The Quest for Seven: An NBA 2k11 Dynasty

[Eaglesfan27]

PG Jrue Holiday, 6'4 180, 23, 82 rating. Strengths: Shooting, perimeter defense, ball handling. Can play some 2 as well.

PG Mo Williams, 6'1 190, 30, 76 rating. Strengths: Quickness and shooting.


SG Evan Turner 6'7 205, 24, 93 rating. Strengths: Outside shooting, ball handling, IQ, perimeter defense, dunking.

SG Karl Fuller, 6'6 197, 25, 62 rating. Strengths: Shooting.

SG Ramon Ramos, 6'4 204, 21, 57. Strenghts: None. Has potential to become a good shooter.

SF Thaddeus Young, 6'8 220, 25, 80. Strengths: Perimeter defense, shooting, athleticism.

SF J.P Kelley, 6'11 217, 20, 68. Strengths: Size, outside shooting, and potential.

SF Hal Myers, 6'9 215, 21, 56. Strengths: None.

PF Bernie Jefferson, 6'10 253, 25, 81. Strengths: Rebounding, defense, dunking, nice shooting touch inside 12 feet. I think he still has some untapped potential.

PF Charlie Villanueva, 6'11 232, 29, 73. Strengths: Legitimate 3 point shooting. Turner could make him a big time scorer on the pick and roll. Defense is a liability.

PF Luc Richard Mbah A Moute, 6'8 230, 27, 72. Strengths: Perimeter defense, good rebounder for his size. Good athleticism. Still, he is the odd man out as I don't like undersized PF's. I'm going to see if I can flip him for a younger prospect.

PF Troy Murphy, 6'11 245, 33, 65. Strengths: Shooting, size, can play center.

C Mareese Speights, 6'10 245, 26, 77. Strengths: Shooting, can score from a lot of places. Isn't the best post defender or rebounder.

C Lloyd Madsen 6'10 288, 22, 62. Strengths: Rebounding.

C Ron Jamison 7'1 266, 24, 56. Strengths: Rebounding. Appears to have hit his roof. Will never be more than a big body rebounder.

[Eaglesfan27]

Rotation Expectations:

PG Holiday, SG Turner, SF Young, PF Jefferson, and C Speights.

6th man: Mo Williams.

Key bench players: Kelley, Villanueva, Murphy.

Contributors: Madsen, Fuller.

I'm willing to move Myers, Ramos, Moute, and Jamison.

I really want to move Moute and put him on the block. I immediately get a bunch of intriguing offers. The 2 most interesting are:

Theodore Jackson and Ronny Turiaf for Moute and Ramos or Donnie Mann (best PF in this past draft) and Julian Wright from the Raptors for Moute and Murphy. I like Murphy and don't want to move him but that trade would likely help chemsitry as Villanueva is going to need his minutes...

Actually, Mann and Jackson both look like they will be serviceable players, but there is one other offer out there that is too tempting to pass up...

I trade Moute to the Wizards for their 1st round pick plus Andrei Kirilenko. Let's hope they bomb another season and this pick is good.

[Eaglesfan27]

In his pre-season debut, Kelley with 8 points in 19 minutes. We beat the Mavs 119-104 behind 32 from Turner.


Kelley shoots 1 of 10 in his 2nd game, but we win 102-100 over the Jazz. Williams led us with 23 points and 5 assists.


We continue to be unbeaten in pre-season as we beat the Nuggets 111-91. Turner with 25 points and 8 assists. Villanueva with 21 points. Jefferson has had 3 double doubles. Tonight he had 11 and 10!

Kelley shot 1 of 5. Ouch.


The Bulls get 43 from Rose to beat us 120-113. Turner with a triple double - 23 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists. Speights with 21 points and 9 boards. Jefferson with 7 and 7. Kelley with 5 points and 3 boards in 18 minutes.


We beat the Raptors 125-90. Holiday with 32 points and 9 assists. Turner with 24. Young with 19. Villanueva with 18 points and 10 boards in 21 minutes.

Kelley shot 1 of 6. He did pull down 6 boards in 21 minutes.


We beat the Bulls 108-90 with 29 points from Turner, 22 from Speights, 16 from Holiday and Villanueva. Kelley with 4 points and 4 boards in 19 minutes.

