*Be Magic. : Roster Released*

[Mark.]

INTRO.
Alright time to get my 2k11 Association underway.
2k10 didn’t really work out for me as I had planned, something about the game struggled to grab my attention but it looks like this year’s instalment will do the trick. Here’s to hoping
I tossed up the idea of a few different teams to do this with and was pretty close to with going with a cellar dweller to see how I could rebuild them but in a realistic way.
However I realised that much like in games like Football Manager and FIFA, I always end up wanting to play with the team I support so Orlando it was!
I’m hoping that since I’m quite a big fan of the team I won’t get lured into making too many roster changes in the first season.
Anyway hope you will all enjoy reading, I’m pretty sure I’m going to enjoy posting it.


ASSOCIATION SETTINGS.
♦ Season Length: 82 Games
♦ Team Chemistry: On
♦ Player Roles: On
♦ Progressive Fatigue: On
♦ Trade Deadline: On
♦ CPU Trades: On
♦ Trade Override: On (Any outrageous trades I may potentially change, I wont be that strict though)
♦ Preseason: On
♦ Injuries: On
♦ Draft Prospect: Ones that came with the Roster set I’m using
♦ Playoffs: 7-7-7-7


GAMEPLAY SETTINGS.
♦ Level: All Star
♦ Roster: Alby’s 30/11/10 (Few Tweaks)
♦ Sliders: Mp3’s (Few Tweaks, plus changing as I go)
♦ Quarter Length: 12 Mins
♦ Sim Length: 12 Mins


ASSOCIATION GOALS.
I thought it would be a cool idea for me to post some of the goals I have in this association.
These will be updated as suggestions are made that I like or whatnot.
So if you think of anything that fits in with the association speak up! Obviously some goals will be harder than others.

Short Term (Current Season)
♦ Return to the NBA Finals.
♦ Beat previous team record of 1 Finals Series Win.
♦ Get Dwight Howard his first MVP award.
♦ Once again have Dwight lead the league in blocked shots and rebounds.
♦ Have Jameer shake the reputation of being a poor playmaker and average 7+ assists for the season.
♦ Have Vince break the 20,000 points threshold by the start of January. Starts season on 19,498.
♦ Have either J.J. Redick or Brandon Bass win Sixth Man of the year.

Long Term (Season two and beyond)
♦ Make moves to ensure that come Dwight’s Free Agency we either have the talent to convince him the roster can win a title or have the cap space to get that talent.
♦ Make the most of Vince’s expiring contract to upgrade talent. (The game does not recognise the $4m guaranteed for next season, so makes this job easier )
♦ Develop Ryan Anderson into a future starting calibre player to replace Rashard “Money Bags” Lewis as the team’s stretch 4 option.



COMING UP..... rosters

[hova-]

Cool, I hope you can stick with this one. It will be hard to develop Anderson into a solid player, but as long as Dwight stays, you will always get more out of a good shooter. Good luck

[kibaxx7]

Can't wait man. I'd say that the safest way to have a long-tenure story is playing with the team you're a fan of.

[thatwizardguy]

i will be reading this, i like the big heads on the small bodies picture lol

[maksie]

great team choice,following for sure !
Cant wait Dwight to win a ring

[mp3]

Good to see you giving this one another shot for 2k11 , agree with you about 2k10 been a bit of a write off but i think you will enjoy this one

[Fresh8]

I hope this lasts well - starts...

[Valor]

I hope this lasts well - starts...

Can't wait Mark, your associations always look great and hopefully you have enough time on your hands to keep this going

[Mandich]

Good luck with this one !

[The X]

I love the banner. NBA Jam Big Head style. Hope you get this one going

[Mark.]

Cheers guys, will get some more updates in the next few days. Although should I be waiting for the PC patch to come out? Ie will it affect my dynasty much or should I just go ahead and start it and the bugs will still come into affect?

[Valor]

Cheers guys, will get some more updates in the next few days. Although should I be waiting for the PC patch to come out? Ie will it affect my dynasty much or should I just go ahead and start it and the bugs will still come into affect?

I heard somewhere it's coming in March...but keeping my hopes up (hence why i havent started on my 2K11 asso yet)

[Mark.]

Cheers guys, will get some more updates in the next few days. Although should I be waiting for the PC patch to come out? Ie will it affect my dynasty much or should I just go ahead and start it and the bugs will still come into affect?

I heard somewhere it's coming in March...but keeping my hopes up (hence why i havent started on my 2K11 asso yet)

Hmmm interesting, well im going away for the weekend so I will wait that long, if not ill just go ahead and start, apparently most of the changes will still take affect in exisiting dynasties and its just the sig shots that which wont change which im pretty "meh" about since I use real player FG% at this stage anyway.

[Axel The Great]

Good luck Mark. I'll be following; the Magic is my favorite team outside of Texas.

[Mark.]

Good luck Mark. I'll be following; the Magic is my favorite team outside of Texas.

Cheers dude

Thinking will have roster info up tonight or if I get too tired then tomorrow.

[Mark.]

STARTING FIVE.




ROTATION.
* Projected minutes in brackets



STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES.

Strengths
♦ Good size. Dwight/Bass/Gortat makes for an intimidating front line rotation.
♦ Deep bench. The Magic second unit can go toe-toe with any in the league, and even some teams first units.
♦ Potent Range. Last season the Magic broke the NBA record for most 3 pointers made in a season. Expect much of the same.
♦ Solid interior defence. Couple Dwight Howard with Stan Van Gundy’s solid defensive system and you have a great defensive back bone.

Weaknesses
♦ Lack of a solid second option to Dwight Howard. Vince and Jameer can carry a team on any given night, but can they be relied upon?
♦ Injury prone. From Jameers dodgy shoulders to the nightly chance that Vince could slip over and hurt his vagina, Magic fans are constantly cringing at the sight of any collision.
♦ Not a large amount of trade pieces. If Orlando wants to bring in that second big time player they will need to offer up a good package. Do the Magic have the pieces?


COMING UP..... opening week!

[Arcane]

I'm really liking the player heads in the sig and starting lineups.

[Mark.]

I'm really liking the player heads in the sig and starting lineups.

Haha yeah, only problem is it gets harder to get funny pics or the bench players. Lets hope none fo the starters lose form or get traded etc

[dare]

Love the presentation and also the strength and weaknesses. I think Dwight will have at least 22,12 and 2

[hova-]

Looking very very cool. I really hope you can finally get this going and lasting.

[kibaxx7]

the nightly chance that Vince could slip over and hurt his vagina, Magic fans are constantly cringing at the sight of any collision

Still laughing. Great start bro. Looking forward to the opening games!

[mp3]

Love the starting 5 heads really funny idea Mark !

[Axel The Great]

Excellent analysis of the team's strengths/weaknesses. Especially the injury-prone part.

[rise]

Love the heads, hate the team.

Really well-done so far!

[Valor]

Love the starting 5 heads really awesome, fantastic and amazing idea Mark !

fixed