NBA 2k8: Rebuilding the 76ers [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

Eaglesfan27

10-05-2007, 08:20 PM

I'll forewarn any readers that this "association" could be restarted if I get the bug where teams with bad records go to the playoffs inaccurately or if a patch is released that requires a restart. However, I'm not worried about having real college players in the 1st year or two, and that won't be the reason that I would restart this association.

Settings:

12 minute quarters played, 12 minute quarters simmed.

Pro level to start off with, but if I start beating teams that I shouldn't, I'll go up to All-Star.

Sliders: Charging fouls at 100. All other fouls at 75. I'm not touching anything else for at least the first 5 games.

I'll be playing one game and then simming a game.

I meet with the owner who tells me he expects me to improve the team this year.

First thing, we need to do is look at our staff:

Coach: Maurice Cheeks is good at teaching and is good at coaching offense and defense. He is under contract for 1 more year at 1.5 million. I offer him a 3 year extension at the current rate. He accepts.

Head Assistant Coach Randy Myers is a good teacher who specializes in defense and is ok with coaching offense. He is currently under contract for 1 more year at 500k. I don't extend his deal, but I'll keep him for a year and re-evaluate at the end of the year.

Our head of scouting is Sammy Washington. He is an average scouting, but I don't think we an win with average scouting. We hire Stanley Hickman, a master head of scouting for a very costly 51 million over 6 years!

We keep Jeff Graham who is a good scout making 750k for 2 years. A good scout according to the game will accurately predict college players potential within 20%.

However, we decide to add a master level scout as well Larry Graves is a master scout who we hire for 7 years at 1 million per year. He will be accurate within 10% on players potential.

Trainer Rex Reed is average and we'll keep him for 2 years at 300k/year.

After I spent all of that money, the owner's mood went from jubiliant to happy. He also told me that I better improve the team quickly.

Now we have 12 million left in cash to spend this year. Our projected income is just under 70 million this year with the majority of it coming from tickets, 10 million from merchandise, 4 million from jerseys, and 15 million from league income. Our expcted expenditures after I made those changes are 56 million with 43 million going towards players and 13 million towards staff.

First thing I do is send Jeff Graham to look at a projected top 5 pick who I think could go #1. Stan Boone is a 19 year old 6'10 276 pound PF who has a good shooting touch. Let's see what Jeff has to say about him.

We send Larry to look at another projected top 5 pick. Jerry Jones is a 23 year old 6'8 240 pound SF from Tulane who has tremendous athleticism. I don't need any more SF's, but there aren't any other big men who look like they will be selected in the top 5 at this point.

Now, to take a look at our team with our new head of scouting and assign player roles:

Our old head of scouting loved Thaddeus Young, this past year's 1st round pick. Hickman doesn't like Young as much, but he doesn't like a lot of the guys on our tam. The only player he thinks will be a star is Andre Iguodala. However, he thinks Thaddeus has the next best chance and he doesn't see much potential for improvement in Willie Green. Willie is a 6'4 shooting guard who lacks hustle and doesn't play great defense. Thaddeus has shown some of the best hustle in practice and even though he is only 19, he isn't terrible defensively. He at least has some length at 6'8 220. I tell Willie that he has lost his starters role and he will be a bench player whose role will be to provide depth off the bench.

Let's look at the starting 5:

PG Andre Miller is currently rated 82 and he has reached his potential. He is 6'2 200. The 9 year vet has a good year or two left in him at least. He is an excellent passer, but just an average shooter. He tends to lolly gag at times defensively, but can play very good when he is motivated. He is told that his position as starter is guaranteed this year.

SG Andre Iguodala is currently rated 83 and he still hasn't come close to reaching his potential according to our scouts. He is 6'6 207 and he is a very athletic player who is a spectacular finisher around the rim. He has one of the most reliable mid range jumpers on the team, which isn't saying much unfortunately, but he is improving in that department. He is ok from behind the arc. He is a constant energy guy who is the most consistently good defender on the team. I tell him he is a starter who I want to be the star of the team. The only knock is that he is too laid back at times.

SF Thaddeus Young was a prospect who didn't figure to get many minutes before I took over. Now, I've told him he is a starter whose job is guaranteed this year. He is 6'8 220 and has spectacular athleticism for a 3. He has a suspect mid range jumper that is about as good as Miller in that department. He is better behind the arc, and is probably the 2nd best shooter from behind the arc (Kyle Korver is best.) Young is another spectacular dunker who can really get to the hoop with his quickness. His passing is a liability. He is a very high energy guy and this is part of why I'm making him a starter. Defensively, he isn't bad at all especially for a rookie. He is rated 70 with the best potential behind Iguodala.

PF Steven Hunter is here by default. I'd love to get a good PF in the draft. Steven is a decent shooter from 6 to 8 feet out but is worthless otherwise. He is barely acceptable as a rebounder. He is a decent post defender. He is 7'0 240. I've told him he is a starter, but he is replaceable. He is currently rated 72 and has a bit more potential.

C Samuel Dalembert is rated 77 and has a bit more growth left in his game. He is defensively sound but is limited to mostly dunks offensively. He is a very good shot blocker and is a good rebounder. Decent speed for a center. He is 6'11 250 and I've told him his job is secure for this year.

SF Kyle Korver is 6'7 210 and is a 3 point specialist. He is by far the best 3 point shooter on the team. He is rated 73 and has decent potential to improve. He is the best mid range shooter on the team as well. He lacks athleticism and lacks hustle. He is a poor passer and is a liability on defense. I've told him he is the 6th man and will get significant time off the bench and that I need him to bring energy off the bench. Doesn't shoot well at all if a defender is in his face.

SG Willie Green is a 6'4 200 pound player who is rated 71 overall. He has come close to his potential according to our new scout. He is a decent jump shooter who is one of our better shooters off the dribble. He is decent defensively. I've told him we need him to be a role player who brings energy and depth off the bench.

SF Rodney Carney is rated 70 overall but our scouting staff thinks he isn't going to get too much better. He is decent at the mid range jumper and is a solid 3 point shooter. He is very athletic around the rim and is a terrific finisher. He is horrible at shooting if a man gets in his face. He also lacks hustle and is dogging it too much to get major minutes. Still, I've told him he is going to be a role player who should provide energy and depth off the bench.

PG Kevin Ollie is a 35 year old 6'4 195 pound player who is rated 68 overall and is limited. He is a decent defender which is what will get him some of our young PG Louis Williams' minutes. He is a decent passer. I've told him he is to be a role player who will get limited minutes but I need him to mentor the younger players.

PF Shavlik Randolph is a 6'10 240 pound player who is rated 68 oveall and our scouts believe has already reached his very limited potential. He is a decent rebounder who is one of our highest energy guys. I've told him he is a role player who will get limited minutes, but I like his versatility. I'll play him at PF and C a little bit.

Jason Smith is a 7'0 240 pound rookie PF who is 21 years old and is rated 68 but our scouts has the potential to turn into an average player. He is a decent scorer around the rim who has a bit of range on his jump shot. He has decent passing for a big man. Defensively, he is a nightmare at this point. He also doesn't rebound like a big man. He is slow and is lacking stamina. He also doesn't hustle enough. I've told him he is a prospect that isn't ready to play significant minutes yet, but we believe in him for the future.

PG Louis Williams is a 21 year old 3rd year PG who is 6'2 175. A few years ago, this kid was viewed to have great potential. Now, our new staff thinks he is lazy and that he will never get it. He has a decent outside shot, but he is sloppy with his passes. He gambles in the lanes too much trying to use his considerable athleticism. He doesn't hustle back on defense. He is horrible at shooting when a man is on him. Still, I tell him that he is a valued prospect and that he needs time to develop, but we believe in him. I don't feel quite comfortable enough with the new team to tell him I think he is a piece of crap that needs to start hustling... However, I might do that later in the year..

Finally, we have Bobby Jones. He is a 6'7 215 pound SF who is 23 and is a 2nd year player. He is rated 65 and our staff believes he has reached his potential. He is a mediocre player in just about every phase of the game. We tell him that he is a bench warmer who is here only to fill out the roster. He'll never play unless several guys go down with injuries.

Next, I'll look at the planned minute distribution followed by the salary situation with each of these players.

Eaglesfan27

10-05-2007, 08:43 PM

A look at our plan (which we could certainly deviate from in played out games) for minute distribution:

Miller will start and get 34 minutes per night on average.

Iguodala will start and get 40 minutes per night on average.

Young will start and get 32 minutes per night on average.

Hunter will start and get 29 minutes per night on average.

Dalembert will start and get 33 minutes per night on average.

Korver will get 23 minutes per night on average as the 6th man. Willie Green will get 8 minutes per night on average, Carney will get 11 minutes per night on average. Louis Williams get 10 minutes per night on average to start the year, but that is subject to go down if he stinks it up. Ollie will get 2 minutes per night on average. Randolph will get 10 minutes and Smith will get 9 minutes per night on average. (I love how the minutes per game for each player for simmed games can be set. We'll see how well this works.)

Now to get to work with our young guys in the gym. First, I work with Thaddeus Young on his shooting under pressure. Unfortunately, he fails to show any improvement after the drill (I failed to accomplish the goals.)

We have Miller wook on his jump shooting when open and he does well slightly improving his jump shot.

Now to look at the cap situation and salary situation. We are currently 12.5 million under the cap.

Iguodala is in the last year of his contract and we need to re-sign him to an extension as soon as we are able to.

Miller is making 9.36 million this year and has another year on his deal. We likely will be ready to let him go in 2 years when that deal ends.

Dalembert is making 9.68 million this year and has 4 years left on his deal. He will likely be our C for those 4 years.

Korver is making 4.39 million this year and is under contract for 4 more years. We'll likely hold onto him.

Hunter is making 3.24 million and is under contract for 3 years. If a Mega-FA becomes available next year, I might try to ditch Hunter if at all possible.

Willie Green is getting paid 3.09 million this year and is under contract for 4 years. I'd like to move him at all some point if we need cap space for a big time FA.

Young is under his rookie contract and is making 1.83 million this year. Ditto for Carney who is making 1.54 million.

Kevin Ollie is making 3.44 million and is under contract only this year. We won't ask him to come back next year.

Shavlik Randolph is under contract for this year only. He is making 1.08 million. His contributions this year will determine if we bring him back.

Jason Smith is on his rookie deal and will make 1.23 million this year.

Louis Williams is under contract for this year at 800k. We'll have to make a decision on him later in the year.

Jones is on a 1 year deal for 680k. We won't be inviting him back next year...

Now time to get ready for our first game which is at Toronto on October 31st.

Eaglesfan27

10-05-2007, 10:13 PM

Toronto is favored against us as they have a great player in Chris Bosh and a good supporting cast.

25-22, we lead at the end of 1 behind 12 from Iguodala who has been on fire. Young had a highlight dunk on a breakaway as well. Meanwhile, Miller has been cold as ice in the 1st quarter.

We start the 2nd quarter with a run triggered by Iguodala, but they call a timeout and regroup. We play back and forth.

Halftime: 47-47. We are shooting 55% while they are shooting 47%. Iguodala has played the entire half and has 23 points as he is shooting over 80% so far. He's been hot almost the entire first half.

Barganini is tearing us a new one in the 3rd as Dalembert is coming out fast enough on him while he is playing C. I put Randolph in there for some hustle and energy. Iguodala is tiring and is no longer hot. He has missed his first 5 shots of the 2nd half. With 4 minutes left in the 3rd, I rest Iguodala for the first time all game. We are down 64-59 at this point.

At the end of 3, we are down 73-66.

Bargnani continues his hot streak early in the 4th. I need to stop him somehow. We are going to start double teaming him.

With 8 minutes, Iguodala comes back in and we are down by 11.

We slow down Bargnani late in the 4th, but Bosh takes over. Down by 15 with 3 minutes to go. We go on a run at the end of the game as we get a few steals and a few Iguodala slams on fast breaks..

Down by 9 with 1:30 to go... we can never pull any closer.

101-92, the Raptors win.

T.J. Ford wins player of the game. 21 points, 13 assists, 1 steal.

T.J. shot 8 of 11 and 5 of 5 from the line.

Thaddeus Young was in 2 of the 3 top plays of the game. 1 as a dunker and 1 as a passer to Iguodala for a jam.

Other Raptors:

Anthony Parker had 14 points on 6 of 12 shooting including 2 of 2 behind the arc.

Bosh had 15 points, 11 assists, and 9 boards. He was 7 of 12 from the field.

Bargnani had 26 points and 10 boards. He was 11 of 17 including 2 of 3 behind the arc.

For us, Andre Miller had 2 points and 9 assists. He was 1 of 9 from the field.

Iguodala had 37 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He was 17 of 24 including 1 of 1 behind the arc.

Thaddeus Young had 22 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 17.

Korver was 1 of 5 behind the arc and had 9 points on 3 of 9 shooting.

Dalembert had 6 points and 9 boards.

Hunter had 6 points and 3 boards.

Louis Williams had 2 points and 5 assists, but he was killed on defense.

We shot 51% (39 of 76) they shot 53% (43 of 80)

We hit of 3 of 13 3 pointers. They hit 6 of 12.

We were 11 of 13 from the line. They were 9 of 10.

We had 28 assists to their 33.

We had 7 turnovers to their 6.

We had 8 team fouls. They had 7. (I'm going to turn fouls back up to 80 which was my first inclination.)

We each had 5 steals.

We had 4 blocks. They had 3.

We each had 42 points in the paint.

We had 19 bench points to their 18.

We had 8 fast break points to their 2.

I'm thinking shooting sliders have to be knocked down a notch or two at each range for both sides, just like last year. But, I'll give it another game or two as they are one of the best offensive teams in the game but one of the worst defensively rated teams in the game.

Eaglesfan27

10-05-2007, 10:19 PM

We will simulate every other game. We win our first simmed game against the Bulls 94-76.

Gordon led the Bulls with 16 points. Duhon had 5 assists.

Hinrich, Gordon, and Thomas were in foul trouble for the Bulls throughout the game.

Iguodala led the way for us with 29 points, 6 boards, 6 assists and 4 steals. He shot 10 of 19. He played EXACTLY 40 minutes as I told him to. Thaddeus Young had 14 points and played 32 minutes. He also had 3 boards and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 13. Looks like the minute assignments work. Korver had 13 points on 3 of 6 shooting including 3 of 4 behind the arc. Dalembert had 7 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks. Miller had 6 points and 9 assists. Hunter had 5 points and 7 boards.

Our next game is our home opener against the Nets.

Eaglesfan27

10-05-2007, 11:58 PM

Iguodala is doing a really good job on Vince Carter in the 1st quarter and Vince is doing a horrible job on Iguodala. However, it is definitely tiring Iguodala and I'll have to rest him as we end the 1st quarter. We are up 25-18.

Iguodala's jumper is failing after a 6 minute rest on the bench, but now he is attacking the basket and drawing fouls. Our defense is playing hard and we are up 40-29 with 4 minutes to go in the half. I've gone with Ollie more than Louis Williams in the 2nd quarter for his hustle and defense.

At the end of the half, we are up 46-34. We are shooting 39%. They are shooting 30%. Iguodala leads all scorers with 18 points.

We are 16 of 19 from the line in the 1st half, mostly because of Iguodala.

Beginning in the 3rd, Dalembert gets a 4th foul on Krstic. Dalembert and Jefferson collide early in the 3rd, and Jefferson has an injured knee that forces him out of the game.

Hunter picks up his 4th foul midway through the 3rd. We are making them pay when them come inside. Jefferson's knee is just a slight sprain and he comes back late in the 3rd.

At the end of 3, we are only up 59-53 as Kidd and Carter are starting to heart up.

We bring Willie Green into the game for some energy to start the 4th while we rest Iguodala.

They tie it up at 61-61 with 10 minutes to go and then Korver fires us up with an offensive board and then 2 jumpers in a row. He had been cold up to that point. The next series, he sort of guards Jefferson who misses a 3 and Korver drills another 2 at the other end! 67-61 with 7 minutes to go...

Our rookie Joe Smith has had several big rebounds in the last minute or two as well. With them pulling within 4 on a Carter jumper, Smith gets us a big offensive board. Korver follows that up with a jumper. Our next series, Green hits a wide open 3! With 5 minutes to go and a 7 point lead, we get our starters back in the game.

80-75 with 2:25 to go. Kidd to Jefferson for a nice wide open 3 to pull within 2. Our next possession, Dalembert with an offensive board of a Iguodala shot. Dalembert slams it home! Carter hits 2 FT's to pull within 2. Young gets an offensive board for us and we work the clock. Randolph came in during the last minute and he gets a big offensive board and draws a foul! He hits 1 of 2 FT's. We are up by 3 with 12 seconds to go...

Iguodala denies possession to Carter.. Kidd to Jefferson.. good defense by Young.. he passes back to Kidd.. Kidd shoots the 3... it's no good! Game over! 83-80 win.

Iguodala was the player of the game. He had 22 points on 7 of 19 shooting. He was 8 of 9 from the line. He also had 3 assists and 2 boards.

Young had 16 points and 7 boards on 6 of 13 shooting and 3 of 4 from the line. He hit 1 of 1 behind the arc.

Korver had 12 points, mostly in the 4th. He shot 5 of 11 and 0 of 3 behind the arc.

Dalmbert had 6 points and 11 boards. Hunter had 0 points and 6 boards. He continues to be unimpressive. Andre Miller had 5 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Nachbar led the team with 18 points on 7 of 12 shooting, mostly wide open jumpers.

Vince had 16 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He was 4 of 16 as Iguodala was playing great defense.

Kidd had 7 points, 9 assists, and 7 boards. Jefferson had 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists as Young was troubling him all game long.

Marcus Williams was 1 of 12 off the bench.

We shot 39% for the game (29 of 74) and they shot 34% (30 of 87.)

We were 3 of 13 behind the arc. They were 4 of 22.

We had 21 assists to their 25.

We had 44 boards to their 45.

We had 4 steals to their 7. We turned it over 9 times to their 4.

We had 6 blocks to their 1.

We had 34 points in the paint to their 26.

We had 9 fast break points. They had 4.

Our overall rating coming into the game was 65 and theirs was 67. Their offense was rated 71 and their defense was rated 63. Our offense is rated 55 and our defense is rated 75. Good close game with close ratings.

Hmmm. The Raptors signed Chris Webber who was a FA. They have placed Anthony Parker on the trading block. He is a 6'6 SG who is rated 78 overall. He is 32 years old. I won't try to make a move for him.

We lose our simmed game to the Bobcats 108-92. Iguodala played 40 minutes as I specified but Young only played 26 due to foul trouble. Iguodala had 18 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 17. Young had his worst game with 9 points, 1 board, and 1 steal. He shot 3 of 5. Miller had his best game with 11 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 4 of 9. Dalembert had 15 points and 7 boards. He was 5 of 8 from the field.

The Bobcats had balanced scoring with Richardson scoring 19, Herrmann scoring 17, Okafor scoring 15, Wallace scoring 14, Felton scoring 11, May scoring 10, and Carroll scoring 10. Brezec scored 8. Rookie Adam Morrison had 3 points in only 7 minutes.

Eaglesfan27

10-06-2007, 12:04 PM

Today, we host the Raptors at home and try to avenge the loss. We are 2-2.

Early in the 1st, they get Dalembert into foul trouble and we go to Smith early in the middle. A strong 1st quarter in which we doubled Bosh every time he entered the post and we covered Bargnani much better. As a result, we generated some turnovers which led to fastbreaks mostly by Thaddeus Young. He has 9 points in the 1st and we are up 23-18. Smith is playing very well right now.

Toronto starts the 2nd quarter with a strong run and they take a 29-25 lead. It is being led by Ford who is abusing Louis Williams. Jason Smith is nailing some 10-12 footers for us and has been a surprising source of offense so far to keep us in it while Iguodala rests. Late in the 2nd, Kapono is hurting us with 3's. Our offense is ice cold in the last few minutes of the 2nd quarter and they pull out to a 48-35 lead at the half.

Young leads our team at the half with 13 points. We are shooting 44%. They are shooting 47%.

Down 69-59 at the end of 3. Kapono is killing us with 3's.

Toronto just has so many weapons. I stopped double teaming Bosh in the post because he was kicking it out for 3's and he starts killing us in the post. We are down by 15 with 6 minutes to go.

Iguodala powers a little run, but we never get closer than 8. We lose 87-79.

Chris Bosh was the player of the game. He scored 14 points, had 8 assists, and 7 boards. He shot 7 of 16. Kapono had 22 points on 9 of 16 shooting (4 of 10 behind the arc.) Parker had 18 points and Ford had 10 points with 10 assists.

Jason Smith had his best game as a pro for us with 11 points and 11 boards and a block. He shot 4 of 9.

Iguodala had 25 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists He shot 7 of 21 (1 of 1 behind the arc.) Young had 20 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 9 of 17 (1 of 3 behind the arc) Korver was 0 of 7 today.

Eaglesfan27

10-06-2007, 12:20 PM

Our next simmed game is hosting the 1-4 Hornets. They beat us 111-96. Korver twists his ankle in the game and will be DTD for a few days. Young led the team with 20 points on 6 of 8 shooting, 2 of 3 behind the arc, 6 of 8 from the line. He also had 5 boards. Iguodala had 18 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 7 of 16. Miller had 10 points and 9 boards. Jason Smith had 0 points and 3 boards in 9 minutes.

Bobby Jackson led the Hornets with 26 points. Stojakovic had 21 points and was 3 of 7 behind the arc. Chis Paul had 8 points, 4 boards, and 19 assists. He shot 3 of 14. David West and Rasual Butler each had 15 points.

The Cavs have placed Daniel Gibson on the trading block for some unexplainable reason. The Mavs have placed Stackhouse on the block. The Rockets have placed Mike James on the block.

3 teams are trying to trade for Gibson already. The Wolves, Warriors, and Lakers are all interested in him. Gibson is currently starting for the Cavs.
He is rated 70 overall. He is happy on the team. He is averaging 8.1 ppg and 1.6 apg. He has a good 3 point shot, and would be immediately the 2nd best on our team. His passing skill is poor, maybe the Cavs want a better pure PG? I wasn't planning on making any trades this year, but I'm intrigued. He is a fairly decent defender who is quick as well. He is under contract for this last year at 680k. Maybe he didn't want to sign an extension?

Ollie is in serious decline as his age is showing, but he would fit their team well and I'd rather have Gibson's shooting coming off the bench. Unfortunately, the cap numbers don't work on that deal. I offer to take Ira Newble from them as well. They reject that trade. I try adding a 2nd round draft pick and they reject that as well. I offer them Louis Williams straight up (as I hate his lack of hustle at times.) They reject that deal as well. They seem like they might be interested if I'll take Damon Jones contract off their hands, and give them a 2nd round pick with Louis Williams, but I don't want to be saddled with Jones. I decide to hold pat for now.

Our next game is at the 3-3 Mavs. They are the best team we've faced talent wise by a wide margin. Their offense is explosive and their defense is decent. They should beat us easily.

Eaglesfan27

10-06-2007, 01:53 PM

Since Bosh killed us when we double teamed him last game, we decide to not double team Dirk at the beginning of the game. He immediately posts up Hunter and draws a foul. Dirk takes the seconds hot as well which he misses, a 18 foot fade away jumper. Dalembert manages to get an early foul on Dirk. I think our only chance at winning is to get him in foul trouble. Josh Howard gets Hunter into foul trouble with 6 minutes to go in the 1st. Jason Smith is going to get some major minutes tonight..

Young and Iguodala gets Diop into foul trouble so they slide Dirk to C. The next possession, Jason Smith gets a 2nd foul on Dirk! Now they are going to Fazekas in the middle. Devin Harris twists his ankle late in the 1st quarter. also, they get a 2nd foul on Dalembert and I rest him with 3 minutes to go in the 1st. They are up 21-14 late in the 1st thanks to a hot streak by Howard.

At the end of 1, we are down 25-18 and now Dirk is back in.

They go right to Dirk the first 3 possessions. He goes 2 of 3 on those possessions, with fadeaway jumpers and hooks. Sheesh, I bring Dalembert back in and they get a quick 3rd and 4th foul on him. Their big guys are just so athletic. A few minutes later they get a 4th on Hunter. I'm trying very hard to get a 3rd on Dirk, but he is avoiding fouls.

Despite our big man problem, we are only down 52-44 at the half. Iguodala, Young, Carney, and Green are all scoring well for us. We are shooting 45%. They are shooting 39%, but they are killing us on the boards.

All of their weapons are hitting now midway through the 3rd, and Dirk is on fire. They are pulling away.

At the end of 3, we are down 88-67.

They are crushing us on the boards. The offensive boards are particularly hurting. Midway through the 4th, we finally get a 3rd foul on Dirk. He has 39 points now. A minute later, we get a 4th on him. With the game lost, we've rested Iguodala throughout the 4th.

They pull their starters with 3 minutes to go and a 30 point lead.

They win 119-90.

We shot 44% (35/78) and they shot 51% (44/86).

They were 9 of 17 behind the arc. We were 3 of 9.

They hit 22 of 23 FT's. We hit 17 of 22.

They had 29 assists to our 22. We each had 3 turnovers.

They outrebounded us 50-27. They had 12 offensive boards.

They had 3 steals. We had 2. We had 7 blocks. They had 3.

We had 8 fast break points and they had 10.

Iguodala had 17 points and 2 assists on 5 of 13 shooting.

Carney had 15 points on 6 of 15 shooting. Randolph had 14 points and 7 boards. Jason Smith had 9 points and 6 boards. Dalembert had 11 points and 4 boards. Green had 12 points on 5 of 10 shooting and is earning himself more PT.

Dirk was the player of the game with 46 points, 11 boards, and 4 assists. He sot 20 of 30, 3 of 4 behind the arc, and 3 of 3 from the line.

Howard had 18 points and 12 boards. He shot 5 of 11, 2 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Terry had 14 points and 12 assists.

Now, we are 2-5. Next up is the 2nd game of a back and back game. This time we are at the Hornets who are now 4-4.

Eaglesfan27

10-06-2007, 02:03 PM

We lose 103-99 to the Hornets and our Chemistry is plummeting as we are now 2-6. Chris Paul led them with 21 points and 15 assists. Jackson had 19 points and Stojakovic had 18.

Iguodala had 36 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists in the loss. He shot 15 of 21 from the field, 1 of 2 behind the arc, and 5 of 5 from the line.

Green had 13 points in just 14 minutes and will get a bit more PT. He shot 5 of 7. Young had 9 points. Korver had 9 points in only 16 minutes. Miller had 8 points and 10 assists. Dalembert had 9 points and 10 boards.

Our next game is a home game 2 days later against Portland who are 4-4. They'll have Oden since I didn't do anything special to make him be injured like real life. Actally, I just checked the news and Oden just seperated his shoulder in the game. He'll miss the next 3 weeks.

I'll play that game a bit later today.

Eaglesfan27

10-06-2007, 11:18 PM

Now that I've played 5 games, I've decided on just a few slight slider tweaks.

I'm knocking close shooting down to 48 for both teams. Mid range and 3 pt shooting will get knocked down to 49 for both teams. Dunk in traffic I'm taking down to 25 for both sides.

Last year, there were too many turnovers, especially via steals. This year they overcorrected and there are too few. I'm turning steal success up to 70 for both sides.

Last year, there were too few blocks. This year it's a bit high. I'm turning blocks down to 40 for both sides. Big men are dribbling a bit too well. I'm turning ball handling down to 40 for both sides. Finally, I'm turning the clutch factor down to 25 for both sides. No other changes for now.

Now, time to play Portland. They are very similar in talent level to us.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 12:50 AM

I definitely like the slider changes. I'm seeing the occasional errant pass now. We are down 25-16 at the end of the 1st quarter.

Korver was a key source of offense in the 2nd quarter and we pull even midway through the 2nd. 44-44 at the half. Aldridge is leading them with 9 points and 9 boards. Young leads us with 10 points but he is now in foul trouble.

At the end of 3, we are up 77-68 thanks to Iguodala catching on fire. He is drawing double teams and finding Korver for open shots which is what Korver needs to thrive.

A strong 4th quarter ends with a 100-85 win. We went with Ollie this game over Louis Williams and I think that made a big difference as Ollie played strong defense.

Iguodala was the player of the game. He had 23 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, a steal, and a block. He shot 9 of 16 from the field, 0 of 2 from the arc, and 5 of 8 from the line.

Young had 17 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 18 from the field.

Jason Smith is earning more PT. Tonight he got 27 minutes and put up 16 points and 7 boards. He also had 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 11 from the field and 2 of 2 from the line.

Korver had 15 points on 5 of 13 shooting including 2 of 2 behind the arc. He was 3 of 4 from the line.

Randolph earned time off the bench and in 24 minutes he showed tons of hustle which led to 10 boards and 6 points.

Andre Miller had 2 points and 5 assists. With Jason Smith showing me something, perhaps we'll be looking PG if we get a high draft pick rather than PF/C.

Brandon Roy led the Trailblazers wth 17 points and 8 assists. Jack had 14 points and 7 assists as their shooting guard. Alridge finished with 13 points and 11 boards after his hot first half.

We shot 50% while holding them to 39%. We were 2 of 8 from the arc. They were 6 of 16. We hit 18 of 27 FT's. They hit 19 of 24.

We had 17 assists to their 23. We had 6 turnovers to their 11.

We stole it 8 times. They stole it twice. We outrebounded them 41-39.

We had 7 blocks to their 3. We had 12 fast break points to their 0.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 01:05 AM

Our simulated game is at the Wizards who are 3-6 despite Arenas playing well. We beat them 99-95 and our chemistry is starting to rebound. Arenas had 23 points and 5 assists both of which led the Wizards.

Iguodala had 27 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. He shot 12 of 23 and 3 of 6 behind the arc.

Young had 19 points, 7 boards, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 12 from the field.

Korver had 14 points and 5 boards. He shot 5 of 12.

Miller had 11 points, 6 boards, and 9 assists. He shot 5 of 15. In limited time of 11 minutes, Randolph had 11 points and 6 boards. Despite getting 12 minutes, Smith had 0 points, 0 boards, but he did had 3 blocks. Hunter continues to be relatively disappointing. In 28 minutes, he had 5 points and 6 boards. He shot 2 of 5.

Our next game will be at the 4-6 Pistons who are struggling in part due to an injury to Rip, but he should be back for this game.

A few trades:

The Raptors traded Anthony Parker (SG 78) to the Bobcats in exchange for Herrmann a good shooting PF who was rated 76 overall.

The Mavs traded Stackhouse (SG 79) to the Nuggets for Najera (PF 73.) Stackhouse was unhappy with his minutes on the Mavs.

The Clips have placed Sam Cassell on the trading block. The Kings have played Kevin Martin on the block. The Suns have placed Grant Hill on the block. The Warriors have placed Monta Ellis on the block. The only reason I could image they would want to trade Ellis is if he doesn't want to sign an extension. He is one of the better young SG's in the league, although he is a bit undersized for the position.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 11:20 AM

Dalembert twisted his ankle in practice before the Piston's game. He'll play but it will be limited minutes at decreased effectiveness for the next week or so. The Pistons have a huge talent advantage on us and they should win easily.

The first 8 minutes of the game has seen gritty defense by both sides. 7-7 8 minutes in.

Thanks to a few steals, we got a few fast breaks late in the 1st as their backup PG is struggling with his passes. That got Iguodala and Young going. Meanwhile, our defense is either playing very good or we are just lucky that Rip is missing his shots. Either way, we are up 18-10 at the end of the 1st.

I'm going with Ollie over Louis Williams again to start the 2nd quarter as Martin is exhausted from playing terrific defense. Iguodala played the entire first half and he is playing great defense on Rip and no one is stepping up for them offensively.

36-23 at the end of the first half. Iguodala has 12 points. We are shooting 38% while holding them to 30%.

Dalembert and Smith did a good job on Rasheed Wallace in the first half, but he is catching on fire down low in the 3rd. Billups is starting to hit some of the jumpers that he was missing in the first half..

However, Young is heating up for us. At the end of 3, we are up 53-49, but I have had to rest Iguodala the last 3 minutes. We'll rest him for 4 or 5 more minutes and hope we can hold onto the lead...

Billups is heating up, Rasheed is continuing to dominate down low and we lose our lead 60-59 with 7:34 to go. I bring Iguodala back in along with Miller.

Tied up 66-66 with 2 minutes to go, Wallace who is gassed hits a nice up and under shot and draws the foul which he makes. 69-66 with 1:47 to go.

We exchange 2 defensive stops. With 10 seconds left, Korver gets an open look behind the arc off a screen... he shoots.. he misses. They get the rebound. We foul Wallace. He misses the 1st... He hits the 2nd. We try a long inbounds pass which is wildly inaccurate. They get it. We immediatley foul Maxiell. He misses both so we have a slight chance. We get a good look on the inbounds for Korver, but he misses the 3. We foul Maxiell again, but he hits the FT. He misses the 2nd, but Wallace gets it and puts it back.

73-66 win for the Pistons thanks to Wallace who had a great game starting in the 2nd half when they started going to him more.

He finished with 34 points, 15 boards. He shot 15 of 28 and 4 of 5 from the line. He also had a block and a steal.

The only other Piston to crack double digits was Billups who had 12 points. He was 5 of 12 from the field. He also had 8 assists. Rip had 9 points and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 17 as Iguodala played terrific defense.

Iguodala finished with 19 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 20 and 5 of 8 from the line.

Young had 19 points on 4 of 15 shooting and 9 of 12 from the line.

Smith was our third leading scorer with 6 points and 9 boards. He shot 2 of 4 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Miller only had 4 points and 1 assist.

Korver was 1 of 7. Ollie had 2 assists in 15 minutes and played solid defense.

