theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 With the wife and kids gone during the day this week, i can play this during lunch. Got through the draft. Chucky Green going at #2 doesn't surprise me - the AI seems to lean heavily toward the front court early in the draft. Coby was basically the last good player taken, leaving my #20 pick as a roster fill. Also, i decided to record the post-draft potential ratings for each player (which was pain, since i had to find them all on their team screens) to give you a comparison against their pre-draft potential. Marty's stuck (which is awesome!), Chad's went down a little. Chucky and Dwayne Coleman also stuck. I may yet regret passing on Dwayne. Overall, a nice draft though. 2014 Draft Recap (Lottery Picks) Draft Pick Player Pos. OVR Team Post-Draft POT #1 Marty McGuire PG 76 Magic A+ #2 Chucky Green C 64 Trail Blazers A+ #3 Chad Elliott PF 78 Magic B #4 Shane Slay PG 64 Warriors C- #5 Stephon Gilmore SG 63 Celtics C #6 Len Davenport SF 71 Rockets B- #7 Jonathon Westphal SF 63 Jazz B+ #8 Dwayne Coleman PF 72 Pistons A+ #9 Argento D'Angelo SF 62 Cavaliers B- #10 Lamond Forte SG 63 Mavericks C+ #11 Elden Samuel PF 71 Hornets B+ #12 Owen Conley SG 61 Bobcats C+ #13 Carlos Gomez SG 62 Clippers C #16 Coby Wilks PG 65 Raptors C+ #20 Leonard Gray C 58 Magic D+ #26 Pandazis Diamantopoulous SG 54 Bulls D+ #31 Tomas Peterson SG 55 Magic D- #41 Erik Palmer SF 56 Magic D- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 With the roster already full, i can't really sign any FA's. Plus, there wasn't much to speak of in any positions i wanted. So i'm going to advance through that, and hit the training camps. I'll look for a trade for Gibson and maybe some others once i hit the start of the regular season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 In one of my earlier posts i mentioned that i had enough points to do a camp that would increase the potential for one player. I decided not to do that because it's a really powerful camp that the AI doesn't have access to. For sure i'd be able to blow away the CPU in a few years time using that camp. So instead i used them on "normal" camps that increase other attributes, which i don't feel to be cheating because they just increase the player to their rating cap quicker (as opposed to raising the cap entirely). 2014 Training Camps Chad Elliott - Rebounding Camp (5 points to Off/Def Rebounding) - Now 83 in both, 79 OVR (increase of 1) Dale Burke - Combo Guard - (4 points Ball Handling, Passing, Shoot in Traffic) - Now 43 pass, 74 Ball Handling, 67 SIT Marty McGuire - Perimeter D (6 points On Ball D, and 6 points Steal) - now 72 OBD, 79 Steal, 77 OVR (increase of 1) Cuts Had 16 on roster, and can only bring 15 to the season Cut Tomas Peterson, SG, 55 OVR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2015 Opening Roster Position Name Age OVR Potential Yearly Salary Years Left PG Jameer Nelson 32 69 - 9 1 PG/SG Marty McGuire 21 76 A+ 3.97 2+2T SF Dale Burke 22 79 B 3.84 1+2T PF Chad Elliott 21 78 B 3.21 2+2T PF Taj Gibson 29 77 - 5.88 1+1P SG Nick Young 29 69 D+ 4.29 1+1P PF Glen Davis 28 72 C+ 6.6 1 SG Corey Brewer 29 70 C 2.02 2+1T SF Hedo Turkoglu 35 67 - 1.39 1 SF Al Harrington 34 65 - 7.61 1 C Nikola Vucevic 24 64 D 2.9 1 (Restricted) PF Coby Landry 21 53 B- 0.723 1 (Restricted) PF Robin Cartwright 22 57 C 0.824 1 (Restricted) C Leonard Gray 21 58 D+ 1.13 2+2T SF Erik Palmer 20 56 D- 0.704 1+1T For now. I'll repost the roster once i make a trade or two. NOTE: Dale Burke's POT rating increased on it's own (!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, MKnight82 said: I think you could use a veteran 6th man (scorer) in FA too, but that kind of depends how pick 20 goes. After looking at it, i'm going rely on Nick Young again for that role. I didn't post his stats last year, but in 19 mpg, he averaged 9.6 ppg on 44% shooting (36% from 3). He's still a great mid and long range shooter. With McGuire in the fold, i'm going to unleash the hounds a bit more from 3 (i had it dialed way down in previous seasons). That should help Young's scoring a little more. Young is still a really scorer even later in his career - he just can't play D ha. Corey Brewer will be the D specialist coming off the bench. Still has an A rating in Defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 For the first time in the initial power rankings, the Magic are not last! (27th) My target this year is 35-40 wins. I think it's doable, and would still land me a draft pick that might develop into something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, theJ said: With the wife and kids gone during the day this week, i can play this during lunch. Got through the draft. Chucky Green going at #2 doesn't surprise me - the AI seems to lean heavily toward the front court early in the draft. Coby was basically the last good player taken, leaving my #20 pick as a roster fill. Also, i decided to record the post-draft potential ratings for each player (which was pain, since i had to find them all on their team screens) to give you a comparison against their pre-draft potential. Marty's stuck (which is awesome!), Chad's went down a little. Chucky and Dwayne Coleman also stuck. I may yet regret passing on Dwayne. Overall, a nice draft though. 