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Season
Created-Player
Progress
A created player’s rating
in each skill category
might increase or decrease
according to either
Natural
or
Incentive
progression.
•
Natural Progression:
Based on several
factors, including age and potential.
Created players can progress this way,
and all existing NBA players will progress
this way.
•
Incentive Progression:
Based on points
earned during the season. Created
players can progress
this way. (See pg. 23
for more information.)
Offseason
When the regular season is
history and the playoffs are
through, there’s still work to be
done. This is your opportunity
to update your roster(s) with
trades, free-agent signings,
and the rookie draft. If you
need a little time off, you can
have the draft conducted for you.
Let’s say that just one game isn’t enough for you. Or, that you want
to be both a player
and
a general manager. Then, you’ll want to get
into a season, where you can lead your favorite team—or teams—
through 25 seasons of slammin’ b-ball action.
Fantasy Draft
If you are really going to take full control of your team, you’re going
to want to select your own players. This is where the fantasy draft
comes in. To turn on the fantasy draft, set the
Fantasy Draft
option
on the
Gameplay
screen to
Yes
. Note that this option is available
only after you enter
Season
mode; it does not appear on the
Gameplay
screen if you make any other selection from the
Main Menu
.
Front Office
Dominating a season takes more than showing off your skills on
the court. You must work behind the scenes to manage your rosters,
trade players, create players, and more. For that, you have to enter
the
Front Office
.
To use the General Manager/Front Office
•
Choose
General Manager
directly from the
Main Menu
if you want to make global changes that will affect all
game modes (except previously saved
Season
games).
–or–
•
Choose
Front Office
from the
League Home
menu after
you’ve started a season if you want your changes to affect
only that season.