After the game, Carney lets me know that he is getting upset with his lack of minutes.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 11:30 AM

In our simulated game, we lose to the Warriors at their place, 99-92. The Warriors are now 9-3. Baron Davis led them with 27 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 11 of 20 including 5 of 9 behind the arc.

Al Harrington chipped in 13 points and 13 boards.

Iguodala led us with 17 points, 7 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 16, 1 of 3, and 2 of 2.

Young had 14 points thanks to 7 of 10 from the line. He was 3 of 7 from the field. Smith in limited time had 11 points and 3 boards. I'm going to go ahead and make the rookie a starter and see what he can do.

Several Trades:

- The Heat get a reliable if old PG as they traded Haslem (78) to the Clippers for Sam Cassell (80).

- The Kings wanted to get rid of Kevin Martin (82) and they traded him to the Magic for Jameer Nelson (78)

- Inexplicable trade for the T'Wolves who should be wanting to stay young. Instead, they trade up a young guy with potential in G. Green (72) for the old but talented Grant Hill (80.) Kind of off for the Suns too who should be in win now mode...

I could disable CPU trades, but this is the first real head scratcher, so I'll keep them on.

The Grizzlies have placed Damon Stoudamire on the trading block.

When I told Jason that he was no longer a prospect, but a starter who is replaceable if an upgrade comes along his morale increased from 93% to 100%. As a result, he is getting a slight increase in his ratings (that is presumably temporary if his morale goes back down.)

Hunter's morale dropped from 77 to 68 when I told him he is going to be a sixth man type who will get his minutes off the bench. As a result, he is taking a slight ratings hit now.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 12:58 PM

Now, we play the Bucks on the road. They are 5-6 and are on a 2 game winning streak having just beat the Mavs and Lakers. Their defense is rated poorly, but their offense is fairly good.

Miller gets into early foul trouble and I decide to give Louis Williams another shot as he is the more athletic player who is a better shooter. At the end of 1, we are down 20-18. Redd is their main scorer right now.

Up 36-31 at the half as our defense is locking down on Redd now as he is tiring and we are covering their perimeter players well.

Iguodala has 10 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists at the half.

We are shooting 34%. They are shooting 37%.

We are down 56-51 at the end of 3. Their PG Williams is hurting us this quarter with great passing that is settng up some easy baskets.

Iguodala has been shutting down Redd most of the game, but while Iguodala was restng in the 4th, Redd went off for 8 straight points. Carney just isn't a good enough defender to shut him down.

Down 65-60 with 7:47 to go, we get Iguodala back into the game. Iguodala is really well rested.

Down 77-71 with 4 minutes to go, we bring in the rest of our starters who are mostly rested.

Iguodala with 6 straight points to make it 79-77 with 2:23 to go, we are still down by 2. Bogut makes it a 4 point lead, but Iguodala draws a shooting foul behind the arc our next possession. He can't make the 4 point play, but he does hit all 3 FT's to make it a 1 point game. Smith forces a bad shot from Villaneuva!

Iguodala fakes Redd out of his shorts, drives to the lane, slams it home and gets fouled! He is on fire and he finishes the 3 point play to make it 83-81 our lead! Mason with a quick jumper to tie it up at 83. 1:20 to go. Iguodala misses a jumper, but he dives and flips the ball to an open teammate. What an effort on the rebound! Iguodala draws a double team.. he finds Young in the corner. He shoots just inside the arc, it's good! 85-83. 44 seconds left. They try a 3 with Mason and he misses it. Dalembert rebounds it and is immediately fouled. He hits the first FT. He misses the 2nd. Redd tries a quick 3, Iguodala has a face in his hand.. he misses it! Dalembert gets the board and he is fouled. He hits both FT's. 6 seconds left. They try a 3 which they miss.

88-83 win :)

Iguodala wins Player of the game with 31 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 1 block. He shot 12 of 21 and 6 of 6 from the line.

Young added 17 points, 4 boards, and an assist. He shot 8 of 17, 0 of 2, and 1 of 1.

Louis Williams had 8 points and 5 assists in 24 minutes. I gave him the extended time because he was hot. He sot 3 of 6 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Miller had 6 points and 0 assists in 24 minutes. He shot 3 of 9.

Jason Smith did not impress in his first start. 5 points and 4 boards. He shot 2 of 4. Hunter had one of his best games off the bench with 6 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists.

Bogut led the Bucks with 14 points and 12 boards. Maurice Williams had 13 points and 11 assists for them. Redd had 12 points and 4 assists. He was 6 of 18 as Iguodala played smothering defense. Villaneuva had 12 points and 8 boards.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 01:04 PM

The Jazz are 3-12, but we lose to them at home 99-83. This was the 2nd night of a back and back, and Iguodala suffered as he was fatigued. He shot 6 of 26 to get his 16 points. He also had 6 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Miller had 16 points and 4 assists as he shot 7 of 12. Young had 15 points and 10 boards. He shot 5 of 7 including 3 of 5 behind the arc. Jason Smith had 6 points and 3 boards in 31 minutes. Louis Williams had 6 points and 2 assists in just 13 minutes. Korver played 18 minutes but was 1 of 8 and only had 3 points.

Our next game is in 2 days at home against the Wizards. I might get that in later today if the football games are boring. Time to catch up on the DVR.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 08:20 PM

Arenas is cold to start the game, and we start with an 8-0 run led by Iguodala. To top off the good start, we get Jamison into early foul trouble. Arenas took more shots than any player I've ever seen in the 1st. He was shooting from all over the place.. He was ice cold most of the quarter, but he started nailing them in the last 4 minutes. We are up 19-13 at the end of 1.

At the end of 1, we are up 36-32. Arenas is still ice cold and we are playing strong defense. Nic Young is the only player really hurting us.

Iguodala leads our team in scoring with 15 points. We are shooting 37%. They are shooting 34%.

At the end of 3, are up 59-47 despite Arenas having a very good quarter. Iguodala and Young are our offense at this point. Young is nailing shots from the left side of the court.

I just noticed that Arenas has 3 bars as soon as he gets within half court. That is funny.

To start the 4th quarter, Carney has a great slashing move with a big dunk and the foul. He fails to finish the 3 point play.

With 5 minutes to go, they are on a 14-4 run that just gave them a 66-65 lead. Arenas is on fire and when we double him he is making great assists.

Iguodala is cold down the stretch, but a few hustle plays by Smith and Dalembert keep us in it. Smith hurts his knee diving to the floor and is fouled. Hunter comes in for him and hits both FT's to pull us within 3. With 28 seconds left, Miller steals it from an exhausted Arenas and takes it in for a layup. Down 1 with 24 seconds left. We intentionally foul immediately.

Arenas is at the line. He is exhausted... but he still makes the first one. He hits them both and we are down by 3. We call a timeout and get our 3 point lineup out there. Iguodala hits the shot with 2 seconds left.. but they say his foot was on the line! We foul with 0.7 seconds left. They miss the 1st FT. They make the 2nd. We call a timeout. 0.5 seconds left.. Korver shoots maybe the buzzer went off, but it doesn't matter as he misses it. 77-75 loss.

Arenas was the player of the game with 31 points, 8 assists, and 4 boards. He shot 10 of 35 (6 of 7 from the line.) He was 5 of 12 behind the arc.

Nick Young added 13 points and 6 boards for the Wizards and Daniels had 11 points including 2 of 2 behind the arc.

Iguodala led the team with 25 points, 4 assists, and 4 boards. He also had 2 steals. He shot 10 of 15, 2 of 4 behind the arc, and 3 of 4 from the line.

Young had 24 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 11 of 21 including 2 of 6 behind the arc.

Dalembert had 0 points but he had 17 boards and 2 assists.

Miller had 4 points and 4 assists in 28 minutes while Louis Williams had 3 points and 5 assists in 21 minutes.

Groundhog

10-07-2007, 08:32 PM

Always enjoy your 2k7/8 dynasties EF27.

Most fun I had in 2K7 was with a Sixers dynasty. They are a lot of fun because you really need to work for points when AI2 isn't knocking everything down.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 08:35 PM

After the game, we find out Jason Smith has a bruised knee and will be less than 100% for about 2 weeks, but he can continue to play. We are now 5-10.

Our next game is the next night at the Nets. We lose 89-81. Kid had 15 points, 8 boards, and 12 assists. Vince Carter had 20 points and 9 boards.

Iguodala led our team with 26 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 18, 2 of 4, and 6 of 7.

Miller had 14 points and 6 assists. Korver had 13 points including 3 of 3 behind the arc. Smith despite his injury had 9 points and 4 boards. Dalembert finished with 8 points and 8 boards.

The Grizzlies have traded Stoudamire (78) to the Raptors for Jason Kapono (SF 76) Ford is injured for a few weeks, so I guess that makes some sense but Calderon is already complaining he isn't getting enough time off the bench at PG.

The Lakers have placed Derek Fisher on the trading block. The Magic have placed Kevin Martin on the trading block. I guess he doesn't want to sign an extension with them either.

Our next game is at home against the 7-8 Hawks. This is a very winnable game.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 08:40 PM

Always enjoy your 2k7/8 dynasties EF27.

Most fun I had in 2K7 was with a Sixers dynasty. They are a lot of fun because you really need to work for points when AI2 isn't knocking everything down.

Thanks, I'm having a lot of fun and I think I'm going to be getting a lottery pick at this rate which should be fun. I'll post what I've scouted in another month of game time.

I was just offered an interesting trade: The Nuggets are offering me Nene for Dalembert. Nene is rated a bit better offensively than Dalembert but not much. He is more athletic, but he isn't as good defensively. I turn the trade down.

Galaxy

10-07-2007, 09:15 PM

Thanks, I'm having a lot of fun and I think I'm going to be getting a lottery pick at this rate which should be fun. I'll post what I've scouted in another month of game time.

I was just offered an interesting trade: The Nuggets are offering me Nene for Dalembert. Nene is rated a bit better offensively than Dalembert but not much. He is more athletic, but he isn't as good defensively. I turn the trade down.

Sounds like you'll have to map out a rebuilding plan for this team. A high lottery pick should give you a centerpiece, providing the right player is avaliable.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 10:01 PM

I decided that our slow it down offense just isn't working enough, so I told the guys to pick up the tempo a bit. So far, it is working as Miller is running some nice plays and getting us some quick baskets with on the mark passes. 21-18 at the end of 1.

Horford and Acie Law hurt us in the 2nd quarter, but we have a bit of a run at the end of the half to pull within 8. 50-42 at the half.

We are both shooting 48% with the higher paced tempo.

Joe Johnson caught on fire in the 3rd and put up 19 in the quarter and has 31 for the game. As a result, the Hawks are up 78-65.

An 8-0 run to start the 4th gets us back in the game, but Horford responds down low to stop the run. We have to double Joe Johnson some in the 4th and that creates shots for other guys. They blow us out. 102-81 win for the Hawks.

Johnson finishes with 34 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 13 of 25, 3 of 6, and 5 of 5.

Law added 15 points and 8 assists. Horford had 14 points and 8 boards.

Iguodala led us with 23 points, but he shot 9 of 25.

Young had 12 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals He shot 3 of 11 from the field and 4 of 6 from the line.

Carney had 12 points on 5 of 9 shooting.

Dalmbert had 8 points and 12 boards. He shot 3 of 4 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 10:03 PM

Sounds like you'll have to map out a rebuilding plan for this team. A high lottery pick should give you a centerpiece, providing the right player is avaliable.

I think we are set at SG with Iguodala who will be very good and should make several all star teams once he reaches his peek. Young should be a good SF if not an all-star. If we can get a star PF or C in the draft, I think we'll make a huge improvement. If none are available when we pick, we'll get the best young PG we can as Miller is going to start declining soon and he is just average right now.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 10:12 PM

Our next game is hosting the 9-7 Celtics. They beat us 94-79. Iguodala had 24 points and 10 assists along with 4 steals. He shot 8 of 21, 2 of 4, and 6 of 7.

Young had 11 points a 4 boards. He shot 5 of 11. Miller had 11 points and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 14. Dalmbert had 3 points and 12 boards. Smith had 4 points and 3 boards. We definitely need a PF in the draft if one is available (although I think Smith will be a valuable bench guy down the road if we get a better PF.)

For the Celtics, Pierce led them with 26 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Garnett had 21 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists. Allen had 16 points and 3 assists. Pruitt had 12 points and 7 assists.

Our next game is at home in the 1st part of a back and back with the Knicks. They are 10-7 and should be a challenge as we need more offensive players.

The top player we have scouted so far is Stan Boone. He is a 6'10 276 pound PF from Missouri. He is 19. Our scouts think he'll probably be the 1st pick taken in the draft. He isnt very athletic but he has a terrific post game offensively. He is a very good defender in the post and is a great rebounder. Our staff believes his potential is very high and that he will develop a solid outside shot. Our staff also thinks he has very good intangibles. We've interviewed and scouted him 3 times so far. His strengths include: Holding his position in the paint and he is one of the more well rounded players in the draft. His weaknesses are his lack of athleticism and occasional poor offensive anticipation.

The other top player we've scouted so far is Jerry Jones He is a 6'8 239 pound SF from Tulane. He is 23 years old. He has a high potential level and is compared to Luol Deng. He has a very good inside game and a decent outside shot. He is a great rebounder for a SF and has good passing ability. His strengths include: Great rebounder who is relentess on the boards, and he dominates the low post with an arsenal of low post moves and reliable hands. His weaknesses are: Very poor at stealing the ball due to lack of anticipation. Below average post defender who can be exploited down low, poor M2M defender. I'm scouting a few PG's now. I'll also scout one of the few 7 footers in the draft soon.

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 10:20 PM

I think we are set at SG with Iguodala who will be very good and should make several all star teams once he reaches his peek. Young should be a good SF if not an all-star. If we can get a star PF or C in the draft, I think we'll make a huge improvement. If none are available when we pick, we'll get the best young PG we can as Miller is going to start declining soon and he is just average right now.

Also, we are 12 million under the cap and will be a bit moreso next year. Although our cash flow is drying up a bit with the expensive staff and decreased income (presumably due to our losing - income is dropping.) Anyway, if I can actually use that 12 million plus of cap space, I'm hopeful that a very good PF or PG will become available in FA this upcoming year and that we can convince them to sign in Philly. I'll start looking at some potential targets later in the year.

Galaxy

10-07-2007, 11:40 PM

Also, we are 12 million under the cap and will be a bit moreso next year. Although our cash flow is drying up a bit with the expensive staff and decreased income (presumably due to our losing - income is dropping.) Anyway, if I can actually use that 12 million plus of cap space, I'm hopeful that a very good PF or PG will become available in FA this upcoming year and that we can convince them to sign in Philly. I'll start looking at some potential targets later in the year.

Do players take in several considerations (money, playing time, winning, staff, loyality) when they seeking a trade, a free agent, or are considering a new contract (with the existing one expiring)?

Eaglesfan27

10-07-2007, 11:46 PM

Do players take in several considerations (money, playing time, winning, staff, loyality) when they seeking a trade, a free agent, or are considering a new contract (with the existing one expiring)?

From what the developers have said, they take into account talent on the team, how likely the team is to win, money offered, the role they are promised among other things. Of course, different players have different priorities. Also, you can offer no trade clauses and option years to try to influence them.

Galaxy

10-07-2007, 11:52 PM

Cool.

Izulde

10-08-2007, 07:21 AM

I'm enjoying this dynasty, EF27. :)

Iguodala is a star for you, definitely and Dalembert and Young seem to be playing pretty well too.

Galaxy

10-08-2007, 11:15 AM

Eaglesfan27

10-08-2007, 12:33 PM

How old (and how many years has he been in the league) is Iguodala?

I think he is either 25 or 26. He is a 4th year player. I'm planning on keeping him for at least the next 6 years. I'm hoping to squeeze in a game when I get home from work tonight, too.

Galaxy

10-10-2007, 12:40 PM

I think he is either 25 or 26. He is a 4th year player. I'm planning on keeping him for at least the next 6 years. I'm hoping to squeeze in a game when I get home from work tonight, too.

He gives you a good, if not great, player to build around. Seems like you'll have your work cut out in rebuilding up front and looking for a long-term answer at point guard for the aging Miller.

I guess it also depends on the type of team your trying to build.

Eaglesfan27

10-10-2007, 05:47 PM

Now onto the Knicks. Their defense is rated terribly, but they are talented offensively. It should be a game we can win. They are 10-7 as Marbury is playing very well for them so far this year.

Young just had his finest quarter ever as a Sixer. He's on pace to set career highs tonight as he is abusing Quentin Richardson. His first step is too fast for Richardson to defend and his jumper is on fire tonight. He even hit a 3 at the buzzer that unfortunately was a split second too late. Still, we are up 30-20 thanks to 15 points in the 1st quarter from Thaddeus Young!

Young is triple teamed at the beginning of the 2nd quarter.. he finds Miller who passes to Hunter who drives the lane and draws a foul. Young is no longer hot though. Curry had a quiet first quarter as Dalembert played very good defense on him and was scoring on him, but now he is abusing Hunter inside with his bulk.

They are double teaming Young most of the time right now after he hit another shot. He is tired though, so I risk resting him and go with Iguodala who has had a quiet first quarter as our main option. Iguodala bounces back from an 0 for 4 start by hitting 3 of his next 4 shots.

At the end of the half, we are up 48-37. Our defense is playing very well.

Young has 17 points and Iguodala has 10 at the half. We are shooting 48% while they are shooting 35%. We are also beating them 25-17 on the boards.

Young is on fire again to start the 3rd, he's either blowing by his man or using the jab step to give himself room to drain a 18-22 foot jumper. Midway through the 3rd, Young cools off and Crawford and Marbury heat up. At the end of 3, the Knicks are up 66-65.

It's tied 89-89 with 1:53 to go and we just fouled Randolph down low. He hits them both. Our possession, Iguodala penetrates, passes to Dalembert who slams it home! Dalembert has one of his best scoring games this year thanks to beating Curry down the court at times. Curry responds with an inside basket. Iguodala misses a 3. We force a miss from Jamal Young misses his next shot, a little 8 footer with 21 seconds left. We have to foul. We foul Curry. He misses the 1st FT, but hits the second. Miller with a quick pass to Iguodala who shoots and makes it! However, his foot was on the line, so we are still down 94-93. We foul Crawford with 11 seconds left. He hits both FT's and we put our 3 point lineup out there.
Korver gets an open look but misses it. They get the rebound and we foul with 3.4 seconds left. Crawford drills both FT's. We throw the ball away trying a long inbounds. We foul again and they hit one of the FT's.

Game over. 99-93 loss. If we continue to stay at the bottom of the league by the halfway point, I'll probably sim more games as I really like being able to set the exact minutes my guys get barring foul trouble.

Jamal Crawford was the player of the game with 36 points. He also had 4 boards, 4 assists, and a steal. He shot 13 of 21, 3 of 4, and 7 of 8.

Marbury had 16 points and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 15 including 3 of 7 behind the arc.

Young had a career high with 31 points on 12 of 22 shooting, 4 of 8 behind the arc, and 3 of 4 from the line. He also had 3 boards, 2 assists, and a block.

Iguodala had 18 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and a steal. He shot 7 of 17, 0 of 2, and 4 of 6.

Dalembert had 17 points and 12 boards as he was quicker than Curry. He shot 7 of 8 on dunks mostly. He was 3 of 4 from the line.

Miller had 4 points and 9 assists. He was 1 of 4 from the field and 2 of 2 from the line.

Eaglesfan27

10-10-2007, 05:52 PM

The next night, in our simmed game, we win against the Knicks 99-93. Randolph led them with 29 points and 11 boards. Crawford was 5 of 17 for 13 points.

Iguodala led us with 22 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 9 of 20, 2 of 5, and 2 of 2.

Miller had 12 points and 12 assists. Korver and Carney each had 9 points off the bench as our 3 point shooting was solid. Dalmbert had 9 points and 9 boards. Young had 7 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steal. He only shot 2 of 2, 1 of 1, and 2 of 2.

The Lakers have traded Derek Fisher (PG 75) to the Mavs for Najera (PF 73.)

The Magic traded Kevin Martin (SG 82) to the Sonics for PG D West (78)

The Cavs have put Daniel Gibson back on the trading block (I assume they removed him at some point.)

Our chemistry has dropped from 50% at the beginning of the year to 30%. We are now 6-14.

Our next game is hosting a talented Rockets team. They are 13-7.

Eaglesfan27

10-10-2007, 07:17 PM

Yao is killing us early. He has a shot block, 3 baskets, and an assist. I'm glad to see him sit 6 minutes into the 1st. They are up 12-6. Of course, that leads to T-Mac taking over. Not good. He's a little too fast for even Iguodala or Young to guard single handedly. Down 26-19 at the half. T-Mac is creating opportunities for their 3 point shooters and now a rested Yao is back.

Thanks to them resting Yao and T-Mac the last 4 minutes of the half, we pull back into it. We are down 42-39 at the half.

Yao has 12 points and McGrady has 10. They are shooting 44%. We are shooting 42%. Iguodala has 11 points and Young has 10 to lead our team.

To start the 2nd half, Young does a shoulder fake, bump into the defender, leanaway jumper where he gets the foul. He makes the basket but misses the FT that would have tied it.

The good news at the end of 3 is that we are only down by 4, 57-53. The bad news is that Yao rested for about 8 minutes that quarter and is coming back now refreshed.

We end up losing 83-75 as we never get closer than 4.

Yao Ming wins Player of the Game with 23 points, 13 boards, 3 blocks, and an assist. He was 10 of 17 from the field and 3 of 4 from the line. He only played 22 minutes which makes the line even more impressive as the CPU rested him quite a bit throughout the game.

McGrady played 38 minutes and scored 18 points. He also had 8 boards and 6 assists. He shot 7 of 17, 1 of 2, and 3 of 4. Francis chipped in 13 points and 4 assists.

Young led our team in scoring with 19 points, 3 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 6 of 15, 1 of 3, and 6 of 9.

Iguodala had 13 points, 3 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 18, 0 of 4, and 1 of 1.

Shavlk Randolph had 12 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists off the bench. I like his energy level and I'm coming closer to wanting to re-sign him this year.

Louis Williams is finally starting to his outside shots and play a bit of defense. He finished with 9 points, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Jason Smith had 8 points and 8 boards. Miller was 0 of 7 and finished with 0 points and 4 assists.

We shot 38% for the game while they shot 43%. They had 28 assists to our 16. We each had 10 turnovers. They outrebounded us 51-40.

Eaglesfan27

10-10-2007, 07:21 PM

In our simmed game at home against the 7-15 Timberwolves, we win 100-81! Miller finishes with 22 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 12, 2 of 3, and 10 of 10. Dalembert had 18 points and 6 boards. Young had 13 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Iguodala had 10 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists on 4 of 11 shooting. Jason Smith had 9 points and 2 boards.

Al Jefferson led the Wolves with 23 points and 7 boards. No one else had double digits.

Around the league, we find out that Michael Conley of the Grizzlies tore his ACL and is done for the year.

Our next game is hosting the 10-11 Kings.

Galaxy

10-11-2007, 02:41 PM

Who are the top and worst teams so far? Any suprises so far?

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 05:07 PM

Who are the top and worst teams so far? Any suprises so far?

Good questions. I'm not sure off the top of my head, although I do think the Knicks are surprising a bit. I have to go out of town for a 1.5 day conference in New Orleans tomorrow morning through early Saturday, and Mrs. Eaglesfan went there early today to see her mom and help prepare her mom's apartment for a move. That means I'll get in at least 1 game tonight. Maybe more depending upon how early I feel tired enough to get some sleep. I have to get up at 5:30 AM to leave for the conference. In any case, I'll also post the standings of all of the teams tonight and a few stats leaders since I'm just about a quarter of the way through the season.

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 09:17 PM

A look at the standings a quarter of the way through the season:

Atlantic Division:

1. Knicks 13-8
2. Celtics 12-8
3. Nets 12-10
4. Raptors 10-13
5. Sixers 7-15

Central Division:

1. Bulls 11-9
2. Cavs 12-10
3. Bucks 11-10
4. Pacers 10-12
5. The surprise - Pistons 8-14. They are playing solid defense but are only scoring 80.4 ppg.

Southeast:

1. Magic 16-7
2. Wizards 12-9
3. Hawks 11-10
4. Heat 10-11
5. Bobcats 8-12

Southwest:

1. Rockets 15-8
2. Mavs 12-11 - they are scoring 101.4 ppg but giving up 97.3 ppg.
3. Hornets 11-11
4. Spurs 10-11, another surprise, scoring 91.1 ppg and giving up 92.1 ppg.
5. Grizzlies 6-15.

Northwest:

1. Sonics 18-5
2. Nuggets 14-8
3. T'Wolves 11-9
4. Jazz 9-14
5. Blazers 6-16

Pacific:

1. Clips 11-10
2. Kings 10-11
3. Warriors 10-12
4. Suns 10-13
5. Lakers 8-12

Scoring Leaders:

1. Dirk 28.7 ppg
2. Kobe 28.3
3. Carmelo 26.3
4. LeBron 26.2
5. Vince Carter 25.6

Iguodala is 9th with 22.5 ppg.

Assists:

1. Chris Paul 10.2
2. Steve Nash 10.1
3. Kidd 9.9
4. Deron Williams 9.4
5. Felton 8.9

Miller is 20th with 6.0

Rebounds:

1. Dwight Howard 13.0
2. Chris Bosh 12.0
3. Lamar Odom 11.6
4. Garnett 114
5. Marion 11.3

Dalmbert is 17th with 9.0

Blocks:

1. Dwight Howard 2.5
2. Tyson Chandler 2.4
3. Kevin Garnett 2.3
4. Kirilenko: 2.3
5. Jermaine O'Neal 2.2

Dalembert is 37th with 1.0

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 09:20 PM

A look at the top Rookies in the league:

1. Kevin Durant 19.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.3 apg. Shooting 44%
2. Thaddeus Young 15.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 apg. Shooting 47%
3. Greg Oden (only played 5 games so far due to injuries) 12.8 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.2 bpg. Shooting 50%
4. Corew Brewer 126 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.6 spg. Shooting 46%
5. Juan Carlos Navarro: 11.3ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.1 apg,. Shooting 46%

Galaxy

10-11-2007, 09:29 PM

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 10:43 PM

Now, we host the 10-11 Kings. Certainly a winnable game against a struggling team wose best players are Brad Miller and Mike Bibby.

At the end of 1, we are down 25-23. They are playing a 3 guard rotation at any time and have even put 4 guards on the floor at times. It's leading to some easy baskets for them but also some easy shots for us as well. Young is on fire and has 10 points in the quarter. Iguodala has 6 so far.

Both defenses took over in the 2nd quarter as Young cooled off and missed several shots and the rest of our team was having trouble too. Still, we have a slim lead at the half. 37-36.

Bibby leads them with 10 points. Iguodala leads us with 11 points.

Up 59-54 at the end of 3. Young has been our most consistent scorer the last quarter. He's also rebounding for us well, including 2 offensive rebounds that were followed by slams.

Of all people, Andre Miller was the difference. He had a brilliant 4th quarter and led us to a 15 point lead at one point. We ended up winning 84-73.

Young won player of the game with 21 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 9 of 22, 1 of 3, and 2 of 2.

Iguodala had 20 points, 9 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 21, 1 of 4, and 3 of 3.

Miller had 14 points, 5 boards, 9 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 12, 1 of 4, and 3 of 8.

Dalembert had 10 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 5.

Willie Green had 5 points in just 7 minutes off the bench.

Louis Williams had 4 points and an assist in 15 minutes.

Jason Smith had 2 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 0 of 5 from the field and 2 of 2 from the line.

Korver was 0 of 4 in 10 minutes.

For the Kings, Bibby led them with 14 points and 5 assists. Artest also had 14 points. Miller had 13 points. Bibby was 6 of 23 as Miller played very well defensively. Artest was 7 of 15 and Miler was 6 of 11.

We shot 41% from the floor. They shot 42%. We were 4 of 17 behind the arc. They were 5 of 15. We had 18 assists to their 26. We each had 9 turnovers. The key to victory: We outrebounded them 53-34 including 13 offensive boards to their 2.

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 10:44 PM

Lot of suprises. The Knicks, Magic, Heat, Sonics along with the ones you listed.

Is out Oden long-term?

Nope, he missed the first few weeks with a shoulder injury, but is back now.

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 11:01 PM

Our scouts have finished their 3 trip on 2 more players (you can take up to 5 on each player I think, but I'm going with 3 for each guy for now.):

Bo Chase is a 6'7 235 pound 20 year old SF from Minnesota. He is projected to go in the top 5. He is a dynamic scorer who has a good post game and excellent range on his sot. He is athletic and is a very good defender for a college player. Our scout's only concern is that he has some consistency problems. They compare him to Josh Howard. His strengths: Athletic ability allows him to slash to the hoop, and that he should be a major contributor right out of the gate. He is NBA ready. His weaknesses: Questionable consistency and questionable basketball IQ.

Starting the year, Christian Carpenter was the top rated PG who will be in the draft. Christian is a 19 year old 6'1 195 pound PG who is playing for Clemson. He is being compared to Maurice Williams. Right now, he is projected to go top 5. He is a dynamic dribbler with great speed and passing ability. His outside shot is very solid. He is a great man defender. His strengths are: Great playmaking instincts, he has eyes in the back of his head. Is an athletic freak on the court. He doesn't have any significant weaknesses except that our scouts think he isn't going to get much better than he is right now. I'm not sure I buy that. He is a likely target for us assuming that he is available when we pick and we don't get a top 2 pick. We'll probably scout him a bit more later in the year.

A very cool little touch: Scouting in Mexico takes a few extra days than scouting a US college player. I send my good scout to look at Juan Carlos Ortiz, a talented PG in Mexico.

Our simulated game is at the 13-10 Cavs. Not surprisingly, they win. The score is a bit of a surprise as we only lose by 4, 112-108.

LeBron led the Cavs with 33 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 12 of 21, 2 of 3, and 7 of 11. Huhes chipped in 19 points and 6 assists. Daniel Gibson played 30 minutes but only had 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 boards. He shot 2 of 11 including 0 of 5 behind the arc.

Miller led us with 22 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 10, 1 of 1, and 5 of 8.

Dalembert had 18 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 12 and 4 of 6 from the line.

Iguodala had 17 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists He shot 7 of 17, 1 of 3, and 2 of 2.

Young had 14 points, 4 boards, 1 asssist, and 1 steal. He only played 29 minutes due to foul trouble as LeBron was too much for him. He shot 5 of 7, 1 of 1, and 3 of 3.

Louis Williams had 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists in just 14 minutes. He shot 5 of 11 and 2 of 2 from the line.

The next night, the Cavs trade Gibson (PG 70) to the Wolves for R. Gomes (PF 74.)

With the acquisition of Gibson, the Wolves place Randy Foye on the trade block the next day. Foye is better rated and has much better potential. I find myself tempted to make a move to try to acquire Foye. If he develops like our scouts think he could, he could be the long term answer at PG. If we acquire a great PF in the draft, we could make some serious noise next year....

I'll sleep on that and think about it during the boring parts of the professional conference I'm attending in New Orleans tomorrow. I look forward to playing some more Saturday afternoon/evening.

Eaglesfan27

10-11-2007, 11:07 PM

Actually, I float a few trade offers by the Wolves, such as a straight up for Willie Green or for Louis Williams and they aren't interested. They are interested in Andre Miller but his contract would mean that we would have to take on some more contracts to make that deal work. I'll give it more thought tomorrow.

Galaxy

10-12-2007, 12:33 AM

Johnny93g

10-12-2007, 03:07 AM

Im thinking of picking this game up. How long does it take to actually play a game?

Eaglesfan27

10-12-2007, 07:33 AM

How is the draft prospects looking from your first impressions? Any "franchise" players in the mold of Oden, Durant or LeBron? Or do you see just "good" players? Hopefully the draft pool is deep.

Stan Boone looks like a definite franchise PF/C that will probably go 1st overall. He is big, skilled, and has some athleticisim for his size. Lots of guys I haven't scouted yet, so I'm not sure of their potential, but Boone has an A for potential which is something that very few players in the league have - mostly the superstars who aren't completely developed yet like LeBron (actually, I'll have to look tomorrow, LeBron might be an A+ for potential.) Edit to add - although I haven't scouted them yet, there are about 10 players that my scouts think have all-star type talent and another dozen or so "good players." Of course, those ratings may change once I scout them (right now I can see overall talent in a later grade, outside shooting, inside shooting, playmaking ability, athleticism, intangibles and a few other things. Those ratings change as your scouts take a closer look of course.

Im thinking of picking this game up. How long does it take to actually play a game?

I'm playing out 12 minute quarters for very realistic stats. I skip most of the cut scenes, but when I was watching them it was taking about 1 hour and 30-40 minutes. Now, it is about 1 hour and 15-30 minutes depending upon how many fouls there and other game flow factors. Of course, you can shorten the quarters if you want to do so. You also can set the simmed quarters to any length you want, independent of the played out game length.

Galaxy

10-12-2007, 09:49 PM

Stan Boone looks like a definite franchise PF/C that will probably go 1st overall. He is big, skilled, and has some athleticisim for his size. Lots of guys I haven't scouted yet, so I'm not sure of their potential, but Boone has an A for potential which is something that very few players in the league have - mostly the superstars who aren't completely developed yet like LeBron (actually, I'll have to look tomorrow, LeBron might be an A+ for potential.) Edit to add - although I haven't scouted them yet, there are about 10 players that my scouts think have all-star type talent and another dozen or so "good players." Of course, those ratings may change once I scout them (right now I can see overall talent in a later grade, outside shooting, inside shooting, playmaking ability, athleticism, intangibles and a few other things. Those ratings change as your scouts take a closer look of course.

