Can I turn the Memphis Grizzlies into a championship team within five years in NBA 2K17? Let’s check out the results.
My objective in this piece is to take over for Chris Wallace as the general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies. I will try to do what he hasn’t been able to, win an NBA Championship. By taking control of team activities, which include training, free agency, game plan, and drafting, I will do my best to engineer a team that can overcome the best the NBA has to offer. This is a video game, but the goal will be to keep it realistic. This means that some ground rules will be needed so I don’t take advantage of 2K’s sometimes unrealistic offers and trades.
- I can’t trade away the whole Grizzlies team by making more than five trades in any part of the season.
- I can’t make unrealistic trades such as Zach Randolph for Ben Simmons or Mike Conley for Steph Curry.
- The only trade restriction that will be turned off will be the rookie signing restriction.
- I will not relocate the team at any point .
- Nothing will be changed that doesnt reflect how the NBA is in real life, such as raising the cap.
- Previously traded picks will be enforced which includes the Grizzlies 2017 first round pick which belongs to the Denver Nuggets.
- Injuries and chemistry will be turned off so that no unexpected ratings drop or something such as Curry and Kevin Durant having season-ending injuries that lead to an easy title for other teams. This way, the best teams should always come out on top.
I also wanted to make some other quick notes as to how I will approach running the Grizzlies:
- The goal is to win the championship so I will be going all in almost every season since a rebuild might take me the full five years and I may not even get the chance to contend
- I won’t be trading Mike Conley, Marc Gasol, or Chandler Parsons within the first two years as they have just signed recent contracts with the team and I assume the Memphis Grizzlies will be loyal to them in real life for quite some time
- I will not be taking computer trade offers into account unless it is a realistic move
- The first two drafts are based off of real projected players, but the final two are using auto-generated draft classes