We win our final pre-season game 112-90 over Dallas. We go 6-1 in the Pre-season. Our team is loaded and chemistry is GREAT! I think I have enough bench fillers who will be happy with limited minutes while having a good balance of talent...

Our roster rating is an impressive 94

We open up hosting Orlando which has a 89 rating. Their top 3 players are Howard, Lawson, and Harden. Trevor Booker and Juan Cardona round out their starting 5.

I'll play that game later tonight.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are #1 in the first power poll of the year!

Time to play the revamped Orlando Magic...

With 6:10 to go in the quarter we are down 11-9. I bring in Kelley and Villanueva.

With 3:09 to go in the quarter, Holiday finds Kelley in the corner. He takes his first shot.. and makes it! 19-16, we lead after the 3 pointer.

At the end of 1, we are up 27-19. Turner is playing at an amazing level.

With 11:30 to go in the 2nd, Young is fouled hard by Howard and he is hurt. Kirilenko will come in for a bit.

Young has been diagnosed with a severely sprained back. He will miss 2-4 weeks and Kelley will get a chance to play big minutes..

I rest Turner for a few and they cut a 33-19 lead and make it 33-26.

Speights hits a 3 to make it 36-26. Love his range!

Turner with a quieter 2nd quarter but still a very good half.

At halftime, we are up 45-35.

Turner with 14 points, 7 assists, and 5 boards at the half.

Turner fouls Harden hard early in the 3rd and Harden is hurt. This is getting chippy..

Harden broke a few ribs and is out for 4-6 weeks.

All of my starters are tired with 2:40 to go in the 3rd. I bring in an entire 2nd unit: Williams, Fuller, Kirilenko, Villanueva, and Murphy. We lead 64-48.

At the end of 3, we are up 69-54.

Lead shrinks to 69-62 as I bring back all of my starters with 9 minutes to go..


We win the game 84-74 as they never get closer than 7.

Turner is the player of the game with 26 points, 10 assists, 8 boards, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and 5 turnovers. He shot 12 of 22, 1 of 2, and 1 of 2.

Jefferson with 18 points, 7 boards, and a block in 31 minutes. He shot 9 of 15.

Speights with 14 points, 4 boards, and 1 block in 31 minutes. He shot 5 of 11.

Kelley with 7 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 12. He played 31 minutes.

Holiday with 5 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals. He shot 2 of 4. 0 turnovers.

Kirilenko with 4 points and 1 board in 11 minutes.

Murphy with 4 points and 4 boards in 12 minutes.

Villanueva with 24 points, 3 points and 6 boards. He shot 1 of 5.

Williams with 3 points and 1 assist in 19 minutes.

Howard led them with 23 points and 8 boards. He shot 9 of 18.

[Eaglesfan27]

Evan Turner and Kobe were named Players of the Week for week 1! Turner's first weekly award. Should be first of many.

Oct 27th, 2013 -

We play at Milwaukee which has a talented team.

We win 99-78. Duncan led them with 17 points and 9 boards. Jennings was held to 3 of 15 shooting.

Turner shot 5 of 18 - 15 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers.

Holiday with 15 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Williams with 14 points and 2 assists.

Fuller with 13 points in 8 minutes. WOW.

Villanueva with 11 points and 8 boards in 28 minutes.

Kelley with 8 points and 6 boards in 30 minutes. He shot 2 of 9.

Kirilenko with 6 points in just 13 minutes. Ditto for Murphy.

Speights got into foul trouble and only played 11 minutes.

Jefferson with 4 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 33 minutes.

Jamison with 6 minutes - 2 points and 3 boards.

Madsen with 8 minutes in his debut - 1 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Oct 29th -

We host Toronto. We win 114-103. Williams with 23 points and 2 assists to lead us.

Speights with 20 points, 10 boards, and 1 block.

Turner with 19 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and a block.

Holiday with 14 points and 7 assists.

Kelley with a career high 13 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Fuller with 7 points and 3 assists in 13 minutes.

Jefferson was in foul trouble and played 17 minutes.. 5 points and 5 boards.

