The Quest for Seven: An NBA 2k11 Dynasty

[Eaglesfan27]

I didn't plan on writing a dynasty about NBA 2k11 because the game has such good record keeping, which is part of my reason for writing dynasties. However, I realized I can't see past award winners and some other stuff I'd like to see, and I'm having a lot of fun with the 76ers. So, I decided to write yet another dynasty. First the settings:

Pro 12 minute quarters using The Purist's Sliders, except I've toned down steals as he has them too high in an attempt to up turnovers (which I think are fine where I have them at.)

I'm already in my 2nd season. I play one game and then sim 2. I'll do that throughout the entire regular season. I plan on taking a bit more of a macro look than I have in other dynasties. I also plan on writing up briefer game summaries but more focus on stats and stories around the league. With that being said. Let's take a look at the current state of the 76ers.

[Eaglesfan27]

Edit: I found past award history including from many years in the past. But, I still am going to write this dynasty as I enjoy recapping stories.

Our first season under Doug Collins we went 30-52 and got ourselves the #12 pick. We traded away PF Doug Brackins and the #12 pick to move up 6 spots to get a beast of a PF who I had fallen in love with during the workouts and he has really made our team so much better defensively and on the boards. The only player I lost who I regret after the 1st year was Spencer Hawes. I loved his outside shooting, but he was unhappy splitting time with Mareese Speights who had a higher upside in my opinion.

We are playing very good basketball with 5 of our losses coming during a stretch where Evan Turner was hurt. Still, we are 15-6, good for first in the Eastern Conference and I think this is a team that has a great young core that could compete for multiple championships. We play to run the fast break a lot and slow it down if we can't get on the break.

A look at the roster:

3rd year PG Jrue Holiday is everything I could hope for in a PG. He's got good size at 6'4 180. He's developed a very nice outside shot. He has good speed and he's a very good passer. He's also an important part of our elite perimeter defense. In 21 games this year, he is averaging career highs with 11.3 ppg, 7.8 apg, and 2.1 spg in 21 games. He's rated 79 overall.

Evan Turner showed huge growth after a very solid rookie year and is now one of the top 10 shooting guards in the league. His great outside shot is making for some easy assists for Holiday. He is 6'7 205 and has terrific handles, a great shot, and a good inside game. I think he's going to end up one of the top players in the game. Rated 84 already. He's averaging 19.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, and 3.5 apg.

Andre Iguodala is starting at SF. He's 6'6 207 and 27 years old. He is the oldest starter on the team. He's developed his outside shot this year a bit. However, his strength is his finishing around the rim. Great passer for a SF. Averaging 15.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg, and 5.1 apg. Highest rated player on the team at 88.

Bernie Jefferson is an old PF for a rookie, but I loved him. The 4 year starter from Seton Hall compared to Dirk by our scouts, but I don't see it. Maybe in the future. He's got an ok outside shot, but his strengths are his defense, rebounding, and athleticism. He is a beast on the inside with tremendous quickness and dunking ability. He's 6'10 255. He's averaging 8.6 ppg and 9.1 rpg along with 0.5 bpg. Rated 77 overall.

Marreese Speights is 6'10 245 and 24 years old. He's got a nice little midrange jumper that really works well with our group. He's averaging 10.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, and 0.8 bpg. Rated 74 overall.

Thaddeus Young is our 6th man and doing a great job of playing the 3 and the 4. Very athletic with a nice outside shot. Very good perimeter defender. Averaging 14.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, and 1.5 spg in just 27.6 mpg. Rated 77 overall.

Elton Brand isn't happy since we dropped him from the starting rotation for Bernie. Still, he is doing ok as a role player. At 6'9 255, he can still hit the 12 foot open jumper which is valuable. He's 32 and starting to show the signs of decline. Rated 76 overall. He's averaging career lows of 8.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg, and 23 mpg.

SG Michael Redd was our big offseason pickup as he signed a 2 year deal for the MLE. He started for 3 weeks while Turner was hurt and was a big help. He's 6'6 215 and 32 years old. Still a reliable outside shooter. He's averging 7.3 ppg, 1.7 rpg in 16 mpg.

PG Louis Williams is going to be hard to keep. He is very unhappy at his minutes. He's a quick good shooting PG at 6'2 175. He is demanding a trade. Still, he is a valuable backup and I may hold onto him unless I get great value. He's averaging 4.9 ppg and 1.6 apg in 12 mpg.

SF/PF Andres Nocioni is a good 3 point shooter who helps add some scoring on kickouts. He's 6'7 225 and 32 years old. He's averaging 2.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 9 mpg. He's rated 66 overall.

SG Jodie Meeks is 6'4 208 and 24. He isn't playing at all and will probably leave as a FA next year.

SF Jason Kapono is only playing when we need 3's badly. He's 6'8 215 and 30 years old. He is rated 56 overall. He's averaigng 1.6 ppg 3.6 mpg. He's delighted with his role.

Rookie PG Norm Baylor is 6'6 177 and is a very raw player. Our 2nd round pick might get some PT still if we trade Williams. He's rated 55 overall and unhappy at not playing at all.

[Eaglesfan27]

Last year's Championship winner was the Houston Rockets who thrived with a healthy Yao Ming! They beat the Magic in the Finals 4-2.

LeBron won the MVP last year.

John Wall edged out Turner for Rookie of the Year.

Anthony Randolph, Pistons won 6th man of the year.

Gerald Wallace, Charlotte, won defensive player of the year.

Terrence Williams, Nets won Most Improved Player.

The All-NBA 1st team last year was Chris Paul, Kobe, Kevin Durant, LeBron, and Dwight Howard.

Shaq retired and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.


Now a look at the current standings:

In the East:

1. 76ers 15-6
2. Bulls 13-6
3. Celtics 14-7
4. Heat 14-8
5. Bobcats 12-7
6. Pacers 13-8
7. Magic 13-9
8. Hawks 13-9
9. Knicks 11-9
10. Cavs 10-9
11. Nets 10-10
12. Bucks 8-12
13. Wizards 8-12
14. Pistons 5-15
15. Raptors 5-18


West:

1. Rockets 13-7
2. Lakers 12-8
3. Warriors 12-8
4. Timberwolves 13-9
5. Thunder 12-9
6. Hornets 10-10
7. Nuggets 11-11
8. Clippers 10-12
9. Grizzlies 9-13
10. Spurs 8-12
11. Trail Blazers 8-12
12. Mavs 8-12
13. Kings 6-13
14. Jazz 6-13
15. Suns 6-14

Players of the Month:

November: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant

Rookies of the Month:

Simon Reid, Toronto (5th pick overall) and Cam Campbell, Phoenix (#1 pick overall)

Campbell is a 6'5 188 pound PG from Kansas State who is rated 82 overall. He is 22. He is averaging 18.8 ppg and 5.8 apg.

Reid is a 6'4 184 pound 23 year old SG from Kansas. He is rated 81 overall. He is averaigng 17.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 4.7 apg.


Back to my team:

Dec 6, 2011 -

I played this game, as we jumped all over the Cavs early to win this game. We were up 50-28 at the half and cruised to a 104-78 win. We were led by 21 points and 7 assists from Iggy. Bernie had 12 points and 19 boards which was a career high for him. Turner with 17 and Holiday with 16.



Dec 8, 2011 -

A surprisingly tough game in Toronto but we pull it out 103-99. Turner with 25 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 11 of 18. Speights with 19 points and 9 boards. Redd with 14 points in just 19 minutes. Iggy with a horrible 1 of 14 shooting night.


Dec 10, 2011 -

The Jazz are very talented and they are now healthy. They take us down at our place 111-106 behind 34 points and 10 assists from Deron Williams. Turner came close to his first triple double with 23 points, 10 assists, and 7 boards. Iggy with another off night 5 of 16 shooting for 16 points. Young with 14 points. Williams with 13 points in 13 minutes. Jefferson with 10 points and 13 boards.

We are now 16-7 and our next game is against the Pacers who in Indiana. They are 13-11.

[Eaglesfan27]

A back and forth game has up 65-64 at the end of 3 after Redd rattles off 8 straight points. It was a back and forth 4th quarter with Granger hitting EVERYTHING. We had a 88-83 lead with 2 minutes left, but Granger hit a pair of 3's and we missed our shots. We got the ball back with 15 seconds left down 92-91. We set up Iggy for a wide open look from 16 feet for the game winner but he missed it as time expired.

Granger with 36 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Hibbert with 21 points for them. Hawes is now on the Pacers and he only played 14 minutes and had 4 points. He is playing 3 less mpg and scoring 3 less ppg for the Pacers than he did with us.

Iggy led us with 22 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 10 of 18. Jefferson with 20 points and 11 boards. He shot 8 of 9, mostly putback dunks and layups. Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 6 of 17. Redd with 11 points. Holiday with 10 points and 9 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 14, 2011 -

We win at Washington 108-102. Wall led them with 18 points and 5 assists. Iggy led us with 20 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. Redd with 15 points in 20 minutes. Holiday with 14 points and 3 assists. Young with 13 points amd 5 boards. Williams with 12 points in 17 minutes. Turner with 12 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 16. Jefferson with 8 points and 8 boards.


Dec 15, 2011 -

We squeak by a hot Chicago team 91-90. Young led us with 15 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 11. Turner with 15 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 9 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Williams with 13 points in 14 minutes. Redd with 8 points in 19 minutes. Holiday with 9 points and 7 assists. Jefferson with 7 points and 13 boards.

Our next game is on the 17th hosting a very good Boston Celtic team.

[Ironhead]

I'll be following, as usual. Were there any major changes in the offseason due to free agency / trades? I notice that the East looks to be off to a better start than the West.

