The summer before last I bought my first NBA 2K game because it was cheap in the summer Steam sale and, well, why not. Surely NBA 2K17, bought at that point at the low price of $15, would yield some fun. It did indeed; I quickly got into the franchise mode in 2K17. In fact, I got a little too good at it, manipulating its draft system to get great players and pulling off trades that would never happen in real life.
See, in real basketball, players lower down in the two-round, 60-player amateur draft can make a big impact.