Villanueva shot 1 of 8. 3 point, 5 boards, and a block in 20 minutes.

Madsen with 2 points and 2 boards in 8 minutes. Jamison played 4 minutes and didn't have any stats.


Our next game is at Chicago on the 2nd of November. They are 1-2 but have a very talented roster.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 22-20. Nice balanced scoring from my squad.

At halftime, we are up 51-44. Villanueva and Turner both had a big quarter.

Turner with 19 points. Villanueva with 15.


At the end of 3, we are up 74-65. Good balanced scoring this quarter.

Early in the 4th, Holiday fouls out. Williams will step up.

With 1:26 to go, Turner hurts his back while shooting a 3. We lead 100-89 as he makes the 3.

We win the game 100-91. But at what cost?

Turner is the player of the game with 34 points, 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 13 of 19, 4 of 8, and 4 of 4.

Villanueva with 23 points and 4 boards.

Kelley with 12 points, 10 boards, and 1 block as he shot 6 of 11.

Speights with 10 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Holiday with 6 points and 10 assists. Williams with 6 and 6.

Jefferson with 5 points, 9 boards, and a block.


Turner just has a lower back strain. He will be out but only for 1-2 weeks.

Young is still hurt, but has been cleared to play. He will start for us at SG as we will go with a big lineup.

[Eaglesfan27]

Nov 3 -

The loss of Turner hurts us as we lose to the Pacers 105-104.

They are now 3-2 while we drop to 4-1.

Speights with 24 points, 9 boards, and 5 blocks.

Young with 19 points. Kelley with a career high 15 points on 7 of 16 shooting. Murphy with 12. Williams with 10. Holiday with 10 points, 10 assists, and 5 boards.

Jefferson with 7 points and 12 boards.


Nov 5th -

We host Cleveland who are 4-0!

They beat us 110-104. They got 30 points and 13 assists from Flynn, 21 points from Beaubois, and 18 points from Hickson.

Kelley with a career high 23 points and 8 boards led our team. He shot 7 of 9. Villanueva with 15 points and 10 boards. Speights with 15 points.

Young with 13. Williams with 9 points. Jefferson with 9 points and 8 boards.

Holiday with 9 points and 10 assists. Fuller with 7 points in 9 miutes.

We are now 4-2. Our next game is at 3-2 Portland.


In other news, Rose already has his 3,000th career assist. Trevor Ariza has told the Hornets he will test out FA.

[Eaglesfan27]

Midway through the 1st, Pope lands badly on a dunk attempt. He will miss the rest of the game.

We are up 29-17 at the end of 1. Jefferson with 12 points.

At halftime, we are up 51-43. Jefferson with his breakout game! 19 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks at the half.

At the end of 3, we are up 80-65.

We win the game 106-91.

Jefferson is the player of the game with 33 points, 15 boards, 2 assists, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 16 of 19, and 1 of 3 from the line.

Kelley with 14 points, 8 assists, 6 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 15 but 6 of 8 from the line.

Speights with 13 points, 5 boards, and 1 steal.

Young with 12 points and 4 boards. Holiday with 10 points, 12 assists, 3 boards, and 2 steals.

Villanueva with 7 points and 4 boards along with 1 block.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

News around the League:

Kobe is complaining about wanting a new contract.

LeBron and Carmelo are players of the Week.

The Lakers just signed a washed up Artest to a 1 year deal for the minimum.


Nov 8th -

We play at San Antonio and lose 92-85. After the game, Turner is cleared to return. Speights led us with 18 points, 10 boards, and a block. Holiday with 10 assists and 10 points.


Nov 11th -

We travel to Orlando and beat them 103-94. They drop to a 1-8 which is a big surprise. Turner with a huge game - 32 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, 6 steals, and 4 blocks. He shot 11 of 13, 2 of 3, and 8 of 10.

Holiday with 18 points and 10 assists. Kelley with 17 points as he keeps his starting role. He shot 6 of 12. Speights with 13 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson with 0 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks in 30 minutes.

Our next game will be a real clash of the top teams as we travel to play Memphis on the 13th.

The Grizzlies knocked us from #1 in the power rankings this past weekend. We are #2 now... They are 8-1...