[Johnny93g]

Do you schedule any practices for off-days? Did you use a downloaded draft class, or game generated one?

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Ironhead

I'll be following, as usual. Were there any major changes in the offseason due to free agency / trades? I notice that the East looks to be off to a better start than the West.

There were quite a few moves. I'll try to backlog them tonight.

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

Do you schedule any practices for off-days? Did you use a downloaded draft class, or game generated one?

I usually do shoot arounds before games. Depending upon how busy the week is, I'll go light sometimes and normal intensity others. I'm using game generated drafts.

[Eaglesfan27]

Ok. I'm too late to get the past transactions I think. However, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look at the starting 5 of each team:

Charlotte: D.J. Augustin, Stephen Jackson, Gerald Wallace, Tyrus Thomas, and Timofey Mozgov.

Milwaukee: Brandon Jennings, John Salmons, Corey Maggette, Ersan Ilyasova, and Andrew Bogut.

Chicago: Derrick Rose, Ronnie Brewer, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, and Noah.

Cleveland: Mo Williams, Mack Alexander (rookie), Antawn Jamison, J.J. Hickson, and Varejao.

Boston: Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Big Baby.

Clippers: Baron Davis, Eric Gordon, Richie Harper, Blake Griffin, and Kaman.

Memphis: Michael Conley, Mayo, Josh Childress, Rudy Gay, and Eddy Curry.

Atlanta: Bibby, Joe Johnson, Tayshun Prince (remember him being a big FA), Josh Smith, and Al Horford.

Miami: Mario Chalmers, Wade, LeBron, Bosh, and Ilgauskas.

New Orleans: Paul, Alonzo Gee, Trevor Ariza, David West, and Okafor.

Utah: Deron williams, Jamal Crawford, Gordon Hayward, Paul Millsap, and Al Jefferson.

Sacramento: Kirk Hinrich, Tyreke Evans, Hugh Blair, Jason Thompson, and Kendrick Perkins.

Knicks: Raymond Felton, Shannon Brown, Wilson Chandler, Amar'e, and Ronny Turiaf.

Lakers: Steve Blake, Kobe (who is starting to show a bit of his age), Artest, Gasol, and Bynum.

Magic: Jameer Nelson, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, Brandon Bass, and Howard.

Mavs: Kidd, Jason Terry, Caron Butler, Dirk (aging) and Tyson Chandler.

Nets: Devin Harris, Anthony Morrow, Terrence Williams, Derrick Favors, and Brook Lopez.

Nuggets: Billups, Arron Afflalo, Carmelo (was the big FA but resigned with Nuggets for 6 years and 121 million), Nene, and Marc Gasol.

Pacers: Darren Collison, Brandon Rush, Danny Granger, Tyler Hansbrough, and Roy Hibbert.

Detroit: Rodney Stuckey, Felix De La Rosa (rookie - 4th pick overall), Ben Gordon, Charlie Villaneuva, and Greg Monroe.

Toronto: Jose Calderon, Demar DeRozan, Linas Kleiza, Ed Davis, and Andrea Bargnani (almost traded for him last year.)

Houston: Aaron Brooks, Kevin Martin, Shane Battier, Luis Scola, and Yao.

Spurs: Parker, Ginobili (but he has been playing injured most of year), Richard Jefferson, Duncan, and Antonio McDyess.

Phoenix: Cam Campbell (#1 pick), Steve Nash, Jared Dudley, Kris Humphries, and Hasheem Thabeet.

Oklahoma: Russell Westbrook (nasty ratings), James Harden, Durant, Jeff Green, and Serge Ibaka.

Minnesota: Jonny Flynn, Wesley Johnson, Beasley, Kevin Love, and Andy Schultz (9th pick in draft - was my 2nd ranked big man.)

Portland: TJ Ford (hurt), Brandon Roy, Nicolas Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Greg Oden (who play 82 games last year averaging 8 ppg and 7 rpg.)

Golden State: Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, Dorrell Wright, David Lee, and Zach Randolph.

Washington: Wall, Arenas, Owen Blake (#2 pick in this draft - averaging 17 ppg), Carl Landry, and Javale McGee.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are 18-8. Boston is right behind us at 17-9.

Correction, Jermaine O'Neal is starting at C for the Celtics who jump to a quick 2-0 lead on us on a quick shot by Garnett. Turner answers right back. Turner gets 2 fouls on Allen pretty quick and Andre is giving Pierce fits. However, Rondo is giving Holliday a tough time.

Turner and Speights with a nice pick and roll to get a 2nd foul on Garnett late in the 1st. We are up 20-11. At the end of the quarter, are up 24-19. Iggy with a huge quarter with 6 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists already. Garnett leads the Celtics with 6.

While I rest Iggy for a few in the 2nd, the Celtics tie it at 36. They rest Rondo and we go on a 9-0 run before he comes back in.

At the half, we are up 52-41 as Speights is having a career night. He's playing great pick and rolll and working hard on the offensive boards too. He has 19 points and 6 boards. Iggy with 15 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

We jump to a 10-0 run to start the 3rd. Everyone hitting shots and playing great defense. We had a 20 point lead, but I rested Iggy for the last few minutes in the 3rd and they cut it to 13. 79-66 at the end of 3.

They close within 3 before I call time and get Holiday back into the game who promptly hits a 3 and steals it to find Turner on the fastbreak. Turner with a dunk and a 3 point play. Pierce is on fire and ties it up at 89 with 6 straight points.

Iggy and Jefferson with a pick and roll, Iggy with a perfect pass to Jefferson for a dunk and the foul. Jefferson completes the 3 point play. 92-89 with 3 minutes to go. Next possession, Jefferson spins off Garnett and dunks it. 94-89. Pierce with a 3. Holliday with a 14 footer. 96-92.

Iggy with a great drive to get the foul. 98-92 after he hits a pair of FT's. Andre with a steal and he throws it ahead to Jefferson who slams it home on the fastbreak.

We win the game 101-95. Great home win for us.

Pierce led them with 30 points. Rondo with 13 assists. Big Baby with 14 points and 10 boards. We held Allen to 4 of 14 shooting. Garnett was held to 5 of 13.

Iggy with 28 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in the win. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights finished with 19 points and 9 boards. Turner with 15 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Holiday with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

Jefferson with 11 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Redd and Young each with 5 points. Young also had 4 assists. Brand with 4 points and 4 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 17 -

Phoenix fired Gentry and hired George Karl.

Dirk and LeBron won Player of the Week. Word is that Jermaine O'Neal wants out of Boston.


Dec 19, 2011 -

We beat Phoenix 139-90! Iggy with 25 points, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Young with 22 points. Holiday with 20 points and 10 assists. Speights with 20 points, 9 boards and 4 blocks. Turner with 15 points, 10 boards, and 8 assists. Brand with 13, Williams with 10, and Redd with 9. Jefferson with 6 points and 9 boards.

The Jazz have fired their coach and hired John Kuester.


Dec 20, 2011 -

Carmelo Anthony broke a bone in his foot and will miss 4-6 weeks.


Dec 22, 2011 -

We beat the Pacers 105-91. Turner led the way with 26 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 16. Iggy with 19 points, 7 boards, and 7 assists. Redd, Speights, and Brand each had 12 points. Young with 10. Holiday with 9 points, 7 boards, and 9 assists. Jefferson with 0 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks.

Brand hit 15,000 points for his career during the game.


A look at the top 10 in "True Shooting %" shows me something I like:

1. Carl Landry, Wash
2. Thaddeus Young, Philly!
3. Jarrett Jack, NO
4. Horford, Atl
5. Allen, Bos
6. Amar'e, NY
7. Martin, Hou
8. Williams, Cle
9. Nelson, Orl
10. Thompson, Sac


Dec 24, 2011 -

Kobe and LeBron won Players of the Week.

The Wizard's Underwood is on the hot seat.

Derrick Rose is asking for a contract extension.


Dec 25, 2011 -

We've advanced past the Rockets to #1 in the Power Rankings!

The top 10:

1. Philly 21-8
2. Thunder 20-10
3. Rockets 20-8
4. Celtics 19-11
5. Bulls 16-11
6. Hawks 20-11
7. Lakers 17-11
8. Heat 18-13
9. Cavs 16-11
10. Knicks 17-12

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 27, 2011 -

Today we play at Memphis. They are 10-19 with a rating of 78. We are 21-8 with a roster rating of 84. Our defense is #1 in the NBA in scoring allowed at 88 ppg.

The Grizzlies' show all of the defense of a sieve in the 1st quarter as we jump to a 28-22 lead early with Turner and Iggy leading our scoring.

At halftime, we are up 53-40 behind a huge 2nd quarter by Iggy. He did it all this half. 17 points, 7 boards, and 3 assists at the half.

Gay was tearing us up in the 3rd quarter, until he and Nocioni collided late in the quarter. Gay is hurt and it looks like it is serious. We lead 69-64 with 3 minutes left when it happens.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-70. Word is that Gay has a level 3 ankle sprain that will keep him out 4-6 weeks. He had 31 points this game before the injury as he was hitting everything.

Iggy with a great 4th quarter to help us put it away. 105-86 win.

Iggy is the player of the game with 33 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 1 block. He shot 10 of 17, 1 of 3, and 12 of 15 from the line.

Holiday with a career high 14 assists vs 4 turnovers. He also had 3 points, 4 boards, 4 steals, and a block.

Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 7 of 16.

Speights with 16 points, 6 boards, and block. He shot 8 of 13.

Nocioni with 9 points in just minutes. He shot 3 of 4 from the arc.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Brand with 7 points and 5 boards. Redd with 4 points in 10 minutes. Young with 4 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes. Williams with 3 points and 1 assist.


