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2. Cavaliers (lose in second round 2-4 to 6th seed Pacers)
3. Hawks (lose in first round 3-4 to 6th seed Pacers)
4. Celtics (lose in first round 2-4 to 1st seed Magic)
5. Heat (lose in first round 1-4 to 4th seed Celtics)
6. Pacers (swept in conference finals by 1st seed Magic)
7. Raptors (lose in first round 2-4 to 2nd seed Cavs)
8. Wizards (swept in first round by 1st seed Magic)
Magic 16-4 (NBA Champions)
Lakers 14-9 (Lost in Finals)
Jazz 11-8 (Lost in Conf Finals)
Pacers 8-9 (Swept in Conf Finals)
Warriors 7-7 (beat Blazers in 7, lost to Lakers in 7)
Mavericks 7-7 (beat Nugs in 7, lost to Jazz in 7)
Celtics 6-5 (lost to Magic in 6)
Cavaliers 6-6 (lost to Pacers in 6)
Nuggets 3-4 (Yeah, a 1st seed loses first round in association EVERY TIME. Very realistic 2K.)
Hawks 3-4 (lost to Pacers in 7)
Blazers 3-4 (lost to Warriors in 7)
Raptors 2-4
Rockets 1-4
Heat 1-4
Kings 1-4
Wizards 0-4
Kurt Thomas
Lindsey Hunter
Marcus Camby
Brian Skinner
Adonal Foyle
Grant Hill
Kevin Ollie
Mark Blount
Aside from Camby this might be the most realistic list I've ever generated.
Jerry Sloan (he signed an extension in real life. at least Adelman and Karl didn't retire with him like they usually do)
Kobe Bryant (24.8) - ACCEPTED (he's probably signing an extension in real life so I'll just get rid of this anyway)
Kenyon Martin (16.5) - ACCEPTED (lol, how could he not?)
Shannon Brown (2.1) - DECLINED (as he will in real life)
Tyson Chandler (12.7) - ACCEPTED
Willie Green (3.9) - ACCEPTED
Sebastian Telfair (2.7) - ACCEPTED
Joel Przybilla (7.4) - ACCEPTED (he certainly will in real life due to his injury)
Jared Jeffries (6.8) - ACCEPTED
Nenad Krstic (5.8) - DECLINED (he wasn't happy in game)
Channing Frye (2.0) - ACCEPTED (not realistic, but then, so is being only 63 overall with a 90 3pt rating. Guess I have to take this one out.)
Eddy Curry (11.2) - ACCEPTED (biggest no-brainer of the year)
Peja Stojakovic (14.2) - ACCEPTED (ditto)
Darius Songaila (4.8) - ACCEPTED
Jason Kapono (6.6) - ACCEPTED
Vlad Radmanovic (6.8) - ACCEPTED
Maurice Evans (2.5) - ACCEPTED (somewhat surprising given that he's upset about PT, but also declined quite a bit beyond his displeasure)
Josh Howard (11.8) - DECLINED (this one is perhaps the most debatable in real life since Howard is coming off the bench but money is no object to Mark Cuban)
Delonte West (4.6) - ACCEPTED
Von Wafer (2.7) - ACCEPTED (Awesome, I left him in the FA pool and Memphis signed him to a realistic deal.)
Ryan Gomes (4.1) - DECLINED (that's my fault, I need to improve his ratings)
Chuck Hayes (2.1) - DECLINED (really? guess it's because of Yao, I might have to take that out since he's a bargain at 2 million)
Leon Powe (0.9) - ACCEPTED
Marcus Haislip (0.9) - DECLINED
Bill Walker (0.8) - DECLINED
Eduardo Najera (3.0) - DECLINED
James Jones (4.6) - DECLINED
I should note that I took out a lot of options to prevent the game from screwing up decisions (like 2010 opt outs that LeBron and co make).
1. Grizzlies
2. Knicks (haha, enjoy Jazz)
3. Hornets
4. Wolves
5. Pistons
I picked the Knicks and of their free agents, only Lee, Harrington, and Duhon wanted to re-sign. The rest all wanted to test the market. Nate was upset and refused to even negotiate. I'll pass on re-signing all of them, as my goal this off-season is to sign a big name player. (Though on that note, I wish I hadn't signed my rookies since that will cut into my cap space and the Knicks don't have any picks this year in real life).
LeBron, Wade, Bosh, and Johnson all re-signed with their teams before hitting the market, since teams get the first opportunity to sign them if they don't want to test the market. That is VERY, VERY annoying, as you should at the least be allowed to make them offers before they re-sign with their respective team. I don't even understand the point of re-signing your own players before the draft lottery, that doesn't happen in real life and it shouldn't in the game. The game should be smart enough to let you go over the cap for your own free agents even if they're in the FA pool.
That leaves the following players to pick from
87 Boozer (PF)
86 Amare (PF)
79 Lee (C)
78 Felton (PG) - RESTRICTED (um, what the hell 2K, he was restricted LAST YEAR)
76 Allen (SG)
76 McGrady (SG)
75 Scola (PF)
75 Robinson (PG)
75 Lowry (PG) - RESTRICTED
74 Shaq (C)
74 Hughes (SG)
73 Ty Thomas (PF) - RESTRICTED
72 Gooden (C)
72 Bynum (PG) - RESTRICTED
71 Outlaw (PF)
70 Brown (SG)
68 C.J. Watson (PG) - RESTRICTED (another player who is unrestricted in real life)
66 - J.J. Redick (SG) - UNRESTRICTED (uh, he's only coming off his rookis contract...)
63 Aaron Gray (C) - RESTRICTED (awesome how we have no control over this)
59 J.R. Giddens (SG) - RESTRICTED (sigh...)
The Knicks end up with Kyle Lowry (3 years), Tracy McGrady (2 years), J.J. Redick (2 years), David Lee (5 years, side note, why can't i offer him 6?)
Oh, and Al Harrington automatically re-signed for 6 years and 43 million. Don't ask me how that happened, since I certainly didn't authorize it.
Boozer signed with the Clippers to replace Camby, and to start over the 82 rated Blake Griffin. Can't say I'm surprised (that it's the Clippers making such a dumb move, or that 2K's AI could run the Clipper front office)
Larry Hughes and Luke Ridnour each replaced Boozer in Utah. Each got 4 year deals (though Ridnour's is worth about 2 million a year).
Shaq and Dampier go to Washington. Haywood goes to Detroit to replace Ben Wallace who signed in Minny to backup Jefferson/Love. Krstic replaces Damp in Dallas, while Gooden moves on to backup O'Neal in Miami. Ilgauskas meanwhile regains his starting job.
Matt Harpring re-signed with the Thunder for 3 years and the minimum. Did I mention I have Matt Harpring rated 25 overall? Why is this game trying to meet roster minimums during the FA period? Isn't that the point of the FA period? And why are these multi-year deals instead of one year pacts?
Your 2010 Knicks
C David Lee (79)
PF Al Harrington (76)
SF Wilson Chandler (76)
SG Tracy McGrady (76)
PG Kyle Lowry (75)