On this post I'll explain the details of the upcoming Association, and also keep an index, in order for people to read the chapters and subchapters easily.
This is an association story that will follow the steps of one particular player, a "Nba-ized" version of myself. So why don't do a MyPlayer story then? Because I like to keep full control of the game, and that is quite hard to achieve in a MP save, for instance, I like to keep the league realistic, specially in the trades department, in order to do this I will use REDitor to control and censor silly CPU trades. Will I cheat and use that to the advantage of my team?? Nope, because it takes the challenge out of the save.
Game Details:
- Roster: Albys RR 2.0 with some tweaks (lowered "abroad" players ratings, and will up them and add them to FA pool come the first offseason).
- Slider Set: Albys Sim Sliders tweaked to my taste.
- Difficulty: All-Star.
- Season Length: 82 games.
- Play and Sim Quarter Length: 12 minutes.
- Playoffs Format: 7-7-7-7.
- Play D-League Games: Off
- Team Chemistry: On
- Player Roles: On
- Progressive Fatigue: On
- Allow CPU Trades: Off for most part of the year. On only during offseason and a month before the trade deadline.
- PreSeason Games: On
- Injuries: On
- Substitution Method: Rotation
- Simming Policy: I'll play at least one game a month, selecting "key" games, if time allows I can play more games. In the Playoffs, sim a few and play most games.
- Update Policy: I'll update with a new post every month, this will be a sub-chapter. The Story will be divided into chapters, depending on the story line. I'll use a lot of images, boxscores and graphics, so I'll use a lot of "Spoiler" tags and direct links. Some minor Roleplays and stories will help add atmosphere to the story.
- Team Changing: This career will follow the steps of Alfonso Poblete, so the team I control will change depending on what team "owns" the player, if he decides to leave via Free-Agency or we decide to trade him, I'll change teams accordingly (Don't know how this will end up going to be, which adds some flavor to the story).
- Wikia: I'll keep a wikia updated with some info, which I'll use to give the information out, I'll give the link, but it won't be ordered. If you like some directions on how to set up a site like that, feel free to PM me, and I'll share templates and other info.
Index:
- Chapter 0: Introduction
- Chapter 1: NBA Draft
- Chapter 2: Following a Legend's Footsteps (Season 1)
- Sub-Chapter 2.1: Training Camp and Pre-Season
- Sub-Chapter 2.2: Season Preview
- Sub-Chapter 2.3: November 2011 Review
- Sub-Chapter 2.4: December 2011 Review
- Sub-Chapter 2.5: January 2012 Review
- Sub-Chapter 2.6: February 2012 Review
- Sub-Chapter 2.7: March 2012 Review
- Sub-Chapter 2.8: 2011-2012 Season Review (With Video Highlights!)
- Sub-Chapter 2.9: 2012 Playoffs Preview
NBA Records (As of Date of Save)
Single Game Records
- Points: 100 - Wilt Chamberlain (PHI vs. NY; 3/2/62)
- Rebounds: 55 - Wilt Chamberlain (PHI vs. BOS; 11/24/60)
- Assists: 30 - Scott Skiles (ORL vs. DEN; 12/30/90)
- Blocks: 17 - Elmore Smith (LAL vs. POR; 10/28/73)
- Steals: 11 - Larry Kenon (SA vs. KC; 12/26/76)
- Minutes Played: 69 - Dale Ellis (SEA vs. MIL (5 OT); 11/9/89)
Single Season Records
- Points: 4029 - 50.4 PPG - Wilt Chamberlain (PHI; 1961-1962)
- Rebounds: 2149 - 27.1 RPG - Wilt Chamberlain (PHI; 1960-1961)
- Assists: 1164 - 14.2 APG - John Stockton (UTA; 1990-1991)
- Blocks: 456 - 5.56 BPG - Mark Eaton (UTA; 1984-1985)
- Steals: 301 - 3.67 SPG - Alvin Robertson (UTA; 1985-1986)
- Minutes Played: 3882 - 48.5 MPG - Wilt Chamberlain (PHI; 1961-1962)
Career Total Records
- Points: 38387 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
- Rebounds: 23924 - Wilt Chamberlain
- Assists: 15806 - John Stockton
- Blocks: 3265 - John Stockton
- Steals: 3830 - Hakeem Olajuwon
- Minutes Played: 57446 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Current Team Records (As of Date of Save)
Single Game Records
- Points: 60 - Tom Chambers (vs. SEA; 03/24/1990)
- Rebounds: 26 - Charles Barkley (vs. HOU; 03/24/1995)
- Assists: 25 - Kevin Johnson (vs. SAS; 04/06/1994)
- Blocks: 10 - Amar'e Stoudemire (vs. UTA; 02/07/2004)
- Steals: 10 - Kevin Johnson (vs. WAS; 12/09/1993)
- Minutes Played: 60 - Shawn Marion (vs. NYK; 01/02/2006)
Single Game Playoffs Records
- Points: 56 - Charles Barkley (vs. GSW; 05/04/1994)
- Rebounds: 24 - Charles Barkley (vs. SEA; 06/05/1993)
- Assists: 23 - Steve Nash (vs. LAL; 04/29/2007)
- Blocks: 7 - Oliver Miller (vs. LAL; 05/09/1993)
- Steals: 7 - Charles Barkley (vs. SAS; 05/13/1993)
- Minutes Played: 62 - Kevin Johnson (vs. Chicago; 6/13/93)
Career as Suns Records
- Points: 15666 - Walter Davis
- Rebounds: 6937 - Alvan Adams
- Assists: 6518 - Kevin Johnson
- Blocks: 939 - Larry Nance
- Steals: 1298 - Alvan Adams
- Minutes Played: 27203 - Alvan Adams
- Games Played: 988 - Alvan Adams
Franchise Team Records
- Most Points Scored: 173 - (Phoenix 173 - Denver Nuggest 143; 11/10/1990)
- Least Points Scored: Incumbent
- Most Points Allowed: 157 (Phoenix 161 - New Jersey Nets 157; 12/07/2006)
- Least Points Allowed: Incumbent
- Longest Winning Streak: 17 (12/29/2006 - 01/29/2007)
- Longest Losing Sterak: Incumbent
Achievements
Team
- Best Record: 62-20 (1992-1993 & 2004/2005)
- Worst Record: 16-66 (1968-1969)
- NBA Championships: 0
- Western Conference Championships: 2 (1976 & 1993)
- Divisional Titles: 6 (1981, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2006 & 2007)
- Playoffs Appearances: 29 (Last in 2010)
Individual- Regular Season MVP: 3 (Charles Barkley - 1993; Steve Nash - 2005 & 2006)
- NBA Finals MVP: 0
- NBA Scoring Champion: 0
- Defensive Player of the Year: 0
- Coach of the Year: 2 (Cotton Fitzsimmons - 1989; Mark D'Antoni - 2005)
- Most Improved Player: 2 (Kevin Johnson - 1989; Boris Diaw - 2006)
- Rookie of the Year: 3 (Alvan Adams - 1976; Walter Davis - 1978; Amar'e Stoudemire - 2003)
- NBA Sixth Man: 4 (Eddie Johnson - 1989; Danny Manning - 1998; Rodney Rogers - 2000; Leandro Barbosa - 2007)
Transactions