New Orleans Pelicans NBA2k17 Season Simulation
By Rick Stone
As part of NBA2k Day, Pelican Debrief decided to do a full 82-game season preview for the New Orleans Pelicans on NBA2k17, with the simulation having a “Deja Vu” feeling to it at the end.
With the NBA season less than a month away, anticipation for the New Orleans Pelicans upcoming season is tough to ignore.
The excitement brought along the idea of doing a season simulation on NBA2k17, the new basketball video game that came out a few weeks ago. The game includes a Franchise/Season Mode that can be completed in the game.
In this mode, you can control your favorite team and complete either a single season or multiple seasons campaign. The goal is simple: Win as many games and championships as you can. However, this article is focused on a simulation.
Each game was simulated instead of actually played, giving it the most realistic outcome. Still, it’s always good to remember during this simulation that this is a game. It does not mean each and everything that happens in this run should be expected this upcoming season.
Before it begins, there are a few things that are different than what will happen to the New Orleans Pelicans this season.
First off, the rosters in the game are the ones before signings late in the offseason. Therefore, guys like Lance Stephenson, Chris Copeland and Robert Sacre are not on the team.
The injuries to Jrue Holiday, Quincy Pondexter and Tyreke Evans were wiped away to start the season, due to the game not yet updating the injury situation. The team also has a different depth chart than they will to start in real life, even though we tried to give them the most accurate rotations possible.
Still, it’s time to see what will happen to the New Orleans Pelicans in this simulated season. Will the Pelicans make the playoffs? Will the team be handed another awful run of injuries? There’s only one way to find out….