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-16. Turner and Williams are our big scorers.

At halftime, we are up 60-32. Just incredible basketball on the road!

Turner with 10 points and 4 assists.

At the end of 3, we are up 81-50. Jefferson with a big quarter.


We win the game 111-77. That was a very impressive road win!

Turner is the player of the game with 22 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 7 of 16, 4 of 8, and 4 of 5.

Williams with 18 points, 4 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals.

Jefferson with 17 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 13.

Speights with 12 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks.

Murphy and Villanueva with 9 points each. Kelley with 7 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Fuller with 7 points in 7 minutes.

Holiday with 6 points and 6 assists. Young with 4 points and 3 assists off the bench in 20 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

News around the league:

LeBron and Durant won players of the week.

The top 5 in Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Durant 33.1
2. Turner!!! 32.7
3. LeBron 32.3
4. Kevin Martin, Hou 32.1
5. Carmelo 31.1

Top 5 Pure Point Rating:

1. Conley, Memphis 12.7
2. Rondo, Boston 12.2
3. Kyle Lowry, Hou 11.8
4. Robin Flanders (3rd year PG), Lakers 9.5
5. Deron Williams, Utah 9.5

Holiday is 6th with a 8.6

Top 5 in Average Game Score (30 is extraordinary, 20 is outstanding, 10 is average):

1. Durant 29.1
2. LeBron 26.3
3. Carmelo 24.8
4. Westbrook, Okla 24.2
5. Turner 23.3

PPG:

1. Durant 34.9
2. Carmelo 34.8
3. Kobe 29.7
4. Martin 27.1
5. LeBron 26.8

(Turner doesn't have enough games to qualify yet.)


Nov 17, 2013 -

We host Washington. We beat them 101-97. We are now 8-3. They drop to 5-5. Turner led the way - 29 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 11 of 15, 3 of 4, and 4 of 4.

Young with 15 points, 4 boards, and a block in his first start since recovering from his injury.

Speights with 11 points and 5 boards. Villanueva, and Holiday with 11 points each. Holiday with 6 assists.

Jefferson only played 24 minutes but had 8 points and 5 boards. Kelley with 3 points, 2 boards, and 2 steals in 20 minutes off the bench.


Nov 19th -

We host Portland. We drop them to 6-6 with a 119-71 blowout! Turner led the way with 35 minutes, 37 points, 9 boards, 4 assists, 2 steals, and a block. He shot 12 of 19, 5 of 8, and 8 of 9.

Villanueva with 17 points, 9 boards, and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

Speights with 17 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks in 25 minutes.

Kelley with 14 points, 3 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block in 29 minutes off the bench.

Williams with 11 points. Ditto for Young.

Holiday with 4 points and 13 assists.

Jefferson with 2 points, 8 boards, and a block in 25 minutes.

Our next game is on the 21st at NJ.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 27-23. Turner with 17 points in the quarter!

We are tied at 50. This Net team is talented. Turner with a few assists this quarter they constantly doubled him.

Turner with 21 points, 5 assists, and 2 boards.

Early in the 3rd, Young goes down with a leg injury

Kelley back into the game.

At the end of 3, we are up 77-70. Turner with another big quarter. Everyone pitching in too.

10 unanswered points all created by Turner or scored by Turner to give us a 12 point lead with 3 minutes to go..

They make a strong run in the final 3 minutes, but we win 100-98 as they miss a 3 at the buzzer.

Turner is the player of the game with a career high 47 points, 7 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 14 of 25, 4 of 7, and 15 of 20 from the line.

Jefferson with 17 points, 8 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Kelley with 11 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 9.

Young with 7 points and 7 boards before he got hurt.

Speights with 6 points, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 2 blocks.

Murphy with 5 points and 4 boards.

Villanueva with 5 points, 3 boards, and a block.

Williams with 2 points and 6 assists in 19 minutes.

Holiday with 0 points, 5 assists, and 1 turnover in 30 minutes.


Thaddeus Young is diagnosed with a twisted ankle that is minor. He will play through it.

[Eaglesfan27]

After the game, The Lakers offer Pau Gasol for Holiday and Speights. I turn them down.


