Instead, they sign LeBron James to a three-year deal.Īttempt #22: For the first time, the Thunder do not secure a top-four seed in the Western Conference, finishing with the sixth-best record in the West. the Boston Celtics.īut don't worry, the Wizards probably weren't going to be in the hunt for Durant anyway after they traded Nene and Alan Anderson to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez.Īttempt #21: The Wizards miss out on bringing Kevin Durant home to Washington. Does this wild, turbulent reality push KD towards the reassuring comfort of home? Nope, he re-ups with Oklahoma City, just like he has every other time.Īttempt #17: Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City!!! After a disappointing playoff exit, Kevin Durant packs his bags and signs a three-year deal with. The Suns won the NBA Finals and Brandon Knight was Finals MVP. KD signed with the Thunder again.Īttempt #15: The simulations are starting to get a little nutty. Randy Wittman has not won Coach of the Year yet. I think NBA 2K16 hates me.Īttempt #8: Billy Donovan wins Coach of the Year for the second time in eight attempts. The Wizards respond by signing Kobe Bryant to a one-year deal. Does the power struggle lead Kevin Durant to sign elsewhere? Nope, he signs a four-year deal with a player option to stay in Oklahoma City. As you would probably guess, Durant stays in OKC.Īttempt #6: Finally some hope: Russell Westbrook wins MVP, and the Thunder falter with Westbrook as the lead man, finishing fourth in the Western Conference. We're off to a splendid start.Īttempt #2: Kevin Durant wins MVP again, and to make things worse, new Thunder coach Billy Donovan wins Coach of the Year after leading the Thunder to the top seed in the Western Conference.
To punish me for embarking on this stupid mission, 2K simulates that Kevin Durant stays with the Thunder and the Wizards don't even make the playoffs. The Resultsīelow is a log of some of my attempts to simulate Kevin Durant joining the Wizards in 2016.Īttempt #1: Kevin Durant wins MVP and leads the Thunder to the second-best record in the Western Conference.
THE DRAFT NBA 2K16 FREE
By setting all teams to automated control, I was able to create an environment where virtual Kevin Durant was free to make his own decision, free of any human interference. To simulate the 2015-16 NBA season, I used NBA 2K16's MyLeague feature, which allows users to automate all team functions from simulating games, to managing player rotations, and even automating player and coaching personnel decisions.
To find out, I set off a mission to simulate the 2015-16 NBA season in NBA 2K16 repeatedly, for as long as it would take, to bring Kevin Durant home. without moving virtual heaven and earth to do it? For me, that dream is to find a way to simulate Kevin Durant joining his hometown team, the Washington Wizards, without user interference in NBA 2K16. It's all happens because video games provide a world where you convince yourself anything is possible.īut sometimes, even in a world with limitless potential, one can have a dream that borders on impossible. Video games can trick you into thinking you can do the impossible, whether it's creating a virtual version of yourself to guide your favorite team to a title, or creating a world where Robert Griffin III transforms into a defensive end and moves from team to team to haunt Kirk Cousins. They're meant to give us something just realistic enough to give us the impression we're creating our own version of what we see in real life that we trick ourselves into thinking it's real, even if for a fleeting moment in time. Sports video games aren't meant to replicate reality.
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