Gay led them with 31 points. Mayo had 14 points but he shot 6 of 24.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 28, 2011 -

Tough back to back as fly to Houston to face a red hot Rocket team that is 20-9. They beat us 113-101 beyong 26 by Martin and 20 by Yao. Turner led us with 21 points and 12 boards. Speights with 16 points. Iggy with 15 points. Jefferson with 13 points and 12 boards. Holiday with 8 points and 9 assists. Young led the bench with 10 points.


Dec 30, 2011 -

The Magic have to shut down Vince Carter with a severe ankle sprain. He is expected to miss about 4 weeks.


Dec 31, 2011 -

We travel to play a talented Mav team that is 14-17 due to injuries. This is the final game of a tough 3 game road stretch. We eek out the 93-91 win despite 29 from Terry and 23 from Dirk. Speights led our team with 22 points. Turner with 18 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Iggy with 16 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists. Holiday with 10 points and 10 assists. Jefferson with 5 points, 5 boards, and 4 assists. Redd led the bench with 7 points.


Jan 1, 2012 -

The Nets have lost 10 straight and are rumored to be about to fire Avery Johnson.

John Wall unseated LeBron for player of the week. LeBron had won it for the last 8 weeks in a row. Kobe has won it again and is up to 9 games in a row. Kevin Durant and Dirk each won it once earlier in the season.

LeBron and Kobe both won player of the Month in December. They also won it in November.

Simon Reid and Cam Campbell both won Rookie of the Month again.


The Lakers are shopping Lamar Odom.


Our next game is hosting the 11-20 Nets who are 0-10 in their last 10. Can I put the final nail in Avery Johnson?

[Eaglesfan27]

A very sloppy first half, but we are up 48-41. Iggy with 11 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 8 assists at the half.

Big 3rd quarter from Iggy and Young has us up 70-56 as we enter the 4th.

Iggy down the stretch with a few big baskets to keep them at bay, but they made it close. We win the game 89-84.

Iggy is the player of the game with 26 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal, and he had 4 turnovers. He shot 11 of 16, 0 of 0, and 4 of 7 from the line.

Jefferson with 12 points and 8 boards on 6 of 14 shooting.

Speights with 12 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks on 6 of 8 shooting.

Young with 12 points and 6 boards in just 18 minutes. He shot 5 of 7.

Turner with 9 points, 4 boards, and 3 turnovers. He shot 3 of 12.

Redd with 6 points and 3 boards in 11 minutes. He shot 2 of 4.

Brand with 6 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks in 18 minutes.

Holiday with 6 points, 5 boards, 11 assists, 5 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 2 of 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

The top 10 in Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Kobe 30.77
2. LeBron 28.58
3. Derrick Rose 27.97
4. Russell Westbrook 27.75
5. Kevin Durant 27.06
6. Carmelo 26.53
7. Tyreke Evans 26.30
8. Dirk 25.67
9. Tony Parker 25.59
10. Amar'e 25.18

Thaddeus Young is 25th at 21.30. I have to get him more PT.


Jan 4, 2012 -

We win in Chicago 103-89 to drop them to 18-15. Holiday held Rose to 8 of 21 shooting. Turner led the team with 26 points, 13 boards, 8 assists. He shot 10 of 17. Iggy with 17 points, 10 assists, 6 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 5 of 11. Holiday with 14 points and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 9. Speights with 11 points. Redd led the bench with 11 points.


Deron Williams is out for a few weeks with a neck injury.


Jan 5, 2012 -

We win in Detroit 99-96. The loss drops them to 10-25. We are now 26-9. Stuckey led them with 24 points and 8 assists. Iggy led us with 20 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 7 of 11. Turner with 22 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 15. Holiday with 18 points and 6 assists. He shot 7 of 11. Jefferson with 7 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. Young led the bench with 9 points.

The Nets beat the Spurs 110-99 to end a 12 game losing streak.


Wow. The Raptors traded away likely rookie of the year Simon Reid to the Wolves for Wesley Johnson.

Also, the Thunder traded Serge Ibaka to the Bulls for the Bulls 1st round pick and Brendan Haywood.


Our next game is at New Jersey. We are now 26-9 and in 1st place over the Celtics by 3 games. A look at the standings in both conferences:

East:

1. 76ers 26-9
2. Celtics 23-12
3. Hawks 22-16
4. Bobcats 19-14
5. Knicks 20-15
6. Cavs 18-14
7. Heat 20-17
8. Bulls 18-16
9. Magic 19-17
10. Pacers 17-18
11. Wizards 15-18
12. Bucks 12-21
13. Nets 12-22
14. Raptors 11-24
15. Pistons 10-25

West:

1. Rockets 24-10
2. Thunder 24-12
3. Lakers 20-15
4. Warriors 18-15
5. Clippers 19-16
6. Nuggets 19-17
7. Wolves 19-17
8. Hornets 19-17
9. Spurs 17-18
10. Mavs 17-18
11. Trail Blazers 16-20
12. Jazz 13-21
13. Kings 12-20
14. Suns 12-24
15. Grizzlies 11-24


Leading All Star Vote Getters:

West:

1. Kobe - 2 million
2. Chris Paul 1.6 million
3. Durant 1.5 million
4. Carmelo 1.2 million
5. Dirk 1.1 million
6. Yao - 800k

East:

1. LeBron 2 million
2. Wade 1.5 million
3. Rondo 1.3 million
4. Rose 1.29 million
5. Dwight Howard 1.2 million
6 Joe Johnson 1.1 million
7. Amar'e 1 million
8. Iggy 1 million

[Eaglesfan27]

We start off terrible with EVERYTHING going wrong and the Nets jump to a 9-0 lead early before Doug calls timeout. We respond well and are only down 13-11 a few minutes later when they call time. Turner in foul trouble sits with 5 minutes left in the first. We are down 17-15.

Iggy in foul trouble late in the quarter. We are down 23-21. We go with Williams, Redd, Young, Jefferson, and Brand. We are down 25-24 at the end of 1.

Turner comes back in the 2nd and plays much better. We jump to a 38-32 lead before they call time with 6:30 to go in the quarter.

At halftime, we are up 46-39. Holiday with 8 assists at the half. Turner with 9 points.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-57. Holiday is very sloppy with the ball this game, but he is also making some big plays. He had 3 more turnovers that quarter.

In the 4th, we get a lead up to 20 and play the end of our bench the last 3 minutes.

We win the game 96-76. Good solid road win.

Despite a sloppy game at times, Holiday wins player of the game. He finished with 9 points, 3 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals, and 7 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6.

Turner with 15 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 4 turnovers. He shot 5 of 11. He only played 28 minutes.

Jefferson with 15 points and 12 boards. He shot 7 of 11.

Iggy with 14 points, 3 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 14. He only played 27 minutes tonight.

Young with 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists in 27 minutes.

Redd with 10 points in 21 minutes. He shot 3 of 7.

Brand with 6 points, 5 boards, and a block in 19 minutes. Nocioni with 6 points and 3 boards in 10 minutes. Speights with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes. He shot 2 of 9.

Louis Williams with 2 points and 5 assists vs 1 turnover in 14 minutes.

Brook Lopez led them with 22 points. Anthony Morrow with 21 points. Terrence Williams with 16 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 8, 2012 -

After a one week absence, LeBron is back as player of the week. Wall won it last week. Meanwhile Durant breaks Kobe's strangle hold in the West.


Jan 9, 2012 -

We crush Sacramento 128-82. Turner led the way with 28 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 10 of 18.

Young with 20 points in 27 minutes. Iggy with 18 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. Holiday with 17 points, 9 assists, 3 boards, and 3 steals. Speights with 14 points. Jefferson with 6 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks.

Kendrick Perkins led them with 16 points. My former player, Brackins also had 16.


We remain #1 in the power rankings with a 27-9 record that leads the NBA.


Jan 12, 2012 -

We host the 24-16 Hawks. We beat them 89-84. Redd in just 17 minutes led the team with 15 points on 5 of 10 shooting. Turner with 12 points, 6 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 17.

Holiday with 12 points, 6 assists, 5 boards, and 5 turnovers. He shot 4 of 8. Williams with 11 points and 3 assists. Brand with 10 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 8 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 2 of 12.

Young and Speights each with 8 points. Jefferson with 5 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jan 13, 2012 -

2 trades today. The Raptors trade Joey Dorsey and their 2012 1st round pick to the Wizards for Javale McGee. McGee is a 7'0 252 pound 23 year old center who is rated 70 overall. He is a solid rebounder with good potential. Dorsey is a 6'8 270 pound PF who is 28 and is rated 65 overall. He is a very good rebounder who is close to his potential.

The Wizards were busy. They also traded Andray Blatche to the Thunder for Monty Frazier. Frazier is a 20 year SG who was the 23rd pick in last year's draft. He is rated 67 overall and he has ok potential. He is only averaging 3.1 ppg. Blatche was unhappy in Washington and is clearly the better player right now. He is a 6'11 250 pound 25 year old PF/C who is a good inside scorer and rebounder with decent potential. He is averaging 14.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg.

Mario Chalmers has been hurt for a month but he has been cleared to return to practice for the Heat.



Our next game is hosting Indiana. We are 29-9 and 9-1 in our last 10. They are 18-20 and 3-7 in their last 10. Our roster rating is 85 and theirs is 79.

[Eaglesfan27]

Granger single-handedly keeping them in the game. We lead 22-20. Granger has 14 in the quarter.

We shut down Granger who is fatigued in the 2nd quarter. We lead 44-35. Big quarter from Bernie. He has 10 points and 7 boards at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 61-55.