Nov 22nd -

We play at Atlanta the next night. They are VERY talented with a roster rating of 93, but they are 4-9. We beat them 119-100.

Turner led us with 20 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block.

Villanueva with 20 points and 4 boards. Speights with 18 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Kelley with 17 points and 3 boards in 27 minutes off the bench.

Young with 13 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in 33 minutes.

Holiday with 11 points and 8 assists. Jefferson with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Nov 24th -

We host the 7-7 Knicks. We beat them 94-84. We are now 12-3.

Turner led us with 18 points, 10 assists, 5 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 16.

Villanueva with 18 points and 10 boards in 20 minutes. Speights with 17 points, 10 boards, and a block.

Young with 12 points. Kelley with 9 points, 4 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, and a block.

Williams with 7 points and 6 assists in 20 minutes. Holiday with 5 points and 2 assists in 17 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks in 33 minutes.


Our next game is hosting the Nets.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news, Evan Turner has won player of the week the last 2 weeks in a row in the East. Durant won it both weeks in the West!

Turner has now won it 3 weeks this year while LeBron has won it the other 2 weeks in the East. Could Turner get his first MVP?

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-23. Nice balanced scoring this quarter.

At halftime, we are down 49-44. Turner with a rough shooting night. Lopez has 20 points for the Nets.

At the end of 3, we are down 77-72. Turner is having a terrible night, but everyone else on my team is stepping up to keep us in it.

We lose the game 105-88. Just a rough shooting night for our stars, although Kelley had a very nice game as did a few other players.

Lopez is the star of the game with 33 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Jefferson led us with 20 points, 7 boards, and 1 steal. He shot 8 of 11.

Kelley with 16 points, 9 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 11.

Turner with 13 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He shot 4 of 20.

Villanueva with 12 points. Holiday with 9 points, 8 boards, and 7 assists.

Speights with 7 points and 3 boards. He shot 3 of 9.

Young shot 0 of 6.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

The Wolves suffer a blow as Michael Beasley tears his MCL. He is done for the year.

Nov 30th -

We face the Bucks who are talented but struggling. We win 109-86.

Turner bounced back nicely - 27 points, 8 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block. He shot 8 of 15.

Young with 25 points and 5 boards. Speights with 16 points. Wow. Fuller with 12 points in 5 minutes.

Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.


Yes! Turner was named Player of the Month along with Durant in the West!

Wow. Kelley was named rookie of the month in the East! Marcel Micoud of Utah was named rookie of the month in the West.


Dec 1st -

We host Utah who are 5-12. They beat us 88-85

Turner with 19 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 6 of 14 and had 6 turnovers too.

Young with 16 points. Williams with 12. Villanueva with 11.

Holiday with 8 points and 5 assists. Speights shot 3 of 13.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 5.


Our next game is hosting Cleveland.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 32-28. Turner has had an extraordinary quarter. 16 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists in the quarter.

Turner with a more quiet 2nd quarter, but he still is playing great.

At halftime, we lead 55-46. 19 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists at the half for Turner.

Turner with a huge 3rd quarter. We lead 81-63.

I try emptying the bench including Madsen with 8 minutes and a 25 point lead, but they close within 15 with 3:59 to go so I bring back our starters..

They close it to 93-88 before Turner scores his first 2 points of the quarter. Then, he hits a 3. Then, he hits another 2.

We win the game 102-92.

Turner is the player of the game with 39 points, 7 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 1 turnover. He shot 14 of 26, 5 of 8, and 6 of 6.

Villanueva with 12 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks in 26 minutes.

Holiday with 12 points, 8 assists, 5 boards, and 3 turnovers.

Jefferson with 11 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks.

Speights with 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 blocks.

Williams with 6 points and 3 assists. Kelley with 5 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 2 of 8.

Madsen with 3 points and 1 board in 5 minutes. Ditto for Fuller.

[Eaglesfan27]

Wow. Elton Brand made his way to the Heat at some point during this offseason. I missed that.

Ahh, he signed a 1 year min sal deal on November 19th.

Dec 5th -

We play at the Knicks and they beat us 103-83. They get 20 from Amar'e, 19 from Gallinari, and 18 from Chandler.

Turner shot 5 of 17 but led us with 17 points, 9 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.

