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The Big Day

The Big Day

Get drafted in the 1st round of the NBA draft in My Player mode.

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How to unlock the The Big Day achievement in NBA 2K11 - Definitive Guide

This achievement is obtainable through My Player mode.

To get the achievement, you need to firstly create a player (which will see you nab the "birthday" achievement) and then guide him through 3 draft camp match-ups, as well as 6 skills drills.

The six skills drills will give you extra skills points to incorporate into your player's make-up in order to improve their skills. The three match-ups are full on 5-on-5 games involving your player and nine other players drafted into NBA franchises before the 2010/11 season.

In each of the match-ups your play starts with a "C" grading, and must improve it through good play, to at least an "A" grading in order to virtually guarantee you will be drafted in the first round.

To guarantee a first round draft slot, achieve 3 straight A+ ratings in your games.

As a reference point, I played through the three games once, achieved B or B+ grades and as drafted early in the second round. Currently I have played two A+ games and am slated to be drafted in the middle of the first round.

One thing to remember is to not get your overall grading confused with the three tasks or targets that are set for you at the start of each of these games.

Achieving these tasks is no guarantee you will receive the grading you require to be drafted in the first round. In fact, in many ways, they are unrelated - you can actually achieve 1 or 2 of the three and still get an A+ grade, while achieving all 3 might still only see you graded a B or so.

Three other things to remember are:
1 - increase the length of your game in your My Player preferences (at the start of My Player) to 10 or so minutes, while decreasing the sim game length to 1-2 minutes. Longer games allow you to gain better stats and recover from mistakes, while shorter simmed games will benefit you later on when you make the league and are striving to be named Rookie of the Year, MVP, etc.
2 - Find a camera angle you are comfortable with. This will allow you to play to the highest standards you can (including on defence).
3 - In the My Player preferences at the start of the experience, turn auto save off. This will allow you to have a trial run of some of the skills drills - and maybe even a game - and not have them autosaved if you play poorly.

As to achieving the A+ grade itself, your attitude should be to play good solid team basketball and fulfil the roles and responsibilities your on-court position requires - not unlike playing a game of Team Up through NBA 2K11's online modes.

The game is a harsh marker - mistakes such as letting your man score, being out-rebounded, making bad passes and taking bad shots all attract big deductions to your overall mark; arguably moreso than the bonuses awarded to you for good play.

What constitutes good and bad play obviously depends on the position your player plays, so I won't go into extensive details here. But be prepared to work hard for a whole game and be actively involved in the play both at the offensive and defensive ends.

Personally, I have played as a PG and have a number of techniques that have seen me notch games of 21 points/9 assist/2 blocks, and then 19 points/17 assists/2 rebounds in back to back games with a minimum of turnovers.

This has seen me get two A+ grades while defending John Wall and minimising his impact (but boy is he quick!)

Happy to share these PG techniques, and discuss other ideas, in the comments below.
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20 Oct 2010 01:27

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This is an awesome solution. This achievement (which I'm still working on) has been bugging me, and this is a great write-up to actually get it done. Thanks!
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By omgeezus on 26 Oct 2010 16:26
Thanks for the kind words mate - one thing I should've added here but didn't is that it is advisable to have two save files of your saved My Player game going at once - alternating saves between one and the other. There have been reports of glitches stopping people loading up saved games so having two files means you, at most, only lose one game if something bad happens.

One other thing for guards - on defence, don't ever get caught on a switch and end up defending an opposition power forward or centre. It is the quickest way to get abused on the low block and scored over - and the game will still take marks off you for this despite the fact the centre has height and weight on you.
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By Chris8875 on 26 Oct 2010 20:13
great soulution...picking your teamates defender on offense gets the most amount of points the quickest
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By G0dzxChoz3nx0N3 on 27 Dec 2010 13:52
Ohh man i wish i was reading it before i was born (in the game of course)...but next time i´ll make it in the first round.Anyway thank´s for this solution...winke winke
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By PonySlayer on 08 Feb 2011 16:41
Consider adding this to the solution. I made 4 attempts at this before getting it (i'm not very good obviously) and noted the last three drafts that I was always picked 2 spots above the predicted spot.

Also I had a B+ rating after 2 draft combine games and then switched to 8 minute quarters and tore it up with A+. This gave me a predicted drafting position of 1st round 30th and I got 28th.
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By JaySten on 22 Dec 2011 07:18
I was drafted last pick in first round by the wizards and still didn't get achievement.
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By Shuttlekak on 04 Feb 2012 15:12
got 3 A+ and still predicted as 2nd round pick, any suggestions?
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By BRARROW on 05 Feb 2014 02:21
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Just a quick addition - I have found the easiest way to get an A+ rating is to create a PG with a 3 point specialist play style. During the game keep taking 3pt attempts. As long as you are standing stil (not shooting off dribble) you are rewraded for a good shot selection even if you miss. TO make this even easier call for a screen (Hold LB) which gives you an open shot rewarding you even more and making the shot more likely to drop. I have played 2 of the 3 games so far and have scored 30+ potins in each.
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08 Feb 2011 10:28

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any chance you could tell us what you set your players stuff to , eg height , weight stuff like that
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By paddycfc22 on 05 Jun 2011 20:56
Sorry - I traded this game in a while ago and so can't look it up. From memory I made hime around 6 ft 4" and medium build conecntrating on speed and shooting.
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By Obi Jase on 17 Jun 2011 08:24
This achievement can be time consuming depending on how good your my player is. I recommend playing for the full 12 min. quarters and also 12 min. quarters for simulation. Go under the gameplay options under the My player home menu. I play point guard and averaged about 21 points per game , 17 assists per game , and double digits in rebounds also . Try to get the best positive teammate rating possible so you can get drafted in the first round. Find as many open teammates and big players cutting through the lane to dish many assists. Also pick and Rolls , Isolation and post - up plays help with this. I hope this solution works for everyone who reads this.
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This a challenging trophy for many. It does NOT matter what your in-game stats are as the only thing that matters and counts is your teammate grade. There are only three combine games and in those games have your quarter length set to 10 or 12 minutes long. Since there are only three games, you want to give yourself a better shot at getting a B+ or higher teammate grade. After each game you will see at the bottom or your My Player homepage your stock value in the draft (where you are projected of being drafted). Once all three games have been played, you will enter the NBA Draft and if you have been getting good teammate grades then you should be drafted in the 1st round.

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My Player mode is all about creating your own NBA Superstar from scratch. You start out with the Pre-Draft Combine and you will be put into 3 games against the best rookies from the real 2010 NBA Draft. Getting into the 1st round may be a struggle if this is your first basketball game. An average grade of about a 'B-' should scrape you into the bottom end of the 1st round unlocking this achievement.

Your grade will rise with many things such as good shot selections, on and off ball screens, assists, defensive and offensive rebounds, steals, tipped passes and many more.

Your grade will fall with many things such as bad shot selections, turnovers, bad passes, bad transition defense, bad steal attempts, allowing man to score and many more.

As your stats aren't that good, take your time and try not to control the game with your player. Only take wide open shots and keep an eye out for players cutting to the basket. A quick way to raise your grade is by good shot defense and defensive rebounds which can come with ease for even small 6 foot point guards if you run to the basket as soon as the opposition shoots.

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