We were up 12, but Granger cuts it to 6 with 2 minutes to go and then we turn it over. Bernie makes a great move on Hansbrough to beat him with a vicious dunk. We lead 83-75 with 1:40 to go.

We win the game 85-77.

Turner was the player of the game with 17 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, and 4 steals. He also had 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 10.

Bernie Jefferson with 17 points, 14 boards, 1 assist, and 2 turnovers. He shot 8 of 18.

Iggy with 13 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 5 of 14.

Young with 9 points and 8 boards in 21 minutes. Speights with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 9.

Brand with 7 points in 19 minutes. Nocioni with 6 points in 3 minutes on 2 of 2 shooting both 3 pointers. Redd with 6 points and 2 assists in 13 minutes.

Holiday with 2 points, 3 boards, 10 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, and 4 turnovers. He shot 1 of 7.

Granger led them with 34 points on 14 of 21 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Cavs try to trade me J.J. Hickson and Mo Williams for Iggy and my 2nd round pick. I turn it down. I've gotten a lot of these types of offers.

The Pure Point Rating evaluates assists/turnovers with turnovers being weighed very negatively. Here are the top 10:

1. Kidd 14.1
2. Rondo 13.2
3. Paul 10.9
4. Maynor, Okc 10.6
5. Curry 10
6. Baron Davis 9.5
7. Jose Calderon 9.3
8. Steve Blake 8.7
9. Andre Miller 8.6
10. Ty Lawson 7.7

Holiday is 15th at 6.2

Iggy is 33rd at 3.0


Jan 15th -

We play at Charlotte who are 22-15 and have a good roster. They beat us 102-89. They got 24 from Thomas Gerald Wallace, who also had 14 rebounds.

We were led by 26 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 1 block, and 3 turnovers from Turner. He shot 12 of 19. Iggy had 24 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 2 turnovers. He shot 7 of 20. Holiday with 14 points and 4 assists. Jefferson with 0 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 9 points but he shot 2 of 9.

Jan 17th -

Greg Oden is out 2 months with a knee injury.

The Pistons are shopping Randy Foye.


Efficiency is a rating based on the player's full stat line and is believed to be the single best measure of a true player skill. Here is the list of top 10:

1. LeBron 30.1
2. Durant 29.7
3. Kobe 27
4. Chris Paul 26.9
5. Amar'e 26.4
6. Carmelo 26.0
7. Dirk 25.9
8. Rondo 25.9
9. Russell Westbrook 25.8
10. derrick Rose 24.5

Evan Turner is 28th at 19.8
Iggy is 36th at 19.3
Holiday is 75th at 15.9
Jefferson is 101st at 13.9
Speights is 105th at 13.4

We are now 30-10. Today we play at New Orleans who are 20-21 but they have a very talented roster. We bounce back with a big win, 123-104. West led them with 24 points. 20 points and 6 assists for Paul.

Iggy led us with 29 points, 12 boards, and 8 assists as he pushes for an All-Star spot. He shot 11 of 18. Turner with 16 points, 6 assists, 3 boards, and 2 turnovers. He shot 3 of 6 and 8 of 9 from the line.

Holiday with 14 points, 7 assists, and 5 turnovers. Redd with 13 points in 20 minutes. Williams with 12 points. Jefferson with 11 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Young with 10 points and 7 boards. Brand with 9 points and 5 boards. Speights with 6 points in only 16 minutes. He hurt his knee in the game, but will play through it.

Jan 18th -

The Jazz are believed to want to move Jordan Farmar.

Blatche with a season high 28 points for the Thunder as they beat the Trail Blazers.


Our next game is on the 19th at the Spurs. They are 20-21 and are only rated 76 in overall talent. They are without Ginobli who tore his MCL and is done for the year. George Hill is playing hurt as well.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 23-22. Jefferson got into foul trouble for us and Parker did for them.

Iggy caught fire in the 2nd quarter. We are up 50-44 and Iggy has 19 at the half.

Early in the 3rd, Speights picks up his 5th foul. Brand into the game at C.

1 minute later, Turner gets hit when shooting a shot and Turner is down holding his back! Redd into the game for him.

Our trainer thinks he has a significant lower back strain. He is out for the rest of tonight and will miss a few additional games likely.

Our team gets pissed and goes on a 10-0 run.

At the end of 3, we are up 79-62. Iggy is getting it done in so many ways.

With 11 minutes left in the game, Speights fouls out. We go small.

With a 20 point lead and 3 minutes to go, we empty the bench.


We win the game 109-93.

Iggy is the player of the game with 34 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 0 turnovers. He shot 11 of 13, 0 of 0, and 12 of 13.

Holiday with 17 points, 7 boards, 9 assists, and 1 steal. He only had 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 12.

Young with 16 points, 10 boards, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Jefferson with 14 points, 12 boards, and a block. He shot 5 of 11.

Turner with 13 points and 2 steals in 19 minutes before he got hurt. He shot 5 of 9.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists in 12 minutes. Redd with 5 points in 23 minutes. Brand with 4 points, 2 boards, and a block in 23 minutes.

Speights with 0 points and 5 boards in 19 minutes. He shot 0 of 6.

Duncan led them with 22 points and 10 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 21st -

We play at Orlando. We win 117-102 but Young hurts his foot. He'll be slowed for 1-2 weeks. We are going to turn to Redd for heavy minutes as a result. Howard led them with 24 points, 9 boards, and 4 blocks.

Iggy led us with 24 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 9 of 14. He turned it over 4 times.

Williams with 16 points in just 15 minutes.

Brand with 16 points, 14 boards, and 3 assists in 26 minutes.

Speights with 16 points. Holiday with 13 points and 8 assists and only 1 turnover. He shot 5 of 8.

Jefferson with 4 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. Redd with 5 points in 28 minutes.


Jan 22 -

Some different names for player of the week: Derrick Rose (won once earlier) and Tony Parker (1st time this year.)

A trade: The Pistons send Charlie Villanueva and Chris Gray to the Hawks for Mike Bibby and Jamario Moon. Villanueva is a 27 year old 6'11 232 pound PF/SF who is a good outside shooter. He is averaging 13.5 ppg and 8.7 rpg. He is rated 75 overall. Gray is a 6'11 260 pound C who is 24 years old and rated 58 overall. He is averaging 2.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg. Bibby is a 33 year old PG who is aging badly. He is averaging 7 ppg and 5 apg. He is rated 68 overall. Moon is a 31 year old 6'8 200 pound SF who isn't really good in any area. He is rated 63 overall. He is scoring 1.2 ppg. Villanueva was very unhappy in Detroit.


Jan 22nd -

The 2nd part of a difficult back to back as we face the 25-18 Heat who are doing well since Chalmers came back from his injury. They crush us 99-64. Our worst output of the year. LeBron had 27 points, 14 boards, 8 assists, and 2 blocks. Wade with 25 points and 6 assists. Bosh with 18 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

LeBron held Iggy to 3 of 14 shooting. Iggy finished with 6 points, 8 boards, and 9 assists. Young led the team with 11 points in 17 minutes. Brand with 10 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks in 32 minutes. Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Redd with 9 points in 30 minutes. Redd shot 4 of 16. Holiday with 4 points and 1 assist. Jefferson with 3 points and 15 boards. He shot 1 of 4.

A look at the True Shooting % which factors in FT's and 3 Point shots in a weighted formula:

1. Landry, WAs 67%
2. Thaddeus Young 63%
3. Amar'e 62%
4. Kevin Martin, Hou 62%
5. Horford, Atl 61.9%
6. Jarrett Jack, NO 61.9
7. Bargnani, Tor 61.8%
8. Tyler Hansbrough, Ind 61.3%
9. Ray Allen, Bos 61%
10. Durant, OKC 60.8%

Our next game is hosting Memphis on the 24th as we being a 3 game home stand. Memphis is 12-32, 1-9 in their last 10. Their roster rating is 75. Our rating right now is only 77 with the injuries. We are 33-11 and 8-2 in our last 10.

[Johnny93g]

I love this game. How are the Clippers doing?

[Eaglesfan27]

We are #1 in the power rankings for the 5th straight week.

Lamar Odom hurt his back and will miss about a month for the Lakers.

Now, to play Memphis. Iggy needs a big game.


At the end of 1, we are up 23-17. Iggy has 7 points and is playing very good defensively.


At halftime, we are down 45-42. Iggy with 16 points at the half as well as 6 boards and 4 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 75-64. Good quarter from everyone on the team. Very precise shooting.

Iggy and Jefferson with big 4th quarters. We win the game 101-87.

Iggy is the player of the game with 35 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. He shot 13 of 23, 0 of 2, and 9 of 12 from the line.

Jefferson with 17 points, 13 boards, 4 assists, 1 block, and 1 turnover. He shot 6 of 10 and 5 of 8 from the line.

Holiday with 15 points, 9 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, 1 block, and 7 turnovers. He shot 5 of 13.

Redd with 9 points on 4 of 11 shooting in 29 minutes.

Speights with 9 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 2 of 6.

Brand with 7 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks in 29 minutes.

Young with 4 points in 13 minutes.

Louis Williams with 2 points and 4 assists in 19 minutes.

Childress led them with 26 points on 9 of 23 shooting. Mayo was held to 4 of 15 shooting. Gay to 5 of 14.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

I love this game. How are the Clippers doing?

I love it too. Clippers are 6th in the West with a 23-20 record. Griffin is their leading scorer with 16.4 ppg. He also is averaging 11.1 rpg and 1.1 bpg. Kaman scoring 15.6 ppg and 9.6 rpg. Gordon averaging 15.1 ppg. Baron Davis at 13.5 ppg and 8.1 apg. Harper with 12.4 ppg, 5.5 rpg, and 3.4 apg.

