LOVE the new Player Salaries...Kudos Topic

solson
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After having built a few new teams with the new salaries, I have found it to be much better.  In the leagues I have been in you no longer have to have a team that can score 130 a game to win.  Defense can actually matter now.  Scoring is down about 10-15 per game across the board.  Much better.  Great job.

Now let me see if I can win a championship with it...lol.
10/22/2010 4:04 PM
solson
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Hello...anybody have a comment?
10/22/2010 6:00 PM
ashamael
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I don't like them and have made the comment several times in several threads.
10/22/2010 6:47 PM
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I just thought I'd start a thread from the other side of things,  Everybody always starts the threads with something to ***** about.  I thought I start one that praised WhatIf and see what people do with it.  No one really paid it much mind.  Tells you something about the people posting on these boards.
10/22/2010 9:08 PM
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I kind of like the new salary structure.  The old one was certainly played out, and I like the new challenge.  I don't play this game or any of the WIS products so much to play my favorites as much as to find unsung heros and over looked players of and discovering basketball history.  But yeah, there does need to be a thread about liking the new salary structure.  Good luck to all who do.

10/22/2010 10:17 PM
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Posted by solson on 10/22/2010 9:08:00 PM (view original):
I just thought I'd start a thread from the other side of things,  Everybody always starts the threads with something to ***** about.  I thought I start one that praised WhatIf and see what people do with it.  No one really paid it much mind.  Tells you something about the people posting on these boards.
It tells you more about human nature.
10/23/2010 4:12 AM
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Posted by solson on 10/22/2010 9:08:00 PM (view original):
I just thought I'd start a thread from the other side of things,  Everybody always starts the threads with something to ***** about.  I thought I start one that praised WhatIf and see what people do with it.  No one really paid it much mind.  Tells you something about the people posting on these boards.
Solson I like the direction the new salaries have gone to price the players more to their real value.  But like I said many times before on this forum, the lesser minute players are way overpriced.  The issue is we able to give some input on this and was never really told the exponential increase in these players.  The most used players went up 20-30% but the lesser minute players went up as much as 300%.  And now there is less flexibilty in the SIM, therefore the cookie cutters will be back very quickly and there will be even less diversity than the prior SIM.  That is my issue
10/23/2010 8:54 AM
solson
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I can see that, but without the extra price for the bench players (believe me I under stand as I started one of the threads you are talking about), then everyone can keep loading their teams with stars and scoring 130 per game.  They removed the extra star and made you pay for your bench.  I think the WhatIf guys have done it right.
10/23/2010 9:24 AM
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sebleson, I have 4 free teams and am not even thinking about drafting a team...I think that says all that needs to be said about the NBA sim...

10/23/2010 3:30 PM
ashamael
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I have 13 free ones (and am in same boat as c19).  Though I have tried making a team; I'm just not happy with the results.
10/23/2010 4:50 PM
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try it with two stars (like the real NBA) instead of the three or four you used to have.  You dont need the firepower you had before because the other teams dont have it either.  The sim is better now that you dont have to build a team that can score 130, period.
10/23/2010 10:13 PM
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Building teams is a pain in the butt now. You end up w/ guys you don't like or don't even know on your team just to get enough minutes.

New salaries = fail

And I don't want to hear about how we had time to check if they were good or not. After the 2nd or 3rd pre-release version, real life got busy for me. Not even to mention the fact that it's not our jobs to make sure the thing is good. Someone should've tested it and made some teams before it was finalized.
10/23/2010 11:30 PM (edited)
ashamael
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Posted by solson on 10/23/2010 10:13:00 PM (view original):
try it with two stars (like the real NBA) instead of the three or four you used to have.  You dont need the firepower you had before because the other teams dont have it either.  The sim is better now that you dont have to build a team that can score 130, period.
You don't understand my gripe.  I've said it enough that I'm not going to bother posting it again, though garyman hit pretty close with his statement.
10/23/2010 11:26 PM
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ps - the real NBA sucks in comparison to the old NBA.
10/23/2010 11:26 PM
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It seems like building teams at $42 million now is much less fun than with the old salaries. Even the cheapest roster fillers are at $100,000 per minute now. I did have fun building a $52 million team for the ncih draft league. 
10/24/2010 12:52 AM
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