That's a hell of a draft. Sounds like it could be one the best ones in history.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 08:19 AM

That's a hell of a draft. Sounds like it could be one the best ones in history.

Maybe, or maybe the scouts are overestimating player's abilities. It seems like this version might have a bit more scout error than previous years.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 10:27 AM

In order to have a better idea of where we might rebuild, I going to list all of the potential FA's for next year who are very good players that I might want to sign to a big deal:

Blazers: None that I'd want to sign.
Bobcats: Okafor (PF - 87 with B+ Potential)
Bucks: None (that I'd want to sign)
Bulls: Deng if thought he could be a good PF, but I don't. Ben Gordon is at a position we are already strong.
Cavs: None
Celts: None
Clips: Brand if he doesn't take his option year (PF 93 with A potental), PG Shaun Livingson (PG 76, but A potential)
Grizzlies: None
Hawks: Josh Smith plays the wrong positon.
Heat: None
Hornets: Chris Paul, but I'm sure they'll exercise his option.
Jazz: Ditto for Deron Wiliams
Kings: None
Knicks: None
Lakers: None
Magic: None
Mavs: PG Devin Harris (79 with B potential might be worth signing.)
Nets: None
Nuggets: J.R. Smith doesn't play the right positions to interest us.
Pacers: None
Pistons: None with upside.
Raptors: None
Rockets: None
Sonics: Kevin Martin if he wasn't a SG/SF type.
Spurs: None, they are all too old and on the downside.
Phoenix: Marion if they didn't exercise the option, yes it is a position with a glut, but he is rated 92 at SF and would be tempting.
Wolves: Al Jefferson (PF 89 with A- potential.),
Warriors: Andris Bierdins (C 80 with B- potential - I doubt I'd want him, but if I fail to get anyone else, I might look at him.)
Wiz: If Arenas decides not to utilize his player option, that would be a top target. (PG 97 A potential)

So, our top possible targets:

PG Gilbert Arenas, PF Al Jefferson, PF Okafor. Everyone else, would be only if none of those 3 are available. Of course, if I end up getting one of the top picks and taking Stan Boone that will eliminate Jefferson or Okafor.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 10:41 AM

I have decided I'm going to try to pursue Foye. He could be a very good PG down the line and we aren't doing anything this year or next in the playoffs which are Miller's last 2 good years. Let's see if we can move him for Foye. I try taking Ricky Davis as well to make the contracts work, but they reject that trade. They like the idea of unloading Juwan Howard who is 34 and is making 6.68 million this year. This deal works financially, and will only add .15 million to our roster this year. The bad thing about it is that Juwan has a player option next year. Of course, if we keep Miller on the pay roll he already is under contract for next year... decisions decisions.. Miller would make 9.83 million next year. If Juwan exercises his option the 2 together will cost just under 10 million dollars, 9.98 million. The extra .15 million probably won't be the deciding factor for a FA and Foye is a player with some potential who could become a star. I decide to take a chance and make the deal.

Our scouts report:

Foye is rated 79 overall (only 4 less than Miller), he is a better shooter from the 3 point line and has a better midrange shot. He is much worse at dribbling and passing than Miller. In fact, he is one of the worst passing PG's in the league. However, Iguodala is an efficient ball handler and passer. He isn't quite as good defensively as Miller, but he isn't far behind. He has a great first step and is much faster than Miller. He'll be able to keep up with Iguodala and Young much better on the break if he can keep his dribbling and passing under control. He is averaging 14.0 ppg and 3.5 apg for the Wolves in 31 mpg.

Howard is rated 76 overall and is on the downside at 34. Still, he is averaging 7.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, and 1.0 apg. He is a decent scorer inside the paint and is a decent passer for a big man. He is a poor defender who doesn't hustle. He's been playing 19.1 mpg for the Wolves and is happy with that.. he's going to play much less for me as I like Shavlik Randolph's hustling style and he'll be our number 2 option at PF. Hopefully, Howard's expressive personality doesn't destroy the locker room more when he gets upset. At the very least, maybe it will make him decide not to exercise his option and we'll have even more cap room next year to pursue a big time FA...

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 10:43 AM

Well, I thought for sure the Wolves were going to accept my offer as the "interest bar" was full when I made the offer. However they didn't. They did offer a counter deal! They want Bobby Jones, our 6'7 215 SF who hasn't played for us at all. He is 23 and was a 2nd round pick 2 years ago. He is rated 66 and our staff thinks he has little potential. They obviously think differently. I gladly throw him in the deal. Of course, it's not a bad deal for them as they are already over the cap and his deal expires at the end of the year. If they don't like what they see, he won't hurt them cap wise next year.

Galaxy

10-13-2007, 10:43 AM

Galaxy

10-13-2007, 10:49 AM

PG Gilbert Arenas, PF Al Jefferson, PF Okafor. Everyone else, would be only if none of those 3 are available. Of course, if I end up getting one of the top picks and taking Stan Boone that will eliminate Jefferson or Okafor.

Unless you get the Celtics curse when it comes to the ping pong balls. I like Okafor a lot.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 10:50 AM

Wow, the game has contract options (both team and player)? BTW, get home early from New Orleans?

Yeah, after getting some bad news yesterday, I just didn't feel like sitting through lectures today. I knew my mind wouldn't be in it. Since they were optional, I bailed on them. I did all of the political meetings and such that I had to do yesterday though.

Edit: Yes, the game has team and player options. You also can offer a player a no trade clause. All of those things are factored in where a player signs.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 10:52 AM

Our next game is at the 12-12 Pacers. They aren't very talented, but they are better than us. This will be a big road win if we pull it off.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 12:27 PM

With the trade of Miller, we've definitely lost a defensive presence. Tinsley was torching Foye at times. I also notice that Foye can't make some of the passes that Miller made, he's already had a few turnovers. He's also had a few brilliant plays in which he has drawn guys out with his shooting range, used his speed, blown by them, and then kicked it out to an open shooter. He has 4 assists in the 1st quarter. We are down 29-24 at the end of 1.

Down 47-39 at the half, which isn't bad considering we didn't score for the first 5 minutes of the 2nd quarter as our offense went completely cold. Juwan Howard was actually a big contributor in getting us going again with 2 open jumpers for 4 points. Louis Williams also hit a few big shots off the bench including a buzzer beating 3.

Jermaine O'Neal has been their main star and he has 14 points and 7 boards at the half.

Young leads us with 11 points while Iguodala has 8.

We are shooting 29% including 1 of 13 behind the arc. They are shooting 48%.

Foye caught on fire in the 3rd, hitting 4 3 pointers! Thanks to his 16 points in the 3rd, we tied it up 66-66 at the end of 3.

Young had some big plays in the 4th quarter, including a 3 pointer on which he was fouled and hit the 4 point play. Also, our 2nd team played well for the first 5 minutes of the 2nd. Iguodala made some big plays and got some of their guys into foul trouble including Granger who ended up fouling out. All of this combines for a very successful 4th quarter! We win in our first game with the new guys!

We win 97-77!

Furthermore, Randy Foye wins player of the game! He had 18 points, 6 assists, 2 boards, and a steal. He shot 7 of 11, 4 of 7. He also had 3 turnovers which led the team.

Young led the team with 23 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 14, 1 of 3, and 10 of 13 as he was blowing by his man, Granger.

Iguodala had 15 points, 3 assists, 2 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 11, 0 of 3, and 9 of 10.

Louis Williams surprises with a great 16 minutes: 10 points, 4 assists, 2 boards, and 1 steal. He even hustled and played decent defense. He was 4 of 7 and 2 of 4 behind the arc.

Dalembert had 7 points and 14 boards. He shot 3 of 8 and 1 of 1 from the line.

Juwan Howad had 5 points and 2 boards in 16 minutes. He won't get that many minutes next time.

Starter, Jason Smith, only played 20 minutes as I'm cutting his time until he is 100% healed from his injury. In 20 minutes, he had 2 points and 3 boards.

Jermaine O'Neal finished with 18 points and 15 boards. He shot 9 of 18 from the field.

Granger and Tinsley each had 12 points. Tinsley finished with 8 assists.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 12:34 PM

Rasheed Wallace is going to miss a month with a separated shoulder.

Ouch, despite the win, the trade dropped the team's chemistry down to 24%.

The owner still seems happy with my performance, but he wants to see more improvement, faster. We are now 9-16.

Next up is our simmed game at the Lakers. Jason Smith is fully healthy now.

YES! We win 117-94 on the road against the Lakers. Kobe led them with 26 points, 6boards, and 3 assists (all 3 categories led the team), but he had to shoot 8 of 28, 2 of 8, and 9 of 12. Iguodala did a great job on him defensively. Odom had 16 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Luke Walton was the only other Laker in double digits with 11 points, 5boards, and 2 assists.

Iguodala led us with 22 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 8 of 11, and 6 of 6 from the line.

Foye had 18 points and 7 assists along with a steal. He shot 8 of 11 and 2 of 2 from the arc.

Young had 15 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists along with a block. He shot 4 of 6, 0 of 1, and 7 of 7.

Jason Smith had 12 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks He shot 4 of 6 and 4 of 5 from the line.

Carney had 12 points in limited time. He hit 3 of 3 behind the arc.

In just 15 minutes, Shavlik Randolph had 10 points and 5 boards. They hardly played Kwame as they went with a mostly small lineup and we just abused them inside as a result.

In 13 minutes, Louis Williams had 9 points and 3 assists. A nice win for the team today and our chemistry improves slightly.

Our next game is the next night at the 8-18 Grizzlies. Our team is going to be tired, but this is a winnable game as the Grizzlies aren't that talented.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 02:10 PM

As expected, we are tired and playing sloppy in the 2nd game of back to back road games. We are down 20-14 at the end of 1. No one's shot is falling consistently for us right now.

In the 2nd quarter, Louis Williams and Korver provided a boost at the beginning and that started a 12-2 run that continued when the starters came back. At halftime, we are up 37-29 as the Grizzlies are ice cold from outside the arc. The only one scoring for them is Gasol who has 8 points and 7 boards.

Iguodala leds us with 11 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Yong has 7 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists. Foye has 4 points and 3 assists at the half.

Midway through the 3rd, Foye goes down with an ankle injury. He's already been hurt once earlier in the year. Is he injury prone? Is that why they decided to trade him? I put Iguodala at the point and bring in Carney at SG and it works well throughout the 3rd, as we extend our lead to 12, but they cut it to 6 with a run at the end of the 3rd. 57-51 at the end of 3.

A solid 4th quarter maintains our lead and we win 79-71. :)

Iguodala wins player of the game. He finished with 23 points, 11 boards, 3 assists, and a block. He shot 6 of 14, 2 of 4, and 9 of 13.

Young finished with 16 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 17, 2 of 6, and 2 of 2.

Jason Smith had 6 points and 9 boards along with 4 turnovers. He shot 3 of 6.

In just 16 minutes, Louis Williams had 6 points and 5 assists.

In 25 minutes before he was hurt, Foye had 4 points and 6 assists.

Rudy Gay had a big second half and finished with 19 points and 7 boards. He shot 6 of 15, 1 of 4, and 6 of 10.

Miller hd 15 points but shot 6 of 20. Gasol finished with 10 points and 11 boards. He he was 4 of 10 from the field.

After the game, we find out that Foye has a twisted ankle, he will be about 70% for 5 days. I'll greatly limit his minutes.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 02:19 PM

Heh. I guess the Wolves are just being very indecisive. They have put Andre Miller on the trade block. He had 5 points and 8 assists in his first game with them. I thought it was a good trade for them as they are 6th in the Western Conference and I thought they were trying to win now. The Heat have placed Cassell on the block.

Our next simulated game (4 days later) is against the 14-13 Heat at our place. We lose 94-84.

Iguodala played great with 28 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 10 of 20, 2 of 4, and 6 of 7. However, no one else played very well. Young had 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists along with 5 turnovers. He shot 3 of 9, 1 of 5, and 3 of 5. Jason Smith had 10 ponts and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 6, and 2 of 2 from the line. Louis Willimas got most of te minutes at the point due to Foye's injury and in 26 minutes he only had 6 points and 3 assists.

Wade led the Heat with 24 points and 9 assists, but we made him shoot 6 of 22, 1 of 4, 11 of 13 from the line.

Cassell chipped in 20 points and 4 assists. Shaq only played 18 minutes due to Dalembert getting him into foul trouble and he had 4 points and 7 boards along with a block. Shaq is averaging 29 mpg this yar, 14 ppg, 8 rpg, and 1 bpg.

Our next game that might get to tonight is on the road against the Kings. We are now 11-17 which has us 12th in the Eastern Conference. The Nets are 8th with a 15-13 record so we are currently 4 games out of a playoff spot, which I hope we don't get this year, but I won't tank games. Also, I need the team to win some games and show improvement so that I keep my job.

Ironhead

10-13-2007, 02:47 PM

Reading along as always. If you get canned does your career end or would you have a chance to hook on with another team?

RPI-Fan

10-13-2007, 03:46 PM

How does your played-out record compare to your simmed record?

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 04:14 PM

Reading along as always. If you get canned does your career end or would you have a chance to hook on with another team?

I don't know. I'm hoping I'll get offered another job. There was an option when I started the career to turn off Owner firings, but I left them on.

How does your played-out record compare to your simmed record?

I'll have to check later tonight after the USC game, but I think my played out record is slightly worse than the simmed record. I think they are close. I'll post the specifics tonight.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 07:31 PM

Our record in played out games: 7-7

Our record in simmed games: 5-9

Yet our listed record is 11-17. It seems to have counted one of my wins as a loss. Odd, and I think this has been reported as a known bug on OS. Hopefully, it gets patched soon.

Foye is completely healed for our game tonight against the Kings on the road. They are 12-15 and we feel like we can win tonight.

Galaxy

10-13-2007, 08:32 PM

The Nets are 8th with a 15-13 record so we are currently 4 games out of a playoff spot, which I hope we don't get this year, but I won't tank games. Also, I need the team to win some games and show improvement so that I keep my job.

If, and when, you do make the playoffs, will you do the same pattern (play one game, then sim)?

Pumpy Tudors

10-13-2007, 08:50 PM

Our record in played out games: 7-7

Our record in simmed games: 5-9

Yet our listed record is 11-17. It seems to have counted one of my wins as a loss. Odd, and I think this has been reported as a known bug on OS. Hopefully, it gets patched soon.
I was about to start an association, but then I read this. That worries me, although I trust that 2K will fix it.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:04 PM

Both offenses were on fire in the 1st. For us, it was Iguodala with 12 in the first quarter and Young with 10 in the 1st. There is more balanced scoring for the Kings. 32-27 at the end of 1.

Absolutely insane 2nd quarter. Iguodala and Young were both on fire, Foye was racking up easy assists by just passing to them and letting them drain 18-22 foot jumpers. Young has 25 points at the half. He is 8 of 12, 3 of 3 from the arc, and 6 of 8 from the line. Artest is trying hard to guard him, but he is shooting right over Artest. Iguodala is doing almost as good with 21 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists at the half. He is shooting 9 of 14, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2. Foye has 11 points and 10 assists at the half.

We are up 67-45. If we maintain this lead, I'll sit guys through a good part of the 4th, but it will be interesting to see if any of my stars can break 40 this game.

I find myself checking the gameplay sliders to make sure I didn't accidently set it to rookie, but I didn't. We are just on fire. We are shooting well over 60% for the game. I wonder if this type of night would have happened with Miller still here. I don't think it would. Miller's speed was lacking some, and Foye is so fast and quick that he is penetrating at will on Bibby and kicking it out for some open shots. As a result, at the end of 3, we are up 103-64!

I'm about to sit my starters. Foye has 13 points, 5 boards, and 17 assists. He is 4 of 6 from the field. He does have 4 turnovers from sloppy passes.

Young has 40 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He is 14 of 22 from the field, 6 of 6 from behind the arc, and 6 of 8 from the line. I think the rookie is arriving :)

Iguodala has 27 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. He also has 2 steals and 2 turnovers. He has shot 12 of 19, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Even Dalembert is hitting some 8-10 foot jumpers that Foye is giving him that are open. He has 10 points and 9 boards. He is 3 of 4 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line.

Smith has 9 points and 5 boards along with an assist and a block. He is 4 of 5 from the field. Just a brilliant performance that is hopefully a glimpse of things to come. If there are no big men worth taking, I'll go PG in the draft, but I think Foye could be a long term answer at the position even though he has some more SG tendencies than PG tendencies at times. If there is a worthwile big man, that is definitely the direction we'll go in the draft.

Now back to the 4th quarter, I almost forgot about it ;) I bring in the entire second team unit.

Final score: 118-93.

In limited time, Louis Williams had 5 points and 6 assists. Korver had 9 points all on 3's.

We shot 55% while holding them to 45%. We were 10 of 18 from behind the arc. They were 4 of 15. We had 38 assists to their 30. We had 13 turnovers to their 9. We outrebounded them 45-28. We had 7 blocks to their 1. We had 14 fast break points, mostly by Young, to their 6.

Hopefully, this is a flash of our future.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:06 PM

If, and when, you do make the playoffs, will you do the same pattern (play one game, then sim)?

Yes. Our ultimate success is going to depend upon how strong our roster is and not just my stick skills. Also, if we get to midway or 3 quarters through the season and we are eliminated from playoff contention, I may sim more games than I play in the interest of advancing to the offseason.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:17 PM

Kirilenko is going to be out about a month with a broken wrist.

The Raptors Jose Calderon is going to miss about 6 weeks, also with a broken wrist. I think players heal quicker, the better your trainer is. I kept my default trainer on staff who is average, if I recall correctly.

Yes, Reed is an average trainer working for us. I'll probably replace him when his deal expires.

The Raptors offer Kris Humphries (PF 69) to me for Louis Williams. Louis is starting to show something, and I'm not sure about the potential that Humphries has. He hasn't played any minutes for the Raptors this year except for 1 game where he played 4 minutes. My staff thinks he is of questionable potential like Williams. I pass on the deal.

Our simmed game is against the Trailblazers on the road. We win 84-76 and correctly get credited with the win.

Brandon Roy led them with 17 points and 3 assists. Oden played 30 minutes and had 8 points and 7 boards against Dalembert.

Iguodala led us with 27 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 11 of 19, 0 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Foye had 12 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 5, 1 of 1, and 3 of 3. I forgot to turn his minutes back up since he came back from his injury. As a result, he only played 22 minutes. I set him back to 32 now that he is healed from his injury.

Young had a terrible game. He shot 1 of 14, 0 of 7, and 0 of 0. He scored 2 points and had 5 boards.

In 21 minutes off the bench, Louis Williams had 6 points and 5 assists which led the team.

After we beat them, the Trailblazers drop down to 8-22. The next night we travel to play the Supersonics. They are 23-7 thanks to Durant who is having a great year as a rookie. He is averaging just under 20 ppg and 6 rpg along with just over 2 apg. The Sonics should be a fun matchup. I'll play them tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:23 PM

With the All-Star game being a little over a month away, here is a look at the voting:

West:

PG:

Nash with 1.42 million votes.
Baron Davis with 1.1 million
Chris Paul with 1.07 million

SG:

Kobe 1.40 million
AI 1.23
Ginobili .78

SF:

McGrady 1.23
Carmelo 1.02
Marion .97

PF:

Dirk 1.35
Duncan 1.33
Boozer .92

C:

Yao .833
Stoudemire .71
Gasol .67

East:

PG:

Kidd 1.29
Arenas 1.26
Billups .98

SG:

Wade 1.45
Carter 1.04
Allen .86

Iguodala is 5th with .75

SF:

LeBron 1.55
Pierce .87
Rashard Lewis .80

PF:

Garnett 1.43
Bosh .97
Jermaine O'Neal: .89

C:

Dwight Howard .97
Shaq: .662
Ben Wallace .511

Dalmbert is 7th with .31 million

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:27 PM

A look at the top 16 in the "Power Rankings"

1. (5th last week) Magic 22-10
2. (3) 23-7
3. Suns (9) 16-14, but 3-0 in the last week
4. (8)Rockets (8) 19-11
5. (2) Celtics 16-12
6. (1) Nuggets 19-10, went 0-3 this week to drop down.
7. (4) Spurs 15-13
8. (12) Nets 17-13
9. (10) Heat 17-14
10. (14) Hawks 16-12
11. (6) Cavs 19-12
12. (18) Mavs 15-16
13.(13) Hornets 16-14
14 (7) Bulls 15-12
15. (11) Knicks 17-11
16. (16) Wolves 14-15

We were 28th last week but are now 27th after going 1-1 in the previous calendar week. Our record is now 13-17.

Eaglesfan27

10-13-2007, 09:31 PM

I was about to start an association, but then I read this. That worries me, although I trust that 2K will fix it.

Yeah, I'm sure 2k will fix it. FWIW, it's only affected our record by 1 game in 30 games so far. Still annoying. I'll have to re-read the glitch thread, it might be that a game is incorrectly listed as a "W" on the calendar when it is actually a "L" and the record is actually right. I only noticed it because I was trying to count all of the wins and losses for the question about my simmed record vs played out record.

Pumpy Tudors

10-13-2007, 09:48 PM

Yeah, I'm sure 2k will fix it. FWIW, it's only affected our record by 1 game in 30 games so far. Still annoying. I'll have to re-read the glitch thread, it might be that a game is incorrectly listed as a "W" on the calendar when it is actually a "L" and the record is actually right. I only noticed it because I was trying to count all of the wins and losses for the question about my simmed record vs played out record.
Hmm. If it's just that the calendar is wrong, I can accept that a lot better. I would just hate to spend over an hour playing a game and then have it give me the wrong result in the standings. I haven't even played against the CPU yet, but I think I'm gonna start my Grizzlies association now. 0-82, here we come!!!

Galaxy

10-13-2007, 10:50 PM

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 11:58 AM

Despite the huge win total, Seattle doesn't have that good of a "team talent rating." But, Durant and company seem to be carrying them to a lot of wins.

They are starting Kevin Martin at SG due to injuries and he is playing very well early. Meanwhile, Young is on fire early for us and is giving Foye some easy assists with jumpers from 18-22 feet out.

Young was on fire for his first 4 shots. He missed the next 6 and no one else on our team was hitting their shot consistently either. Durant missed his first 4 or 5 shots, but then he caught on fire and hit 5 in a row at the end of the 1st. He is so tall, that he was shooting over Young easily. At the end of 1, we are down 25-17 and Young is tired already from trying to cover Durant.

Carney with a big 2nd quarter to keep us within reach, but they have a lot of outside shooters: PG Earl Watson, SG Kevin Martin, and of course Durant. Together, they are killing us along with Szczerbiak and Ridnour off the bench. Chris Wilcox is doing a good job of rebounding down low and they are up 50-36 at the half. Dyrant has 17 points on 8 of 13 shooting. We forced him to miss 5 of his first 6 shots, but since then he has been on fire.

Carney leads our scoring with 13 points on 3 of 3 shooting behind the arc and 5 of 8 overall.

Down 74-61 at the end of 3. Watson exploded in this quarter for 10 points and 5 assists.

During the 2nd and 4th quarter, their backups destroyed ours. Particularly true in the 4th as they opened up a huge 20 point lead. We never got back into it. They win 103-79.

Earl Watson won player of the game for them with 23 points, 11 assists, and 4 boards. He shot 9 of 18 from the field, 3 of 8 from the arc, and 2 of 2 from the line.

Durant added 21 points, 4 boards, and 2assists. He shot 9 of 18, 0 of 3, and 3 of 4.

Ridnour had 17 points and 4 assists off the bench for them. Kevin Martin had 12 points and 6 boards. Chris Wilcox had 11 points and 10 boards. Szczerbiak had 8 points for them.

Carney led us with 23 points on 9 of 17 shooting, 5 of 6 behind the arc, and 0 of 0 from the line.

Young had 14 points on 6 of 18 shooting, 0 of 4 behind the arc, 2 of 2 from the line.

Iguodala had 13 points on 6 of 18 shooting. Foye had 11 points and 10 assists. In just 17 minutes, including 9 minutes of garbage time, Louis Williams had 4 points and 7 assists.

Jason Smith with a poor start. He played 30 minutes but only had 3 points and 3 boards.

That loss drops us to 13-18.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 12:14 PM

We receive word that Yao Ming has broken a bone in his foot and will miss 5-6 weeks.

Since, Galaxy mentioned that the Magic were surprising, I decided to look at them. They had 2 borderline superstars in Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis that are carrying them. Howard is rated 93 overall and is averaging 19.3 ppg, 13.6 rpg, and 2.4 bpg. He is shooting over 51%. Rashard Lewis is currently rated 92 (thanks to a morale boost) and he is averaging 21.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, and is shooting over 48%. Delonte West is rated 80 and is thriving with the talent around him. He is averaging 13.5 ppg and 5.6 apg. Hedo Turkoglu is a 3 point specialist who is averaging 11 ppg. Carlos Arroyo is providing a great presence off the bench and the young PG is averaging 10.3 ppg and 5.5 apg. J.J. Redick is the worst of their starters and he is a solid shooter. He is averaging 9.4 ppg. He is shooting 43% including 36% behind the arc. They have 2 stars surrounded by nice complementary talent.

I do find the Spurs struggles surprising. Duncan is rated 99, Parker is rated 92, and Ginobili is rated 91. Duncan is averaging 24 ppg, 10 rpg, and 2.1 apg along with 2 bpg. Parker is averaging 16.4 ppg, 6.8 apg, and 2.9 rpg. Ginobili is averaging 16.1 ppg, 5 rpg, and 5 apg. They have a ton of talent. The only weakness is C where both Francisco Elson and Mutombo have been injured a lot and both are injured currently. Maybe that hole is dragging them down a bit for the moment. Both of their C's morale is horrible too and they both want more playing time when they are healthy.

In our simmed game at the Jazz who are 15-18, we lose 106-89. Boozer had 25 for the Jazz and Daron Williams had 13 points and 18 assists against us.

Iguodala led our team with 30 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 22, 4 of 6, and 4 of 5. Foye had 10 points and 5 assists before fouling out of the game. Due to foul trouble, he only played 21 minutes. His defensive ability is starting to show how big of a flaw it is against the better PG's in the league. Young had 9 points, 3 boards, and 3 assissts. He shot 3 of 9 for the game. Jason Smith had 8 points and 7 boards in 31 minutes. He also had 2 blocks.

That loss drops us to 13-19.

Oh cool. I wasted time making that list earlier. The game is now providing a list of potential FA's!

The top 10 "potential FA's" according to the game (it also lists a column for whether there is an option or not and who has it on this screen - very nice)

1. Arneas PG 96 (without morale boost which is currently plus 1), player option
2. Elton Brand PF 92, player option
3. Paul PG 91, team option
4. Marion SF 92, player option
5. Deron Williams, PG 90, tam option
6. Al Jefferson, PF 89, no option
7. Emeka Okafor, PF 86, no option
8. Artest, SF 86, player option
9. Antawn Jamison PF 86, no option
10. Iguodala :( SG 84 No option. He won't renegotiate now, but he obviously will be a vital re-signing.

Galaxy

10-14-2007, 03:50 PM

The top 10 "potential FA's" according to the game (it also lists a column for whether there is an option or not and who has it on this screen - very nice)

1. Arneas PG 96 (without morale boost which is currently plus 1), player option
2. Elton Brand PF 92, player option
3. Paul PG 91, team option
4. Marion SF 92, player option
5. Deron Williams, PG 90, tam option
6. Al Jefferson, PF 89, no option
7. Emeka Okafor, PF 86, no option
8. Artest, SF 86, player option
9. Antawn Jamison PF 86, no option
10. Iguodala :( SG 84 No option. He won't renegotiate now, but he obviously will be a vital re-signing.

Anything that the game can't do? :)

Hopefully you can get Iguodala locked up quickly. If he decides not to stay a Sixer, I'm guessing you'll have to re-think of how to rebuild.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 06:51 PM

This next game is the Lakers on the road. Should be fun to see how Iguodala can do against Kobe.

Also, the Sonics's Earl Watson just broke a bone in his hand. He'll miss 4-5 weeks.

The Lakers are 10-20 and aren't much more talented than us. We should be able to beat them.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 08:17 PM

They came out at the beginning of the game with Odom at PF. He was hurting us with his range as Smith couldn't keep up, but Smith was pushing him around on the offensive blocks. After each player scored about 8 points, they moved Odom to SF where he was more evenly matched with Young. However, they had everyone hitting their shots and we didn't. Iguodala and Young with subpar quarters and we are down 29-19 at the end of 1.

Sheesh. We are controlling Kobe, but everyone is hitting open shots as a result. We are missing our shots. Down 55-30 at the half.

Odom leads them with 13 points. Igodala leads us with 7.

We are shooting 34% while they are shooting 51%.

Young heated up in the 3rd. The bad news is so did Kobe. We are being blown out 84-56. I'm going to sim the rest of this one. Actually, that gives a message that it will cause problems with accumulated stats on my user profile and milestones, so I'll finish it up. Still, it's time to give the kids some more PT.

110-73 loss. Kobe played for 6 minutes of the 4th and ended up with his usual big night.

Kobe wins player of the game. He finished with 31 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 11 of 20, 3 of 7 from the arc, and 6 of 6 from the line.

Javaris Crittenton, their rookie, was abusing Foye and Louis Williams He finished with 21 points and 7 assists (mostly to Kobe.)

Odom finished with 18 points, 12 boards, and 7 assists.

Young led us with 19 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 17, 3 of 4, and 0 of 0.

Smith had 14 points, 4 boards, and 2 assist. He shot 4 of 9 and 6 of 6 from the line.

Iguodala had 12 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He was 5 of 18 from the field and 2 of 2 from the line.

Foye finished with 6 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 29 minutes. He shot 3 of 8.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 08:32 PM

With 3 looks at another guy, our scouts have a good idea of him. Percy Taft is a 20 year SG from Louisville who has an expressive temperament. He is projected to go top 5 and might be a selection for us if we can't sign Iguodala. He isn't that athletic but he is an excellent outside shooter as well as a very good defender. Our scouts think he has tremendous potential and compare him to Rip Hamilton. His strength is his clutch shooting and his high upside. His weaknesses are his below average post skills and athleticism.

Now, it is time to have my scout start looking at Matthew Thomas, the top C in the draft. He is 7'1 300 pounds and is projected to go in the top 10, but not the top 5. At first blush, our scouts think he'll be good but not great. Let's take a closer look at the 21 year old. I send my best scout to see what he thinks.

Our other scout who is just good, is very excited after his first look at Juan Carlos Ortiz from Mexico. He is saying that I should look at the kid closely as he feels this kid could become one of the best players in the NBA. He tells me to look carefully at his scouting report: He is supposed to be a lottery pick and my scout feels that is vastly underrating him. He has upgraded his potential to A. He is comparing him to Chauncey Billups. He has upgraded his outside shot to A+. He feels his playmaking ability is excellent at A-. He feels he is an A+ man defender. The 6'4 210 pound 22 year old PG definitely sounds interesting. I'll send my best scout to look at him once he finishes looking at the C. I don't want to go with just what this one scout sees.

Meanwhile, I send this scout to look at a PG from England that is projected to go in the lottery.

Surprisingly, the Lakers have placed Andrew Bynum on the trade block.

The Wolves have traded Andre Miller (PG 83) to the Heat for White Chocolate Jason Williams (PG 78)

The Lakers have traded Chris Mihm (C 72) to the Magic for A Foyle (C 69)

The Heat have traded PG Sam Cassell (80) to the Pistons for PF McDyess (77.)

Our chemistry is really diving with our record which is now 13-20. We lose our simulated game at the Nuggets 94-93. They are now 22-11 and that was a surprisingly good showing. Anthony led them with 23 points while AI had 21. Stackhouse added another 15 points.

Iguodala led us with 19 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, 5 steals. He shot 7 of 19 and 5 of 5 from the line.

Foye had 14 points and 3 assists. Young had 13 points and 8 boards. He shot 4 of 10. Louis Williams had 10 points and 4 assists in just 13 minutes.

This season is looking unlikely to improve and I want to get to the offseason. I'm going to a play 1, sim 2 schedule for a bit at least.

We lose a simulated game hosting the Bucks 88-68. They are now 19-15. We are now 13-22. Iguodala led us with 25 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 17, 2 of 5, and 11 of 12. Foye had 12 points and 1 assist. Jason Smith had 9 points and 4 boards. Young had 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in only 23 minutes before he fouled out. He shot 0 of 9.

Redd led them with 28 points. Maurice Williams had 16 points and 5 assists. Bell and Simmons each had 14 points.

We are now 13-22 and we travel to play in Toronto the next night.

Galaxy

10-14-2007, 09:57 PM

Any luck in a new deal with Iguodala?

The all-star break should be coming up, correct?

Interesting to see Minnesota move Miller to Miami. They must of not have been too impressed with him.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 10:33 PM

We started out up 11-5, but then they had an 18-0 run. We responded at the end of the quarter with a few points and we are down 23-16 at the end of 1.

Willie Green provides a huge spark at the beginning of the 2nd with 13 straight points before he cools off. That rush leads us to a 55-50 lead at the half.

We are shooting 64% as a team!

Young and Iguodala were hot in the 3rd quarter and Dalembert was getting put back slams. 85-78 lead at the end of 3.

Green can't give us that boost at the end of the 4th and while our starters rest, they close the gap. 95-95 with 2:46 to go.

Bosh makes it 97-95 with a nice up and under move against Dalembert. After exchanging defensive stops, Young draws a foul. He misses the 1st of 2 FT's. He makes the 2nd. 97-96 with 1:26 to go.

Bosh goes right at Dalembert and beats him again. He's having a great game. 99-96. Young sets a screen, passes it back to Foye who uses the screen and drills the 3! 99-99.