Al-Farouq Aminu leading the bench with 6.3 ppg and 5.0 rpg. Rip averaging 5.5 ppg on 41% shooting. Eric Bledsoe averaging 3.9 ppg and 1.8 apg in 9 mpg.

[Eaglesfan27]

Stats of our starters and some key players:

Evan Turner leads the team at 18.9 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.2 spg, and 2.0 tpg. He is shooting just under 50%. He is playing 34.9 mpg.

Iggy is averaging 17.9 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 5.2 apg, and 1.6 spg. He also has 2.1 tpg. He is shooting 46%. He is playing 38.1 mpg.

Young is averaging 12.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, and 1.1 spg in 24.7 mpg. He is shooting 53%.

Holiday is averaging 11.2 ppg, 7.6 apg, and 2 spg as well as 3.0 tpg. He is shooting 43%. He is playing 34.5 mpg.

Speights is averaging 11.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, and 0.8 bpg. He is shooting 49%. He is playing 24 mpg.

Jefferson is averaging 8.5 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 0.8 bpg. He is shooting 49%. He is playing 30.4 mpg.

Redd is averaging 7.9 ppg and shooting 43%. He is is playing 17 mpg.

Brand is averaging 7.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 1.2 bpg in 21 mpg. He is shooting 47%.

Williams is averaging 5.9 ppg and 1.6 apg in 12 mpg. He is shooting 42%.

Nocioni is averaging 2.5 ppg in 6 mpg. He is shooting 34%.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 26, 2012 -

The Knicks are 26-18. They come in and beat us 106-100. Chandler led them with 20 points. Brown with 18. Amar'e with 17. Blair with 14 points and 14 boards.

Iggy led us with 23 points, 7 boards, 6 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 6 of 19. Speights with 19 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 12. Holiday with 12 points and 6 assists. Jefferson with 10 points, 16 boards, and 2 blocks. Redd with 8 points on 3 of 12 shooting. Brand, Young, and Williams each had 8 points as well.


The Grizzlies fired Lionel Hollins after the team lost 10 in a row.

Kobe put up 41 points to lead the Lakers past the Hornets. The Lakers have won 10 in a row.

Jan 28th -

The Pistons offered me SG Felix De La Rosa for Jrue Holiday. I turn it down.

We host the Bucks who are 17-27. We beat them 122-113. Bogut had 31 points and Magette had 19. Iggy with a huge game in the win - 25 points, 8 boards, 10 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 13. Speights with 24 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 15 points and 8 assists vs 2 turnovers. Redd with 12 points. Jefferson with 8 points, 12 boards, and a block. Williams led the bench with 13 points and 3 assists.

Our next game is at Oklahoma. They might be the most talented team in the league with a roster rating of 95. They are 30-16 despite being 6-4 in their last 10. We are going to have a tough game without a healthy Turner, but he is ready to try to give it a go.

[Eaglesfan27]

Late in the 1st, Iggy draws a 2nd foul on Durant. Our only chance to slow him down is foul trouble. Durant already has 12. They lead 26-19 with 1 minute left in the quarter.

At the end of 1, we are down 29-22.

We close with in 1, then Durant leads them on a 14-2 run.

At halftime, we are down 53-43. Durant with 18 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists at the half. Iggy with 14 points and 3 boards.

We are getting beat bad and Young exacerbates his foot injury late in the 3rd. Down 81-65.

We are down 84-67 at the end of 3. Durant with 24 points. Everyone around him in double digits too.

Word is that Young has a level 3 ankle sprain and is out for 3-4 weeks.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma continues to crush us. They look like the team to beat out West.

We lose the game 104-89.

Durant was the player of the game with 31 points, 4 assists, 4 boards, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 9 of 20. Harden with 20 points on 8 of 12 shooting. Jeff Green with 15 points and 8 boards. Westbrook with 11 points and 9 assists. Haywood with 6 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.


Iggy led us with 27 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 12 of 23.

Turner with 17 points, 3 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 5 of 11.

Jefferson with 16 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 13.

Holiday with 10 points, 5 boards, 10 assist, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 3 of 11.

Williams with 8 points and 1 assist. Young with 4 points. Nocioni with 3 points.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 31st -

We end the month at Cleveland who are 22-22.

The Rockets have overtaken us in 1st in the Power Rankings. We beat them 91-83. They were led by Raymond Sessions who had 28 points.

We got 19 points from Redd who shot 8 of 14. Iggy with 15 points, 11 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 11. Williams with 15 points.

Holiday with 13 points and 7 assists. Turner with 8 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. Speights with 9 points and 7 boards.

Feb 2nd -

We play at Atlanta who are 25-24, but they have a very talented roster.

We beat them 117-102 despite 20 points by Horford. Iggy with 21 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 12.

Turner is back to 100% and showed it with 21 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals. He shot 9 of 13.

Speights with 17 points and 5 boards. Williams with 16 points and 4 assists.

Redd with 14 points. Holiday with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He also had 4 steals.

Jefferson with 4 points and 7 boards in just 20 minutes as he was in foul trouble most of the game.

Our next game is hosting Oklahoma. They are 32-16. We are 37-13. Can we get them with a healthy Turner?

[Eaglesfan27]

Iggy with very good defense on Durant in the 1st quarter. We lead 19-18 at the end of 1.

Durant goes off in the first few minutes of the 2nd and quickly pushes them to a 27-22 lead with 9 straight points.

Durant has helped lead them on a 21-3 run! Down 39-24 with 5 minutes left in the half. I'll be very happy to make it to the NBA Finals, but this team is going to be major trouble if we meet them there.


At halftime, we are down 50-36. Durant was unreal that quarter. He has 22 points at halftime.

In the 3rd quarter, they add injury to insult as a hard foul by Haywood hurts Jefferson bad! Bernie broke his arm it looks like

We close the gap in the 4th, but never get closer than 10. We lose 96-81.

Durant finished with 43 points, 9 boards, and 2 steals against us. Westbrook with 20 points, 9 assists, and 4 steals.

Turner led our team with 21 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 14.

Holiday with 10 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, and 4 steals. He shot 4 of 11.

Williams with 14 points. Jefferson with 9 points and 8 boards before he got hurt. Iggy with a horrible game, 3 of 15 shooting, 8 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jefferson is out for 6-8 weeks with his broken arm It is a good thing I didn't trade Brand as he was demanding. He moves back into the starting lineup and playing major minutes. Meanwhile, I look through the D-League for a backup PF/C.

I'm not particularly pleased with any of the prospects, but we sign Lewis George who is a 6'11 249 lb C from St. John's. He is averaging 7 ppg, 10 rpg, and 1.3 bpg in the D-League.


Hmmm, the Grizzlies actually offer me a slightly interesting trade. Their 1st round pick (which will likely be high) and Eddy Curry for Mareese Speights and Michael Redd...

I take a closer look at Eddy Curry and realize that he is completely washed up at the age of 29. I turn the deal down.

The Bulls offer me Joakim Noah for Evan Turner and Michael Redd. That is much easier to turn down.


Feb 8 -

We play at the Bucks who are 18-32 and struggling. We beat them 119-102 despite 38 points from Bogut.

Louis Williams is getting more minutes with our short bench as we play small ball. He thrived with 22 points in 30 minutes. Good thing we didn't trade him either.

Iggy with 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 boards. Holiday with 17 points and 9 assists.

Speights with 16 points and 4 boards. Brand with 12 points, 4 boards, and a block.

Turner with 11 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Very efficient night from him.

Redd added 8 points in 25 minutes. Nocioni with 7 points in 9 minutes.


Feb 9 -

We host the Spurs in a tough 2nd leg of back-to-back. They are 24-27. We beat them 113-99 despite 26 points from Duncan and 19 points from Parker.

Holiday led the way with 20 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 10.

Iggy with 21 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 9 of 14.

Turner with 14 points, 7 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 4 of 9.

Brand with 12 points, 5 boards, and 1 block. Speights with 11 points and 5 boards.

Meeks with 8 points in just 7 minutes. Williams with 7 points on 1 of 9 shooting. Redd with 6 points. Nocioni with 6 points.


Our next game is hosting Portland on the 11th. The trade deadline is next week.

[Eaglesfan27]

4 minutes to go in the 1st and Speights is in foul trouble. George will come into the game. We are down 12-11.

At the end of 1, we are up 21-18. Iggy and Turner both getting it done offensively with good shooting.

Iggy and Turner both rest the last 3 minutes of the half and they close with a 13-0 run.

We are down 48-40 at the half.

Speights fouls out with 4 minutes left in the 3rd. We are down 64-54.


At the end of 3, we are down 71-63. Turner had a monster 3rd quarter to keep us in it.

Down 83-75 with 5 minutes left, can we pull it out?

Turner with a quick 12 footer. That gives him 30.

Iggy draws a foul but only makes 1 of 2 FT's. Iggy with a steal and finds Holiday on the break who makes a layup and the foul. Down 85-81.

They miss a 3 but Holiday throws it away on the fastbreak.

Turner to George on the pick and roll but they answer with a pair of baskets. Down 89-83.

Turner misses a pair of shots and Aldridge hits a pair over Brand. That does it. Bad loss.

We lose the game 98-90.

We allowed Nicolas Batum to light us up for 22 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Aldridge with 22 points and 12 boards. Roy with 20 points and 8 assists.

Turner led us with 30 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block. He shot 12 of 25.

Iggy with 28 points, 9 boards, 1 assist, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 23.

