[Killing Time]

Originally Posted by Muzamba

Just thought I'd whip out an old mock-up I did a few versions ago. This is an idea of how the trade screen might look.

(Keep in mind that for demonstration purposes, I used the same players for each team. In the real version, the St. Louis and Boston rosters would be different.)

A few things to take note of:

• The color coding under Team Needs shows how urgent the need is. Red is most urgent, while yellow means less urgent and green means the team is set at this position. The letters at the top stand for "Starters", "Reserves", and "Minors" and indicate where the needs are within the team/organization
• The dollar amount in parentheses under "Available Cash" would calculate what the new cash amount would be if the trade were completed
• The difference between being "Actively Shopped" and "Listening to Offers" under Trading Block is that those being actively shopped would be more likely to react to their being on the block, plus teams would make more frequent offers for these players than those under "Listening to Offers"
• Disgruntled players would appear in the "Demanding to be Traded" box, drawing more frequent, yet somewhat less desirable offers
• Untradeable players are those who have a NTC that would prevent them from being traded to the specific team being displayed (Players with Ltd. NTCs may show as being untradeable to certain teams, but not to others)
• Players listed as Untouchable would not usually be included in offers from other teams, unless their "untradeables" are included
• Note that a Player to be Named Later can be included
• Depending on difficulty settings, Trade Summary would show the opposing team's reaction to your trade proposal as it is currently configured (Otherwise, it would simply read "Submit Proposal for Response")
• The Save button would allow you to leave the screen and come back to it later without the proposal being erased; The Counter button would draw a counter-proposal from the other team; The Submit button officially makes the offer, allowing you to tinker with the package you offer before submitting it for a reaction

I wish Markus could do that. Or would.