Dalembert with good defense on the 16 footer by Bosh, he misses it! 26 seconds left and we have the ball!

With 2 seconds left, Iguodala drives into the lane, gets bumped, no call, and misses the little 6 foot jumper. They rebound with 1.3 seconds left and call a T.O. Dixon misses the jumper at the buzzer. Time for O.T.

Ford finds Bosh for a slam on their first possession after we had missed a shot. Bosh is dominating the OT even blocking an Iguodala dunk. However, Young is keeping us in it, barely.

With 16 seconds left, Iguodala misses a jumper and they get the rebound and hit both FT's to gain a 4 point lead. Young misses a 3 and they get the FT's again to make it 6. Young hits a 3 this time to pull it within 3, but only 3 seconds left. They hit the FT's to end the game. 118-113 OT win for the Raptors.

We each shot 52%. We were 10 of 23 from the arc. They were 2 of 9. We outrebounded them 41-35. However, we had 12 turnovers to their 6.

Bosh led them with 44 points, 13 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 18 of 28, 1 of 2, and 7 of 8.

Ford had 22 points and 12 assists. Bargnani had 12 points and 4 boards. He shot 5 of 17. Dixon had 9 points and 6 assists, mostly in the 4th quarter which was huge for their comeback. Webber had 10 points and 14 boards for them.

Young led us with 32 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 14 of 24, 3 of 5, and 1 of 2.

Iguodala had 21 points, 3 boards, and 7 assists. He also had a block He shot 8 of 21, 2 of 4, and 3 of 4.

Foye had 14 points, 6 boards, and 16 assists. He shot 5 of 7, 4 of 5 behind the arc, and 0 of 0 from the line.

Green finished with 13 points on 6 of 11 shooting, 1 of 5 from the arc.

Dalembert had 12 points and 10 boards.

We are 13-23 now.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 10:36 PM

Any luck in a new deal with Iguodala?

The all-star break should be coming up, correct?

Interesting to see Minnesota move Miller to Miami. They must of not been too impressed with him.

No, it won't let me renegotiate with him any longer. I think I have to wait until after the season now. The bad news is that our income is dropping with the losses and decreased attendance. Our cash flow is drying up. The good news is that he is thrilled with his role on the team and morale is at 100.

The all star break is Feb 17th. I'm now at January 11th.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 10:53 PM

In our simulated game, we lose at home to the Bulls 105-62. Dalembert twisted his ankle in the game too and will be DTD for a week or so. Iguodala had 18 points, 11 boards, and 3 assists. Young had 18 points and 2 boards. No one else had more than 4 points. Foye had 4 points and 1 assist.

Deng led the Bulls with 22 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. Hinrich had 19 points and 17 assists against Foye. Gordon and Nocioni each had 19 points. Ben Wallace had 5 points and 9 boards.

Our master scout isn't impressed with Matthew Thomas, the top C, on first glance. However, he says that we should take another look because he might be wrong about the kid. I send him to take another look. However, if the first look is right, this kid will be a poor offensive player.

"The Award Races" are now available to view.

The top 5 MVP candidates: LeBron, Garnett, Dwight Howard, Wade, and Dirk.

The top 5 rookie of the year candidates: Durant, Horford, Thaddeus Young, Corew Brewer, and Juan Carlos Navarro.

The Lakers have traded Andrew Bynum (C 72) to the Spurs for B Udrih (PG 72) That move is very good for the Spurs as their C's have been very banged up and having low morale. Not a bad move for the Lakers either who can play Radmanovic more as well as Najera and Cook. Meanwhile Udrih is a decent PG with some potential. He's about equivalent to Crittenton their starting PG right now in current ability and potential according to our scouts.

The Rockets traded M. James (PG 81) the Warriors for Stephen Jackson (SG 82.) The Rockets move Steve Francis into the starting lineup after that trade, not a dropoff of any significance. Stephen Jackson is better than their starting SG and they name him the starter. Meanwhile, the Warriors will give more time to Monta Ellis who was upset with his PT and free up some time for their solid backup SG's.

Our next game is at the Spurs. We lose 88-83. The Spurs are on the rise and are now 20-16 after that win. We drop to 13-25. Duncan led them with 31 points and 13 boards. Parker had 16 points and 7 assists. Ginobili had 11 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.

Iguodala led us with 21 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. Foye had 9 points and 6 assists. Young had 8 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 11.

Our next game is at the 23-15 Rockets who are still without Yao due to his injury. At least, that should give us a small chance against them.

Eaglesfan27

10-14-2007, 10:58 PM

A look at the top 10 power rankings now:

1. Celtics 22-13
2. Sonics 26-10
3. Spurs 20-16
4. Bulls 20-14
5. Nuggets 22-13
6. Heat 21-16
7. Suns 19-18
8. Jazz 19-19
9. Rockets 23-14
10. Cavs 23-14

The Magic are now 25-14 and have dropped to 12th after being 3rd in the power rankings last week. They went 1-3 this past week to cause the big drop.

Our 0-4 week dropped us from 29th in the rankings to 30th. Our 13-25 record is last in the Eastern Conference. The Blazers are 11-26 and the Grizzlies are 12-25. Our owner was very happy when he hired me. Now, he is quite a bit less happy. He says that we need to improve faster.

Eaglesfan27

10-15-2007, 09:18 PM

We have a slim chance against the 25-13 Rockets since they are starting Chuck Hayes at C in place of the injured Yao. We'll try to work it inside.

Down 21-20 at the end of 1. So far, we are keeping T-Mac in check.

Down 40-36 at the half. We are playing excellent defense with Stephen Jackson being their only guy hitting most of his shots. However, our big guns are also missing their shots. Jackson leads them with 17 points. Iguodala leads us with 10, but he is working hard for those points and missing a lot of shots.

Down 64-57. At least we are within striking range despite a huge quarter from McGrady. Iguodala is trying to keep us in it, but he isn't getting much help except from Green off the bench.

With 2:17 left, we've pulled with 1 for the 3 time this quarter. Will we get the stop we need? We get Jackson to miss a jumper but T-Mac beats everyone to the rebound and lays it back in. 83-80.

Foye with a quick strike pass to Young who slams it home as we caught them napping right after the basket. 83-82 with 1:50 to go.

We get a stop, but we fail to score at the other end as Smith tries a post move down low but misses the 4 footer.

With 58 seconds left, T-Mac hits a jumper to make it 85-82. Young draws a foul on McGrady down in the post. He hits both FT's to make it a 1 point game again!

With the clock almost up, McGrady with a fade away 18 foot jumper. 87-84. 19 seconds left. Young misses the 3 point attempt. They get the rebound and we intentionally foul, but they hit both FT's. With 5 seconds left, Young hits a quick 3. Down by 2 now. They work hard to get the inbounds to McGrady and we intentionally foul. He misses the 1st FT! He makes the 2nd. No timeouts. 4 seconds left and we need a 3....

Iguodala with a long pass to Young.. he turns and shoots.. he makes it! No his foot was on the line, it's a 2. Ball game. 90-89 loss.

We shot 40%. They shot 41%.

We were each 5 of 16 behind the arc. We were 26 of 28 from the line. They were 12 of 15. They had 29 assists to our 20. They had 5 turnovers. We had 12. They had 10 steals to our 5. We outrebounded them 48-41.

McGrady was player of the game with 38 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 15 of 27, 2 of 5, and 6 of 8.

Jackson had 17 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists.

Francis had 14 points and 7 assists. Hayes had 14 boards at C but no points.

Against the small Hayes, Dalmbert had 12 points and 12 boards. Iguodala led the team with 23 points. He also had 5 assists and 2 boards. He shot 7 of 18, 1 of 2, and 8 of 8.

Young had 20 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 17, 2 of 7, and 8 of 10.

Foye had 13 points, 4 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 4 of 10, 1 of 4, and 4 of 4. Jason Smith had 4 points and 8 boards.

That loss drops us to 13-26 now.

Galaxy

10-15-2007, 09:25 PM

Iguodala with a long pass to Young.. he turns and shoots.. he makes it! No his foot was on the line, it's a 2. Ball game. 90-89 loss.

Ouch.

Eaglesfan27

10-15-2007, 09:27 PM

We lose at the Celts 128-100. Allen had 30 points, Garnett had 25 points and 12 boards. Pierce had 18 points and 5 boards. Pruitt had 8 points and 8 assists.

Iguodala led us with 26 points, 2 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 11 of 19 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Foye had 20 points and 1 assists. He shot 6 of 11, 1 of 2, and 7 of 8.

Young only had 4 points and 4 boards on 2 of 12 shooting.

Our best scout liked Matthew Thomas MUCH more on 2nd look. He thinks the big C should be a top 2 pick and could be an all-star after a few years of development. However, he isn't ready now like some of the guards and Stan Boone the PF are. I have him take one more look at Thomas and then I'll post more of the scouting report.

Our next simulated game, we win hosting the Raptors! We seem to matchup well with them for some reason. 90-80 win. Foye led the team with 15 points and 3 assists. He shot 3 of 8, 1 of 1, and 8 of 8.

Smith was our 2nd leading scorer with 13 points and 6 boards. He shot 5 of 6 and 3 of 4 from the line.

Carney had 11 points in limited time. Young had 10 points and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 9. Iguodala only played 18 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 7 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 3 of 7.

Bosh led the Raptors with 16 points and 12 boards. He shot 4 of 17. That win raises our record to 14-27.

The Spurs have traded Francisco Elson (C 70) who was demanding a trade due to lack of PT to the Blazers for SF James Jones. Jones is a 73 rated SF who was unhappy with his lack of PT. I doubt he is going to get much more with the Spurs.

Our next game is at home against the Pacers.

Galaxy

10-18-2007, 06:36 PM

Looking forward to the rest of the season and off-season.

Eaglesfan27

10-19-2007, 07:03 AM

Looking forward to the rest of the season and off-season.

Thanks. I probably won't get to play again until Saturday night.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 09:49 AM

Sedation from the dentist lasted a lot longer than I expected. Wierd to lose almost a day's worth of time. Anyway, I'm now playing at home against the 15-26 Pacers. Certainly a winnable game for us as Jermaine O'Neal is their only huge threat.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 11:07 AM

We get Troy Murphy into early foul trouble which takes away one scorer. A minute later we get O'Neal into foul trouble and we have a chance to go on a big run...

We go on a 10-0 run to make it 14-4 early in the 1st. Dunleavy with a few big baskets to end the run. Dalembert is playing well on the offensive boards and getting some easy baskets in the 1st.

Up 31-21 at the end of 1. Dalmbert has 10 already :)

Early in the 2nd, not too long after he came back and put up 6 points on us, we get a 3rd foul on Jermaine O'Neal.

We are up 59-40 at the half. Iguodala leads us with 17 points, Dalembert has 12 points, and Young had 5 assists at the half. We are shooting 52% to their 41%.

Early in the 3rd, we get a 4th foul on Troy Murphy.

We are up 87-61 at the end of 3 as all parts of our offense are clicking. Foye has 16 points and 9 assists so far. I'll pull the starters before too much longer.

With a 99-66 lead, I pull my starters with 10 minutes to go. If it gets within 10, I'll put them back in.

We win 105-84 as our subs struggled to score, but they took care of the ball and played decent defense.

Thaddeus Young wins player of the game with 21 points, 8 assists, and 8 boards. He shot 7 of 14, 3 of 4, and 4 of 4. He played 37 minutes.

Iguodala also played 37 minutes and had 19 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 7 of 15, 0 of 1, and 5 of 7.

Dalembert bullied the smaller O'Neal and had 16 points and 12 boards in just 27 minutes.

Foye had 16 points, 10 assists, and 6 boards. He shot 5 of 8, 3 of 4, and 3 of 3.

Jason Smith even played well with 10 points and 6 boards in 28 minutes. He shot 3 of 8 and 4 of 4 from the line.

The star off the bench was Shavlik Randolph who really hustled and managed 8 points and 8 boards including 4 offensive boards.

With his foul trouble O'Neal only play 19 minutes. He had 10 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists.

Granger led them with with 17 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 8 of 20, 1 of 5.

DeToxRox

10-21-2007, 11:09 AM

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 11:12 AM

That win raised our record to 15-27. Next up is the Pistons at home.

We lose 91-81. Iguodala was held to 6 of 17 shooting and 6 of 6 from the line. He had 19 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists.

Foye had 17 points and 4 assists. smith had 15 points and 2 boards. Dalembert had 9 points and 9 boards. Young had 5 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He was held to 2 of 12 shooting.

Rip led the Pistons with 22 points, Wallace had 21, and Bilups had 20 with 10 assists. The Pistons are now 17-26. We drop to 15-28.

Our next game, we lose at the Knicks, 115-104. Zach Randolph led them with 26 points and 12 boards. Marbury added 18 points and 11 assists. Richardson had 17 points and 12 boards.

Foye led us against the Knicks with 24 points and 5 assists. He shot 9 of 16, 3 of 5, and 3 of 5. Smith had 16 points and 3 boards. Iguodala had 12 points and 7 assists. He shot 3 of 12, 0 of 3, and 6 of 8. Dalelmbert had 12 points and 14 boards along with 2 blocks. Young had a terrible game for us in which he shot 1 of 7 and only had 2 points and 2 boards in 32 minutes. I wonder if he is hitting the rookie wall.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 11:13 AM

EF,

Have you done a full year of a franchise yet? I simmed one to get a feel for the off season and it's pretty expansive for a console game, and a lot of fun. That said, I am curious if so who your FA's were.

No, I've heard the offseason is well done, but I'm not there yet and won't be for a few weeks. Although, I might get tempted to sim even more games if our record continues to plummet.

DeToxRox

10-21-2007, 11:18 AM

No, I've heard the offseason is well done, but I'm not there yet and won't be for a few weeks. Although, I might get tempted to sim even more games if our record continues to plummet.

Gotcha. I'll avoid spoilers about the FAs I ran into then ha

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 01:16 PM

My master scout Larry Graves is having a hard time getting a good read on the big C Matthew Thomas. He wants me to take a 4th look at him, so I do.

We are now 15-29 and we are playing at the Bobcats who are 15-28.

At the end of 1, we are up on the Bobcats 28-16! Iguodala and Young are on fire so far each with 10 points.

A bad second quarter turns our lead into a 10 point deficit, down 52-42.

Young leads us with 17 points and 6 boards.

They have 3 scorers with 8 each.

Down 69-68 at the end of 3 as Young got hot early in the 3rd, they started double teaming him, which led to open baskets for other guys. Although, it was usually after 2 or 3 passes swinging it around.

We are down 85-83 with 2:31 to go. Our starting 5 are back in, but not too rested. Foye steals it from Okafor in the post.. passes it long to Young who is fouled before he can slam it home. Young misses the 1st FT. He makes the 2nd one. After Felton hits a jumper to make it 87-84, Young misses a 2. We get a stop and a fast break which Young pulls up on and nails the 3!!! 87-87 with 1:12 to go. Felton with a nice assist to Brezec to make it 89-87. With 30 seconds left, Iguodala drives to the hole and draws a foul. He drills both FT's!

We force a bad shot from Richardson who misses it. Jason Smith gets the rebound and we call a timeout with 5.4 seconds left.

Iguodala gets a decent look, but he misses the 18 footer. Time for OT. Iguodala has been cold since the 1st quarter, and I probably should have gotten a play for Young.

We are up 99-95 with 1:05 to go. Young has 6 points in the OT so far. Young misses a shot as the buzzer is expiring, but they miss a quick shot and we get the rebound. They intentionally foul. He hits both FT's. They cme back with a quick 3 to make it 101-98 with 13 seconds to go. Iguodala is fouled with 12 seconds to go. He hits the 1st, but not the 2nd FT. We are up by 4 with 11.8 seconds left. They miss a 3 but get the board. They miss another 3 and time expires. 102-98 win for us.

Randy Foye wins player of the game with 21 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and a block. Foye shot 6 of 16, 4 of 9, and 5 of 6. He also had 4 turnovers.

Young led the tam with 33 points and 7 boards. He also had an assist nad a steal as well as 3 turnovers. He shot 13 of 26, 3 of 9, and 4 of 7.

Iguodala had 16 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 0 turnovers. He shot 4 of 16, 0 of 2, and 8 of 10 from the line.

Jason Smith had 10 points and 10 boards. He shot 4 of 4 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Dalembert had 10 points and 15 boards along with 2 blocks.

Jason Richardson led them with 19 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 9 of 24.

Brezec had 16 points and 12 boards. Felton had 12 points and 9 assists.

That win improves our record to 16-29.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 01:25 PM

After another loss, the Lakers have put their new acquisitio, Beno Udrih on the trading block. The Rockets have placed Steve Francis on the block. Francis has very low morale and is complaining about his playing time. He is averaging 19mmg with Rafer Alston getting more time at the point off the bench.

We lose 113-99 to the Bucks at our home.

Foye led our team with 26 points on 7 of 13 shooting, 4 of 6, 8 of 10. He also had 5 assists and 1 steal. Iguodala had 23 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 9 of 13, 3 of 4, and 2 of 3. Young was our next leading scorer with 9 points on 3 of 10 shooting. He had 2 assists.

Our next game we lose to the Magic at Home, 85-65.

Redick led them with 18 points. Rashard Lewis had 17 points and 12 boards. Dwight Howard had 17 points, 15 boards, and 4 blocks. Young led our team with 13 points and 4 boards. He shot 3 of 8, 2 of 5, 5 of 6. Smith had 12 points and7 boards. Iguodala had 8 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 4 of 18 including 0 of 4 behind the arc.

That loss drops us to 16-31 and our chemistry is getting even worse. It is close to bottoming out.

Our scout has formed a final opinion on Matthew Thomas. Matthew Thomas is a 7"1 297 pound C from TCU who is rated C in overall ability. He has a B for potential. He has a D for athleticism. He has a B for inside scoring. F- for outside scoring. D- for playmaking. C+ for inside defense. F+ for outside man defense. B for rebounding. D+ for intangibles. Our scout thinks despite his size he should be a mid 1st round pick and that is where we should take him if he is available. Since, we need a more talented big guy who can score, I might take him a bit higher.

Anyway, time to catch up to the NFL on the DVR. I might get in a game later today.

Galaxy

10-21-2007, 02:31 PM

Any chance of sending another scout to check out Thomas to get a second opinion? From your reviews, it sounds like the talent at the top of the draft has a few franchise players in Boone and the player out of Mexico. Of course, it all depends on where your luck ends up in the draft order.

I know you've said you might simmed even more games to get to the off-seaspm. Perheps to go to 1 game play, 3 game sim rotation later in the season?

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 03:00 PM

Ironhead

10-21-2007, 03:01 PM

Still a great read. Eager to see what kind of talent you can bring in during the offseason with your cap room. Hopefully you will be able to make some noise next year.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 08:00 PM

Going to get in a game before I catch up with Game 7 on the DVR.

Next up is an away game at the surprising Hawks who are 26-18.

We are down 20-14 at the end of 1 as our outside jumpers aren't falling at all. Almost all of our points are coming on drives and fouls.

Down 47-29 at the half. They are playing suffocating defense. Horford and Johnson each had 14 for them. Young and Iguodala each have 8 for us. We are shooting 32% while they are shooting 40%.

Early in the 3rd, Young draws a 4th foul on their PG Acie Law.

Iguodala with a huge 3rd quarter to pull us within 8. Down 68-60 at the end of 3. However, Iggy is going to have to rest soon.

With 1:55 to go, Young ties it at 81 with a 3!

With 1:12 to go, Foye hits Smith in stride with a perfect pass to take a 85-83 lead!

They tie it at 85 and then Iggy hits a 18 footer to make it 87-85 with 34 seconds left. With 12 seconds left, Acie Law burns Foye and gets into the lane for an easy pass to Horford who slams it home. Tied game, we have the ball with 12 seconds left...

We call a timeout and set up a play. Iguodala comes off a Dalembert screen, runs around a second screen from Smith, shoots the 16 foot jumper and drains it as the buzzer goes off! 89-87 win!

Iguodala wins player of the game with 31 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and a block which was the start of our last run to take the lead. He shot 12 of 19, 0 of 0, and 7 of 7.

Young had 23 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 9 of 17, 2 of 3, and 3 of 9.

Fye had 6 points and 7 assists. He shot 3 of 11. Dalembert had 6 points and 7 boards. Smith had 6 points, 4 boards and 4 assists.

Horford led the Hawks with 22 points and 10 boards. Joe Johnson had 20 points and 7 assists. Acie Law had 18 points and 2 assists.

That win raises our record to 17-31. Next up is a simme game at home against the Wizards.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 08:08 PM

In our simmed game, the Wizards beat us 103-91. Arenas led them 33 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 12 of 19, 2 of 2, and 7 of 9. Jamison chipped in 23 points and 14 boards. Btler had 21 points and 8 boards.

Iggy led us with 17 points, 7 assists, and 5 boards. He shot 6 of 12, 5 of 7 from the line. Foye had 11 points and 5 boards. Smith had 11 points. Young had 10 points and 6 boards. He shot 2 of 5 and 5 of 7 from the line. He is too passive when I'm not telling him to shoot more. Hopefully, I can get him to be more aggressive as he gains experience.

The Lakers have traded B. Udrih (PG 72) to the ets for N Krstic (C 75)

Our scouts are very disappinted with the PG from England. I won't even bother scouting him any further.

Apparently, 4 times is the max you can scout any player. I can't send my scouts out a 5th time, this time with a different scout, to get another look at Matthew Thomas the C. Here is the final scouting report on him:

7'1 297 - Compared to Ilgauskas. Strengths include good low post offense, showa lot of heart when rebounding - finds a way to get to the ball, has the potential to develop into a very good player. Weaknesses are: below average mobility, so so athleticism, below average court vision, poor mid range/long range shooter.

Figuring that I'll probably be leaning towards a big man, I have my scout take a look at Frnaklin Kent - a 6'10 280 pound PF who my scouts believe should be a mid 1st round talent before they have taken a closer look at him.

Our next game is at home against the Heat who are on a big winning streak and are now 29-18.

Eaglesfan27

10-21-2007, 11:06 PM

The trade deadline is approaching in 2 weeks and the Hawks have made a very interesting trade offer:

They want Kyle Korver. They are offering PF Shelden Williams. Shelden is a 6'9 250 PF who was the 5th pick overall in 2006. He is rated 74. He is only playing 12.3 mpg with Horford and others on the team getting more PT. He is a solid rebouner, a decent defender, but doesn't do much else well. However, our scouts think he has the potential to become above average. I decide to pass as Korver is a solid outside shooter and if I'm going to go big in the draft, I'll have a glut there.

Now, we host the Heat. After this I'll start simming 3 games in between each played game as we seem to have no chance of reaching the playoffs and I want to get to the offseason.

tucker342

10-21-2007, 11:55 PM

great dynasty as always! :)

Maybe I'm just blind but how the hell do you offer an extension to a player during the season?

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 12:08 AM

great dynasty as always! :)

Maybe I'm just blind but how the hell do you offer an extension to a player during the season?

As far as I can tell, it is an option only at the beginning of the season and during the offseason. If there is another way to do it, I haven't figured it out.

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 12:44 AM

Shaq is just destroying Dalembert early. He is pushing him around and scoring at will to start the game. Miller is giving him some great looks. I'm happy to see Shaq sit for a rest after 5 minutes.

Down 28-19 as Wade took over as soon as Shaq left the game. Miller already has 5 assists and is giving his teammates open looks.

Shaq has 21 in limited minutes in the first half and the Heat are up 45-36 at halftime. Wade has 11 points and 4 assists. Iggy has 13 points and Young has 11 to keep us in this.

We are fighting hard and even using a bit of Hack-A-Shaq, but we are down 68-55 at the end of 3.

With 8:30 to go, Iggy gets us within 3, 70-67. Wade responds with a 3 after a devastating screen by Shaq. A few minutes later, a 3 by Foye gets us back within 3.

With 4:50 to go, we have a chance to take a lead but Korver misses the 3. Young who is refreshed comes back into the game after that shot.

With 1:46 to go, Dalembert has a big block on Shaq that triggers a fast break which ends with a Iguodala slam and foul for a 3 point play to give us a 1 point lead! 89-88. Iggy is having a great game today.

We trade baskets and then we foul Shaq intentionally the next possession. He misses the 1st FT. He misses them both! 1:07 to go and we are up by 1. Young with a drive into the lane to draw a foul. Young hits them both! 93-90 lead with under a minute left. Wade misses a jumper and Iggy drives into the lane drawing a foul... oh crap, Iggy is hurt after a collision with Shaq :( 95-90, but Wade quickly makes it 95-92. 22 seconds left. They intentionally foul Foye. He misses the 1st one. He makes the 2nd one to give us a 4 point lead.

Wade draws a foul on a 3 point attempt, fortunately, he misses the shot. Iggy had been doing most of the work shutting him down and Young has a bit of trouble keeping up with Wade. Wade hits the last 2. 96-94 with 14 seconds left. Foye misses the 1st FT :( At least, he makes the 2nd one. 97-94. Wade misses the 3 pointer at the buzzer and we win!

97-94 win but I wonder how costly it was...

Iguodala was the player of the game with 35 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 12 of 22 and 11 of 14 from the line.

Young added 20 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal. He shot 4 of 16, 1 of 4, and 11 of 12.

Foye had 15 points, 3 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 5 of 11, 1 of 2, and 4 of 6.

Smith had 10 points and 6 boards. Dalembert had 8 points and 6 boards. Shavlik Randolph had 0 points but 9 boards. I love his hustle.

Shaq led them with 33 points. He shot 15 of 16 from the field, and 3 of 11 from the line.

wade had 22 points and 10 assists. He shot 9 of 18, 1 of 2, and 3 of 3.

No one else was in double digits.

Sheesh, Iguodala has a severe ankle sprain that will cost him 3-4 weeks :( I might be tempted to sim those weeks as I doubt we'll win any without him.

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 12:51 AM

That win advanced our record to 18-32.

Our next game is at home against the 21-26 Clippers. We lose 104-83. Foye led the team with 17 points and 3 assists. Smith had 14 points. Korver who is getting more time as the 6th man had 15 points and 5 boards. Green who is going to start had 7 pints and 1 assists. Young had 11 points, 2 boards, and 3 steals.

Brand led the Clippers with 20 points and 11 boards. Maggette had 19 points and 9 boards.

Our next simmed game, we lose at home to the Mavs who are now 31-20. They beat us 110-96. Dirk led them with 33 points and 10 boards. Terry had 25 points and 7 assists. Howard had 15 points and 9 boards.

Foye led us with 29 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. Young had 13 points and 6 boards. Smith had 12 points and 5 boards.

We are now 18-34 and our chemistry is completely shot at 0%. My owner s becoming unhappy with our performance and is telling me that I better improve - "Change that or I'll change you."

Our next game, we lose at home to the Grizzlies 125-95. They are now 18-34. We are now 18-35. Gasol led them with 24 points and 5 boards. Green led us with 17 points and 3 boards. Smith had 17 points as well. Foye had 12 points and 6 assists. Young had 5 points and 4 boards on only 2 of 3 shooting.

Next up is the All-Star game.

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 12:56 AM

Right before the game, the Pistons offer Lindsey Hunter for Rodney Carney. I turn the deal down.

The East beats the West 130-111. Okafor led all scorers with 20 points and 10 boards. Of course, he was the only player to play major minutes at 34. Arenas had 18 points in 17 minutes. Bosh had 15 points and 7 boards in 17 minutes. Dwight Howad had 13 points and 6 boards in 16 minutes.

Duncan and Iverson each had 18 to lead the West.

The All Star Teams:

West:

PG Steve Nash
PG Baron Davis
SG Kobe Bryant
SG Allen Iverson
SG Manu Ginobili
SF McGrady
SF Marion
SF Odom
PF Duncan
PF Dirk
C Gasol
C Stoudemire

East:

PG Kidd
PG Arenas
SG Wade
SG Carter
SG Allen
SF LeBron
SF Pierce
SF Rashard Lewis
PF Garnett
PF Bosh
C Dwight Howard
C Shaq

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 01:05 AM

I decide to sim a few more games with Iguodala out. On the road, we beat the Wolves, 99-96! That raises our record to 19-35. They were led by Ricky Davis who had 20 points and 3 assists. Foye led us with 19 points and 8 assists. Young had 16 points on 7 of 12 shootng, 1 of 2, and 1 of 1. Korver and Hunter each scored 12. Smith scored 10.

The next night, we lose hosting the Knicks 96-90. Korver is happier that he is getting some minutes and our chemistry is rising despite the losses..

Korver led the team with 15 points. Foye had 14 points and 5 assists. Young had 14 points. Smith had 14 points and Carney had 14 points. Marbury led the Knicks with 22 points and 10 assists.

Our next game on Feb 22, we lose on the road to the Magic 119-116 in OT. Rashard Lewis led them with 31 points. Redick had 20. Dwight Howard had 15 points and 15 boards. Green led us with 16 points. Foye and Korver each had 15 points. Dalembert had 13 points and 10 boards. Young had 10 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists.

Our next game, we lose on the road to the Heat, 98-82. Wade led them with 34 points and 3 assists. Shaq had 23 points and 7 boards. Smith led us with 19 points! Korver had 15 points. Foye had 14 pints and 7 assists.

Our chemistry is back at 0%.

I think I probably will sim out more games until Iguodala is back, but I'll decide that tomorrow or whenever I have a chance to play again. There is about 2-3 weeks until he is healed. I have 2 games this week, one at home against the Magic and one of the road against the Warriors. Both should be hard to win without Iguodala.

Galaxy

10-22-2007, 01:07 AM

Sheesh, Iguodala has a severe ankle sprain that will cost him 3-4 weeks :( I might be tempted to sim those weeks as I doubt we'll win any without him.

I guess the bright side is that it will improve your draft position.

Who are the six worst teams right now in the league?

Eaglesfan27

10-22-2007, 01:08 AM

A look at the Conference Standings now almost 3/4 of the way through the season:

Eastern:

1. Magic 38-19
2. Heat 33-21
3. Celtics 32-21
4. Knicks 33-22
5. Bulls 32-22
6. Cavs 30-25
7. Hawks 29-25
8. Bucks 30-26

9. Nets 30-26
10. Raptors 23-30
11. Pistons 23-32
12. Wizards 23-32
13. Pacers 20-36
14. Bobcats 19-37
15. 19-38 (I sense lots of ping pong balls in our future.)

Western:

1. Sonics 36-18
2. Rockets 35-20
3. Mavs 34-21
4. Spurs 33-21
5. Nuggets 33-22
6. Hornets 28-26
7. Suns 28-27
8. Wolves 26-27

9. Kings 26-28
10. Clips 25-28
11. Jazz 24-32
12. Lakers 23-32
13. Warriors 21-34
14. Grizzlies 20-35
15. Trailblazers 16-39

Galaxy

10-22-2007, 12:09 PM

Sonics and Magic sitting at the top of each conference. Talk about darkhorses. The playoff standings would be:

Eastern
1. Magic
2. Celtics
3. Bulls
4. Heat
5. Knicks
6. Cavs
7. Hawks
8. Bucks

Western
1. Sonics
2. Rockets
3. Suns
4. Mavs
5. Spurs
6. Nuggets
7. Hornets
8. Wolves

Eaglesfan27

10-25-2007, 09:27 PM

Feb 25, 2007 -

The boss just told me I better turn this team around soon, or I won't be around much longer.

The team rallies around me a bit and win a simmed game at home against the Magic. The Magic drop to 40-20. We raise our record to 20-38. We won 103-102. Dalembert had 21 points and 14 boards. Korver had 20 points in 25 minutes off the bench. Carney had 12 points. Foye had 11 points and 6 assists.

Dwight Howard led the Magic with 18 points and 12 boards. Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 7 boards.

2 nights later, we lose 104-100 at the Warriors place. We drop to 20-39. They are now 23-34. Baron Davis led them with 20 points, 10 assists, and 7 boards. Korver led our team with 22 points, 4 boards, and 2 asists. Foye had 18 points and 6 assists. Carney chipped in 14. Young had 9 points and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 10.

We lose our next road game at the Suns 105-104. Stoudemire led them with 22 points and 9 boards. Marion had 15 points and 8 boards. Nash had 11 points and 11 assists. The win raises their record to 31-28. Foye led us with 17 points and 7 assists. Korver had 16 points. Jason Smith had 14 points and 9 boards for us.

March 3rd, 2008 -

We lose to the Clippers 84-82 on the road. That loss drops us to 20-41. They are now 28-30. Brand led them with 17 points and 12 boards. Foye led us with 14 points and 2 assists. Young had 12 points and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 16 from the field.

Nash breaks his hand and will miss the next 4-6 weeks of the season.

After a hard practice, we win at home against the Sonics as Iguodala makes his return to the lineup! We win 95-85. The win raises our record to 21-41. The Sonics drop to 39-23. In his return, Iggy led us with 20 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 7 of 19, 1 of 2, and 5 of 6. Young chipped in 13 points. Foye had 12 points and 8 assists.

Durant led the Sonics with 23 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. Nick Collison had 12 points and 12 boards.

Our next game is on the road against the Bucks. I'll play that tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

10-26-2007, 08:28 PM

The Bucks are 31-31 as we enter their building to play them.

Up 25-24 at the half as our 3 best scorers are scoring. Foye is nailing his shots and when he adds to Iggy and Young, we can score with anyone. Redd leads the Bucks with 9 points in the quarter.

At halftime, we are down 47-42 and Dalembert is in foul trouble with 3.

Foye leads us with 15 points. Young had 9 and Iggy has 6.

We are shooting 45% while they are shooting 44%. However, they have forced more turnovers.

Iggy has a solid 3rd quarter and we are up 65-64 at the end of 3.

