NBA Offseason 2013 - Page 79

On October 02 2013 08:47 DystopiaX wrote:

No VC, online generally runs shit. So yeah it's really stripped down. They didn't even patch it last year, which is why I said they're like a step away from just not releasing on PC

On October 02 2013 07:48 karazax wrote:
Next gen NBA 2k14 looks impressive. Too bad the PC version uses current gen engine/graphics

Isiah Thomas was on two championship teams and played in 11 All-star games. During his time managing the Toronto Raptors, Toronto went 52-123. He was a bit better as a coach in Indiana, going 131-115 in three seasons before being fired. A couple years later, Thomas was hired by the Knicks to serve as their President of Basketball Operations. With Thomas as President, the Knicks went 180-288 across six seasons; during the last two seasons, Thomas was also the Knicks’ coach. Not only were the Knicks terrible on the court, they also usually had the highest payroll in the NBA. Famously, Thomas’ preferred strategy was to acquire as many “scorers” as possible. In other words, more scorers — or what Melo wants — has been tried in New York very recently.



Michael Jordan was one of the most productive players ever. He won six championships with the Chicago Bulls, as well as countless awards, including NBA MVP (5 times), All-NBA 1st team (10 times), All-Star appearances (14 times), and a Defensive Player of the Year award. But he has failed miserably as an executive and owner. In three and half seasons directing personnel decisions for the Washington Wizards (including two as a player), the Wizards went 110-178. After retiring as a player for the third time, Jordan was fired from his executive position. In March of 2010, Jordan became the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. In three seasons, Jordan’s teams have gone 62-168 and set the record for the worst single-season winning percentage in NBA history. Say what you will about Isiah Thomas, but at least he had a discernible strategy (the strategy didn’t work, but we knew what he was trying to accomplish).



Carmelo Anthony is “like Mike” in that he doesn’t understand why teams win and lose (although it should be noted that Melo is very unlike Mike on the court). Oddly enough, Melo only has to look to his own career to figure this out, because it was not too long ago that he was on the same team as another “scorer”. For two whole seasons, Melo shared the court with Allen Iverson (an inefficient scorer) when they were both in Denver. With two “scorers” on the roster, many people thought the Nuggets were title contenders. But Denver never came close to contending for a title while Melo and Iverson took turns taking shots; in fact, Denver lost in the first round in each of those two seasons, and then made the Western Conference Finals after Iverson was traded away for Chauncey Billups (an efficient “role player”).

On October 02 2013 09:58 a176 wrote:

and it would be incredibly stupid if they are still using X360 engine for the PC version and not the nextgen engine anyways.

On October 02 2013 14:00 cLutZ wrote:
People underestimate how ridiculously hard 1v1 defense is.

A person who wants to win never has to settle for anything worse than a layup or a baby hook. This is exactly how I beat our HS team's starting SG in 1v1 (I wrestled 140 lbs and he is 6 inches taller than me). This is one reason to give Jordan an edge, because Lebron might be goofy enough to try Fadeaways, 3s, and Face up Jumpers instead of driving/backing down every time.

On October 02 2013 18:35 Ace wrote:


true except at the NBA level those guys are such good shooters they will be hitting a lot of them easily. One reason why if starting from the top of the key wing players have a massive advantage over bigs that can't dribble well.

On October 02 2013 11:56 Jibba wrote:

This happens a lot. I think with FIFA, the PC version is always 1 engine version behind because they just don't bother to port it. :/