Holiday with 15 points, 6 boards, 9 assists, and 4 steals. He shot 6 of 15.

George with 8 points (mostly dunks), 5 boards, and 1 block.

Brand with 4 points, 13 boards, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 8.

Louis Williams shot 0 of 6. He had 2 points and 4 assists.

Speights with 2 points and 4 boards in 20 minutes. He shot 0 of 5.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 12th -

Kobe and LeBron are once again players of the week.

Aldridge hit his 3000th point against us last night.

The All-Stars were named:

In the East:

Rondo, Wade, LeBron, Amar'e, and Dwight Howard.

The bench: Derrick Rose, Iggy (1st appearance!!!), Gerald Wallace, Josh Smith, Brook Lopez (1st appearance) Gilbert Arenas, and Stephen Jackson.

In the West:

Paul, Kobe (14th appearance), Durant, Carmelo, and Al Jefferson (1st appearance).

The bench: Tony Parker, Tyreke Evans (1st appearance), Caron Butler, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum (1st appearance), Russell Westbrook, and Deron Williams.

A few minor trades:

The Suns trade Earl Clark and 1st rounder to the Trail Blazers for Luke Babbitt.

The Suns Trade Bill Walker to the Wizards for Kevin Seraphin.


Feb 13th:

The Heat offered me Chris Bosh and Mike Miller for Evan Turner and Elton Brand. We turn them down.

We beat the Clippers 103-94 at our place. We had balanced scoring: Iggy with 21 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. Turner with 18 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Speights with 17 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 17 points and 7 assists. Redd with 8 points. Brand with 7. Williams with 7.


Oklahoma has won 10 straight as they beat the Trail Blazers 102-90.


The Hornets offered Quincy Pondexter and Drew Sampson for Speights. I turn them down.


Feb 16th -

We host the Heat and lose 97-80 in our last game before the All-Star Break. The Heat were led by 31 from Wade and 25 from LeBron who also had 9 boards and 9 assists.

Williams led us with 16 points. Brand, Iggy, and Turner each had 15. Iggy was 5 of 16.


The Standings at the All-Star Break:

East:

1. 76ers 40-16
2. Bobcats 37-17
3. Celtics 37-20
4. Heat 35-21
5. Knicks 35-21
6. Pacers 33-24
7. Bulls 28-25
8. Hawks 28-28
9. Magic 28-30
10. Cavs 26-28
11. Wizards 22-34
12. Raptors 19-36
13. Bucks 19-37
14. Nets 18-36
15. Pistons 17-39

West:

1. Rockets 41-14
2. Thunder 40-16
3. Lakers 33-22
4. Warriors 29-24
5. Nuggets 31-26
6. Wolves 27-27
7. Hornets 29-29
8. Mavs 28-29
9. Clips 27-29
10. Spurs 24-31
11. Trail Blazers 23-33
12. Jazz 23-34
13. Suns 22-35
14. Kings 20-33
15. Grizzlies (maybe I should have traded for their 1st round pick) 16-41.

[Eaglesfan27]

I am going to sim the Rookie-Sophomore game and play the All-Star game (as the East of course.)

As expected, the Sophomores beat the Rookies 109-83. Wall led the Sophomores with 22 points and 8 assists. Griffin with 21 and 90 boards. Evan Turner with 11 points, 10 boards, and 6 assists.

Cam Campbell, Suns, led the Rookies with 19 points, 10 assists and 3 steals. Donnie Hodges, Portland (7th pick) had 13 points and 5 boards.



Now, for the All-Star Game:

At the end of 1, the East is up 31-29 and LeBron is the obvious star of the quarter with 12 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.

At half, the West lead 61-55. Durant with 16 for the West. LeBron with 20 for the East and the play of the game, a huge alley-oop dunk from Wade on the fast break. LeBron also has 3 boards, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

At the end of 3, the west lead 86-78. Derrick Rose was the big man for the East. Durant was the main man for the West.

LeBron with a huge first 4 minutes of the quarter. The East takes a 92-88 lead.

East with a 100-98 lead with 4 minutes to go as we bring in the most effective 5: Rose, Wade, LeBron, Gerald Wallace, and Howard.

With 50 seconds left, LeBron grabs a board and takes it coast to coast for an emphatic dunk to give the East a 6 point lead, 107-101.

The East wins it 109-103.

LeBron wins MVP of the Game - 36 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 14 of 20 and 8 of 10 from the line. He played 29 minutes.

Derrick Rose with 17 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 6 of 11. He played 24 minutes.

Dwight Howard with 13 points, 7 boards, 3 blocks, and 2 assists. He shot 5 of 7. He played 29 minutes.

Gerald Wallace with 11 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes.

Wade with 8 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in 24 minutes.

Arenas with 7 points in 6 minutes.

Lopez with 6 points, 4 boards, and a block in 20 minutes.

Rondo with 4 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals in 25 minutes.

Stephen Jackson with 3 points, 1 board, and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

Iggy with 2 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 13 minutes. He shot 1 of 6.

Josh Smith with 2 points and 5 boards in 20 minutes.

Amare with 0 points and 6 boards in 25 minutes. He shot 0 of 6.


For the West:

Durant with 20 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals in 24 minutes.

Deron Williams with 15 points and 3 assist in 27 minutes.

Carmelo with 13 points, 5 boards, and 1 assist in 16 minutes.

Gasol with 9 points, 8 boards, and a block in 33 minutes.

Caron Butler with 8 points in 13 minutes.

Kobe with 8 points, 5 boards, and 2 assists in 21 minutes. He shot 4 of 13.

Bynum with 6 points and 5 boards in 19 minutes. He shot 2 of 10.

Westbrook with 6 points and 1 assist in 17 minutes.

Evans with 5 points and 4 boards in 15 minutes.

Paul with 5 points and 5 assists in 26 minutes.

Al Jefferson with 3 points and 4 boards in 22 minutes.

Tony Parker with 3 points and 1 assist in 12 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 22 -

We come out of the All-Star break with a game at Washington. They are 22-34 and this should be a good game for us.

Within the 1st minute, Samuel Dalembert hurts his back and it doesn't look like he will be back today.

NO! Wall slams into Turner and hurts him Redd into the game. We are tied at 16 late in the 1st.

Word is that Turner has a severely strained oblique muscle and will miss 2-4 weeks.

We are down 24-21 at the end of 1.

We go on a 17-6 run that features Williams at PG and Holiday at SG with Iggy at SF. They are playing great together. We lead 38-32.


At halftime, we are tied at 44. Brand leads us with 9. Landry leads them with 14.

Williams with a key 4 minutes with the 2nd unit at the end of the 2nd to give us a 69-63 lead. Iggy had a huge 8 minutes where he dominated the quarter.

We were tied at 83 with 6 minutes left. But, then Wall became unstoppable while Iggy missed a few shots in a row. Owen Blake was also very big for them down the stretch. It doesn't help when Speights fouls out with 4 minutes to go.

They finish the game with a 18-5 run as Iggy misses his last 5 shots of the game. We lose 101-88. We need to get healthy for the playoffs, but I doubt we are going to hold onto the #1 seed in the East with all of these injuries.

Carl Landry is the player of the game with 20 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 1 steal. He shot 9 of 13.

Wall with 27 points and 9 assists on 8 of 18 shooting. Blake (the #2 player in the draft last year) with 20 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. The 6'6 SG looks like he will be a good one. He is averaging 17.1 ppg this year.

Iggy with 24 points, 7 boards, 2 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 26.

Speights with 14 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams with 13 points, 6 boards, and 7 assists in 24 minutes.

Holiday with 4 points, 9 assists, 2 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in 39 minutes. He shot 2 of 11.

Brand with 9 points and 9 boards. Redd with 7 points. Nocioni with 6 points. Turner with 6 points in 9 minutes before he got hurt.

The good news is that Thaddeus Young is close to 100% and is healed enough to start playing again. We are going to have to rely on him for some points even though he is only about 85%.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 23 -

We lose to the Bulls 100-94 and we lose Michael Redd for 6-8 weeks with a torn meniscus in his left knee

Good news is that Young was pronounced 100% healthy after the game. Guess he was closer than I thought to 100%. Still he had a quiet return with 7 points in 32 minutes.

Speights led the team with 23 points and 10 boards. Iggy with 19 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 22.

Williams with 13 points. Brand with 13 points and 8 boards. Holiday with 8 points, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.


Feb 25 -

We host the 30-25 Warriors. They beat us 115-107. They were led by 26 points from Zach Randolph. Monta Ellis with 23 and Crawford with 16 points.

Speights led us with 24 points, 6 boards, and 3 blocks. Iggy with 20 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block. He shot 8 of 15.

Young with 19 points and 7 boards. Williams with 12 points. Holiday with 10 points and 11 assists.

Our next game is against Houston which leads the West with a 42-15 record. However, they have 2 starters hurt as Battier is out and Scola is fighting back spasms.

News around the league:

Chris Paul hurt his shoulder and will be out 3-4 weeks.

Wow. Rookie Cam Campbell won player of the week in the West. LeBron won in the East.

Big Baby has requested a trade out of Boston.

LeBron and Kobe have won Player of the Month every month this year.

Cam Campbell has won Rookie of the Month every month in the West, but Owen Blake won it in the East for the first time last month. Simon Reid had won it the first 2 months.

LeBron and Durant are the 2 favorites for MVP but Iggy is a distant 3rd in the race.

[Eaglesfan27]

Tied at 24 at the end of 1. Iggy with a very good 1st quarter. Same for Holliday.

Forgot to write up most of this game, but Iggy has had an AMAZING 2nd half.