With 13 seconds left, we are up 89-85. We've been up the entire 4th quarter thanks to an explosive outburst by Korver to start the quarter in which he scored 12 points in a row. Foye hits both FT's after they intentionally foul to give us a 6 point lead.

We end up winning 93-89 after Foye hits another 2 FT's down the stretch.

Foye won player of the game. He finished with 27 points on 8 of 19 shooting, 3 of 9, and 8 of 8 from the line. He also had 6 assists, 3 boards, and a steal. Young had 16 points, 4 boards, 2 assists and a steal. He shot 7 of 18. Iggy had 15 points, 6 boards, and 9 assists. He shot 4 of 13, 1 of 2, and 6 of 6. Korver finished with 12 points on 5 of 7 shooting, all in the 4th quarter. He only played 9 minutes the entire game. Dalembert finished with 8 points and 11 boards despite only playing 25 minutes. He also had 2 blocks.

Redd led the Bucks with 26 poiints. Villanueva had 16 points and 10 boards. Bogus had 16 points and 11 boards. Mason had 12 points and 3 assists. Yi only played 10 minutes but had 6 points and 3 boards.

That win pushes our record to 22-41. I'm going to sim 3 then play 1 the rest of the season.

Eaglesfan27

10-26-2007, 08:34 PM

The next night we get a surprising win at home against the Celtics. We win 104-90. Iguodala led us with 21 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 8 of 16, 2 of 3, and 3 of 3. Foye had 20 points and 5 assists. He shot 8 of 13. Young had 18 points and 3 boards. He shot 6 of 10, 2 of 4, and 4 of 6. Smith added 11 points and 9 boards. Dalembert had 1 point and 12 boards.

Garnett led the Celtics with 26 points, 10 boards, and 4 assists on 6 of 10 shooting, 0 of 0, and 14 of 18 from the line. Allen had 18 points on 5 of 16 shooting. Pierce had 18 points and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 16.

That win raises our record to 23-41 and drops the Celtics to 37-25.

2 nights later, we lose at the Pistons 81-62. They have struggled all year and are now 28-36. We are now 23-42. Billups and Wallace each had 18. Cassell had 13 for them. Korver led us with 10 pints. Iguodala had 9 pints 2 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 3 of 16. Dalembert had 6 points and 12 boards. Young had 6 points and 5 boards. He shot 2 of 8. Foye was in foul trouble and only played 20 minutes. He had 0 points and 2 assists. He shot 0 of 9.

2 nights later, we pull off another surprising victory as we beat the Bulls on the road. The team is saving my job. We win 99-90. Deng led the Bulls with 28 points. Hinrich had 15 points and 7 assists. Gordon had 15 points but only shot 5 of 14.

Iguodala led us with 21 points, 8 boards, and 5 steals. He shot 7 of 17, 2 of 2, and 5 of 7. Foye had 13 points and 3 assists. Dalembert had 12 points and 10 boards. Young scored 6 points on 2 of 9 shooting. Korver had 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting. We are now 24-42 as we host the Spurs next in a game which I will play out (and likely get blown out.)

Eaglesfan27

10-26-2007, 09:42 PM

Down 28-19 at the end of 1. Not as bad as I expected. Parker is doing most of the damage against us.

We are down 60-46 at the half. Duncan was nearly unstoppable during the 2nd quarter. He has 12 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Parker has 18 points. The Spurs are shooting over 60% for the half.

Dalembert has 10 points and 5 boards at the half as he is playing well against a much slower Mutombo. Young and Iggy each have 8 points. Green has 7 and Foye has 5 points at the half.

We are getting blown out 85-58 at the end of 3. I decide to sim the end of the game and it becomes closer than I expected, but the Spurs win 115-97. Parker led them with 29 points and 8 assists. Duncan was unstoppable during the 3rd and he finished with 26 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists. Bowen had 14 points and Ginobili had 10 points, 9 boards, and 8 assists.

Young led us with 22 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist. Dalembert had 13 points and 7 boards. Foye had 12 points and 5 assists. Iggy finished with 11 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 3 turnovers. He shot 4 of 20 as they locked down on him in the 2nd half.

That loss drops us to 24-43. They are now 44-22.

Eaglesfan27

10-26-2007, 09:53 PM

March 19, 2008 -

We lose to the Nuggets at home, 96-84. That win makes them 42-26. Iverson led them on his old court with 26 points and 4 assists. Carmelo had 19 points and 9 boards. Iguodala led us with 15 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 7 of 15. Carney had 13 points. Foye had 8 points and 2 assists as he only played 22 minutes due to foul trouble.

2 nights later, we surprise the Magic at their place with a 79-78 win. Dwight Howard led them with 24 points and 14 boards. Redick chipped in 19. However, Young played very good defense on Rashard Lewis who shot 2 of 12 and only had 5 points. Carney had 16 points off the bench in 14 minutes which led the tam. He shot 7 of 10, 1 of 3, and 1 of 1. Iggy had 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 3 of 12. Korver had 11 points in 14 minutes off the bench. Young had 7 points on 1 of 9 shooting.

McGrady was hurt tonight and will miss most of the rest of the regular season.

The next night we win at home over the Nets 98-86. Foye had 25 points and 5 assists to lead us. He shot 8 of 12, 4 of 4, and 5 of 5. Iggy had 22 points and 9 boards. He shot 9 of 14, 2 of 3, and 2 of 2. Smith chipped in 11 points and 5 boards. Young had 9 points and 6 boards Vince Carter was the only Net to reach double figures, he had 31 points on 11 of 24 shooting. Kidd had 9 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists.

That win raises our record to 26-44. The Nets are now 35-35. Our next game is at the Celtics which should be another uphill battle. They are 41-28. I'll play that tomorrow.

I've scouted several more players since I last posted about that, but this is the first in a while that our scouts really like. Jack Blake is a 6'10 270 pound PF from ND. His biggest downside is his age, he is already 24. However, he has a well developed post game and is a very good defender as well as a solid rebounder. Our scouts believe his strengths are: Rarely needs help in the post, he is a solid defender. Could be a useful starter right away, he is well developed. His weaknesses: Lack of athleticism limits his ability to create for himself. Poor offensive anticipation - he'll make bad plays time to time.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 11:04 AM

Before the game, I decided to drop the close shot slider 1 notch as I think some inside guys are a bit too effective for their ratings.

Kyle Korver has been injured in practice. He'll play through it, but he is 80% for the rest of the season.

We are up 27-21 at the end of 1, but Pierce has managed to get Young into serious foul trouble with 3 in the first quarter. Young is our leading scorer with 11. We are going to rely on Carney for at least a few minutes in the 2nd quarter.

We ended up on playing Carney the entire second quarter. Iggy and Foye have played the entire first half and they are keeping it close. We are down 43-41 at the half. Iggy has 14 points, 2 boards, and 5 assists to lead our team. Pierce leads them with 13 points, but Garnett and Allen are also hitting shots.

Down 69-63 at the end of 3. Allen is missing quite a few shots and taking a bunch. His misses are keeping us in it.

It's been a hard battle, but we are only down by 4 with 1:35 to go after an Iggy 3. They have so many weapons that it is hard to get a stop...

Pierce drills another jumper to stretch it back out to 6. Iggy draws a foul by posting up Allen. However, he misses the first of the FT's. We force a missed shot by Garnett, but it takes us a long time to get a shot off in which Young is fouled... he hits both FT's and we are down 92-89 with 28 seconds to go.

Pierce hits another jumper with 7 seconds left and we are back down by 5. Green misses a 3 and the game is over, but we foul anyway. Pruitt hits both FT's. 96-89 loss.

We shot 39%. They shot 43%. We were 25 of 31 from the line which kept us in it. They were 19 of 27.

Iggy led us with 26 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 8 of 24, 1 of 5, and 9 of 10. Young had 17 points, 3 boards, 3 asssits, and a steal. Foye had 14 points and 9 assists. Dalembert had 8 points and 11 boards along with a block. Smith had 6 points and 9 boards.

Pierce led them with 26 points on 9 of 13 shooting, 1 of 2, and 7 of 10. He also had 4 boards and 3 assists. Allen had 15 points and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 19. Garnett had 13 points and 19 boards. He shot 4 of 11. He also had 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

That loss drops us to 26-45.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 11:13 AM

March 26, 2008 -

We lose to the Bulls at home 102-99. Iggy led us with 24 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 15 and 2 of 2 behind the arc. Foye ha 20 points and 6 assists. Young had 14 points and 2 boards.

Gordon led the Bulls with 24 points. Deng had 21 points. Thomas had 14 points and 7 boards. Hinrich had 13 points and 12 assists.

The Bulls are now 42-29.

2 nights later, we upset the Suns at home 102-86! The Suns drop to 37-35. We are now 27-46. Iguodala had 21 points, 10 boards, 6 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 17, 1 of 2, and 6 of 8. Young had 16 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. Foye had 12 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Dalembert had 11 points and 6 boards. Smith had 10 points and 3 boards. Williams off the bench had 10 points and 2 assists in just 11 minutes.

Stoudemire led the Suns with 22 points and 6 boards. He shot 8 of 20. Barbosa had 20. Marion had 14. Nash was out injured.

2 nights later we play the Cavs on the road and blow them out 106-62! They were without Hughes who was injured. LeBron led them with 18 points and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 21. Gomes had 15 points and 5 boards. Ilgauskas had 7 points and 7 boards. No one else had more than 4 points and Pavlovic was 2 of 15 from the field.

Foye led us with 20 points and 5 assists. Yong had 17 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Iguodala had 15 points and 4 assists. Smith had 14 points and 7 boards. Carney had 13 points off the bench.

That win raises our record to 28-46 while dropping the Cavs to 40-34. We still have no chance of making the playoffs in the East as the 8th placed Nets are 36-38. Our next game is at the Nets.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 12:43 PM

A great start to the game as Young draws a foul and nails the 3 pointer! He hits the FT to start off the game with a 4 point play. That was a sign of things to come as Young was on fire in the 1st quarter. He scored 16 and had several assists. We are up 28-20 at the end of 1.

We are up 49-45 at the half. Young has 23 points and 2 assists. Carter leads the Nets with 20 points and 2 assists.

Down 75-65 at the end of 3. Their big 3 are lighting us up.

Down by 13 with 5 minutes left as Jefferson and Carter are each pushing 30 points.

Their offense just kept hitting shots and we never could close the gap. 106-91 loss.

Vince Carter was the player of the game. He scored 34 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 15 of 22, 2 of 4, and 2 of 3. Jefferson had 32 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 12 of 17. Kidd had 12 points and 12 assists.

Young was our leading scorer with 39 points. He also had 4 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. H shot 15 of 27, 3 of 7, and 6 of 9. Iggy had 19 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 8 of 20. Dalembert had 17 points and 9 boards. Smith had 5 points and 12 boards. Foye had 7 points and 9 assists.

We are now 28-47.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:09 PM

April 4, 2008 -

We lose to the Hawks on the road 78-72. Joe Johnson led them with 32 points. Korver led us with 14 points in 17 minuts Iggy was 4 of 13 and only had 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

The next night we lose at home to the Hawks 95-83. Johnson put up 26 points and 5 assists. Iguodala led us with 16 points and 6 boards. He shot 7 of 12. Foye had 15 points and 5 assists. Korver had 12 points in 18 minutes. Young had 12 points and 8 boards.

April 8, 2007 -

I have another more harsh meeting with the owner. He tells me that he really likes me, but I better get this team winning or I'll be gone. He sounds more stern than he did in our first meeting.

April 9, 2008 -

We lose to the Pistons at home 89-82. Iggy led us with 22 points and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 17, 3 of 3, and 1 of 2. Young had 14 pints, 4 boards, and 4 steals. Cassell led the Pistons with 24 points and 3 assists. Billups and Rip each had 14 points. Prince had 11 points.

I had planned on playing 1 last game, but I'm getting inpatient to see if I'm going to get the playoff bug where we go despite our bad record. I don't have time to play 1 more game before the USC football game, so I decide to sim out the rest of the season - 4 more games. 1 additional win probably wouldn't be enough to save my job anyway.

Heh. We win the game I would have played out as we beat the Pacers at home, 72-70. Foye led the team with 22 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 5 of 12, 2 of 6, and 10 of 10. Iggy had 11 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 15. Yong had 9 points and 6 boards. He shot 1 of 10.

April 12, 2008 -

We lose to the Wizards on the road 111-89. Arenas had 28 points and 9 assists. He shot 8 of 15, 1 of 3, and 11 of 14. Jamison had 29 points and 10 boards. Iggy led us with 19 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 7 of 17. Foye had 14 points, Young had 12 points, Smith had 12 points, and Dalembert had 12 points.

April 14, 2008 -

We beat the Cavs at home 85-74. LeBron had 21 points and 4 assists for them. Pavlovic scored 16 on 6 of 16 shooting. Ilgauskas had 12 points and 11 boards. We had balanced scoring: Iguodala with 15, Foye with 13, Korver with 11, Young, Dalembert, and Smith each had 10.

We lose our final game to the Bobcats 82-75. That raises their record to 31-51 and drops us to 30-52. Slightly better ping pong ball chances :)

Yes, we didn't make the playoffs! Glad I avoided that bug.

The end of season awards are announced:

Dwyane Wade wins MVP for the Heat. He scored 25.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 6.6 apg, 2.0 spg, and 1.1 bpg. He shot 52% from the field, 35% from the arc, and 80% from the line. He played 38 mpg.

Kevin Durant won rookie of the year. He finished with 18.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.2 apg, 0.8 spg, and 1.2 bpg. He shot 43% from the field, 36% from the arc, and 79% from the line. He played 32 mpg.

Jameer Nelson of Orlando won 6th man of the year. He scored 12.1 ppg, 4.9 apg, and 2.7 rpg. He shot 45% from the field, 33% from the arc, and 84% from the line. He played 28 mpg off the bench.

Shawn Marion won defensive player of the year. He scored 19.6 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 0.6 apg. He had 2.0 spg and 1.8 bpg. He shot 48% from the field, 37% from the arc, and 76% from the line. He averaged 35 mpg.

Randy Foye won most improved player! He scored 14.1 ppg (up 4 ppg), 4.8 apg (up 2), and 2.5 rpg. He also had 0.8 spg, and 0.2 bpg. He shot 48% from the field (up 5%), 37% from the arc, and 85% from the line. He averaged 31 mpg.

All NBA 1st Team

PG Kidd
SG Wade
SF LeBron
PF Garnett
C Dwight Howard

2nd team:

PG Baron Davis
SG Kobe
SF Marion
PF Dirk
C Paul Gasol

Third Team:

PG Arenas
SG: Iverson
SF: Odom
PF: Duncan
C: Marcus Camby

All-Defensive First Team:

PG Baron Davis
SG Rudy Gay
SF Shawn Marion
PF Kevin Garnett
C Dwight Howard

All Defensive Second Team:

PG Kidd
SG Wade
SF Artest
PF Jefferson
C Camby

All Rookie First Team:

PG Acie Law
SG Juan Carlos Navarro
SF Kevin Durant
PF Al Horford
C Greg Oden

All Rookie Second Team:

PG Gabe Pruitt
SG Morris Almond
SF Thaddeus Young
PF Jason Smith
C Spencer Hawes

Coach of the Year: Stan Van Gundy, Magic had a 56-26 record.

Executive of the Year, Spurs. 55-27 record.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:23 PM

League Leaders:

PPG:

1. Kobe 29.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.7 spg, and 0.4 bpg. He shot 47% from the field 33% from the arc, and 84% from the line.

2. Dirk 27.4 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.3 apg, 0.7 spg, and 0.9 bpg. He shot 51% from the field, 36% from the arc, and 86% from the line.

3. LeBron 26.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.4 spg, and 0.9 bpg. He shot 46% from the field, 34% from the arc, and 70% from the line.

4. Vince Carter 25.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.6 apg, 0.9 spg, and 0.2 bpg. He shot 45% from the field, 34% from the arc, and 78% from the line.

5. Wade 25.1 ppg.

Iguodala was 24th with 20.0 ppg. He also had 5.0 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.6 spg, and 0.3 bpg. He shot 45% from the field, 35% from the arc, and 83% from the line.

Rebounds per game:

1. Dwight Howard 12.8
2. Al Jefferson 11.5
3. Marcus Camby 11.5
4. Bosh 11.4
5. Marion 11.4

Dalembert was 18th with 8.5

Assists:

1. Nash 10.2. He also scored 15.1 ppg. He shot 50% from the field, 39% from the arc, and 88% from the line.

2. Deron Williams 10.1. He also scored 16.6 ppg. He shot 45% from the field, 29% from the arc, and 75% from the line.

3. Chris Paul, 10.1 He scored 15.8 ppg. He shot 47% from the field, 38% from the arc, and 77% from the line.

4. Kidd 9.9. He scored 13.0 ppg. He shot 39% from the field, 31% from the arc, and 78% from the line.

5. Raymond Felton 9.0. He scored 11.6 ppg. He shot 36% from the field, 32% from the arc, and 74% from the line.

Steals:

1. Artest 2.3
2. Marion 2.0
3. Wade 2.0
4. Ginobili 1.9
5. 5 tied at 1.8

Blocks:

1. Camby 2.5
2. Dwight Howard 2.2
3. Jermaine O'Neal 2
4. Curry 1.9
5. Duncan 1.9

FG%

1. Shaq 57%. He averaged 15.1 ppg and 8.2 rpg in 30 mpg.
2. Yao Ming 55%. He averaged 22 ppg, 8.7 rpg, and 1.5 bpg.
3. Elton Brand 54%. He averaged 20 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 1.8 bpg.
4. Eddy Curry 53%. He averaged 16 ppg, 6 rpg, and 1.9 bpg.
5. Garnett 53%. He averaged 22.1 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 2.7 apg, 1.2 spg, and 1.7 bpg.

3 point FG% (among guys who scored at least 9 ppg)

1. Jason Terry 48%. He scored 17 ppg and 7.2 apg.
2. Cuttino Mobley 42%. He scored 11.7 ppg.
3. Anthony Parker 42%. He scored 9.8 ppg.
4. Al Harrington 42%. He scored 16 ppg.
5. Barbosa 41.7%. He scored 19.8 ppg.

MrBug708

10-27-2007, 01:35 PM

I wish you would just quick sim to get to the draft :)

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:42 PM

The Playoff Seeds:

West:

1. Spurs
2. Sonics
3. Rockets
4. Suns
5. Nuggets
6. Mavs
7. Hornets
8. T'Wolves

East:

1. Magic
2. Heat
3. Bulls
4. Celtics
5. Knicks
6. Hawks
7. Bucks
8. Cavs

The Pistons went 37-45 and will miss the playoffs. The Cavs finished 40-42.

Stackhouse on the Nuggets just tore his ACL in the 1st round of the playoffs.. He is done for this year and most of next year.

The Spurs swepts the Wolves. The Heat swept the Bucks. The Suns beat the Nuggets in 5. The Mavs beats the Rockets in 6. The Hornets beat the Sonics in 7. So, in the west, the Spurs and Suns will play while the Mavs and Hornets will play. I'm not enough of an NBA expert to know for sure, but shouldn't the Spurs be playing the 7 seed Hornets next? Instead, they have the 4 seed Suns.

In the East, the Cavs upset the 1 seed Magic in 6. The Celts beat the Knicks in 6. The Bulls beat the Hawks in 6.

In the East the Heats and Bulls will play next and the Celts will play the Cavs.

In the 2nd round, The Suns swept the Spurs! The Mavs beat the Hornets in 6. The Celtics beat the Cavs in 5. The Bulls beat the Heat in 7.

In the Conference Finals, the Suns beat the Mavs in 7. The Bulls beat the Celtics in 7. A Suns-Bulls NBA Finals. This should be interesting.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:43 PM

I wish you would just quick sim to get to the draft :)

I'll be doing the draft this evening after all of the college football games that interest me are over :)

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:44 PM

Dola -

I'm still scouting kids during the playoffs which is nice :)

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:51 PM

The first 3 games of the Finals weren't even close as the Suns won by at least 20 each game. However, in the 4th game, the Bulls won 132-109 as Ben Gordon put up 38 points and Deng added 25. The Bulls win game 5 behind 25 from Hinrich, Deng, and 19 from Nocioni. I thought they were toast for sure once they went down 3-0.

Despite 39 points from Gordon, the Suns finish the Bulls in Game 6 as they win 131-113. Every game of the series had both teams score over 100. The Suns got 34 points and 12 boards from Marion, 29 points and 12 boards from Stoudemire. Nash scored 21 points and had 9 assists. Barbosa chipped in 16 points on 7 of 9 shooting.

Game 1: Suns won 124-102.
Game 2: Suns won 126-104.
Game 3: Suns won 121-100.
Game 4: Chicago won 132-109.
Game 5: Chicago won 118-100.
Game 6: Suns win 131-113.

Steve Nash was the Finals MVP. He averaged 17.1 ppg, 11.2 apg, 3.5 rpg, and 1.1 spg in the Finals. He shot 49% from the field, 41% from the arc, and 89% from the line. He played 38 mpg.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 01:57 PM

Not too many players retired:

C A. Williams Clippers retired at 37 years old.
Mourning retired from the Heat at 38.
Payton retired from the Kings at 40.
Dale Davis retired from the Nuggets at 39.
Sam Cassell retired from the Pistons at 39.
Lindsey Hunter retired from the Pistons at 38.
Mutombo retired from the Spurs at 42.
P (PJ?) Brown retired from the Suns at 39.

The following Coaches Retired:

Pat Riley 23 years as a coach. Retires from the Heat.
Jerry Sloan 22 years retires from the Jazz.
George Karl 19 years retires from the Nuggets.
Rick Adelman 17 years retires from the Rockets.

After the season, the owner tells me this in his office, "I put this team before anything else in my life and I simply can't sit here and watch you drive it into the ground. Im not ready to give up on you just yet though because I think you and I have the same long term goals in mind. Let's just call this a warning."

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 02:05 PM

I decide to keep our staff intact and give assistant Randy Myers a new 3 year deal worth 500k a year. He is a good teacher and is particularly good at defense. No one else's deal is up and I don't fire anyone, yet.

The Rockets hired Alex Gaines to be their next head coach. The Nuggets hired Donta Woods to be their new head coach. The Jazz signed Jamaal Buford to be their new head coach. Miami hired Billy Schayes to be their new head coach.

Gilbert Arenas declined his player option and is now a FA!!!

Chirs Paul's team used their option and he isn't.

Elton Brand declined his player option and is now a FA! Same for Shawn Marion! The Jazz used their option on Deron Williams. Ron Artest declined his player option. Corey Maggette declined his player option and is also a FA. Ditto for Grant Hill.

All of the followng players with options are now FA's:

Arenas, Brand, Marion, Artest, Maggette, Hill, Posey, Francis, Webber, Damien Wilkins, James Jones, Marvin Williams as the team didn't exercise his option, Jeff Foster, Rasho Nesterovic, Trevor Ariza, Juwan Howard!!! Yes, he didn't want to accept the player option due to being unhappy about playing time! Great! I just freed up some more cap space! A bunch of scrubs also had the team decline. Interesting, every player with a player option chose to go the FA route. I wonder if that will be a good decision for them all.

I'll finish up the off-season and the draft tonight after football.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 06:11 PM

Time to finish up the off-season:

The next aspect of the off-season is re-signing of players on my team. I have 5 players with expired contracts:

Iguodala - obviously, I will make every effort to re-sign him before he becomes a FA.

Shavlik Randolph - I really like his hustle, but if we go for a big man in the offseason either via the draft or FA, there isn't much PT for him and that cap room could be a piece of the puzzle in getting a big time FA. I'll let him become a FA and may re-sign him at a later point.

PG Louis Williams - He actually showed the ability to hit the outside shot as the season went on, but his potential is limited. I'll let him become a FA but I might go after him if we don't get a big name player.

PF Juwan Howard - I have no intent of re-signing him

PG Kevin Ollie - Ditto.

Iguodala wants a 4 year deal for about 43 million dollars. Not unreasonable at all. I offer him just a few hundred thousand less than what he asked for and he accepts the deal immediately. I promise him that he will be a star of this team. If I waive the other 4, I'm 20 million under the cap to go after one of the big stars. I'm tempted to sign one of them, but if I'm going to go after a big star, I might as well go all in. So, I waive the other 4. Hopefully, all of the big FA's don't re-sign with their clubs before truly testing out FA....

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 06:20 PM

Now, it is time for the draft lottery:

Several players didn't re-sign with their teams, but most of the big names did :(

The best players who are available according to our scouts:

C Andris Biedrins from the Warriors, SG Monta Ellis from the Warriors, SG Bonzi Wells from the Rockets, PG Steve Francis from the Rockets, C Jamaal Magloire from the Nets, PG Devin Harris from the Mavs, Sf Ron Artest from the Kings, SF Corey Maggette from the Clippers,

Brand signed a new 5 year deal worth 80 million with the Clippers :( Arenas also signed a 5 year 80 million dollar deal with the Wizards. So much for getting an All-Star in FA.

Let's hope we get luckier with the draft lottery:

We have a 11.9% chance of getting the 1st pick which is 4th best....

Memphis is 1st with 25% chances of getting the #1 pick, Indiana has 19.9% chance, and Portland has a 15.6% chance...

The Nets pick 14th, The Warriors pick 13th, The Wizards pick 12th, The Clippers pick 11th, The Pistons pick 10th, Toronto picks 9th, the Lakers picks 8th, Utah picks 7th, Charlotte picks 6th... we pick 5th :( Someone jumped us :(

Indiana picks 4th. Sacramento picks 3rd which was a long shot for them.. Memphis picks 2nd. Portland is very lucky as they get the #1 pick for the 2nd straight year :(

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 06:49 PM

Here is a mock draft by the draft experts followed by my scout's current impressions/potential impressions of each player (if I scouted them)

1. Portland PF/C Stan Boone 6'10" 276 A/A+ - our scouts believe he will be one of the best big men in the NBA in a few years.
2. Memphis C Matthew Thomas 7'1" 297 C/B-
3. Minnesota SF Bo Chase 6'7" 235 A/A
4. Pacers C Alejandro Diaz 6'11 240 D+/B+
5. 76ers PG Juan Carlos Ortiz 6'4 210 B+/A - He is tempting. He is a gifted passer who is an incredible outside shooter accoriding to our scouts. He is also a great man defender which Foye isn't and never will be, I suspect. If I take him, it would relegate Foye to being a 6th man type. Foye is a bit undersized for that role but could do it... I'll talk more about my options as we go
6. Bobcats C Jeremy Stribling 7'2" 285. Despite his size, most scouts project him to go late in the 1st. However, some experts think the Bobcats will take the massive man. D+/C
7. Jazz SF Jerry Jones 6'8 240 A/A - 2nd best rated player by my scouts. Not a great outside shooter but a great post game and very good athleticism.
8. Lakers SG Percy Taft 6'6 228 A-/A- A tremendous outside shooter who is a lockdown defender with god passing skill. Our scouts think he is going to be an all-star down the road.
9. Raptors SG Howard Starts 6'8 235 B/A+ - A very big SG who has tremendous athleticism. If I wasn't stacked at the position, I'd take him with the 5th pick. He is a very good outside shooter and an excellent defender.
10. Detroit PG Christian Carpenter 6'1 195 A+/C-, our scouts think he is the most NBA ready PG but that he has little upside.
11. Clippers C Clay North 6'10 296 - I haven't scouted him as most scouts projected him as a 2nd round pick. He is rated C overall by my scouts without seeing him.
12. Memphis PF Jack Blake 6'10 260 B/A- - If he wasn't 24 already, I'd be taking him. As it is, I'm still tempted to take him. He has very good potential and he has a good inside scoring game
13. Warriors SF Glenn Sandford - 6'7 235 I didn't scout him due to his position, but he is rated B overall.
14. Nets SF Wes Hailey 6'7 240 - Ditto. Rated C overall
15. Wolves C Lewis Copeland 6'10 290 - D+/C, some scouts project him as a 2nd rounder.
16. Cavs SF Matthew Riley 6'6 240 - I didn't scout him rated C overall. Projected as a late 1st rounder.
17. Bucks PG Bret Cameron 6'2 192 - A/C- Would be a steal here. He doesn't have much upside, but our scouts report that he is already a gifted playmaker with tremendous speed and agility.
18. Hornets PG Norman Thornton 6'4 195 - C+/B
19. Hawks C Damien Mann 7'0 250- projected to go in the 2nd round would be a reach here. I haven't scouted him but all signs point to him being a subpar player except for his size. He is rated D overall
20. Suns PF Franklin Kent - 6'10 280 - B/B-. He'd be a steal here. I'm considering him as an option at #5 and most scouts think he'll go top 10. He is a tremendous rebounder and a good defender with a decent post game.
21. Knicks SG Stanley Gilmore - 6'7 245 - C+/B- Very good outside shooter. Doesn't do much else well right now.
22. Mavs SF Ken Holmes 6'6 220 - Rated D overall and projected to go in the 2nd round. I doubt the Mavs would take him.
23. Celtics C Leonard Ray - 7'0 275. Rated D overall. Doesn't have anything going for him except his size.
24. Bulls C Marvin King 7'1 285 - Ditto above comments. Also, he is already 24 years old.
25. Nuggets PG A. Campbell 6'1 210 C/B- initially projected to be a lottery pick, but had a bad year at Nebraska.
26. Heat SG Jimmy Horsley 6'6 233 - B/B+ - He'd be an absolute steal if he lasted this long
27 Rockets SG Tyronn Bender 6'5 235 - I didn't scout him. Rated C overall
28. Sonics SG Reggie Eaton 6'7 230 - Ditto.
29. Spurs SF Kurt Jamison - 6'6 235 - Rated D overall. I haven't scouted him either.
30. Magic PF M. Goodrich - 6'9 245 - D+/B - Our scouts think he'd be a steal here, although he will take time to develop.

Now, we get to bring in a few players for workouts where I can actually control them and watch them play... time to decide who to bring in. I can run 5 on 5 drills, 2 on 2 drills, 1 on 1 drills, and shoot arounds. Doing any of this will allow my scouts to get a much more accurate impression of a player.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 07:10 PM

I decide to do the 5 on 5 drill first. I can bring in up to 10 prospects for this. I bring in Ortiz, Taft, Jones, Blake, and Diaz on one team. They'll go against Carpenter, Starks, Chase, Boone, and Thomas.

I controlled the team with Ortiz and it was a game of old school full court street type ball with baskets counting for 1 and 3's counting for 2. It was up to 11. Ortiz's team won 11-9 and he impressed me. I really wanted a big player in this draft, but his playmaking was very impressive, although his shooting wasn't as good as I was expecting.

I can only do that once, so I now I need to narrow my target list for some 1 on 1, 2 on 2, and shooting drills.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 07:25 PM

My scouts have added new comments on each player who came in for these workouts:

Stan Boone - New strength: Shows a good range of post moves and is lethal inside 10 feet. New weakness: Is horrible outside 10 feet. Still the top player rated in the draft.

Jack Blake - New Strength: Is a dominating post defender. New weakness: Terrible shooter outside of 10 feet.

SF Jerry Jones - New Strength: Runs the floor well and uses his speed to spread the court. New Weakness: None.

SF Bo Chase - New strength: Is a defensive presence that can intimidate smaller players. Weakness: No new weaknesses.

SG Percy Taft: New Strengths: Shows clutch ability at both ends of the court, boxes out well and gets hard rebounds. Weaknesses: None. Our scouts believe he is one of the top 5 players in the draft now.

SG Howard Starks - Our scouts love him after the workout. Strengths: Could become a star in this league with the right tutelage. Tremendous athletic ability, runs the floor with the best of them. Weaknesses: Little desire to rebound. No other weaknesses. Our scouts believe hs is a top 3 player after that workout.

PG Juan Carlos Ortiz - Strenghts: Amazing man defense (he had 4 steals in the workout), very solid but not spectacular post defender. Weaknesses: Doesn't rebound well. No other weaknesses. Our scouts think he is the 7th best player in the draft, but he is the top PG prospect.

PG Christian Carpenter: New strengths Great playmaking ability, knows when to hit the boards - pulls down a lot of boards for a PG. Weaknesses: None except for little ability to improve.

C Alejandro Diaz. New Strengths: Keeps his cool in pressure settings. Has the potential to develop into a special player. Weaknesses: Horrible rebounder for a big man. Below average defender.

C Matthew Thomas - New Strength: Showed better potential than we thought. He could develop into something special. New Weakness: Should not shoot outside shots.

Who I'm going to bring in for further looks:

PG Juan Carlos Ortiz - my biggest drawback with him is that he is already 22 and that he is laid back.. Iggy is also laid back and I'm not sure if 2 of my 3 biggest stars should be laid back.

SF Bo Chase, I had no intention of going with a SF but he could be a smallish PF if we decided to go small in our lineups.. if other better options are gone at #5, I'd be foolish to pass on this kid that my scouts love.

PF Stan Boone - I'm sure he'll go 1st, but I want to take one more look at him.

SG Percy Taft - our scouts think he has the ability to pass well enough to play the point.. perhaps I might take him if no better big men are available.

PF Jack Blake - he is unpredictable which worries me a bit and he is already 24. But, he is a big man with tremendous potential. Assuming Stan Boone is gone, I think he is the next best big man in the draft. I might take him #5.

C Matthew Thomas - Let's see if we keep thinking his potential is improving.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 07:50 PM

I decide to do a 2 on 2 drill with Ortiz and Thomas on a team I can control against Foye and Dalembert.

