Classic teams in MyLeague

A majority of the reason why users login to MyLeague, the second most popular game mode in NBA2k, is to undo the wrongs of their team. A lot of Hawks fans would maybe draft Luka Doncic instead of Trae Young, not do the Clint Capela trade, or have drafted someone else rather than John Collins. The same holds true for a plentiful amount of fanbases in the NBA. There are a lot of regrets that each franchise faces after an amount of time, and the fanbase feels and resonates with each mistake that could have made them better in the future.

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However, the current NBA2k only allows for such a limited backlog in time. The farthest back you could go is the year prior, right before the draft of the current season. This way, you can change who you draft and who you sign in the Free Agency Class. With the current system, users can only correct the team’s errors in the prior offseason. However, what if we could go back to our franchises from 4 years ago? 10 years ago? That, to me, is much more exciting. If users were allowed to play classic teams and use them with the knowledge they have now, they should have no issue in rebuilding or retooling their team for the future. For example, if you were to use the Classic 2014 Roster and have the Celtics, would you still trade your big 3 to the Nets? Would you have instead traded Rondo for another pick, knowing that your big 3 was declining? Or if you were the 2010 Knicks, how would you keep the roster alive with Jeremy Lin? All these challenges are exciting ones to tackle one, and one that many players wish they had a stab at.

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I for one would love to go back before the Carmelo Anthony blockbuster in 2011. During that time, we gave up almost everything for Carmelo. However, it was not necessary to do so since he was going to sign with us during Free Agency regardless. If I were given the option, I would wait for this period and sign Melo without giving up any assets. This way, we would have a lot of great players that we would have otherwise kept had we not been impatient for Free Agency. Similar fanbases have the same dilemma. 2005: The Hawks drafting Marvin Williams instead of Chris Paul 2006: The Chicago Bulls drafting Tyrus Thomas instead of Lamarcus Aldrige 2015: The Bulls keeping Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, and Nikola Mirotic 2015: The Pistons missing out on Tobias Harris

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No matter the year or the fanbase, each franchise has their regrets that they deeply feel to this day. By allowing classic teams in MyLeague, we are able to make amends to those mistakes and hopefully make our franchises better. Do you agree with what I said? Let me know in the comments below!