2014 Draft Recap (Lottery Picks) Draft Pick Player Pos. OVR Team Post-Draft POT #1 Marty McGuire PG 76 Magic A+ #2 Chucky Green C 64 Trail Blazers A+ #3 Chad Elliott PF 78 Magic B #4 Shane Slay PG 64 Warriors C- #5 Stephon Gilmore SG 63 Celtics C #6 Len Davenport SF 71 Rockets B- #7 Jonathon Westphal SF 63 Jazz B+ #8 Dwayne Coleman PF 72 Pistons A+ #9 Argento D'Angelo SF 62 Cavaliers B- #10 Lamond Forte SG 63 Mavericks C+ #11 Elden Samuel PF 71 Hornets B+ #12 Owen Conley SG 61 Bobcats C+ #13 Carlos Gomez SG 62 Clippers C #16 Coby Wilks PG 65 Raptors C+ #20 Leonard Gray C 58 Magic D+ #26 Pandazis Diamantopoulous SG 54 Bulls D+ #31 Tomas Peterson SG 55 Magic D- #41 Erik Palmer SF 56 Magic D- Even with the difference in POT Elliot still has a 6 OVR head start and was scouted as a better athlete. I think you made the right pick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 52 minutes ago, theJ said: With the wife and kids gone during the day this week, i can play this during lunch. Got through the draft. Chucky Green going at #2 doesn't surprise me - the AI seems to lean heavily toward the front court early in the draft. Coby was basically the last good player taken, leaving my #20 pick as a roster fill. Also, i decided to record the post-draft potential ratings for each player (which was pain, since i had to find them all on their team screens) to give you a comparison against their pre-draft potential. Marty's stuck (which is awesome!), Chad's went down a little. Chucky and Dwayne Coleman also stuck. I may yet regret passing on Dwayne. Overall, a nice draft though. 2014 Draft Recap (Lottery Picks) Draft Pick Player Pos. OVR Team Post-Draft POT #1 Marty McGuire PG 76 Magic A+ #2 Chucky Green C 64 Trail Blazers A+ #3 Chad Elliott PF 78 Magic B #4 Shane Slay PG 64 Warriors C- #5 Stephon Gilmore SG 63 Celtics C #6 Len Davenport SF 71 Rockets B- #7 Jonathon Westphal SF 63 Jazz B+ #8 Dwayne Coleman PF 72 Pistons A+ #9 Argento D'Angelo SF 62 Cavaliers B- #10 Lamond Forte SG 63 Mavericks C+ #11 Elden Samuel PF 71 Hornets B+ #12 Owen Conley SG 61 Bobcats C+ #13 Carlos Gomez SG 62 Clippers C #16 Coby Wilks PG 65 Raptors C+ #20 Leonard Gray C 58 Magic D+ #26 Pandazis Diamantopoulous SG 54 Bulls D+ #31 Tomas Peterson SG 55 Magic D- #41 Erik Palmer SF 56 Magic D- These are some rough draft classes, they must have improved the draft classes around 2k16 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 35 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: These are some rough draft classes, they must have improved the draft classes around 2k16 or so. I'm curious how it will affect team's ability to keep starting level talent on rosters long term. I've gone 6 seasons into a MyCareer, but that's not quite long enough to see a huge dropoff in talent. Plus, in that career mode you can't really see other teams roster construction very easily. I think i might do a crazy thing this season and play Coby Landry in some more extended minutes. He's bad, but after seeing Dale Burke's POT jump, i might be able to get more out of my later round picks if i invest in them. Not like this team is going to contend this year anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Burke, McGuire, and Elliot is a nice trio to build around. In 2-3 years that's going to be a strong core and you'll just need to supplement them with specialists and role players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 @theJ have you tried taking on bad contracts and in return receiving some compensation? Also you might want to start seeing what you can get for 2nd round picks cause they appear to be worthless in this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, MKnight82 said: @theJ have you tried taking on bad contracts and in return receiving some compensation? Also you might want to start seeing what you can get for 2nd round picks cause they appear to be worthless in this game. 2nd round picks are worth 1/2 star in the trading system. They're basically the filler if you can't get the compensation to equal. I can't really package them by themselves for anything worthwhile. Speaking of trades though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 TRADE UPDATE Magic Taj Gibson Nikola Vucevic Erik Palmer 76ers Spencer Hawes 2015 2nd round Dustin Chambers Did this one at the very beginning of the season. This gives me a true center to build around for a while longer. Hawes is under a five year deal and is only 26 with B potential, so he might get up to an 80 before he starts regressing. Should be very serviceable for me, and honestly is one of the better centers in the league at this point. That position group is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJ Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 So then here's the opening 2015 roster, full of promise. 2015 Revised Roster Position Name Age OVR Potential Yearly Salary Years Left PG Jameer Nelson 32 69 - 9 1 PG/SG Marty McGuire 21 77 A+ 3.97 2+2T SF Dale Burke 22 79 B 3.84 1+2T PF Chad Elliott 21 79 B 3.21 2+2T C Spencer Hawes 26 75 B 6.13 5 SG Nick Young 29 69 D+ 4.29 1+1P PF Glen Davis 28 72 C+ 6.6 1 SG Corey Brewer 29 70 C 2.02 2+1T SF Hedo Turkoglu 35 67 - 1.39 1 SF Al Harrington 34 65 - 7.61 1 PF Coby Landry 21 53 B- 0.723 1 (Restricted) PF Robin Cartwright 22 57 C 0.824 1 (Restricted) C Leonard Gray 21 58 D+ 1.13 2+2T SG Dustin Chambers 22 54 D 0.523 1+1T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, theJ said: TRADE UPDATE Magic Taj Gibson Nikola Vucevic Erik Palmer 76ers Spencer Hawes 2015 2nd round Dustin Chambers Did this one at the very beginning of the season. This gives me a true center to build around for a while longer. Hawes is under a five year deal and is only 26 with B potential, so he might get up to an 80 before he starts regressing. Should be very serviceable for me, and honestly is one of the better centers in the league at this point. That position group is bad. Hawes is a stretch 5 right? Could pair well with Elliot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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