Ortiz and Thomas win 11-8. Ortiz's passes are very slick - better than Andre Miller made. He also hit a few big jumpers with a man in his face and played lock down defense. On the other hand, Thomas was terrific on the boards and has some speed for a big man. I'd be happy with either of these players at #5. There is no new information so except for one shooting drill I'm going to do with Ortiz, I'm done looking at these two players. Actually, Ortiz has completed the max number of workouts. That is ok, I've seen enough to know that I really like his shot.

My next day's workout is SG Percy Taft and PF Jack Blake vs Iggy and Thomas.

They get killed 11-3. Iguodala was breaking Taft down at will. Taft doesn't quite have the speed to play PG. If I was looking for a SG, he'd be a great choice I think. Blake did not impress as Smith owned him.

I'm done all of my 2 on 2 drills. I decide to use my remaining drills on some second round candidates that I haven't scouted at all up to this point. I'm thinking that unless Boone or Thomas falls to me, I'll probably go PG and have Foye be a super sub. So, I bring in some big men that are expected to be around in the 2nd round for some 1 on 1 drills.

Now, that is done, it is finally time for the draft. My top two targets are C Matthew Thomas and PG Juan Carlos Ortiz.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 08:12 PM

Portland shocks me and everyone by taking Bo Chase first! I guess they wanted a wing player to compliment Oden and didn't want the two big men stars.

The Grizzlies take Matthew Thomas with the 2nd pick! I can't believe Stan Boone is still on the board. Matthew is a very good looking center, but Boone impresses me more.

The Kings takes Jerry Jones 3rd. He is another great wingmen. I can't believe my luck.. will Boone fall to me?

With the 4th pick, the Pacers shock me by taking Jeremy Stribling. Sure, he is huge at 7'2 285, but he is rated a D+ in overall by our scouts and a C in potential. I was sure he'd last a lot longer. Needless to say, I'm THRILLED to take Stan Boone with the 5th pick!!!

Again, here is the total summary of Stan Boone:

Overall: A
Potential A+ (one of 2 players that my scouts gave that rating to)
Athleticism D+
Inside Post Game: B+
Outside game: F+
Playmaker ability: D+
Inside Defense: B
Man Defense (outside): C
Rebounding: A
Intangibles: B+

Strengths: Fully able to hold his position in the paint against most defenders. He is one of the most well rounded prospects in the draft. He has the potential to become a special player. Show a good range of low post moves. Weaknesses: Poor offensive anticipation. Doesn't have great hands. Lack of athleticism inhibits ability to finish at the rim. Terrible shooter outside of 10 feet.

I'm slightly tempted by Ortiz actually as I read that review. However I can't pass on Boone's potential and he is only 20. Plus, he is unpredictable and that should shake up things a bit and hopefully fire up the team.

The Bobcats reach to take a massive Center since Stribling is gone. Instead they take North, a guy I thought was a 2nd rond pick despite his size.

Interestingly, despite having Deron Williams, the Jazz take Ortiz with the 7th pick. I think he is going to be a star, but I'm not sure how he'll play with Deron.

8. The Lakers take Starks over Taft with the 8th pick. I guess Starks really impressed in their workouts as well.

9. Raptors - SG Percy Taft

10. Detroit - PG Carpenter

11. Clippers - C Diaz - I'd take him over either of the C's that were taken before him.

12. Wizards - PF Jack Blake

13. Warriors: SF Sandford

14. Nets - SF Hailey

15. Wolves - C Mann

16. Cavs - SF Riley

17. Bucks - PG Cameron

Note: Oops there is a draft clock.. I get a 30 second warning as I'm typing this up.. Time to make a quick choice with my 2nd round pick.

18. Hornets - SG Horsley

19. Hawks - C Copeland

20. Suns - PF Kent - They pull off a steal.

21. Knicks SG Gilmore

22. Mavs - SF Jamison

23. Celtics - C King

24. Bulls - C Hailey

25. Nuggets - PG Thornton

26. Heats SG Eaton

27. Rockets SG Bender

28. Sonics PG Campbell - could be a steal.

29. Spurs SF Holmes

30. Magic PF Patterson

With my 2nd round pick and only a few seconds to select, I take the only guy left who I scouted. PF Dario Bilic from Slovenia. Dario is a 6'9 260 pound PF from Slovenia who is 21. It turns out post draft that he is rated 65 with his main strength being rebounding. However, he has a decent amount of potential, particularly for a 2nd rounder. I'll probably keep him.

Post Draft view of Stan Boone - He is rated 78! He looks more raw offensively than I thought he would, but with his potential, we sign him to a deal and tell him he'll be starting right away. However, we'll bench him if someone better comes along. We sign him to the league mandated rookie deal, a 2 year deal with a team option for a 3rd worth just over 11 million in total.

We sign Dario to a 1 year deal worth 580k with a team option for a 2nd year. I tell him that he is a prospect that isn't ready to play, yet.

Now, it is time for Free Agency.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 08:17 PM

Now, that I've taken 2 PF's, I'm no longer looking for that in FA which is good because all of the best players are signed. The best player on the market is Ron Artest. However, I'm not really interestd in a SF when I want to develop Thaddeus Young. I'm sure Artest wouldn't take being a bench player well. While I think Foye is going to be very good, I want to get a talent upgrade. The 3rd and 4th best FA's are Devin Harris and Steve Francis. Devin is much younger and is the easy choice between the two. He isn't as good of a shooter as Foye, but he is a better pure PG. He is also a great hustle player.

He wants 40 million over 4 years. We easily have the cap space and I decide to offer it to him. I'm guaranteeing him a job as a starter. He's better than Foye and he also has a good potential rating. We'll see if he takes it.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 08:22 PM

Also, I decide to try to add some depth with talent at our PG position. I offer Earl Boykins a contract. He is the ultimate hustle player and a good if diminutive shooter. I let him know that I want him to be a bench player which immediately lowers his interest. Actually, he wants too much money to make the offer attractive. I withdrawal from negotiations.

However, I do decide to offer to another hustle guy. I offer Anderson Varejao a 3 year deal for just over 10 million telling him he'll be a role player who is to provide energy.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 08:30 PM

After a week, Devin Harris and Varejao both sign deals with us!

Other signings:

The Raptors signed Jalen Rose to a 1 year deal worth 1.7 million.

Corey Maggette signed a 4 year deal with the Warriors worth 22 million.

The Heat signed Damien Wilkins to a 3 year deal worth 9.5 million.

The Bobcats signed C Andris Biedrins to a 4 year deal for 28 million.

The Warriors signed Steve Francis to a 4 year deal worth 31 million.

The Jazz signed Monta Ellis to a 4 year deal worth 41 million dollars.

The Hawks signed Artest to a 4 year deal worth 44 million dollars.

I wanted to re-sign Louis Williams but he wants more money than we have cap space left. I don't want to use our mid-level exception on him.

I do offer him a deal for about half of what he wants...

He considers it for a day before he rejects it. I'm going to go with the 13 on the roster for now. I think I've clearly injected some talent onto this team and that should please the owner.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 08:34 PM

Other signings:

Pistons SG Bonzi Wells 4 years for 20 million.

Hornets C Jamaal Magloire 5 years for 27 million.

Jazz PG Earl Boykins 3 years for 16 million.

Now, it is time for training camp where I can work on improving some of the young kids.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 09:07 PM

Training camp results:

Stan Boone is taking huge strides un his offensive post game. He's going to be a monster. Thaddeus Young has become a lethal 3 point shooter and is becoming better at the midrange game. Dalembert is developing his shot blocking. Iggy is becoming a better Free throw shooter.

October 13, 2008 -

Our first preseason game is at home against the Sonics. I'm going to sim most of the preseason, but I'll play at least 1 or two of the games to get used to the new guys. We'll play this game. We are still rated poorly and are quite a bit lower than the Sonics. I'm honestly not sure why our team rating is only 56. Our starters are mostly rated around 80 right now with Iggy up at 86.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 10:32 PM

Up 24-17 at the end of the 1st as Boone has 12 points. There go my second thoughts about Ortiz.

Down 42-41 at the half. Boone leads our team with 14 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

Dalembert hurt his ankle in the 1st half and will be DTD for a few weeks. Devin Harris has been playing lockdown defense which I appreciate.

Down 69-66 at the end of 3. Young had a big quarter and Korver did well off the bench. Foye is also doing very well as both the PG and SG against the 2nd team defense.

Despite resting my stars more than usual since it was only a preseason game, we win 96-88 :)

Stan Boone was the player of the game. He finished with 24 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 13 from the field and 8 of 10 from the line. He played 28 minutes in his debut.

Young had 19 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 16, 1 of 4, and 2 of 3. He played 33 minutes.

Foye had 14 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists in 26 minutes off the bench.

Korver had 13 points and 3 assists in 16 minutes off the bench.

Devin Harris played 36 minutes and had 10 points, 3 boars, and 3 assists. He also played lock down defense.

Iguodala played 33 minutes and had 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 2 of 6, 1 of 2, and 4 of 4 from the line as he tried to defer his offense tonight.

Varejao had 2 points, 7 boards, and 2 assists in 21 minutes. Jason Smith had 0 points and 5 boards in 23 minutes off the bench in which he played some PF and some C. Dalembert only played 8 minutes due to his injury.

Durant led them with 15 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists in 30 minutes.

Eaglesfan27

10-27-2007, 11:03 PM

The next night we lose to the Suns 99-89 as they played their stars 35-40 minutes. I cut my guys minutes again but Iggy had 21 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals in 30 minutes. Korver had 12 points. Foye had 11 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists in 24 minutes. Young had 10 points and 5 boards in 30 minutes. Boone played 30 minutes and only took 4 shots. He had 3 points and 7 boards.

2 nights later, we beat the Suns at home, 107-105. Iguodala led us with 15 points, 3 assists, and 3 boards. Boone had 14 points and 5 boards. He shot 6 of 8 and 2 of 2 from the line. Foye and Korver each had 12 points. Harries and Young each had 10 points.

3 days later, we beat the Hornets 101-90! Iguodala finished with 29 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists in just 31 minutes. Foye had 13 points and 5 assists in 25 minutes. Young, Boone, Korver, and Varejao each scored 10 points.

2 nights later, we lose a preseason game to the Raptors 92-88. Bosh had 22 points and 10 boards in 37 minutes. Ford had 17 points and 6 assists. Iguodala led us with 26 points and 9 boards in just 30 minutes. Boone had 19 points and 5 boards. He shot 6 of 11 and 7 of 9 from the line. Young had 10 points on 3 of 10 shooting.

For our 2nd to last preseason game, we go with our normal season starting minutes. Our team loses to the Hornets 73-69. Harris led the team with 19 points and 4 assists in 29 minutes. Young had 11 points and 5 boards. Iggy had 9 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 4 of 14. Foye had 8 points and 2 assists in 25 minutes. Boone finished with 7 points, 6 boards, 1 block, and 1 assist. He shot 3 of 7.

We win our final preseason game 96-82 but Iguodala twists his ankle. He'll be 100% in 7 days but can play through it. Boone led the team in scoring with 16 points and 8 boards. He shot 6 of 9 and 4 of 7 from the line. Iguodala scored 15 points on 6 of 12 shooting. Dalembert was in foul trouble but still put up 12 points and 6 boards in just 16 minutes. Foye had 12 points an 9 assists in 26 minutes off the bench. Korver had 12 points. Devin Harris scored 9 points and had 9 assists.

Now that the preseason is over it is time to look at our roster:

PG Devin Harris is rated 82 overall. He averaged 8.1 ppg and 4.5 apg for Dallas last year. I expect an improvement in those numbers this year as he only played 25 mpg for them and he'll play about 30 a game for us.

PG Randy Foye is rated 79 overall and is a good outside shooter. He will play about 25 minutes per game off the bench and I expect he'll equal last year's numbers as he will be facing more 2nd stringers. He averaged 14.1 ppg and 4.8 apg last year.

SG Iguodala is up to 87 in overall rating now. He is considered the 8th best SG in the league. I expect him to possibly slightly decrease his numbers from last year with more scoring options around him, but he is still our main star.

SG Willie Green is rated 72 overall and is a deceptively good outside shooter. He averaged 4.4 ppg last year in limited minutes and should do about the same this year. He is content to be a role player.

SF Thaddeus Young is rated 74 overall now. He is a reluctant shooter unless I'm managing him but has the potential to be a big time scorer. As it is, he averaged almost 14 ppg in his rookie year and I expect him to improve that slightly - even though I will only play every 3rd game this year.

SF Korver is upset with his lack of playing time and it is affecting his game, but I plan on giving him more consistent minutes this year as he really is a deadly outside shooter when his shot is falling. He is rated 74 overall.

SF Rodney Carney is happy to be a roleplayer and is rated 72 overall. He averaged 6.3 ppg in limited action last year and I expect him to do about the same this year.

PF Stan Boone is rated 81 overall already. He's gained 3 points since we drafted him and looks like he will be a star in the future. As it is, I need to prod him to take more shots. I expect him to compete for and possible win rookie of the year.

PF Anderson Varejao is a great hustle guy who is rated 74 overall. He averaged 4.2 ppg and 5 rpg with the Cavs last year in 20 minutes per game. He won't get that many here, but I expect plenty of energy when he plays.

PF Jason Smith is upset at being demoted from starter. He is rated 69 overall and will play some at PF and C. He averaged 7.9ppg and 4.1 rpg as a starter who was playing 25-30 minutes per game. His minutes will go way down and I'm sure his stats will go down as well. He has an expressive personality, so I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually have to trade him.

Dario Bilic is a PF who is rated 65. The rookie is unhappy that he is considered a reserve status, but he needs to improve before he will get any playing time.

C Dalembert is rated 79 overall and has become a better defender this year. He averaged 7.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg which is a slight decline from his previous year. I expect him to increase his numbers slightly this year.

Steven Hunter is rated 72. He is upset about the lack of PT and is talking like he will demand a trade soon. He averaged 3.8 ppg and 4.5 rpg in 20 mpg last year. His time will be down a bit this year and I'm sure his productivity will be as well.

I'm going to play 1 and sim 2 throughout the season. The draft class already looks interesting, although we'll hopefully have a much lower pick next year. Well be opening up the season on October 2nd against the Hawks. I suspect I'll play that tomorrow.

rjolley

10-28-2007, 12:04 AM

Who drafted PG Ortiz?

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 12:07 AM

Who drafted PG Ortiz?

The Jazz with the 7th pick. It will be interesting to see how he plays with Deron Williams.

rjolley

10-28-2007, 12:50 AM

Man, I just can't read some days. Thanks.

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 11:59 AM

Nov 2, 2008 -

Now, it is time for our season and home opener against the Hawks. They played yesterday at home and are 1-0.

Iguodala is only about 80% today due to his ankle, but I still like our chances. Boone goes right to work on Horford and draws a foul. Boones' strength and ability to push people around is impressive. Artest with some good defense on Young early.

This is cool: Artest was shutting down Young most of the 1st, but Iggy was blowing by Johnson even with his bad ankle. So, with 3 minutes to go, I've noticed that Artest is now covering Iguodala!

At the end of 1, we are up 25-21. I love Varejao. In 3 minutes, he has already collected 4 boards. The guy is super high energy, moreso than Randolph last year. Boone has 8 points in the 1st. His post offense is rated at 95 now and he really pushes people around.

Korver caught on fire in the 2nd quarter and as a result played most of the 2nd quarter. He had 9 points in the 2nd and our team is up 46-43 at the half. Iggy has 12 points and Boone has 12. Iggy hasn't scored since they put Artest on him. Meanwhile, Young remained cold even in the beginning of the 2nd quarter before I rested him. Law leads them with 14 points and 3 assists at the half.

Tied at 68 at the end of 3. Young had a very good 3rd quarter and now has 14 points.

Boone blew a dunk with 3 minutes left and I see his lack of athleticism in that regard, but his post moves are otherwise deadly. Yet, they are doing a good job of stopping him with double teams late in the game. That is opening up some outside shots and we are up by 5 with 3 minutes to go, 86-81.

Sheesh, Iguodala fouls Johnson on a 3 point attempt and they have a chance to hit 3 FT's to close within 2 with 1:45 to go. Johnson makes them all to close within 2. We throw it down low to Boone, he is double teamed.. he kicks out to Young who nails an open 18 footer. Artest hits a 16 footer to get it back within 2. 90-88 with a minute to go. Boone with a 4 foot fadeaway shot before the double team comes stretchs it back to 4.

We force a missed 3 by Johnson and Dalembert gets the board and is fouled. He hits both FT's to make it a 6 point lead with 31 seconds to go. Iguodala with a steal as they attempt to pass to Johnson and he is fouled. He hits one of 2 FT's, but that is enough to finish this one off.

They foul us a few more times and hit another few jumpers. The final score ends up being 99-92.

Stan Boone won player of the game. He had 18 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists. His presence really opened up the outside as we shot much better as a team from behind the arc than we ever did last year.

We shot 44% from the field, 42% from the arc as we were 8 of 19. We hit 25 of 32 FT's. The Hawks shot 46% from the field, 2 of 12 from the arc, and were 20 of 27 from the line.

Boone's 18 points came on 8 of 12 shooting and 2 of 4 from the line.

Iguodala led our team with 26 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 6 of 13, 2 of 4, and 12 of 13.

Young ended up with 19 points, 6 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 13, 2 of 5, and 3 of 3. Foye had 10 points and an assist in 22 minutes off the bench. He shot 2 of 3 behind the arc.

Dalembert had 9 points and 8 boards. Korver went ice cold in the 4th and finished with his 9 points on 4 of 11 shooting.

Devin Harris finished with 3 points on 1 of 9 shooting, but he also had 5 boards, 8 assists, and 2 steals. He played lock down defense.

I already love Anderson Varejao. He is total hustle. Much more so than Randolph. Last year in all of my played out games, I rarely saw guys dive to the floor for loose balls. Varejao did it 3 times this game! Also, in just 18 minutes he managed to hustle his way to 10 boards including 3 offensive boards. He is going to be a Sixer for a long time as long as he doesn't lose that hustle. He also had 3 points on 0 of 2 shooting, but 3 of 4 from the line.

Nice win in front of the home crowd. Johnson led them with 30 points and 3 assists. Acie Law had 21 points and 9 assists. Horford had 13 points and 15 boards.

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 12:08 PM

Iguodala is now healed.

November 4th, 2008 -

We beat the 0-2 Nets 101-80. However, Thaddeus Young broke his nose in the game. He'll be DtD for 2 weeks. Carter led them with 30 points. Kidd was 2 of 13 from the field but had 13 assists. However, we contained Jefferson and our offense was clicking.

Iguodala had 19 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 14, 1 of 1, and 2 of 2. He played only 25 minutes due to foul trouble.

Foye picked up his slack and had 17 points and 9 assists in 25 minutes.

Booone shot a bit more and had 11 points and 8 boards along with an assist in 31 minutes. He shot 4 of 8 and 3 of 4 from the line.

Dalembert had 11 points, 15 boards, and 2 blocks.

Harris played only 25 minutes due to foul trouble but had 9 points and 10 assists. Young is still a reluctant shooter when I don't prod him, he had 9 points, 3 boards. He shot 4 of 8, 1 of 4, and 0 of 2.

Our fractured chemistry from last year is starting to rise nicely.

November 7, 2008 -

The Wolves come to our place. They are currently 4-0 and are getting excellent play from their young players. They beat us 85-72. Brewer scored 16 for them, Hill had 15, Ricky Davis had 14, and Al Jefferson had 10 points and 13 boards.

Iguodala had 14 points, 9 boards, 5 steals, and 2 assists. He shot 4 of 12, 1 of 1, and 5 of 6.

Young had 13 points and 2 boards. He shot 4 of 11.

Devin Harris fouled out in only 22 minutes. He finished with 12 points and an assist. Foye had 8 points and 2 assists in 23 minutes. Boone had his first bad game as he shot 0 of 8 and finished with 4 points and 2 boards. Dalembert finished with 4 points and 10 boards. Varejao had 4 boards in 8 minutes. He also had 5 fouls in those 8 minutes. Al Jefferson abused us inside and is now rated the 4th best PF in the game.

Our next game is on the 9th against the Wizards.

Ironhead

10-28-2007, 12:22 PM

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 12:37 PM

Great way to open up the year. You have mentioned a couple of times that Young seems very hestitant to shoot in simmed games. Something I am wondering - do player tendencies matter in simulated games? If so, do player tendencies change from season to season?

Player tendencies definitely matter in simulated games and Young's tendencies are to be very hesitant to shoot. Iguodala is my only player who has a high "shoot" tendency. Actually, Foye's and Korvers are above average as well. I don't think they change on their own, at least Young's haven't changed at all in a season. What I've decided to do is to make slight changes to them myself this year (via editing only them) I figure slight changes can be the effects of my coaching him and telling him to take more shots. I'm going to increase his shooting tendency by 2 points every month if they don't change on their own. Also, I'm doing the same for Boone whose shoot tendency is very low.

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 09:08 PM

November 9th, 2008 -

Today we host the Wizards. They are starting Jamison at PF and I think Boone will be able to push him around easily.

Iggy had one of those rare truly great 1st quarters. He could do no wrong whether it was a 18 foot jumper or a drive to the hoop with a slam and the foul. He was even shrugging his shoulders like he couldn't believe it. He finishes the quarter with 18 points and we have a 28-18 lead at the end of 1.

They have been doubling Iggy in the 2nd quarter and have cooled off his shooting. Fortunately, Korver and company are hitting open shots a fair bit of the time as a result. However, we eventually go cold as a team and they close the gap.

At halftime, we are up 43-39. Iggy leads us with 20 points and 2 assists. Korver is 2nd on the team with 6 points. Dalembert already has 11 boards and 2 blocks along with 4 points.

We've contained Arenas who only has 8 points and 4 assists so far.

We are up 60-59 at the end of 3. Iggy has been ice cold this quarter.

Down 70-64 with 8:30 left, but we are bringing fresh starters back in.

We had multiple chances to take the lead but all of the following happened: Boone missed a dunk, Young missed an open 18 footer, Iggy missed an open 3, and Foye missed an open 3. As a result, we never could finish closing the gap and they pulled away at the very end as Arenas nailed his FT's down the stretch.

We lose 97-91. Arenas wins player of the game with 18 points and 12 assists. He shot 6 of 17, 0 of 5, and 6 of 6.

Jamison pitched in 16 and big man Pecherov who likes to hit 3's pitched in with 16 in just 12 minutes. Rookie Jack Blake only played 3 minutes and didn't put up any stats. He is rated 75 right now.

For us, Iguodala finished up with 29 points, 3 boards, and 4 assists. However after going 6 of 8 in the first quarter, he cooled off and finished 9 of 22. He also shot 3 of 7 from the arc and 8 of 8 from the line.

Young had 19 points on 8 of 16 shooting. Boone had 14 points and 9 boards. He shot 5 of 9 and 4 of 6 from the line. Dalembert had 11 points, 19 boards, 2 assists, and 2 blocks. Devin Harris had 3 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 1 of 5 and 1 of 2 behind the arc. Korver was 2 of 6 and had 6 points.

That loss drops us to 2-2.

Eaglesfan27

10-28-2007, 09:20 PM

Nov 10, 2008 -

We win a tough game against the Celtics who are still talented, at their place no less! 92-91 win. For the Celtics, Peirce had 29 points on 10 of 24 shooting. Garnett had 22 points and 9 boards on 10 of 20 shooting. Allen had 12 points on 5 of 15 shooting.

Young led us in scoring! He had 23 points, 2 boards, 1 assist, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 11, 2 of 6, and 9 of 12.

Iguodala had 13 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 4 of 6 and 5 of 6 from the line.

Boone had 12 points, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 7 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Foye had 10 points and 2 assists. Devin Harris had 4 points and 5 assists. Dalembert had 8 points and 8 boards. Korver had 8 points.

Our scouts have had 2 looks at 2 players now and their is a true franchise C in this draft. Of course, I doubt I'll have any chance of being in the lottery, or at least I hope we won't. Still, I have them take another look at the top C and top PG in the draft.

November 13, 2008 -

We face the 4-2 Bucks at their place. We win 92-90! We are now 4-2! Maurice Williams led them with 21 points and 5 assists. Redd had 19 points. Bogut had 13 points and 13 boards.

Iguodala led us with 22 points, 4 boards, 3 assstis, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 6 of 10, 2 of 3, and 8 of 10.

Boone had 14 points, 5 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 6 of 10 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Dalembert had 12 points and 8 boards.

Foye ended up with 11 points and 2 assists off the bench. Devin Harris had 10 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Young shot the ball but shot it poorly. He finishes with 5 points, 2 boards, and 3 steals. He shot 2 of 10. Green, Carney, and Korver each had 5 points off the bench in limited time.

Our next game is on the 14th against the Celtics at our home. They are 4-3. I probably won't have a chance to play that until next weekend.

Galaxy

11-01-2007, 06:54 PM

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 07:11 PM

Been out of the loop for a few days, but great off-season moves. It's amazing no one traded up to try and get Boone. I really liked Ortiz, but you can't pass up a franchise player like Boone. Is the lottery, draft, and free agency presentation nice? What is the owner's exceptations for the year?

Do shooting tendencies change?

I'm really shocked that no one took Boone either. The guy can't dunk for jack which is surprising given his height, but he already has a refined post game with a nice 4-6 foot fadeaway jumper, a good hook shot, and is strong as can be. Not to mention, he is a good post defender.

The lottery presentation goes too fast. I wish there was more of a dramatic pause between each envelope being opened. Other than that, I liked it. The draft presentation is nice, not great, but nice. I wish I had known before hand that I was on the clock - I don't remember seeing a clock anywhere. I also wish there was a spot to access the mock draft during the actual draft. Maybe it is there and I'm missing it. Free agency presentation is kind of bland, but I liked how each player considered an offer for different periods of time and it seemed like the star players were more reluctant to sign and waited longer for better offers. I'll have to keep in mind that it seems most stars are going to sign max deals with their own teams and not even enter FA, even if their option deal isn't used. The owner just wants to see improvement in the team again this year. So far, he isn't happy, but I think I've seen a slight improvement in his mood with the good start.

I don't think Young's shooting tendencies changed at all last year. So, via the editor in game, I'm making slight changes to his and Boone's every 2 months. I'll consider it my coaching them up and telling them to shoot more. Right now, they are both well below average for their position.

Galaxy

11-01-2007, 07:22 PM

Can you trade before (after the lottery) and during the draft?

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 07:26 PM

Can you trade before (after the lottery) and during the draft?

I'm fairly sure you can trade during the draft, but it went so fast (I guess my other complaint about the draft) that I didn't try to. I'd say the AI took 10-15 seconds to make each pick at most - maybe less than that. As far as after the lottery, I'm 99% sure that you can trade then, but I agree with HA, the trade AI is fairly tough and I think it would be hard to bilk them. Although, I might press that this year or next as I suspect the trade market is going to be important for our team to take further steps forward, particularly if we falter.

Galaxy

11-01-2007, 07:28 PM

I'm fairly sure you can trade during the draft, but it went so fast (I guess my other complaint about the draft) that I didn't try to. I'd say the AI took 10-15 seconds to make each pick at most - maybe less than that. As far as after the lottery, I'm 99% sure that you can trade then, but I agree with HA, the trade AI is fairly tough and I think it would be hard to bilk them. Although, I might press that this year or next as I suspect the trade market is going to be important for our team to take further steps forward, particularly if we falter.

I think your just one or two good players away from being a conference (being as weak as it is) contender.

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 08:45 PM

I think your just one or two good players away from being a conference (being as weak as it is) contender.

I do too, and Mrs. Eaglesfan isn't feeling well and went to bed just now so it is time to get in another game. Today we host the 4-3 Celtics. Our defense is getting to be very well regarded as a team. It will be interesting to see if we can shut down the big 3 enough to win the game.

Ironhead

11-01-2007, 09:36 PM

Can you trade before (after the lottery) and during the draft?

Actually you can't trade during the draft which was very surprising to me. I was expecting to pull some major strings if my guy was still on the board and when I was ready to move up I swear the trade menu was no where to be accessed. I was pretty irritated so I reloaded the game and just did the trade before the draft.

Galaxy

11-01-2007, 10:10 PM

Actually you can't trade during the draft which was very surprising to me. I was expecting to pull some major strings if my guy was still on the board and when I was ready to move up I swear the trade menu was no where to be accessed. I was pretty irritated so I reloaded the game and just did the trade before the draft.

In real life, they don't actually "make" trades during the draft, they always agree to making a deal (which you will see a team take player A to be traded later). This is due to the NBA's approval (having to fit the requirements of the trade).

Also, does the age-talent relationship reflect reality? If you take a senior 22-year-old, he'll be more tapped out but a bigger contributor right away compared to a 19-year-old freshman who has a lot more potential (raw talent), but is not going to be the impact player right away?

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 10:15 PM

A hard fought 1st quarter has us up 20-16, but Iggy and our starters are having to expend tremendous energy to constantly hustle.

Korver and Foye each hit a 3 to extend our lead to 10, but Garnett quickly has 2 baskets to pull back within 6. A great 2nd quarter as we played tough defense and consistent offense. We are up 42-36 at the half.

Posey is keeping them in it with 10 off the bench. Garnett also has 10 points. Young leads our team with 10 points. Dalembert has 9 points and 7 boards. Iguodala has 4 points, 3 assists, and 2 boards as he is deferring to others early.

They fought back in the 3rd as Pierce finally warmed up and it is tied 58-58 at the end of 3.

With 2:24 to go, Iguodala with a great drive and dish to a wide open Foye in the corner for a 3 that puts us up 78-70. Iggy follows that up with a 3 to make it a 11 point lead! We relied on our bench more than ever and we win 83-72. We played high tempo suffocating defense.

Dalembert wins player of the game with 11 points, 12 boards, 1 assist, 1 block, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 7 and 3 of 4 from the line.

We held them to 35% shooting as a team while we shot 37%. We hit 17 of 22 FT's compared to 14 of 15 for them. We had 8 steals to their 4.

Garnett led them with 14 points and 10 boards. He shot 4 of 10 from the field and 6 of 6 from the line. Pruitt had 10 points and 7 assists. The 2nd year PG from USC shot 3 of 20 including 2 of 10 from behind the arc. Pierce was 5 of 15 from the field and finished with 10 points. Posey had 10 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Ray Allen shot 3 of 12 and had 9 points.

Young led us with 21 points, 1 board, 1 assist, 1 steal and great defense. He shot 7 of 14, 4 of 7, and 3 of 6. Iguodala shot 3 of 10 from the field. He shot 6 of 6 from the line. He finished with 13 points, 5 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals. Foye had 9 points and 4 assists in 24 minutes off the bench. Jason Smith played 20 minutes off the bench and had 8 points and 5 boards. Boone finished with 7 points and 7 boards in 28 minutes. He shot 2 of 6 from the floor and 3 of 4 from the line. Devin Harris had 5 points and 5 assists in 35 minutes.

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 10:16 PM

In real life, they don't actually "make" trades during the draft, they always agree to making a deal (which you will see a team take player A to be traded later). This is due to the NBA's approval (having to fit the requirements of the trade).

Also, does the age-talent relationship reflect reality? If you take a senior 22-year-old, he'll be more tapped out but a bigger contributor right away compared to a 19-year-old freshman who has a lot more potential (raw talent), but is not going to be the impact player right away?

It seemed to me like the older players had less potential, but weren't always that much more game ready. Of course, that was just 1 draft class.

Galaxy

11-01-2007, 10:21 PM

It seemed to me like the older players had less potential, but weren't always that much more game ready. Of course, that was just 1 draft class.

I guess I could wrote that better. I guess I mean that the older players are more developed (reached their full potential) in comparsion to a youngster who is less develop (yet he could have just as much talent at his current levels) but has a lot more room to develop.

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 10:24 PM

November 14, 2008 -

We host the 7-1 Magic.. we pull off the upset win! 87-77 win! They drop to 7-2 and we rise to 6-2! Iggy led the way with 21 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 6 of 12 from the field, 1 of 4 from the arc, and 8 of 8 from the line. Boone finished with 11 points and 4 boards. Devin Harris had 10 points and 5 assists. Young finished with 8 points, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Wade led the Magic with 25 points, 6 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 9 of 18, 1 of 2, and 6 of 6. Shaq had 13 points and 12 boards. McDyess finished with 10 points and 10 boards. Andre Miller only played 22 minutes before he fouled out against our younger PG's. He had 7 points and 3 assists.

November 17, 2008 -

Thw Warriors have offered C Patrick O'Bryant for SF Rodney Carney. Carney is getting little PT from me, even though I like him, and he is getting frustrated with the team. O'Bryant is a 3 year 7'0 250 pound C who was drafted 9th a few years ago. He is hardly playing for the Warriors and is frustrated. He is averaging 1.3 ppg and 0.7 rpg. He doesn't do much well and he lacks hustle, but has a ton of potential. Still, I pass as we have plenty of big men that I want to play.

November 18, 2008 -

We play the 5-5 Magic at their place. They win 106-101. We drop to 6-3. They were led by Delonte West who had 26 points and 6 assists. Redick scored 20 points on 5 of 7 shooting from behind the arc. Rashard Lewis had 17 points and Dwight Howard had 16 points and 14 boards.

Young led us with 24 points as he shot 9 of 15, 3 of 5, and 3 of 3. Foye had 17 points in 24 minutes off the bench. Iggy finished with 16 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 6 of 13 and 4 of 5 from the line. Boone finished with 15 points and 5 boards on 6 of 7 shooting and 3 of 4 from the line.

Next up is a home game against the Phoenix Suns who are currently 5-3. I'll play that tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 10:25 PM

I guess I could wrote that better. I guess I mean that the older players are more developed (reached their full potential) in comparsion to a youngster who is less develop (yet he could have just as much talent at his current levels) but has a lot more room to develop.

I saw a mix of both but am fairly sure that I saw more older players who were closer to tapped out in their potential.

