[iLLosophy]

Quote: Originally Posted by stewaat

We are only using the Eastern Conference to draft. Whoever gets Dwight (89) has a huge advantage because the next highest C is Shaq (81) and then B. Lopez (77)

My bad. I missed that part - that's awesome then. Too bad 2k10 doesn't allow you to modify the draft pool, this is a lot of extra work.

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

Again, it wouldn't make a difference if we used the whole league either. It's not like one guy would have all 90s and everyone else would have scrubs. No matter if it's the whole NBA or just one conference, with only 8 of us, EVERYONE WILL HAVE COMPARABLE TALENT An All Star team vs another All Star team is the same thing as a 65 rated team facing another 65 rated team...it all evens out.

You've watched an all star game right? They play NOTHING like the regular season games. Admittedly part of that is they don't really care who wins or loses until the 4th quarter, but it makes a huge difference in your play style, coaching, and GM strategy (i.e. you don't worry about if your star player(s) is fatigued, because you have another star player on the bench).

The game also leans more towards NBA Jam because everyone can make amazing fadeaways, leap out of the building, and catch alley-oops to dunk on 4 people. Every possession would make it on sportscenter. I've played in leagues like that, it's not "Sim" at all.