The End of the World Has Come

SMARTASS RESPONSE: The office staff are just looking for an excuse to play video games on the company dime…

SERIOUS RESPONSE: It’s an elaborate computer simulation, kudos for the teams for figuring it out…

however the astute gm uses every tool at his disposal and a system that can simulate a set of conditions using a type of artificial intelligence thousands if not millions of times can be a valuable tool.

Check out this fanshot I did a while ago and it was pretty close

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/11/28/674867/blazers-104-hornets-90

I did not call is but the website buzzerbeaters came eerily close to predicting the final score of the game as well as a bad game from west and Paul but a good one from Peja.

The thing is as long as the data and the league you create are accurate you can play a thousand seasons in a day and see what happens based on those results.

Pretty cool if you ask me.

Looks about as useful as running the game/season simulator as a way of predicting a single contest or an entire season.

Stuuuuuupid.

morrow in a 48 min simulation.

or maybe this is just what he’s made the rest of the league think

I have already plugged in everyone from Granger, Prince, Arenas, Felton to Conley into our rotation for test games ;-)
And tested Martell’s shooting guard and Roy’s point guard qualities. Btw, Roy was never good for video games: Not specialized enough.

but if it’s true I have to give huge kudos to the guys that projected these games.
I still think it’s kind of a waste of brain power to have these geniuses creating games, but money makes the world go around.

Anybody else a Kotaku reader? Great video game news blog.

They don’t write enough about the Blazers though.

so I only have Dave’s blurb to go on, but it doesn’t seem that far fetched to me. I once read that NFL All-Pro tight end Antonio Gates (a former basketball player) learned how to read defenses by playing a lot of Madden. This will likely be just another tool in KP’s toolbox of tools.

uses stats that are already available to teams, but makes them easier to use. EA basically provided the NBA (and everyone else) with a new user interface.

So I’m thinking there will soon be a new position within each teams staff – Video Game Coordinator. Any volunteers?

using this info all along and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they have spreadsheets on all the teams/players. This just makes it easier to use.

"This data has been available before — Dynamic DNA simply feeds info culled from popular NBA stat-tracking company Synergy Sports Technology — but never in such an easily digestible way. Morey is quick to point out that getting a feel for how a player interacts with a team is much more useful than just staring at numbers.

As tingeyga says, it’s just another tool – Only I think it is not a tool for KP, it’s not for finding the next Ebenezer Grokman, it’s for the coaches, for planning their defense, matchups, and total game plan.

stinks, 2k9 is far superior if you ask me

…started reading I thought the whole idea was ridiculous. But after hearing what the game program does, updates from latest stats, it doesn’t sound quite so bizzare. It’s just another way of applying data, the fact that it being filtered through a video game while it sounds strange probably shouldn’t be all that shocking. There is no reset button for an actual N.B.A. game. I guess I kind of think a good staff, a prepared coaching, scouting and management staff shouldn’t need that type of crutch but if they think it is helping then more power to them.

Daryl Morey is the most intelligent front office executive in the NBA.

Then make the the tendencies for the Blazers the exact opposite.

they picked the Blazers to get around 36 wins this year

but dont you think the scouting report in the back office report should have included this info in the past? Or is this only applicable to the supporting cast.

thats the only explanation i can muster

plus 2k9 is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than live 09

I have played both 2k9 and Live 09, and I gotta say that while I like both, Live is definitely better. 2k9 does look more realistic, but Live’s gameplay is way more realistic. And my friends actually sit and watch the games on the edge of there seats like real games. Updating every day is off the hook, you really feel it when one of your guys goes down (like when Oden was out). Or if some of your players are cold like LMA, or Rudy last week. The players play just like in real life. B-Roy spin layins to the rim all day. Oden collapses the defense then kicks back out to Rudy for an open three, Roy for a drive, LMA for a spot up shot (or dunk), or a crazy Outlaw fade-away. Another tight thing about the game is you can go back and play match-ups from last year with the same player tendencies from those actual games. Anyways both games are great but I had to show some love for Live 09, Best Basketball game I’ve ever played. I say play both and see which one you like, there are demos on Xbox live or PSN.