Players on the last year of their contracts...

[Immortal666]

Do they have a tendency to play much better during that last contract year? This is the usually the case in the NBA as they strut their stuff in the hope of being re-signed ofr a bigger contract or become a sought after free agent. But do you think this is also the case in Franchise mode?

You see, I have a Celtics franchise, on my second season actually. Antoine Walker and Eric Williams are on the last year of their contracts and they're playing damn well. I'm not simulating my games, I try to play each and single one of them. I don't know if I'm going to them more but they're much better during this season that the year previous. In fact, Walker was selected to the All-Star game and Pierce was not. Eric Williams has been a better defender, rebounder and occasional scorer for me.

Have you guys experienced this or I'm just imagining things?

[Andrew]

I think you might be just imagining things. They could simply just have developed nicely and/or you're familiar with your roster, so you can fully utilise your players to their full potential.

[Power And Proud]

Andrew is right. You are just getting very familiar with you players, you know their strengths and weaknesses, so you know how to use them. It's the same with me, I have alot of new players going into my second season, and I didn't know their game completely, but lately I've grown to understand how to use them, and that's a big reason why I'm on a 6 game winning streak. And before I got Jason Kidd, I was barely staying above .500