Speights with 18 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 9 points and 3 assists.


Dec 8th -

We host Oklahoma and they beat us 104-99. Kelley led us with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting. Young with 17 points, Williams with 15 points. Turner with 15 points, 13 boards, and 4 assists.

Jefferson with 5 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.


We have dropped to 14-7. Next up is a game at a very disappointing Boston team which suddenly looks very old. They are 7-14.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 22-18. Everyone chipping in a bit.

Turner with a big 2nd quarter. We lead 49-41 at the half.

Turner with 19 points, 3 boards, and 2 assists.


At the end of 3, we are up 80-60. Kelley, Murphy, Turner all with a nice quarter. Jefferson has done a bit every quarter and is putting together a very nice game.

We rest our starters the last 6 minutes of the game as we are up by 25.

We win the game 107-77. Allen and Garnett look OLD.

Turner is the player of the game with 32 points, 6 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers. He shot 11 of 20, 1 of 6, and 9 of 10.

Kelley with 16 points, 7 boards, 2 steals, and 1 assist. He shot 7 of 11, 2 of 4 from the arc.

Jefferson with 13 points, 6 boards, and 1 block. He shot 6 of 8.

Young with 12 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Murphy with 11 points and 5 boards. He shot 4 of 7, 3 of 4 from the arc.

Holiday with 10 points, 10 assist, 5 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 3 of 12.

Villanueva with 7 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists.

Speights with 4 points, 8 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 1 of 4.

Fuller with 5 points and 4 boards in 6 minutes.

Williams with 2 assists and 1 steal in 15 minutes.

Pierce led the Celtics with 18 but he shot 6 of 21.

[Eaglesfan27]

In other news:

The Heat are looking to move Mike Miller. Boston is rumored to be ready to move Arenas, GS wants to move Zach Randolph, The Knicks want to move Hedo Turkoglu, the Grizzlies want to move Josh Childress (interesting one), we are rumored to be moving Kirilenko.

Bernie Jefferson has told people he wants an extension. We have the team option on him.


Dec 11th -

We play at Miami who are 11-10 but very talented.

We crush them 115-90. LeBron was held to 3 of 14. Wade with 35 points and Bosh with 17.

Balanced scoring: Holiday with 21 points and 10 assists, Speights with 19 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks. Williams with 16 points and 4 assists. Young with 14 points and 10 boards. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, 7 assists, and 2 blocks. Villanueva with 12 points and 9 boards. Kelley with 11 points, 6 boards, and 1 block. Jefferson with 2 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.


Dec 13th -

In practice today, Kelley broke his toe and will miss 4-6 weeks

Kirilenko will get some minutes as a result while Williams and Villanueva will get many more minutes.

Derrick Rose has won Player of the Week in the East the last 3 weeks. Carmelo has won it the last 2 weeks. Kobe won it the week before that.


Dec 15th -

We play at Toronto who are 15-11 with solid talent. They beat us on a last second shot, 105-103.

Also, Jefferson hurts his quad in the game, but he will play through it.

Bayless torched us for 32 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists.

Turner led our team with 29 points, 4 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. He shot 11 of 16.

Williams with 16 points and 4 assists. Holiday with 7 points, 11 assists, and 4 steals.

Young with 13 points and 6 boards. Speights only played 12 minutes due to foul trouble. He had 7 points and 2 boards.

Jefferson with 6 points, 6 boards, and 1 block.

Ron Jamison played 9 minutes and had 5 boards and a block. Madsen played 7 minutes and had 4 points and 2 boards.

Villanueva only played 10 minutes to foul trouble. He had 2 points and 2 boards.

Our next game is hosting Atlanta on the 16th. They are 12-14 and are rated 87 in roster strength. We are 92 with the injuries.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are back to #1 in the power rankings and have the best record in the NBA as their is more parity this year.

At the end of 1 against Atlanta, we are down 21-18. Turner doing a great job of setting up teammates early.

With 8:25 to go in the 2nd, after he hit a jump shot and lands awkwardly, Thaddeus Young has to leave the game with a back injury. Kirilenko may get big minutes tonight.. We lead 34-27.

