Henry's World

With only one team in the playoffs, we will be covering the Barons entire postseason run in this post, in addition to the offseason for all six teams. How will Baltimore fare against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks? It's time to find out. First Round Game 1 was pretty close, but hinged on key turnovers. Giannis had 7 steals, while bench mates David Nwaba and Tyler Johnson for Baltimore each turned the ball over 4 times, leading to a 15 point Milwaukee win. Game 2 was even more competitive, with Tyreke Evans posting 27 points for Baltimore and Jeremy Lin chipped in 19. But unfortunately for the Barons, Eric Bledsoe exploded for 19 points and hit 5 threes, as the Bucks narrowly edged out a Game 2 victory. Game 3 was defined by offensive struggles for the Barons, as big man Eric Moreland turned the ball over 5 times and Tyreke Evans went 4-12 from the floor and fouled out. Giannis and Khris Middleton combined for 36, and the Bucks took a 9 point win in Baltimore. With the...

We begin the first year for our six expansion teams, here in 2018, where I was pleasantly surprised by what our teams accomplished. I expected to have the six worst records in the league, just competing for draft picks, and while a couple of these teams did struggle, several others provided a complete shock to the establishment of the NBA. Let's take a look. (Henry's Note- this series will differ from The New Millennium, since I'm just focused on our teams rather than the entire league. You may hear something about what's going on league-wise from time to time if it's relevant, but I will remain laser focused on just these teams. Also, this breakdown will begin with the worst team of the six, and go up from there). San Diego Surf Record: (26-56, 6th in Pacific Division, 18th in Western Conference) It was a rough opening year for the Surf, who only avoided being the worst team in the league thanks to the hapless New York Knicks, who won just 19 games....

As mentioned at the end of the last post, the other 30 NBA teams were allowed to protect 10 members of their roster, leaving our new expansion franchises with slim pickings to build their new rosters. I did this to make the early struggles as difficult as possible, to really simulate just how difficult building an expansion team is. After all, the last NBA expansion team was the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004, and they went 18-64, this is an extremely tough league to start from scratch in. Despite the lack of quality, the six rosters that were drafted do have some recognizable names and interesting storylines, and I think it will be quite cool to follow along from the very start, as new records are established and these teams begin to develop an identity. Las Vegas Aces We start by taking a look at Floyd Goldworthy's hometown team and the first to gain expansion in this alternate universe, the Aces of Las Vegas. This team grabbed most of the biggest names, with a backcourt featur...

In April of last year, I launched what proved to be what of my favorite projects ever, The New Millennium, a long term, grand scale simulation, covering an entirely new reality of basketball in NBA 2k19. That series would spill over into my second blog , and ran for 66 episodes, crowning many new legends and reinvigorating my interest in the sport. While I've searched a long time since to recapture the magic of that series, nothing has quite caught fire in the way The New Millennium did. And so, I think it's time to go back to where it all began. Ladies and gentlemen, Henry's World and NBA 2k19 present...........................The New World. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's October 16th, 2018. You may not know my name, you may have never gazed upon my face, but when all this is over, my legacy will be forever etched in the stars. For many years, I have been per...