Eaglesfan27

11-01-2007, 10:31 PM

Our scouts have now completed 3 trips on 2 of the top players in the draft.

Darnell Benjamin is a 21 year old PG from Iowa. He is rated A+ overall and A- in potential. He lacks athleticism, but has a solid outside shot (not as good as Juan last year), terrific passing ability, and excellent man defense. He also has off the chart intangibles. His strengths: Shows tremendous upside. Has displayed clutch ability on both ends of the court. His weaknesses: No low post game.

Calbert Wilkes is a 7'1 288 pound C who is 21 years old. He is from Miami of Ohio. He is rated A+ in current and potential by my scouts currently. He lacks athleticism, but has an excellent post game. He also is a tremendous defender who can play in the post extremely well. He has good intangibles. His Strengths: Amazing hands that are very quick defensively. He'll get a lot of steals for a big man. Domination on the boards. His weaknesses: Very questionable mobility - needs to improve his speed. Mid range shot isn't too reliable, but he can hit it occasionally.

So, I guess we have two 21 year olds who are two of the best potential guys in the draft so far. Last year, it seemed younger guys had more potential. Boone was 20 when I drafted him, IIRC.

One of the other top PG's in the draft whom I'm about to scout is 19.

Eaglesfan27

11-02-2007, 07:03 PM

November 21, 2008 -

Today we face a Suns team that is 6-3 and very dangerous. Nash hasn't slown down much and they start him and Barbosa along with Marion, Diaw, and Stoudemire. Every player is a potentially dangerous scorer and we'll have to play our best defense.

Eaglesfan27

11-02-2007, 08:33 PM

We are down 25-18 at the end of 1. Young has been cold so far and Iggy is carrying us to keep us in it.

Young remains cold in the 2nd quarter, but our role players are chipping in and Iggy continues to score with a variety of drives and jumpers. We are tied at 46 at the end of the half.

Stoudemire leads them with 11 points and 7 boards. Barbosa and Diaw each had 9. Nash is slowing down and only played 13 minutes. He had 5 points and 3 assists. Iggy leads us with 16 points. Boone has 12 points. Korver and Foye each have 6. Young is 1 of 9 in the first half.

The Suns offense was just unbelievable in the 3rd. At the end of 3, they are up 85-67. Everyone was drilling there shots no matter what I did. A big part of that is Stoudemire was beating his man and forcing my rotations to become bad as we had to scramble.

Early in the 4th, Amare draws a 5th foul on Dalembert. They went to their reserves with about 5 minutes left and we still could never get closer than 15 points. They win 109-90.

Stoudemire finishes with 20 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, and a block to win player of the game. Barbosa had 26 points on 10 of 16 shooting. He was 3 of 7 behind the arc. Nash played 29 minutes and finished with 13 points and 11 assists. Diwa had 13 points and 6 boards. Lots of guys with 8 points for them.

Iggy led us with 30 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 9 of 20, 1 of 2, and 11 of 14. Boone had 18 points and 8 boards. Young finished with 10 points and 2 boards on 4 of 15 shooting. Foye had 8 points and 2 assists in just 14 minutes off the bench. Korver finished with 8. Devin Harris played 44 minutes and finised with 1 points and 5 assists.

I'm debating trying to package him and Foye for an upgrade at PG...

Eaglesfan27

11-02-2007, 08:38 PM

It is approximately an 1/8 of the way through the season. Time for a look at how the rookies are doing.

Jerry Jones, Kings, leads the league among rookies in scoring with 15.2 ppg. He also is averaging 5.9 rpg and 4.3 apg.

Stan Boone is 2nd with his 12.4 ppg. He also is averaging 5.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, and 0.3 bpg.

Bo Chase on Portland is 3rd with 11.6 ppg. He also is averaging 6.2 rpg. Jimmy Horlsey on the Hornets is averaging 11.5 ppg and 4.4 apg. Starks on the Lakers is averaging 10.7 ppg and 4.2 apg.

Taft on the Raptors is averaging 9.1 ppg and 7.5 rpg.

Juan Carlos Ortiz is only getting to play 11 minutes per game behind Deron Williams and is shooting 40% overall, 40% from the arc and 92% from the line. In just 11 minutes per game, he is averaging 5.4 ppg and 2.0 apg.

I'm tempted to try to liberate him from Utah as he is already becoming upset at being a role player.. He is rated 79 overall. Foye and Devin are both solid young guards.. If I can make the cap room work, it wouldn't be too unfair, would it?

Eaglesfan27

11-02-2007, 08:51 PM

I get a scouting report on Juan Carlos Ortiz (i.e. I look at his player sheet): Now that he is in the NBA, he is much slower than he looked in college. In fact, he is below average in speed for a PG. However, he has an exceptionally quick first step. He isn't quite as good of a passer as I thought he would be. He is a very solid defender despite the lack of speed. He is also a great 3 point shooter. My scouts still think he has a ton of potential...

Alas, the Jazz would trade Juan for Devin and Foye but that is an illegal deal due to the cap. Devin is a better defender than Juan and is much quicker. He also isn't that much worse of a 3 point shooter even if he prefers the corners. I guess I'll keep the team as is.. for now.

My owner is a bit happier now than when we started the season.

Hmm, actually I found a way to make the trade work. Foye's salary isn't too high so I could trade him straight up for Ortiz - except the Jazz don't want that deal. They would do it if I threw in next year's 1st rounder..... I'll think about it for a few days.

Eaglesfan27

11-02-2007, 08:57 PM

November 23, 2008 -

We host the 5-6 Lakers. We win 111-95. That win improves our record to 7-4. Iggy led the team with 32 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 12 of 24, 3 of 5, and 5 of 6. Foye had 15 points and 2 assists in 25 minutes off the bench. Young was in foul trouble and only played 24 minutes but he had 14 points and 5 boards. Boone finished with 14 points and 9 boards.

Kobe led the Lakers with 29 points, 8 boards, and 6 assists. Odom had 16 points and 5 boards. No one else had double figures. Starks finished with 5 points and 2 assists on 2 of 7 shooting.

November 24, 2008 -

We travel to play the Bobcats at their place the next day. They are 4-8. Despite fatigue, we win 104-98! Now, we are 8-4. Young led the way with 21 points and 3 boards. He shot 7 of 11, 2 of 3, and 5 of 6. Iggy had 16 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Foye had 16 points and 6 assists in 24 minutes off the bench. Devin Harris had 6 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists in 29 minutes. Boone finished with 8 points and 6 boards.

Jason Richardson led the Bobcats with 30 points. Okafor had 19 points and 7 boards. Wallace had 12 points and 7 boards.

I guess our team is playing too good to risk trading Foye even to get Juan Carlos Ortiz - if he was faster, I would definitely pull the trigger. I'll think about it tonight and decide tomorrow if it is worth making that trade and possibly hurting the team this year..

RPI-Fan

11-02-2007, 09:18 PM

Don't make the trade...

Ironhead

11-02-2007, 09:28 PM

Have to echo what RPI says on this one. I think you are probably better off sticking with what you have and saving your draft picks.

Galaxy

11-02-2007, 10:51 PM

I agree with keeping Harris. I think that you'll have a mid-round to early 20's draft pick in the upcoming and some money to go shopping, with the salaries and trade bait in Harris and Foye to work with, you'll have the more options to get to that championship level. Could try to move up in the draft (assuming your on pace with your current start) or use those players and picks to acquire an established quality starter who would give you another threat.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 09:24 AM

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 11:09 AM

November 27, 2008 -

Today we play on Thanksgiving at the Pistons. They are 7-7 but are now completely healthy and have the best defense in the league. Their offense is suspect, but they are a talented team.

Early on Rasheed gets a quick foul on Stan Boone who is going to have a hard time with Rasheed's athleticism.

Boone responds by going right back at him in the low post and he draws two early fouls on Rasheed! They go with a small lineup in response with 3 guards and a Prince at PF! That doesn't work well for them as Boone is dominating inside and kicking it out. We are up 19-11 with 3 minutes to go in the 1st before they go with a bit bigger lineup. At the end of 1, we are up 25-13! Dalembert is destroying Mohammed and Maxiell. He has 8 points and 5 boards in the 1st quarter! Young has 7 and Boone has 6.

The Pistons play much better on both ends in the 2nd, but Young is hot and is scoring in bunches. We are up 43-37. Young has 19 points at the half. Dalembert has 10 points and 7 boards. We are holding them to 36% shooting while shooting 45%.

Wallace draws two quick fouls on Boone to start the 3rd and he now has 3. We need to get Rasheed into more foul trouble and/or give Boone more help more quickly with Rasheed. I try putting Dalembert on him, but he picks up a quick 3rd foul as well.

We are up 69-61 at the end of 3. Great play from Young and Iggy this quarter. With 4 minutes left, Carpenter their rookie ties it at 81 with a 3. He's getting more play than any rookie against me and he has 14 points. I seem to recall he was one of the most NBA ready PG's according to my scouts, but with low upside.

Rasheed gives them a 2 point lead after he blocked a Boone shot. Iggy ties it back up at 83. We get a defensive stop on a Nazr shot and a fast break that ends with Dalembert being fouled! He hits the 1st and misses the 2nd, but Young with an offensive board! Young tries to post up Prince but misses the shot. Rip draws a foul and hits both FT's to take a 1 point lead with 1:27 to go. Billups steals it from Boone and then Wallace hits a 18 footer out on the wing to make it 87-84 with just under a minute to go....

Prince steals it from Young and that leads to a Rip breakaway layup. Sheesh, their defense clamped down in the 4th quarter. Iggy misses a 12 footer and they get the rebound. We foul, but I think this one is over. Disappointing road loss where we just lost our edge and they ratched it up.

We miss a 3 and let them run out the clock. 91-84 loss. Very disappointing fade down the stretch.

Rip wins player of the game. He scored 12 points, had 7 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 3 of 9, 6 of 8 from the line.

Billups had 15 and 3 assists, Wallace had 14 points and 11 boards, the rookie Carpenter played 22 minutes and 14 points and 2 assists, Prince had 10 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. Maxiell had 8 points and 5 boards. Bonzi Wells scored 6 points all in the 4th quarter.

Young led us with 28 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He shot 12 of 20, 1 of 1, and 3 of 4.

Iggy had 22 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

Dalembert finished with 11 points and 8 boards as they clamped down on him after his great 1st quarter. Boone ended up with 8 points and 8 boards on 3 of 5 shooting and 2 of 2 from the line. I need to get the ball to him in better positions. He also had 3 assists. Harris finished with 7 points and 8 assists. He shot 2 of 8. Varejao had 4 points and 9 boards. Foye played 18 minutes and was 0 of 7 with 0 points and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 11:24 AM

November 29, 2008 -

We host the Raptors who are 4-9. They win 109-98 as they are also getting healthy. Bosh led them with 22 points and 14 boards. Ford had 21 points and 5 assist. The rokkie Taft finished with 18 points and 3 assists.

Korver led us with 19 points in 20 minutes off the bench. He was 6 of 8, 4 of 6, and 3 of 4. Devin Harris fouled out in only 16 minutes, but he had 15 points and 3 assists. Foye played 26 minutes as a result but only had 5 points and 4 assists. Young finished with 14 points and 8 boards on 4 of 7 shooting. Iggy had 12 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 18. Boone finished with 10 points and 5 boards.

Nov 30, 2008 -

The Lakers have placd Dan Dickau on the trading block. Not a position of need at this point.

Today, we play the Heat on the road. They are 10-4 and playing very good ball. Whew. We pull off the surprising win and end our slide. We are now 9-6. We win 93-88. Shaw led them with 23 points and 5 boards. He shot 10 of 12 and 3 of 12 from the line in 32 minutes. Miller had 14 points and 6 assists. Iggy held Wade to 5 of 21 shooting! He finished with 14 points, 6 boards, and 8 assists.

Iggy led us with 16 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and a steal. He shot 5 of 13, 2 of 4, and 4 of 4. Harris had 12 points and 2 assists. Korver had 12 points, Young had 10, and Boone had 10 along with 7 boards. Foye was 4 of 11 and had 8 points off the bench. Dalembert finished with 6 points and 10 boards against Shaq. He shot 3 of 10.

Our next game is against the Pistons and even though it was close, I don't feel like playing them back to back, so I'll sim that and play the following game which is against the Knicks.

Dec 1, 2008 -

Dwight Howard suffered a strained Achilles and will miss 3-4 weeks.

Dec 2, 2008 -

The Pistons are now 8-9. We are at home. We lose 99-85. Iggy had 21 points, 6 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 7 of 14. He also had 3 steals and a block, but it wasn't enough. Harris had 12 points and 2 assists. Korver had 11 points. Boone fouled out in 20 minutes but had 8 points and 6 boards. Young finished with 7 points on 3 of 6 shooting.

Billups and Rip each had 21, Carpenter had 13, Prince had 10, and Wallace had 5 in 20 minutes before he fouled out.

Our next game is Dec. 5 at the Knicks who are 9-7.

Dec 4, 2008 -

Bobby Simmons on the Bucks tore his ACL. He is done for the year.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 12:48 PM

Against the Knicks for the first time I can remember, we are considered the more talented team! Their offense is stronger than ours, but our defense is much stronger than theirs.

We are down 22-19 at the end of 1. Iggy and Young are providing most of our points but are tiring.

Down 46-41 at the end of the half. Young has 11 and Iggy has 10. Rabdolph has 12 and Richardson has 11 for the Knicks.

We are down 74-63 at the end of 3. Randolph is playing very well and has 18 points and 9 boards so far.

Our offense was terrible for the first 5 minutes of the 4th and that gave them a huge lead. We never could close the gap more than 10. They win 97-81.

Zach Randolph won player of the game. He finished with 22 points, 11 boards, 2 blocks, 1 steal, and 1 assist. He shot 9 of 11 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line. Quentin Richardson had 14. Rookie Stanley Gilmore had 12 in 16 minutes. Marbury had 11 and 10 assists.

Iggy led us with 17 points and 4 assists. He shot 7 of 17, 1 of 4, and 2 of 2. Young had 16 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 18. Boone finished with 13 points and 10 boards on 5 of 12 shooting. Foye had 11 points and 2 boards on 5 of 11 shooting. Devin Harris had 7 points, 4 boards, and 8 assists. Dalembert finished with 6 points and 7 boards.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 12:53 PM

Dec 7, 2008 -

We host the 7-12 Nets. We lose 104-91. Iggy had 19 points, 7 assists, 3 boards, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 10, 1 of 1, and 2 of 3. Foye had 15 points and 3 assists. Korver had 12 points. Young was 3 of 12 from the field and finished with 10 points, 3 boards, and 4 steals. Boone finished with 10 points and 3 boards.

Vince Carter led the Nets with 30 points and 8 boards. Jidd had 13 points and 11 assists.

Dec 8, 2008 -

We travel to play the 5-12 Pacers. We lose 89-88. Granger led them with 16 points and 6 boards on 3 of 14 shooting but 9 of 9 from the line. Jermaine O'Neal fouled out in 24 minutes and only had 7 points and 6 boards. However, Daniels, Murphy, and Dunleavy each had 13 points.

Iguodala had 16 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 7 of 11. Foye had 14, Young had 13, Harris had 11 points and 1 assist before he fouled out in 20 minutes. Dalembert had 10 points. Boone was 1 of 7 and only had 4 points and 4 boards.

We are now 9-10 and our team chemistry is dropping again. We need to turn it around at our next game which is hosting the Kings on the 12th. They are 9-10 and we will be well rested. I like our chances.

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 03:02 PM

All Rookie First Team:

PG Acie Law
SG Juan Carlos Navarro
SF Kevin Durant
PF Al Horford
C Greg Oden

All Rookie Second Team:

PG Gabe Pruitt
SG Morris Almond
SF Thaddeus Young
PF Jason Smith
C Spencer Hawes

A few questions:

Do you have rookie of the year honors?

I notice coaches are fired/hired/retire? Where do new ones come from?

Do you have current team ratings (talent) and pre-season previews (projections)? If so, where were you projected?

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 03:03 PM

Ok, I've thought about it and I agree with you all. Glad I slept on it and didn't pull the trigger. Although, Juan's A potential really fascinates me. However, we are 8-4 and Chemistry that was around 5% at the beginning of the year is up 18%. The team is coming together and as long as they keep winning, I will keep the current group together for this season, unless a star player gets put on the block.

Do you have a rookie vs. veteran/experience factor into the game? If so, your a pretty young team already. Also, chemistry takes into factor that the longer you keep your starters together (and roster in whole), the better boost, right?

What's your current salary cap situation, and idea of what you'll have next year?

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 03:44 PM

We should be able to beat Sacramento. We are quite a bit higher rated in talent. Our defense is much better than theirs and our offense is almost as good. Rookie Jerry Jones is starting at SF for them.

A very slow start to the game as it was 6-4 at the 6 minute mark, but both offenses picked it up the last 3 minutes of the quarter. We are down 21-14 at the end of 1.

We lead 38-35 at the half. Very intense defense on both sides. Bibby leads them with 12. Iggy leads us with 11.

We are each shooting 36% from the field.

Young had a tremendous dunk on a breakaway in which he took off from just after the FT line! That fired him up and he hit his next 2 jumpers and then was in the zone. 17 points in the quarter on 8 of 8 shooting! Still, we are only up 61-55 at the end of 3.

Early in the 4th, Salmons injures his ankle and it looks bad. He won't be coming back for them this game.

We explode in the first part of the 4th quarter - everyone is nailing shots. We build a 20 point lead 6 minutes into it, so I never even bring Young back. I rest my starters with 4:30 to go.

97-71 win! I was really impressed with Carney in garbage time. I'm going to give him a bit more PT in future games which will probably come at Korver's expense slightly.

Iguodala wins player of the game with 24 points, 4 boards, 3 steals, 2 assists, and a block. He shot 8 of 17, 2 of 6, and 6 of 6.

Young had 23 points, 3 assists, 2 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 21, 1 of 1, and 2 of 4. Boone finished with 11 points and 10 boards on 4 of 10 shooting. Foye had 7 points and 2 assists. Korver had 8 points in 8 minutes. Carney had 6 points and 2 boards in 10 minutes. Dalembert had 6 points and 12 boards. Devin Harris had 6 points, 3 boards, and 10 assists. He shot 2 of 8 including 2 of 6 behind the arc.

Bibby led them with 19 points on 7 of 19 shooting. Miller had 10 points and 8 boards. He shot 4 of 10. The rookie, Jerry Jones played 26 minutes and had 9 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 4 of 14 as Young played smothering defense.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 03:54 PM

A few questions:

Do you have rookie of the year honors?

I notice coaches are fired/hired/retire? Where do new ones come from?

Do you have current team ratings (talent) and pre-season previews (projections)? If so, where were you projected?

Yes, there is a rookie of the year. In one of my posts, I listed it along with MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, etc. Durant won rookie of the year.

New ones come from assistants and game generated fictional coaches.

If there is a screen to view each teams ratings, I haven't found it. I only see it when I go to the game itself. Also, no pre-season predictions or projections, although there is a power rating which is based on roster strength and record. If I had looked at that the beginning of the year, I guess that would have been a good projection.

Here are the power ratings (they don't include this week's results) almost a quarter of the way through the season:

1. Clippers 13-4 (talented roster built around Elton Brand)
2. Suns 12-6 (Nash, Amare, Barbosa, Diaw, and Marion are one of the best ronded starting 5's in the league)
3. Rockets 12-7 (T-Mac and Yao Ming are two of the highest rated players at their positions.)
4. Celtics 12-7 (The big 3 are all still highly rated)
5. Heat 12-6 (Shaq and Dwyane are highly rated.)
6. Jazz 12-7
7. Pistons 11-9
8. Wolves 12-8
9. Bulls 9-9
10. Sonics 12-7
11. Knicks 11-7
12. Magic 11-9
13. Wizards 10-8
14. Hornets 11-9
15. Grizzlies 11-8
16. Hawks 10-8
17. Sixers 9-8
18. Mavs 8-11 (the loss of Devin Harris has hurt their PG situation)
19. Blazers 8-9
20. Nets 7-12
21. Bucks 9-10
22. Warriors 8-11
23. Lakers 7-12
24. Kings 8-9
25. Nuggets 6-13
26. Raptors 6-11
27. Spurs 3-15 !?!
28. Cavs 6-11
29. Pacers 4-12
30. Bobcats 5-12

Taking a closer look at the Spurs, I 'm not sure why they are struggling. Duncan's scoring is down, but he is still playing very well and is still rated a 93 even though he is starting to decline. Parker is having his best year. Ginobili is having his best year statistically. Bowen is in serious decline as he is 37, but he isn't rated badly. Andrew Bynum is the weak point at C. He is only averaging 14 mpg and is fouling out a lot. As a result, Theo Ratliff is playing a lot and not contributing much at all. Fabricio Oberto has been hurt for most of the season and is out for a few more weeks.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 03:57 PM

Do you have a rookie vs. veteran/experience factor into the game? If so, your a pretty young team already. Also, chemistry takes into factor that the longer you keep your starters together (and roster in whole), the better boost, right?

What's your current salary cap situation, and idea of what you'll have next year?

I'm not sure how much rookie vs veteran factors into the game, yet. We are definitely one of the younger teams in the league and that is part of why I'm not going to make the trade either. Chemistry seems to go up when I do a few different things: Winning seems to have the biggest effect, hard practices in which I don't focus on any player also seems to help, Also, I did notice a hit after the trade, so I think length of time guys are together is important. Finally, it seems to consider the overall morale of each guy on my team. That is why I want to try to make Carney a bit happier with some more PT.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 04:03 PM

Looking at the ages of our guys:

Devin is 25, Iggy is 24 (and now up to 89 in ratings!), Young is 20, Boone is 20, and Dalembert is 27.

Our bench: Foye is 25, Korver is 27, Smith is 22, Varejao is 26, Carney is 24, Green is 27, Hunter is 27, and Bilic is 21.

Dec 12, 2008 -

Salmons really hurt his ankle against us and will be out about a month.

Ok, now I've seen the first really stupid CPU trade: The Bobcats just traded for Dan Dickau from the Lakers. They gave up Adam Morrison who is rated 75 (2 points higher than Dickau) and he has better potential and he is a much better offensive player. The only bad thing about Morrison was that he was unhappy with the team. However, he is still under for 1 year with a team option. Bad trade - not so bad that I will trade off CPU trading which is an option if I wanted to do so.

Looking at Morrison's stats for the year, it doesn't seem that bad from that perspective. They are only playing him 8 mpg and he is averaging 2.8 ppg on 42% shooting. He is shooting 52% from behind the arc. The Bobcats have been starting Gerald Wallace who is now rated 87 at SF instead. They have Jason Richardson starting at SG who is rated 88 and Okafor who is rated 89 at PF. I guess they just didn't have enough minutes for him.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 04:13 PM

Dec 14, 2008 -

We host the 6-15 Cavs. We lose 93-92. Iggy led us with 24 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 8 of 20. Young had 12 points, Foye had 11, Korver had 8. Harris had 7 points and 2 assists in 18 minutes before he fouled out. Boone finished with 7 points and 8 boards.

LeBron led the Cavs with 42 points! He shot 19 of 33. Ilgauskas had 11 points and 13 boards.

Dec 16, 2008 -

We travel to play the 10-14 Nets. We lose 89-80. Carter had 28, Kidd had 22 points, 6 boards, and 7 assists. Jefferson had 16.

Iggy led us with 22 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. Boone had 11 points and 2 boards. Dalembert had 10 points and 9 boards. Young finished with 7 points on 3 of 9 shooting.

We've finished scouting a few more players:

PG Konrad Smalls is 19 years old and is a phenom in Australia. He is rated A overall and A- in potential. He is a great shooter with great athleticism and good passing. He is 6'4 200 pounds. He is a good defender as well. He is expected to go in the top 5.

Jean Sonnet is a 20 year old SF from France. He is 6'8 234 pounds. He is rated B+ in current and A in potential. He is already an excellent outside shooter. He lacks athleticism. He is a decent defender. Our scouts believe he is going to be a superstar with great intangibles.

Dec 18, 2008 -

The Suns have lost Diaw for a month due to a groin injury.

Our next game is the 19th at home against the Bulls. They are 13-11. I'll probably play that tonight.

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 04:18 PM

Yes, there is a rookie of the year. In one of my posts, I listed it along with MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, etc. Durant won rookie of the year.

New ones come from assistants and game generated fictional coaches.

If there is a screen to view each teams ratings, I haven't found it. I only see it when I go to the game itself. Also, no pre-season predictions or projections, although there is a power rating which is based on roster strength and record. If I had looked at that the beginning of the year, I guess that would have been a good projection.

Here are the power ratings (they don't include this week's results) almost a quarter of the way through the season:

1. Clippers 13-4 (talented roster built around Elton Brand)
2. Suns 12-6 (Nash, Amare, Barbosa, Diaw, and Marion are one of the best ronded starting 5's in the league)
3. Rockets 12-7 (T-Mac and Yao Ming are two of the highest rated players at their positions.)
4. Celtics 12-7 (The big 3 are all still highly rated)
5. Heat 12-6 (Shaq and Dwyane are highly rated.)
6. Jazz 12-7
7. Pistons 11-9
8. Wolves 12-8
9. Bulls 9-9
10. Sonics 12-7
11. Knicks 11-7
12. Magic 11-9
13. Wizards 10-8
14. Hornets 11-9
15. Grizzlies 11-8
16. Hawks 10-8
17. Sixers 9-8
18. Mavs 8-11 (the loss of Devin Harris has hurt their PG situation)
19. Blazers 8-9
20. Nets 7-12
21. Bucks 9-10
22. Warriors 8-11
23. Lakers 7-12
24. Kings 8-9
25. Nuggets 6-13
26. Raptors 6-11
27. Spurs 3-15 !?!
28. Cavs 6-11
29. Pacers 4-12
30. Bobcats 5-12

Taking a closer look at the Spurs, I 'm not sure why they are struggling. Duncan's scoring is down, but he is still playing very well and is still rated a 93 even though he is starting to decline. Parker is having his best year. Ginobili is having his best year statistically. Bowen is in serious decline as he is 37, but he isn't rated badly. Andrew Bynum is the weak point at C. He is only averaging 14 mpg and is fouling out a lot. As a result, Theo Ratliff is playing a lot and not contributing much at all. Fabricio Oberto has been hurt for most of the season and is out for a few more weeks.

Looks like Cleveland needs to build a better supporting cast around James. The Mavs need to retool (I remember them getting off to a slow start last year as well). The Clippers are 13-4? They finally got it right.

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 04:21 PM

We've finished scouting a few more players:

PG Konrad Smalls is 19 years old and is a phenom in Australia. He is rated A overall and A- in potential. He is a great shooter with great athleticism and good passing. He is 6'4 200 pounds. He is a good defender as well. He is expected to go in the top 5.

Jean Sonnet is a 20 year old SF from France. He is 6'8 234 pounds. He is rated B+ in current and A in potential. He is already an excellent outside shooter. He lacks athleticism. He is a decent defender. Our scouts believe he is going to be a superstar with great intangibles.

Smalls sound like a player I would love. Could be a solution to your point guard position. ;)

How do you define athleticism in the game? Speed, agility?

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 04:31 PM

Smalls sound like a player I would love. Could be a solution to your point guard position. ;)

How do you define athleticism in the game? Speed, agility?

Actually, it is one of the categories that my scout tell me about. I'm guessing it is a combination of speed, quickness, strength, jumping, and dunking. However, I don't know. The scouts give letter grades in multiple areas (I don't have the game in front of me so I might be misremembering them: Overall current, potential, inside shooting, outside shooting, playmaking ability (handle and passing I'm assuming), athleticism, man defense, post offense, post defense, rebounding, and maybe one or two others that I'm forgetting.

Edit: Smalls is projected to go top 5 - I hopefully won't have a top 5 pick unless I pull off a trade ;)

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 06:44 PM

Actually, it is one of the categories that my scout tell me about. I'm guessing it is a combination of speed, quickness, strength, jumping, and dunking. However, I don't know. The scouts give letter grades in multiple areas (I don't have the game in front of me so I might be misremembering them: Overall current, potential, inside shooting, outside shooting, playmaking ability (handle and passing I'm assuming), athleticism, man defense, post offense, post defense, rebounding, and maybe one or two others that I'm forgetting.

Edit: Smalls is projected to go top 5 - I hopefully won't have a top 5 pick unless I pull off a trade ;)

I wasn't sure how they define athleticism.

I like the athletic, quick players. That's why Smalls jumped out. :)

Of course, I'm not sure what you look for exactly.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 07:01 PM

I wasn't sure how they define athleticism.

I like the athletic, quick players. That's why Smalls jumped out. :)

Of course, I'm not sure what you look for exactly.

I want a PG who is lightning quick, a good defender, and a good outside shooter. Devin Harris meets the first two criteria, but his outside shot it too erratic for me. Foye is a good shooter, but he doesn't meet the other two criteria. I'm either going to look for an upgrade at PG or C in the draft this year, although I like Dalembert he is offensively limited.

Edit: Dalembert is probably around his potential - our scouts think Devin is going to improve. Hopefully, he can develop a more consistent outside shot, if he did, he'd be a great point guard.

Ironhead

11-03-2007, 07:06 PM

You might be able to get a really talented big man later than you think. I traded up from 19th overall to 9th overall after my first year and drafted a PF who is already awesome and grades out at A+ potential. The guy is practically a clone of Howard. I was suprised (and a little concerned about the draft AI) to still see him sitting there. Maybe you will get that kind of luck.

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 07:20 PM

Ironhead

11-03-2007, 07:34 PM

What did it take you to move up? In regards to the AI, could it be a view off the scouts?

We swapped first rounders that year and I gave up my first rounder the next season. I would be willing to chalk it up to a difference in scouting if say I felt he should have gone #1 but he slipped to maybe #4 or #5. To almost slip out of the top 10 is just too far.

EDIT: By the way Eaglesfan27, anytime you want us to butt out of your thread just let us know. lol I am sure Iggy and the gang will get the ship turned around.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 07:50 PM

We swapped first rounders that year and I gave up my first rounder the next season. I would be willing to chalk it up to a difference in scouting if say I felt he should have gone #1 but he slipped to maybe #4 or #5. To almost slip out of the top 10 is just too far.

EDIT: By the way Eaglesfan27, anytime you want us to butt out of your thread just let us know. lol I am sure Iggy and the gang will get the ship turned around.

I like additional chatter in my dynasty threads :)

Radii

11-03-2007, 08:27 PM

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 08:33 PM

Great read EF. Do you know how importing from College Hoops 2k8 is intended to work? Reading through this I was suprised to see you scouting college talent during the season. If you import draft classes from 2k8 is that dynamic ruined?

Nope, you still scout them. The way it works is you have to finish a season in college hoops, save the draft class when it asks you to do so. Then, you have to import the class before you start the regular season in NBA 2k8. Since, I'm in my second season, I plan on simulating 3 seasons of College Hoops before I finish this season. I'll then import the 3rd season of draft classes into NBA 2k8 as I start my 3rd year of this franchise.

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 09:06 PM

I like additional chatter in my dynasty threads :)

At least we aren't rowdy like the real sports fans in Philly. :D

Galaxy

11-03-2007, 09:10 PM

Radii

11-03-2007, 09:13 PM

Ahh, gotcha. I tried a joint Ga Tech/Panthers dynasty long, long ago in NCAA/Madden without any success, but this is starting me down the path of wanting to try it again with NCAA/NBA 2k8. Great read, keep it up!

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 10:52 PM

Since Ironhead mentioned the quickness and speed of rookies seems low, I'm tracking this and seeing the same thing. For future reference, here is the speed and quickness of my favorite rookie PG, Juan Carlos Ortiz - Speed 78, Quickness 92. I'm going to watch to see if it goes up as the year progresses. However, all of the athletic guards in the rookie class seem to be getting short changed on speed, quickness, or both. If it doesn't go up, I'm going to make some hand adjustments for the top picks who were rated athletic by my scouts.

Eaglesfan27

11-03-2007, 10:54 PM

Dec 19, 2008 -

Today we host the Bulls who are 13-11. They have a tremendous defense and a decent offense. We are outmatched, but anything can happen if Iggy and Young can get it going.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:21 AM

Like I said, I like our chances if Young or Iggy can get it going. Young started out with 2 3's and then a monstrous dunk. He was quickly in the zone and had 21 points in the 1st quarter! We are up 34-17 at the end of 1. :)

Young eventually tires, but they started doubling him and he made some great passes to set up open jumpers for everyone. Even Devin Harris was knocking htem down. Young ends the half with 24 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists! He is 8 of 12 from the field so far. We are up 51-29 as the entire team is playing tremendous defense.

We are shooting 50% as a team. They are shooting 22%!

Young is ice cold in the 3rd quarter and they have pulled within 11 before Iggy hits a big 2 to end their long run.

A very rough 3rd quarter, but we are still up 63-51. Young didn't score at all in the 3rd.

Our cold offense lets them get closer and closer. With 1:16 to go, Hinrich ties it at 82 with a nice 3 pointer.

Foye with a drive that draws a foul. He hits both FT's. Gordon responds with a 3 to give Chicago their first lead this game. Boone with an offensive rebound and the putback to give us the lead again! Hinrich misses a 3 and Dalembert gets the board. They immediately foul him. He hits both FT's and we are up 88-85 with 24 seconds left. Gordon misses a 3 and Dalembert gets the board and is fouled! He misses the 1st FT. He makes the 2nd! 8 seconds left and we are up by 4.

We end up winning 89-87. Much closer than I expected after the great first half, but I'll take it.

Young is the player of the game. He finished with 28 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 10 of 19, 2 of 8, and 6 of 7.

