting like they are really good at basketball.

Awww, don't talk about yourself that way.

 

[KingSpeed]

So both CJ and Lillard got hurt during the WCF against Grizzlies. So now I'm in the Finals against Cleveland without either of them and we just won Game 1 by 29 points. Our defense is so good. Crabbe had 22 points, Leonard had 20 points, and Turner had 12/4/5/3. We had 14 steals. This is fun! I gotta get some sleep!

 

[KingSpeed]

Won game 2 by 18. Leading scorers: Crabbe had 17, Napier* 15, Turner 13, Leonard 12. LeBron had 4 points btw.

*player of the game

 

[Sarni]

I decided to scrap the whole 82-game, improved players thing, I'm not going to last 82 games. 29 is the perfect length of season to play before the season starts, and I will be able to play multiple different seasons with different setups. Playoffs works best for me when it's the best of 5, 7 is overkill and 3 is silly.

Decided to start 4 different saves, play with financial rules and don't do trade override even if it appears realistic.

On Trail Blazers save I've traded Plumlee and 2 future 1st round picks for Jahlil Okafor. Wanted Brook Lopez but it would have required me to part with too many assets to match salaries and I did not want to let Turner or Crabbe go. Okafor gives me a scoring center, which is good because I now have two setups - Davis + Okafor where Davis compensates for Okafor's average defense and rebounding, and Aminu + Ezeli. Okafor is lovely to play with and the team has perfect balance now I feel.

On Bucks save I've traded Monroe plus two picks also for Okafor. Amazingly athletic team, will be fun to play and I love their arena design. My family name in Polish is pretty much Buck too (hence the profile picture) which basically obliges me to like them.

On 76ers save I've gone absolutely mental. With so many picks and no desire to develop them for 5 seasons before they get good, I've gone on trading overload. Bayless + 1 pick for Collison (very fun PG to play with), Henderson + Grant + pick for Oladipo (defeeeeeense) and then tried a crazy trade for Paul George - gave them Noel, 76ers 2017 pick, 76ers 2018 pick and Lakers pick. They accepted so now I'm left with Collison, Oladipo, George, Simmons and Okafor/Embiid starting line up. Gonna be properly fun, and I used to like them a lot during Iverson days (well, I was 11 back then).

Another save I have is Chicago Bulls. I am sentimental about them as I used to spend a lot of time in my youth there, my brother lived there for almost 6 years and I would visit him every Summer for 2-3 months. There I did not do much trading a lot as I like their team. Rondo and Wade are very fun to play with, Butler is Butler, Robin Lopez rebounds everything in offense and I like their PF rotation in Gibson and Mirotic.

All are 29-game, wanted to start them all at once but then realized that some players I might want to have in multiple teams (see Okafor at all of Sixers, Bucks and Blazers). I like having multiple saves as it gets boring constantly playing in one way with one team. I'll still probably finish 4 seasons with Blazers on 3 separate saves before any other save gets me to playoffs.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Damn Plumlee has a good mid range shot now! I'm more and more impressed every time I play.