He helped us get a 21-6 lead run that erased a 10 point deficit in the 4th. They closed to 87-85 and then he hit a big 3 with under a minute left. That 3 gives him 40 points.

Iggy hit a pair of FT's to give us back a 5 point lead and the crowd started chanting "MVP! MVP!"

We win the game 94-87. Great win! Iggy was amazing.

He is clearly Player of the Game with 44 points (a career high), 9 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. He shot 15 of 29, 3 of 6, and 11 of 16.

Brand with 13 points, 9 boards, and 1 block.

Young with 12 points, 10 boards, 4 steals, and 1 assist.

Holiday with 11 points, 8 assists, and 6 steals.

Speights with 8 points, 11 boards, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 29, 2012 -

The Nets fired Avery Johnson. They hired Derrick Hart.

March 1st -

We host the Hornets who are 30-31. We beat them 93-86. Iggy with 19 points, 6 assists, 4 boards, and 3 steals. Brand with 18 points. Young with 16 points. Williams with 14 points.

LeBron won Player of the Month in the East for the 4th straight month. Durant beat out Kobe for the 1st time this year.

Felix De La Rosa (Detroit) won the East Rookie of the Month for the first time. Cam Campbell won it for 4th time in the West.


March 4th -

We play the first of back to back games in Boston. We lose the game 99-94 and lose Jodie Meeks to an ankle sprain. Wow. Rondo led them with 21 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists. Pierce added 20 points.

Iggy with 19 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Speights with 20 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 14 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. Young with 12 points. Brand with 11 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks.

Williams led the bench with 11 points.

That loss drops us to 42-20. The Celtics are 39-22. We play them again on the 5th.

[Eaglesfan27]

Power Rankings:

1. Thunder 45-17
2. 76ers 42-19 (we were 8th last week, I guess cause of the roster hit from all of the injuries.)
3. Bobcats 40-20
4. Heat 39-22
5. Knicks 38-22
6. Pacers 39-24
7. Rockets 42-18
8. Magic 33-30
9. Celtics 38-22 (from 3rd last week)
10. Nuggets 34-28

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are tied at 24. Garnett and Rondo with big quarters for the Celtics. Brand and Iggy had very nice quarters for us.

Halftime, we are down 55-49. Garnett with 12 points and 6 boards at the half. Iggy with 12 points but he has missed 5 FT's in the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 73-68. Iggy had a HUGE 3rd quarter with great defense and 10 points.

Very good play from Holiday, Williams, and Young as I rest Iggy for 4 1/2 minutes in the 4th, but they build it to a 81-73 lead. Now, Iggy comes back for the final 7 minutes well rested.

Great team offense to finish it off. We win 100-91. Strong road win to maintain our lead in the conference.

Iggy is the player of the game with 34 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, 6 steals, and 1 block. He had 1 turnover. He shot 12 of 24, 1 of 7, and 9 of 14.

Speights with 15 points and 6 boards. Brand with 14 points and 10 boards.

Young with 13 points, 11 boards, and 4 assists.

Nocioni with 8 points and 6 boards. Williams with 7 points and 4 assists.

Holiday with 6 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

George with 3 points and 4 boards in 23 minutes.


Allen led the Celtics with 26 points. Garnett with 20 points and 11 boards. Rondo with 8 points and 8 assists. Pierce with 15 points and 8 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 5th -

The Bobcats lost Gerald Wallace for about a month.

The Bobcats ended Oklahoma's winning streak, 106-92. They got 26 points from D.J. Augustin and 24 from Jackson.


March 8th -

Durant with 61 points and 11 boards to help the Thunder bounce back with a 108-92 win over the Rockets!

Clippers ended a 11 game losing streak with 30 from Kaman to beat the Wizards 108-98.


March 9th -

We host the 35-29 Nuggets. We lose 104-103. Carmelo had 29 points and 6 boards. Harrington with 25 points and 8 boards.

Iggy led our team with 19 points, 13 boards, 7 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 8 of 13. Young with 19 points and 4 assists.

Brand with 17 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams wtih 14 points and 3 assists. Speights with 10 points and 5 boards. Holiday with 7 points, 6 boards, and 6 assists.


March 10th -

Durant and LeBron won Players of the Week.

The Thunder become the 1st team to clinch a playoff spot.


March 11th -

We host the 32-32 Cavs. We beat them 91-81. Iggy led the team with 16 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 3 blocks. Brand with 14 points and 6 boards.

Young with 12 points and 4 boards. Williams with 11 points and 3 assists. Speights with 10 points and 7 boards.

Holiday with 8 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. George with a season high 6 points and 7 boards.


Our next game is hosting the 27-38 Wizards.

Our team chemistry is dropping despite the winning. Word is that Williams and Brand's trade demands are tearing up the team. I have to move them next year I think and try to get a valuable part in return..

[Eaglesfan27]

We start the game executing our offense as well as we ever have. 19-8 lead with 7 minutes left in the quarter!

Our shooters cool off. At the end of 1, we are up 30-24. Young had 12 early points. Speights with 8 already. Iggy with a quiet quarter.

At halftime, we are down 45-42. Wall is tearing us up with 14 points and 5 assists. Iggy is having a rough night. Speights is keeping us in it with 16 points and 6 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 63-55. Good play from our 2nd unit. Young also had a nice quarter.

Iggy took over the end of the 4th quarter. We win the game 88-77 with a 14-2 run to end the game.

Iggy finished with 19 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists to lead the team. He shot 6 of 17, 1 of 3, and 6 of 6.

Young with 22 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 8 of 14.

Speights with 20 points and 11 boards. Holiday with 9 points, 7 boards, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Brand with 8 points, 16 boards, and 1 block.

They were led by 20 from Blake and Arenas. Wall finished with 17 points and 10 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 13 -

Durant had 46 points to lead the Thunder in a 98-86 win over the Lakers.

Duncan suffered a sprained ankle and will miss 2-4 weeks.

March 15th -

Turner is 100% and ready to return to the lineup!

March 16th -

We are at Indiana. They are 41-26. We are 45-21. We beat them 91-88 despite 29 points from Darren Collison and 21 from Granger.

Turner went right back to work with a team high 26 points. He also had 6 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 10 of 17.

Iggy with 17 points, 6 boards, 11 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 5 of 11.

Williams with 12 points and 2 assists. Holiday with 9 points, 5 boards, 4 assists, and 4 steals.

Brand with 7 points and 12 boards. Speights with 4 points and 10 boards.


Kirk Hinrich is done for the year with a severe arm fracture.

The Clippers fire Vinny Del Negro and hire Jay Triano.

The Kings fire Paul Westphal and hire Robin Faulk.

A trade that happened just before the deadline that I forgot to report:

The Magic traded Quentin Richardson to the Mavs for Alexis Ajinca.


March 18th -

We host the 42-24 Bobcats. If we can win, we have a good shot at the #1 seed...

We win 119-118! That clinches us a playoff spot! Iggy with 28 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 5 steals. He shot 10 of 16.

Turner with 25 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 10 of 19.

Holiday with 17 points, 6 boards, and 8 assists. Nocioni with 11 points and 7 boards. Brand with 10 points and 2 boards. Young with 8 points and 6 boards.

Speights with 4 points and 5 boards.


We are now 47-21. A look at the standings in the East and West:

East:

1. 76ers 47-21
2. Heat 44-25
3. Knicks 44-25
4. Bobcats 42-25
5. Celtics 42-25
6. Pacers 42-27
7. Hawks 38-31
8. Bulls 37-31
9. Magic 34-37
10. Cavs 33-36
11. Wizards 27-41
12. Bucks 25-43
13. Nets 24-43
14. Raptors 23-46
15. Pistons 20-47

West:

1. Thunder 50-20
2. Rockets 48-21
3. Warriors 39-28
4. Nuggets 38-31
5. Lakers 36-33
6. Mavs 34-36
7. Wolves 32-36
8. Hornets 32-38
9. Spurs 30-38
10. Clippers 30-39
11. Jazz 30-39
12. Kings 27-40
13. Trail Blazers 27-41
14. Suns 27-42
15. Grizzlies 26-43


Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose were named playerfs of the Week. Rose is the only player other than LeBron to win it more than 1 time in the East this year.

Our next game is at Minnesota on the 20th.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 19th -

Jefferson has been cleared to play and pronounced 100%

And we are back to being ranked the 2nd best offensive ratings!


Turner in foul trouble with 4 minutes to go in the 1st. We are up 22-20.

At the end of 1, we are up 27-25. Turner was our leading scorer despite being out the last 4 minutes of the quarter.


Our team is so dangerous at full strength and we aren't even there yet. Still, we are close enough. 62-47 lead at the half. Turner with 17 points. Great rebounding by Jefferson.

At the end of 3, we are up 85-60. Holiday, Turner, Iggy, Jefferson. They are all getting it done today. So is Speights.

We go to the end of the bench for the last 6 minutes and still win 111-85.

Turner is the player of the game. 31 points, 4 assists, 4 boards, 5 steals, and 1 turnover. He shot 11 of 22.

Holiday with 20 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 4 turnoers.

Jefferson with 14 points, 7 boards, and 1 block. He made a 18 footer and is starting to show a bit of the Dirk like jump shooting that they called for in the draft shows. If he can combine that with his athleticism.. wow.

Iggy with 11 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 11.

Williams with 10 points and 6 assists. Young with 7 points and 3 boards. Speights with 6 points and 6 boards.

Brand with 3 points and 7 boards. George with 3 points and 4 boards. Kapono and Nocioni with 3 points each.

They were led by 24 points and 8 boards from rookie Simon Reid. Beasley added 18 points and boards. Love with 10 points on 4 of 14 shooting

[Eaglesfan27]

The Wizards fired Clarence Underwood and hired Kurt Rambis.