Iggy finished with 21 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 9 of 16. Devin Harris had his best game and finishes with 14 points, 5 boards, and 9 assists. He shot 5 of 12. Boone finished with 8 points and 8 boards. He shot 4 of 12. Dalembert had 5 points and 12 boards. In just 19 minutes, Varejao had 7 points and 10 boards as well as a block.

Hinrich led the Bulls back with 33 points, 9 assists, and 5 boards. Gordon had 25 points and 6 boards. Wallace had 6 points and 15 boards. Deng finished with 6 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:32 AM

Dec 21, 2008 -

We play the 8-15 Pacers at home. An easy win as we beat them 116-83. Foye suffered a strained MCL and will be less than 100% for the next 2 weeks. Iggy led the way with 33 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 13 of 23, 1 of 4, and 6 of 6. Foye had 14 points and 5 assists. Harris had 11 points, 7 assists, and 4 boards. He shot 4 of 6. Dalembert had 10 points and 12 boards. Carney and Korver each had 10 points. Young finished with 9 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. Boone had 9 points and 6 boards.

Jermaine O'Neal led them with 20 points and 5 boards.

Foye looks bad enough that I'm going to rest him until he is healed. Bilic might get some PT now.

Dec 23, 2008 -

We play the Magic at home. They are 14-14. They win a close game 92-89. Rashard Lewis had 23 points and 6 boards. Dwight Howard was out injured but they got 11 points and 10 boards from Chris Mihm. Redick had 19 points.

For us, Iggy had 20 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 5 of 15. Korver had 12 points and 3 boards. Young had 11 points as did Boone. Harris finished with 10 points and 2 assists. Dalembert had 8 points and 12 boards.

That loss drops us to 12-13.

Our scout has finished with another player (I'm doing 2 visits per player for now):

Eddie Bailey is a 6'10 266 pound PF who is 22 years old and is at Iowa State. He is rated B+ overall and A in potential. He has poor athleticism and isn't refined offensively, but he is a solid defender.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:40 AM

Following up on the athleticism issue with guards. I just looked at my old scouting reports and Christian Carpenter had an A for athleticism. Now, he has a 79 for speed (PG average is 89) and a 83 for quickness (avg is 91.) Also from my old reports I think Ortiz was supposed to have great athleticism. If these attributes don't progress, I'm definitely going to adjust for the PG's and SG's that were drafted in the 1st round.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:50 AM

For those that asked about the cap situation:

We are currently 1 million under the cap. Next year we are 2.8 million under the cap. All of my players are under contract for next year, but several of them have team options - Foye, Carney, and Bilic.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 10:02 AM

Dec 26, 2008 -

Today we face off at the Kings. The last time I faced them we won 97-71 but that was at home. Now we face them at their place, but I still expect a win. Korver is getting upset that he isn't starting and is starting to talk about demanding a trade. I may end up having to do so.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 11:29 AM

Ok, maybe Devin Harris IS the answer at PG. He is good on the 3's from the corners and he has kept us in it as Young and Iggy have been cold. Devin has 11 on 3 3's and a 2 and we are only down 23-21 at the end of 1.

A rough 2nd quarter has us down 45-36 at the end of the half. Our offense is very cold and we don't have Foye to give us that big boost off the bench.

Of course, we are doing this with almost nothing from our 2 biggest stars, so that is encouraging. Young has 7 points, Iggy has 4, and Devin Harris has 15 points and 2 assists at the half.

An excellent start to the 3rd quarter as everyone is contributing now. We are only down 55-52 5 minutes into the 3rd.

Down 72-67. Devin Harris is having an excellent scoring game and has 25. However, Bibby has 31 as he has been on fire all game long.

A very good 4th quarter as we clamp down defensively and roll offensively. 95-85 win. A solid road win made even better by the fact that we won despite a relatively off night from both of our top 2 scorers.

Devin Harris was the player of the game. He finished with 27 points, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 board, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 17, 5 of 12, and 4 of 4.

Young had 19 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 17, 0 of 3, and 5 of 8 from the line.

Iggy finished with 14 points, 5 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 18, 1 of 5, and 1 of 2.

Dalembert had 10 points and 16 boards. He shot 4 of 5 and 2 of 2 from the line.

Bone finished with 6 points, 8 boards, 2 assists. He shot 2 of 6. Varejao had 6 points, 13 boards, 3 assists, and a steal in 21 minutes off the bench. Korver was 1 of 6 and had 3 points in 12 minutes.

Bibby led them with 35 points and 10 assists. Garcia had 12 points and 2 assists.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 11:35 AM

Based on Ironhead's findings in the general forum thread, I'm editing all of the rookie PG, SG, and SF's (that one I just looked at quickly on my own) that were taken in the 1st round by 10 points in speed and quckness. The PF's and C's look fine in those attributes and Boone is actually above average in both areas.

Edit: That didn't take too long, but I look forward to seeing if College Hoops 2k classes are better about this once I get that game. In any case, I changed my mind - I edited as follows since I didn't feel like trying to match up all scouting reports:

Picks 1-10 (SG, SF, PG only) plus 10 in quickness and speed.
Picks 11-20 plus 7 in speed and quickness
Pick 20-25 Plus 5 in speed and quickness
Picks 26-30 Plus 3 in speed and quickness.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:08 PM

Dec 27, 2008 -

We lose to the Nuggets 106-88. They ar enow 14-15 while we are 13-14. Even worse, Iggy hurts his calf. He'll be 70% for about 2 weeks.

Carmelo had 36 points. AI had 27 points and 10 assists. Stackhouse had 15 points.

Iggy led us with 19 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 18. Korver had 13 points in 22 minutes. Devin Harris had 10 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. Young had 9 points and 5 boards, he shot 4 of 8. Boone finished with 4 points and 7 boards before he fouled out. He played 25 minutes.

With Iggy hurt for these next 2 weeks, he will only play about 20 minutes per game. Green and Korver will get his additional minutes (with Korver playing SF and Young playing some SG.)

Dec 29 -

We travel to play the 16-15 Jazz. They blow us out 121-83. Ortiz had 14 points in 14 minutes off the bench. Deron Williams had 17 points and 5 assists. Monta Ellis led them with 20 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

Green led us with 18 points in 25 minutes. I didn't plan on him playing that much but foul trouble limited Devin Harris to 12 minutes. Young had 15 points, 6 boards, and 5 steals. He shot 4 of 10. Carney had 12, Boone had 11, and Korver had 10 in 27 minutes. He shot 4 of 11. Iggy had 3 points and 2 assists in 20 minutes and was 1 of 9. He is only about 70% right now and it shows. If he continues to struggle like that, I might rest him after the next game.

Next up is a road game against the Lakers on the 30th. I might get a chance to play this later tonight.

Galaxy

11-04-2007, 12:32 PM

Ok, maybe Devin Harris IS the answer at PG. He is good on the 3's from the corners and he has kept us in it as Young and Iggy have been cold. Devin has 11 on 3 3's and a 2 and we are only down 23-21 at the end of 1.

What are his stats so far? I like Harris a lot. I think he could be a good point guard. Perheps not an "All-Star", but I think he's very capable and has the qualities that you want.

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 12:35 PM

What are his stats so far? I like Harris a lot. I think he could be a good point guard. Perheps not an "All-Star", but I think he's very capable and has the qualities that you want.

I don't recall exact numbers off the top of my head and am watching football now, but I think he is averaging about 10 ppg and 5 apg. He is rated 84 overall and that is a bit better than Miller was. Also, his potential is a B if I recall correctly so he might improve a bit more. Iggy really set him up well for the 3's in that game and when he is in the corner he is very good. He is bad at 3's from anywhere else though, or at least not very reliable. Speed and Quickness are great and his defense is very good.

Edit: With his ratings being so good for defense, I'm confused why he keeps fouling out some simmed games, although Deron Williams is a tough player to guard and most of the times it has been against elite PG's.

Terps

11-04-2007, 03:13 PM

Been following along, good read. Now that I've got some opening day rosters I might have to do a write up when I restart my Wizards association.

Galaxy

11-04-2007, 04:40 PM

Nope, you still scout them. The way it works is you have to finish a season in college hoops, save the draft class when it asks you to do so. Then, you have to import the class before you start the regular season in NBA 2k8. Since, I'm in my second season, I plan on simulating 3 seasons of College Hoops before I finish this season. I'll then import the 3rd season of draft classes into NBA 2k8 as I start my 3rd year of this franchise.

Do you plan on playing the college game when you hit that point, along side this dynasty?

Eaglesfan27

11-04-2007, 05:38 PM

MrBug708

11-05-2007, 12:17 AM

What are your standard sliders for playing?

Eaglesfan27

11-05-2007, 12:25 PM

What are your standard sliders for playing?

I don't recall the exact specifics, but here is a ball park until I get a chance to look this weekend (or maybe Thursday if the wife has her friend over.)

All Settings the same for both sides:

Inside shooting: 45
Medium Shooting: 48 or 49 (I can't recall)
3 pt shooting: 49
Dunk in Traffic: 25
All other shooting at default.

Under attributes:

Blocking down to 45
Steals I might have turned up to 55?
Ball Handling down to 35 or 40 (now big men will fumble it more if they try to do fancy moves unless they actually have high handle ability and lesser guards won't be able to do so many isomotion moves.)
I forget if I adjusted anything else in that section

I turned steal success up to 70 for both sides.

I also bumped collision detection up to 60 and pick success up to 60 IIRC. I think that is it.

Oh yeah, Game speed down to 40 for 12 minute quarters. Also, I have Charging fouls at 100, all other fouls at 80 or 85.

Galaxy

11-06-2007, 06:39 PM

Yes. In fact, I won't get to play too much more of this dynasty before College Hoops comes out because I have my Oral Child and Adolescent Psychiatry boards in 2 weeks. I'll get in a few games next weeked, but will also study some. I won't get any games in the following weekend because I'll be traveling. When I get back, I'm taking a week off work and College Hoops will be released :)

I plan on simming/recruiting during the first few years of my closed legacy career in College Hoops and that will allow me to generate some draft classes that will hopefully fix the problems with the game generated classes.

Look forward to a college hoops/NBA dyansty. Do you plan on the "closed" mode, or jumping in with USC or whatever your school of preference is? Would enjoy seeing you rebuild a crappy, low-tier conference school outside of a hotbed.

I wonder if 2k will release a patch (or if even know). Hopefully the imported classes will work. It sucks that the guards aren't the fastest positions.

Eaglesfan27

11-07-2007, 07:25 AM

With College Hoops, I always do a closed dynasty. I'll probably be starting with a small Louisiana school and will try to work my way up to USC - that is the ultimate goal. 2ksports has already said they are working on a patch for NBA 2k8, but hasn't said all of the issues that will be fixed - I'm not sure that problems with game generated rookies are on their radar, but they have several developers over at OS that view their forums. Ironhead and I have both made posts over there about this issue, so it should be on their radar for the future.

Galaxy

11-07-2007, 11:43 AM

Eaglesfan27

11-09-2007, 07:40 PM

Dec 30, 2008 -

Today we travel to play the Lakers which will be a big challenge without a healthy Iggy. The Lakers are 11-18 but are much more talented than us without Iggy at 100%. At most, he will play 15-20 minutes tonight I suspect.

Eaglesfan27

11-09-2007, 09:03 PM

Kobe was great in the 1st quarter while Devin and Young kept us scoring. We are up 22-19 at the end of 1.

We've held Kobe to 12 in the half! We are up 48-44 thanks to 15 by Devin Harris in the half. He is torching their young PG's. He also has 4 assists.

We are shooting 50% while holding them to 40%.

Kobe with an explosive 3rd quarter and we are now down 73-64 at the end of 3.

By 9 minutes left, we are down by 14, 82-68. We get within 5 with 4 minutes to go, but Kobe takes over again and they never let us get closer. They win 100-87.

Kobe was the player of the game with 36 points, 3 assists, and 3 boards. He shot 13 of 22, 6 of 7, and 4 of 4. Krstic had 15 points and 10 boards. Crittenton had 14 points and 8 assists for them.

Young led us with 24 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He also had a steal. He shot 9 of 18, 3 of 8, and 3 of 4. Harris finished with 20 points and 10 assists. He shot 8 of 18, 2 of 6, and 2 of 3. Boone finished with 12 points and 6 boards. Iggy played 24 minutes and had 9 points, 2 boards, and 3 assists. Dalembert finished with 5 points and 10 boards.

Eaglesfan27

11-09-2007, 09:18 PM

Dec 31, 2008 -

Nash broke his wrist and will be out for 6-7 weeks.

January 1, 2009 -

Randy Foye is back from his injury and will get a lot of PT with Iggy being hurt.

Jan 2, 2009 -

Today we play the Grizzlies at home. They are 14-17. We are 13-16. They win 95-89. Foye led us with 23 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. Young and Korver each had 12. Harris had 10 points and 5 assists. Boone finished with 9 points and 6 boards.

Gasol led the Grizzlies with 28 points and 13 boards. Rudy Gay had 22 points and 8 boards. Conley finished with 12 points, 5 boards, and 8 assists.

The list of potential FA's has been released:

Kobe Bryant (player option which he likely won't use) SG 99 but he is 31 years old.

Chris Paul, PG 98.
Deron Williams, PG 97
Baron Davis PG 96
Allen Iverson SG 95
Boozer PF 94
Odom SF 89
Bibby PG 88
Felton PG 87
Andre Miller PG 82

There are a bunch of guys below 80.

Jan 4, 2009 -

Today we host the 9-22 Spurs who are rebounding from their 3-15 start. Despite being short handed, we pull off the upset 98-85!

Foye led the way with 27 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists. He shot 9 of 13, 3 of 5, and 6 of 6. Young had 13 points and 7 boards. Varejao had 11 points and 9 boards. Iggy had 7 points. Boone fouled out in 20 minutes but had 5 points and 6 boards before he went. Devin Harris fouled out in just 5 minutes against Parker!

Duncan led them with 24 points and 13 boards. Parker had 17 points and 10 assists. Ginobili was 1 of 14 and only had 2 points. Bynum fouled out in 12 minutes and their backup centers are all struggled.

That win raises our record to 14-17.

Our next game is on the 5th at the Bulls who are 16-17. I'll play that tomorrow.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 11:26 AM

Jan 5, 2009 -

Despite underperforming, the Bulls are one of the most talented teams in the league. This will be a challenge on the road. The Bulls have so many weapons and are scoring very well in the 1st. 32-21, they lead at the end of 1.

The Bulls are doing every thing right. They are up 62-36 at the half. Hinrich has 22, Gordon and Deng each have 12. I'm going to go ahead and sim the 2nd half if I can't cut the lead early in the 3rd quarter.

They go on a 10-0 run to start the 3rd and I sim to the end. We lose 123-85.

Foye led us with 20 points and 7 assists. He shot 9 of 17.

Boone had 14 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and a block. He shot 3 of 11. Devin Harris had 12 points and 5 assists. Korver had 11 points. Young finished with 7 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 12. Iggy failed to score in 18 minutes.

Gordon had 31 points and 9 assists. Hinrich had 27 points and 10 assists. Deng had 26 points and 9 boards. Nocioni had 15 points off the bench.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 11:32 AM

Jan 8, 2009 -

Iggy is back to 100% :)

Jan 9, 2009 -

We host the 13-20 Bobcats. We lose 86-85. Iggy led us with 18 points, 6 assists, 4 steals, and a board. He shot 8 of 14. Carney had 12 points, Young had 10, Korver had 10, dalembert had 8 as did Boone.

Felton led the Bobcats with 21 points and 4 assists. Biedrins had 12 points and 22 boards for them.

Jan 11, 2009 -

We travel to play the 22-13 Celtics. We lose 98-71. Garnett led them with 35 points and 14 boards. Allen and Pierce each had 18 points.

Iggy led us with 15 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 15. Harris had 13 points and 4 assists. Boone finished with 8 points and 4 boards. Young had 3 points on 1 of 10 shooting.

Our next game is on the road against the Hawks. They are 19-15.

Ironhead

11-10-2007, 12:31 PM

Things looking tough after a promising start. Have you given any thought to shaking things up through a trade? I know you said that you were starting to feel that Harris might be your answer at PG.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 12:53 PM

The game starts out with terrific defense by both sides. We are contesting every shot as are they. We are up 15-12 at the end of 1.

Down 37-36 at the half as Johnson caught on fire for the Hawks. He leads them with 13 points. Young leads our team with 9.

We are both shooting 37% as a team.

At the end of 3, they are up 61-56.

It all falls apart in the last 5 minutes as our shooters all go cold and Acie Law and Johnson catch on fire. They win 86-76

Joe Johnson wins player of the game. He scored 28 points. He also had 4 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steas. He shot 8 of 24, but 4 of 4 down the stretch. He shot 3 of 7 from the arc and 9 of 11 from the line.

Law finished with 24 points and 4 assists on 11 of 21 shooting.

Young led our team with 21 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal. He shot 8 of 18, 1 of 5, and 4 of 6.

Iggy had 10 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. He shot 5 of 15.

Boone and Foye each had 10 points. Devin Harris had 9 points and 8 assists.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 12:55 PM

Things looking tough after a promising start. Have you given any thought to shaking things up through a trade? I know you said that you were starting to feel that Harris might be your answer at PG.

Funny you should mention that. I have been thinking about it. I'm trying to come up with a realistic trade that would help the team. I'd love to get a very good young C to go alongside Boone. Dalembert is average overall and is good defensively, but he is so limited offensively. If I could get a good big man to go along with Boone, I think we would be very hard to stop as I feel like we would have 5 legitimate scoring options on the floor when our starters play. Since Korver is getting pissed off, I'd like to include him if I do make any trades.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 01:15 PM

Not a blockbuster, but I decide to pull the trigger on a trade. Steven Hunter is unhappy in Philly due to lack of PT. Matt Bonner is unhappy with the Spurs due to lack of PT. Bonner has range on his jump shot which I like and will add an offensive option to the bench even if he might not get a lot of PT unless we need the offensive boost.

I also want to move Korver but haven't found a good deal yet.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 01:30 PM

Jan 14, 2009 -

We host the Hawks and they win 85-78. We drop to 14-22 while they improve to 21-15. Iggy led us with 18 points and 9 assists. He shot 7 of 15. Devin Harris had 12 points and 6 assists. Young had 10 points and 6 boards. Bonner had 6 points in 8 minutes in his first game for us.

Johnson led them with 27 points and 5 assists. Horford had 13 points and Josh Smith had 12. Artest had 11 points and 10 boards for them.

Hmmm, Adam Morrison is even worse than Korver but he is a very good shooter who is almost as good as Korver and he has potential to improve. He is unhappy with the Lakers due to the lack of PT, but I'd give him about the same time as I gave Korver. Maybe it would be enough to keep him happy... The Lakers are unwilling to do that straight up... I have to throw in this year's 2nd round pick as well as next year's 2nd round pick to get them to do it. Korver is the better player, but they knew he was very unhappy and was demanding a trade, so they hijacked me.

Eaglesfan27

11-10-2007, 01:35 PM

Jan 16, 2009 -

We host the 21-16 Sonics. They win a close game 102-97. That loss drops us to 14-23.

Young led the way for us with 27 points. He shot 9 of 12, 2 of 4, and 7 of 8.

Boone had 16 points and 7 boards. Green had 13 points off the bench in just 10 minutes. Iggy had 11 points, 9 boards, and 9 assists. He shot 5 of 14. Devin Harris had 8 points and 6 assists. Foye had 6 points and 2 assists in 20 minuts. Morrison had 4 points on 2 of 5 shooting in 12 minutes. Bonner had 4 points and 5 boards in 19 minutes. He played a lot because Boone only played 20 minutes due to foul trouble.

Durant led the Sonics with 21 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. Ridnour had 17 and Wilcox had 14 for them.

Next up is a home game at the Knicks on the 18th.

Galaxy

11-11-2007, 10:37 AM

How is the owner responding?

Eaglesfan27

11-11-2007, 11:28 AM

Jan 18, 2009 -

Today we host the Knicks. They are 25-14 and have a talented offense led by Curry, Marbury, and Randolph.

Everything went wrong in the 1st, our shots weren't falling and they were scoring easily. Down 28-11 at the end of 1. Our bench got 6 of those points. As Morrison hit his first 2 shots, both just inside the arc.

Our bench played very well for the first 6 minutes of the 2nd quarter and mostly against their bench cut the lead to 36-24 before I brought my starters back in.

A brilliant 2nd quarter after a terrible 1st one. Our starters came back in playing frenetic defense. We are down 39-35 at the end of the half.

We cooled them off to 35% shooting. We are shooting 34%. Young leads our team with 9 points. Morrison and Green have 5 off the bench. Iggy is 0 of 7 right now, but playing great defense in the 2nd quarter after allowing Crawford to score 11 in the 1st.

Down 62-59 at the end of 3, but our starters need a long rest. I had them do an intense practice earlier in the week and they are tired.

We were within 3 several times, but we never could tie it up. Iggy and Young both went even colder down the stretch and perhaps I should have used my bench more down the stretch. With everyone missing shots, they stretched it out to a 12 point lead in the last 5 minutes despite my bench keeping it within 3 up to the 6 minute mark. We lose 90-78.

Crawford led them with 26 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and a steal. He was the player of the game despite shooting 9 of 26, 2 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Marbury had 15 points and 7 assists. Quentin Richardson and Curry each had 15. Randolph had 12 points and 13 boards.

Young led us with 16 points and 1 board. He shot 6 of 16, 1 of 3, and 3 of 6.

In 22 minutes, Morrison had 15 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 7 of 17, 1 of 5, and 0 of 1.

Devin Harris had 11 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. Iggy finished with 5 points, 2 boards, and 5 assists. He only played 30 minutes due to fatigue. He was 1 of 10 from the floor and 3 of 4 from the line. Varejao lead the team in rebounding with 11.

Eaglesfan27

11-11-2007, 11:37 AM

How is the owner responding?

He is reasonably happy right now - he says he sees progress which he is happy with, but he wants to see more.

Jan 21, 2009 -

Today we play the Raptors on the road. They are 15-25 as Bosh has missed a few weeks with an injury. However, he is back now and they beat us 85-71. Bosh led them with 26 points and 19 boards. Ford had 13 points and 6 assists. Rookie Percy Taft had 11 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists.

Young led us with 18 points, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 14. Dalembert had 13 points and 9 boards. Harris had 11 points and 2 assists. Iggy had 8 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 3 of 10. Boone was 1 of 9 from the floor and finished with 4 points and 9 boards. Morrison had 4 points in 11 minutes off the bench. He was 1 of 4 from the floor.

We are now 14-25.

Wow, this wasn't even my game but this score caught my eye - Boston beat Sacramento 152-93! Pierce had 47 points, Allen had 34 and Garnett had 33. Rondo (who has improved and is now their starting PG) had 4 points and 17 assists.

Jan 23, 2009 -

We host the 20-21 Nets. The Clippers offered PF Al Thornton for SF Thaddeus Young. Of course, I turn it down. We lose 97-85. Iggy led us with 26 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 15 and 8 of 9 from the line. Young had 10 points on 3 of 12 shooting. Dalmembert had 9 points and 8 boards. In 9 minutes, Bonner had 9 points on 3 of 6 shooting. Boone had 8 points and Morrison had 6. Devin Harris had 4 points and 12 assists.

Kidd led the Nets with 21 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists. Jefferson had 20 points and Carter had 16.

The Pistons have traded SG Bonzi Wells (80) to the Raptors for J Garbajosa (PF 74.)

Our next game is at home against the Blazers who are 19-22.

Eaglesfan27

11-11-2007, 04:55 PM

The Blazers are 19-22 and are about equal in team talent to our team. Oden is becoming a force and is already a top 6 center in the league.

Chase is showing why he was the 1st overall pick this game. He is all over the place and has 11 points in the 1st quarter. They are up 32-21 at the end of 1.

We are down 46-44 at the half as our defense played better once Chase left the game with 8 minutes to go due to fatigue.

Chase leads them with 19 points and 5 boards. Boone leads us with 12 points and 3 boards. Oden has 11 points and 5 boards at the half.

Down 72-65 at the end of 3. Oden is hurting us bad inside. He has 24 points and 10 boards now.

We are neck and neck for the last 5 minutes, but Chase hits 2 3's in a row to give them a 2 point lead. They get a stop when Boone misses one of his hook shots and they take a 4 point lead with 1:30 to go.

Iggy pulls it to within 2, but Aldridge hits a 18 foot jumper to stretch it back to 4 with 50 seconds left. Iggy gets a good look but misses a 3. We intentionally foul and they miss both FT's, but we have a pass stolen and have to foul again. Sloppy pass by Foye who is in because of a hot shooting streak in the 4th. They are up by 6 now. Young misses a 3 and that is it. We foul but I know there is no chance we are coming back. Young drills a 3 but we are still down by 5 with 10 seconds to go.

We lose 103-96.

Oden was the player of the game. He finished with 26 points and 12 boards along with 3 assists. He shot 10 of 14 and 6 of 11 from the line.

Chase showed me a legit reason for him being taken #1 over Boone as he put up 30 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 12 of 22, 2 of 5, and 4 of 4. Roy had 19 points and 12 asssists.

Boone led us with 22 points, 4 boards, 2 assists. He shot 7 of 12, but missed 2 shots down the stretch. He was 8 of 8 from the line.

Iggy had 19 points, 8 boards, and 3 assiss. He shot 7 of 17, 0 of 4, and 5 of 6. Foye had 15 points and 4 assists mostly in the 4th quarter. He shot 6 of 10 and 3 of 3 from the arc. Devin Harris had 13 points and 7 assists. He shot 6 of 15. Young finished with 12 points, 5 assists, and 2 boards. He shot 4 of 13.

Eaglesfan27

11-11-2007, 05:13 PM

Jan 26, 2009 -

During a light workout, Iguodala broke his ankle :( He is out for 6 to 8 weeks.

Jan 27, 2009 -

We travel to play the Magic who are 21-24. The team plays valiantly and pulls off the upset 93-92! Boone led the team with 17 points and 8 assists. He shot 4 of 4 and 9 of 12 from the line. Young had 16 points and 6 assists on 5 of 7 shooting. Morrison had 13 points in 16 minutes off the bench. Dalembert had 11 points and 6 boards. Foye who started for Iggy had 10 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 4 of 17.

Rashard Lewis had 19 points and 5 boards. We got Dwight Howard into foul trouble and he only played 22 minutes. He had 11 points and 5 boards in that time.

Jan 29, 2009 -

Today we travel to play the Heat. We lose 93-85. That loss drops us to 15-28. They are now 28-16. Wade had 23 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists to lead them. Shaq finished with 18 and 7. Andre Miller had 8 points and 9 assists.

Foye led us with 21 points and 4 assists despite only playing 23 minutes before he fouled out. Young had 19 points. Carney had 10, Bonner 8, and Devin Harris had 5 points along with 5 assists before he fouled out in 24 minutes.

During Iggy's injury, I'm going to play 1 and sim 5. Even doing that, I won't make it to next season before I have a chance to generate a college hoops class for next season.

The Spurs lost Manu Ginobili for the next month to a separated shoulder.

Jan 31, 2009 -

We host the Hornets and we win 95-79 surprising me. They drop to 26-19. We are now 16-28. Foye led us with 23 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 10 of 16. Harris had 12 points and 10 assists. Morrison had 12 points in 16 minutes off the bench. Dalembert had 9 points and 8 boards.

Feb 5 -

We surprise the Pistons 91-70. They fall to 28-19. We are now 17-28. The team chemistry is starting to rise again as well. Foye led the team with 25 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 10 of 13. Young had 13 points, Morrison had 13, and Boone had 12. Boone also had 13 boards which led the team.

Feb 6, 2009 -

We shock the 29-16 Clippers. We beat them 98-75! Boone led the team with 22 points and 10 boards. He shot 5 of 8 and 12 of 12 from the line. Morrison had 15 points in 17 minutes off the bench. Dalembert had 12 points and 10 boards. Devin Harris had 11 points and 9 assists. Foye had 10 points and 4 assists.

Brand led the Clippers with 14 points. He shot 4 of 18 as Boone played very good defense.

Jarvis Hayes of the Pistons is out for 7-8 weeks due to a broken ankle. Gerald Green of the Suns is out for 5-6 weeks due to a broken wrist.

Our next game is at the 23-24 Trailblazers on the 8th.

Ironhead

11-11-2007, 05:39 PM

Wow. Just terrible luck with Iggy. The 76ers head coach might as well just keep a bottle of bourbon behind the desk for the next 2 months.

Galaxy

11-11-2007, 07:59 PM

During Iggy's injury, I'm going to play 1 and sim 5. Even doing that, I won't make it to next season before I have a chance to generate a college hoops class for next season.

Can you still run the off-season before having to import a draft class for next season?

Sucks about Iggy. I guess the one bright side is your lottery chances just got better.

Any thoughts to going to using Morrison in his role more (even thought it is out-of-position)?

What are Chase's stats (Portland)?

Eaglesfan27

11-11-2007, 08:06 PM

Can you still run the off-season before having to import a draft class for next season?

Sucks about Iggy. I guess the one bright side is your lottery chances just got better.

Any thoughts to going to using Morrison in his role more (even thought it is out-of-position)?

What are Chase's stats (Portland)?

Actually, we are 4-1 since Iggy went down. I think when he gets back, I might have to cut his minutes just a few to get more guys involved. If we keep winning like these first 5, I might have gotten lucky and increased our playoff chances, but I'm not counting on that.

Morrison is horrendous defensively. I wouldn't want him to try to guard any SG in the league, certainly not any starters. Foye is a bit undersized, but he is at least decent defensively.

I'll have to look the next time I get to play to see what Chase's stats are. I'm studying most of tomorrow but might take a break to play one game. My boards are next weekend. From what I remember from the last time I looked, he was leading all rookies in scoring at about 16 ppg.

Galaxy

11-11-2007, 08:49 PM

Actually, we are 4-1 since Iggy went down. I think when he gets back, I might have to cut his minutes just a few to get more guys involved. If we keep winning like these first 5, I might have gotten lucky and increased our playoff chances, but I'm not counting on that.

Morrison is horrendous defensively. I wouldn't want him to try to guard any SG in the league, certainly not any starters. Foye is a bit undersized, but he is at least decent defensively.

I'll have to look the next time I get to play to see what Chase's stats are. I'm studying most of tomorrow but might take a break to play one game. My boards are next weekend. From what I remember from the last time I looked, he was leading all rookies in scoring at about 16 ppg.

I didn't realize Morrison was that bad on the defensive end. Good idea of not using him in that role.

Eaglesfan27

11-21-2007, 08:40 AM

The early report on OS is that College Hoops players import very well into NBA 2k8. There are some obvious flaws with the game generated rookies in NBA 2k8. I wasn't even going to consider re-starting just for "real" rookies when I started this dynasty, but now I'm at least giving it a thought. I'd like the thoughts of those who have been following along. Should I continue as is with "real rookies" starting to show up in this dynasty in the 3rd year? That would mean only 2 years of rookies with below average skills in some areas which shouldn't cause too much turmoil to the entire game universe especially since I'm editing a few attributes. Or should I restart and have real players that have a more diverse set of attributes? Of course, this is assuming that my test which I will be doing later this morning shows that attributes really hold up reasonably well when importing players from College Hoops.

rjolley

11-21-2007, 08:53 AM

I say continue on. You've already edited the rookies that were questionable, so no need to worry about them.

11-21-2007, 09:12 AM

Vote for continue

Eaglesfan27

11-21-2007, 09:14 AM

Cool. That is the way I was planning to go, but I just wanted to see if there was a strong response to go the other way. I'll be playing College Hoops once the real name file comes out, but continuing this career today and playing Mass Effect will keep me plenty busy until that happens. I'll save the College Hoops files from that career in case I ever get fired in this one, in which case I might re-start at that point if I can't get another job.

Eaglesfan27

11-21-2007, 11:44 AM

Feb 8, 2009 -

Today we play at Portland. If we can keep Chase and Oden under control, I like our chances even without Iggy.

Young with an early drive to get a quick foul on Aldridge to start the game. Young is going to take over today, I hope. Oden went off for 15 straight points before I started double teaming him. He led the Blazers to a 25-21 lead at the end of 1. He is killing us on the boards as well, particularly with offensive putbacks.

We are down 47-43 at the half. Oden leads them with 21 points and 11 boards. Young leads us with 12 points and an assist. Oden has 6 offensive boards which is unacceptable.

Down 61-60 at the end of 3. Devin Harris had a nice quarter and now has 15 points and 5 assists for the game.

It's been back and forth down the stretch, but a 3 by Jarrett Jack has given them a 4 point lead with 2:30 to go. Boone with a basket at the other end cuts it down to 2 with 2:09 to go.

A few plays later, Chase with a fall away jumper to make it 86-82. He has been on fire in the 4th. Morrison misses a crucial open 3. A steal by Young and Carney is fouled which gives us a chance to close with 2 with 31 seconds left...

Carney hits both of them. I've been playing Young at PG, Carney at SG, and Morrison at SF for the last few minutes because they have all been hot. We force a Chase miss thanks to decent defense by Morrison!

We call timeout with 6.5 seconds left and we are down by 2...

We get it to Boone in the post, but he misses a turnaround jumper. We lose 86-84.

Oden won player of the game with 29 points, 16 boards, 2 blocks, and 2 assists.

He shot 12 of 25 from the floor and 5 of 6 from the line.

Young led our team with 20 points, 3 boards, 3 steals, and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 18, 0 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Boone had 18 points and 8 boards. He shot 8 of 14. Devin Harris finished with 17 points and 6 assists. Carney had 10 points. Foye had 9 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Morrison had 6 points in 9 minutes. Dalembert finished with 4 points, 6 boards, and a block.

That loss drops us to 18-29.