Here is his next game against the bucks...(sorry if you don't care about this stuff, I love it)

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My next game is against the Bucks and I put Q and James back in the starting lineup and I think they took the hint. Q hits his first four three pointers, James blocks three shots in a row down low, and the Knicks lineup is now in a battle for playing time. Unfortunately for the Knicks and Channing Frye, however, the big man goes down with an injury after being hammered down low by fellow rookie Andrew Bogut.


I easily beat the Bucks, but now Frye is going to be slowed down for the near future with a sore toe. He won't miss any time, but his performance will be affected. I decide to let him sit out so he can recover quicker, then I assign my assistant coach to work with Nate Robinson on his athletics. I want to see him fly in the coming years as my point guard. Once Frye is healthy, I'm going to assign my coach to work on his inside defense, then I'll move on to working with David Lee.

Speaking of Lee, in game three I give him Frye's starting spot and the kid goes off, earning player of the game honors as the Knicks squeak one out in the final minutes capped off by an alley-oop from Robinson to Lee, followed by a Robinson steal and slam over Baron Davis. Robinson is definitely the spark plug I was hoping for as just like real life, the kid just brings an aura of energy and excitement around with him onto the floor and really gets the speed of the game turned up a notch.

Just think what he's going to be like in my Dynasty next season as my assistant coach continues to work with him and I turn him into a Superstar.

Q continues to bust from behind the arc and has earned his spot back in the lineup. Crawford is having a rough time out there, though, so he's spending more and more time on the bench. Might be time for a trade.

I check the Freestyle Superstar Type screen and notice that both Crawford and Starbury can be either Outside Scorers or Playmakers, but only Starbury can be an Outside Stopper on D. This game is all about playing D. I would love to trade Crawford for another Stopper, maybe someone like Iguodala on the 76ers. They made AI Version 2.0 one seriously bad M-Fer in this game, and I would love to have him on my team, so I throw Crawford's name out there as trade bait and wait for a bite.

In the meantime, Frye's toe is feeling better, so I send him to work with the coach on his defense for four weeks of intensive study. I notice that Nate Robinson improved by one attribute point in the area of FG shooting in his one week of training, so hopefully Frye can earn some additional marks in shot blocking by training with my defensive specialist.



The Knicks go on to win their fourth game in a row against the Blazers, but the 76ers aren't interested in giving up AI Version 2.0 for Crawford and a 1st. Damn. Oh well, looks like I'll keep playing with my young cats and alternate Crawford and Robinson when I need a spark.

Only 78 more games in my season. At this rate I'll be done by the time Live Next Gen ships. I might need to start simulating some games while maintaining the workouts for my young guys.

I might be 60 mil in the hole, but I have hope, and for a Knicks fan, that's all I can ask at this point.


[Edited by - rvhoss on 09-03-2005 2:05 PM]

Good Post, and those Live '06 pics look better than ever.
I like that Player Evolution feature. I see where that could be lots of fun.

...and yeah, N8 will win the next Dunk Contest.

the graphics on it are sick did any of you see the new budikia game the graphics are better than ever and they have every story mode ever made and every character ever made

The angles are crazy now... damn. I'm gonna be posterizing cats every which way with Live '06.

...sounds like an online challenge is on the horizon...

LOL like I always say, don't bring it unless you want it brought to you.

Is the 1-on-1 a playable option online?