March 21st -

2nd night of back and back is at Utah. They are 30-40 but talented. Should be a tough matchup. Our team comes out flat and they win 110-86 behind 22 points and 17 boards from Al Jeffrerson. Deron Williams with 18 points and 8 assists.

Turner led us with 19 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 11.

Iggy with 18 points, 4 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 15.

Speights with 12 points and 6 boards. Williams with 9 points and 3 assists. Brand with 8 points. Young with 7.

Holiday with 4 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 8.

Jefferson with 3 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. He shot 0 of 7.


Evan Turner is 22nd in True Shooting Percentage. The top 5:

1. Carl Landry, Was 64.7%
2. Kevin Martin, Hou 63.6%
3. Al Horford, Atl 62.7%
4. Kevin Durant, Okc 62.4%
5. Bargnani, Tor 62.3%

March 23 -

A tough game on the road in Golden State. They are 41-28 and are very talented. They beat us 117-98 behind 29 points and 8 assists from Curry. They also got 24 from Crawford and 19 from Lee.

Turner led us with 19 points, 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 14.

Williams with 18 points in just 19 minutes. Young with 12 points. Holiday with 12 points, 5 assists, and 4 turnovers.

Iggy with 10 points, 9 boards, and 10 assists. He shot 3 of 12.

Nocioni with 7 points. Brand with 7 points and 6 boards. Speights with 6 points and 4 boards.

Jefferson with 5 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Our next game is on the 25th at the Lakers. Looking forward to that game.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 23-21. Kobe is their leading scorer with 9. Turner is our leading scorer with 8. Iggy with 6.

Kobe and Artest are destroying us in the 2nd quarter.

At halftime, we are down 57-41. Ouch. They are the 1st team in a long time to outrebound us, and they are doing it by a huge margin, 28-16.

Iggy with 18 points to keep us in it (barely.) Artest with 15 points, mostly from feeds from Kobe.

Gasol and Jefferson collide as Jefferson buries a 16 footer. Jefferson is hurt - it is his back Still 10:38 left in the 3rd.


We are getting crushed. Down 86-65 at the end of 3. The Lakers putting on a show for their home crowd.


We lose the game 118-90.

Kobe finished with 30 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, and 1 steal. Artest with 23 points and 11 boards. Bynum with 16 points and 15 boards. Odom with 15 points and 7 boards.

Iggy led us with 30 poins, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 20.

Turner with 19 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 9 of 21. Williams with 11 points and 4 assists.

Speights with 10 points, 3 boards, and a block. Young with 7 points and 3 boards.

Holiday with 6 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals.

Jefferson with 4 points and 8 boards before he was hurt.

Brand with 3 points and 3 boards in 25 minutes.

We are now 48-24 and only 1 game ahead of the Heat.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 26th -

We play at the Clippers as we hang out in LA. Will we bounce back?

We lose 92-89 to fall into a tie with the Heat. Griffin torched us for 22 points and 18 boards. Kaman with 18 points and 11 boards. Davis with 17 points and 9 assists. Gordon with 17 points.

Iggy led us with 20 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 6 turnovers. He shot 7 of 11.

Young with 14 points and 7 boards. Turner with 13 points, 9 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 4 of 11. Nocioni with 11 points. Speights with 11 points and 3 blocks.

Holiday with 10 points, 4 boards, and 7 assists. Brand with 5 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.


The Pistons fire Noel Garrett and hire Bryon Hutchinson.

The Raptors fire Brandon Marsh and hire Vinny Del Negro.


March 30th -

We need a win at home vs the 29-44 Bucks. Despite needing the win so badly, our team lays an egg, 97-91. Is the disruptive Williams and Brand finally causing problems?

Bogut led them with 22 points and 13 boards. Jennings with 18 points and 5 assists.

Young led us with 22 points. Williams with 16 points in just 20 minutes.

Iggy with 15 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Meeks with 8 points in 11 minutes.

Speights with 8 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Turner with 8 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 15.

Brand with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Holiday with 2 points and 4 assists. He shot 1 of 7.


We are now 48-26 and 0.5 games behind the 49-26 Heat. We are 1.5 games ahead of the Knicks and 2 games ahead of the Celtics.

Our next game is at the Bulls. They are 40-34 but they have a ton of talent.

[Eaglesfan27]

Forgot to mention:

For March, LeBron won the Player of the Month again. He has won it every month. Durant won it for the 2nd time in the West. Kobe has it 3 times.

For March, Owen Blanke won Rookie of the Month 2nd time in the East. Cam Campbell has won it every month in the West and is expected to be rookie of the year. Cam is averaging 20.9 ppg, 5.3 apg, and 1.8 spg for the Suns. Cam was the #1 pick.


Now, for us to beat Chicago..

[Eaglesfan27]

With 7:18 left in the 1st, Iggy gets a 2nd foul on Rose on the fast break. We lead 8-4.

We are playing Championship level defense. They bring Rose back with 3 minutes to go in the quarter. We lead 15-6. Iggy has been resting for 2 minutes cause he was exerting so much energy on the defensive end. Everyone is busting their ass tonight.

We are up 16-13 at the end of 1.


Both sides heat up in the 2nd quarter. Turner had an amazing quarter. He is going to be so special I think.

At halftime, we lead 47-39. Turner with 18 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists including a very pretty alley-oop to Iggy on the fast break.

Noah hurts his ankle early in the 3rd. Looks like he is done for the night.

Noah comes back a few minutes later. He is able to play through whatever happened.

We built a big lead in the 3rd, but they went on a 4 minute 18-2 run before Speights hit a shot to give us a 58-57 lead.


At the end of 3, we are up 68-65. Turner continues to shine. Rose is having a great game too.

1st play of the quarter, Deng hurts his back coming down awkwardly after a rebound. It looks bad.

We built up a 84-73 lead before I rested Turner and Iggy. Now, it is 87-83 lead with 3:26 to go as I bring them back. Can they finish it?

With 1:56 to go, Rose steals it from Williams and takes it in for a dunk to tie it at 87.

Rose with another steal and he draws a foul and gives them a 89-87 lead.

31 seconds, Williams finds Iggy on a fast break to tie it at 89.

They call time and I get Holiday back into the game.

Boozer with a nice post move to score with 23 seconds left. 91-89.

With 5 seconds left Holiday finds Turner for an open 3 at the top of the key.. he swishes it! 92-91.

Turner steals it from Rose! They foul. Turner hits both FT's. 94-91 with 2.8 seconds left.

Rose takes the inbound pass, steps back and swishes a long 3 with 0.6 seconds left!

We are going to OT.

Holiday misses a 3 with 17 seconds left. We are up 98-97 as they call time. Will they hold for last shot?

Rose holds it... he tries to blow by Holiday.. Holiday stays with him.. he backs off.. he shoots the 3 at the buzzer.. and it is long!

We win 98-97!

Turner is the player of the game. 33 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 2 turnovers. He shot 14 of 22, 3 of 5, and 2 of 3.

Iggy with 26 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 11 of 22.

Holiday with 22 points, 6 boards, 10 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 7 of 18, 5 of 10, and 3 of 5.

Speights with 8 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Brand with 4 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks.

George with 2 points and 4 boards in 18 minutes.

Young with 2 points and 6 boards in 33 minutes. He shot 1 of 8.

Deng led them with 22 points. Rose with 19 points and 11 assists. Boozer with 16 points and 12 boards.

[Eaglesfan27]

Deng is out for the remainder of the regular season and part of the playoffs with a severe lower back strain.

April 3rd -

We are 49-26. Orlando is 38-38 and fighting for the last playoff birth. They are currently 2 games behind the Bulls for it. They get us at home in the 2nd night of a back and back. They beat us 107-97 behind 27 points and 17 boards from Howard who also had 1 block.

Bass and Rashard Lewis each had 20.

Young led us with 24 points and 12 boards. Speights with 20 points and 5 boards. Iggy with 13 points, 4 boards and 4 assists.

Turner with 12 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Holiday with 13 points and 6 assists.


April 5th -

Next up is a game at Toronto who are 25-51 and trying to get as many ping pong balls. We should crush them.

Very concerning. Poor effort and we lose 103-89. They got 16 points from Bargnani to lead their team.

Young had 24 points and 7 boards for us. Turner with 19 points and 8 boards. He shot 5 of 13. Iggy with 16 points and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 14.

Brand with 8 points and 6 boards. Louis Williams with 7 points. Holiday with 6 points and 7 assists.

Our next game is at home vs Detroit. They are 23-54 and their talent level is putrid. We should crush them to get win number 50.

We are now 2 games behind the Heat for the #1 seed in the East. Our last game of the year is against the Heat. We are only 1/2 game ahead of the Knicks and 1 game ahead of the Pacers. The Celtics are only 3 games behind us.

[Eaglesfan27]

A closer look at the Playoff Situation in each conference:

East:

1. Heat 51-26
2. 76ers 49-28
3. Knicks 49-29
4. Pacers 48-29
5. Celtics 46-31
6. Bobcats 46-31

All of above have clinched playoff spot.

7. Bulls 41-36
8. Hawks 41-37
9. Magic 40-38
10 Cavs 39-39

Everyone else is out.

1. Thunder 55-23
2. Rockets 50-27
3. Warriors 46-31
4. Nuggets 46-32
5. Lakers 43-35

Above have all clinched a spot.

6. Mavs 38-40
7. Hornets 36-41
8. Jazz 36-41
9. Wolves 34-43
10. Clippers 34-44
11. Spurs 33-45 (barely alive)

Everyone else is out.