At halftime, we lead 42-41. Turner with 10 points and 7 assists at the half.

With 6:30 to go in the 3rd, Speights has picked up his 5th foul and will have to sit.

At the end of 3, we are up 64-60. Turner is setting up everyone tonight.

Early in the 4th, Turner with a hard foul on Joe Johnson. Johnson is hurt. This game is getting very chippy.

A few minutes later, they foul Speights hard and Speights is hurt. Will there be a brawl?

Tied at 76 with 4 minutes left as I bring a rested Turner back.

Turner has been trusting teammates all night long, and he drives and kicks it out to Holiday for a long 2 to give us a 84-82 lead with 29 seconds left.

Turner with a steal. They have to foul. Turner makes both FT's to make it a 4 point game.

They miss a 3. Murphy with a board and he is fouled. He makes both FT's.


We win the game 88-82.

Turner is the player of the game with 18 points, 15 assists (a new career high), 9 boards, 3 steals, and 3 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12, 2 of 3, and 4 of 4.

Holiday with 13 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards. He also had 4 steals, 1 block and 4 turnovers. He shot 6 of 12.

Murphy with 12 points and 3 boards in just 18 minutes.

Jefferson with 10 points, 4 boards, and 1 block. Speights with 10 points, 1 board, and 1 block.

Kirilenko with 9 points and 2 boards. Young with 7 points and a board in just 12 minutes.

Villanueva with 6 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, and 1 block in 30 minutes.


Post game injury report:

Joe Johnson has a sprained wrist and will be out 1-2 weeks.

Speights has a back strain and is out 1-2 weeks.

Ditto for Young. Ouch, down 3 guys now.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 19th -

We are at home against Detroit. They are 14-10. Wow. Our shorthanded status really shows as we put up a stinker. We lost 80-65.

Turner shot 4 of 15. He finished with 17 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 6 turnovers.

Villanueva shot 2 of 12 as he played major minutes out of position at SF. That isn't going to work. We'll start Kirilenko next game.


Dec 22nd -

We host Boston who are now 8-19. We beat them 123-99. Turner with 33 points, 10 boards, and 1 assist. He shot 12 of 18.

Villanueva with 20 points, 13 boards, and 1 block off the bench.

Kirilenko with 10 points, 3 boards, and 2 blocks as he starts at SF.

Williams with 17 points and 5 assists. Fuller with 16 points in 18 minutes off the bench. Guy is a pure shooter.

Holiday with 9 points and 9 assists.

Jefferson only played 10 minutes due to Foul Trouble but he had 9 points.

Ramos with 6 points in 5 minutes.

Madsen with 5 boards and 2 blocks in 12 minutes.

Our next game is at Charlotte.

In other news:

Stribling with a career high 33 points for the Wizards in a win over the Cavs.

Derrick Rose won the Player of the Week in the East for the 4th straight week. Evans won it in the west.

Charlotte is more talented than us with our injuries. Can we win anyway?

[Eaglesfan27]

It's a Christmas Day matchup!

With 6 minutes to go, we bring in Myers to get a bit of PT. We lead 10-6. I also bring in Madsen.

At the end of 1, we are tied at 18.

At halftime, we are down 45-37. Wallace with a huge half for the Bobcats.

With 51 seconds left, Mo Williams with a 3 point play to give us a 92-90 lead.

Augustin ties it at the other end. We each miss a shot and we are going to OT.

Turner has a dominant OT.

We win 104-96.

Turner is the player of the game with 36 points, 11 assists, 5 boards, 1 steal, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 14 of 24, 3 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Murphy with 17 points, 6 boards, and a block in the start. He played 36 minutes.

Jefferson with 14 points, 10 boards, and a block in 36 minutes.

Williams with 13 points and 3 assists.

Holiday played 46 minutes - 12 points, 8 assists, 6 boards, 6 steals, and 8 turnovers.

Villanueva with 7 points and 5 boards. Kirilenko with 4 points and 8 boards.

Myers with 2 assists. Madsen with 4 boards in 15 minutes.

Wallace led them with 28 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dec 27th -

We get Young back into the starting lineup as he is 100% again.

Dec 28th -

We travel to Detroit who are 18-10 and challenging us for the conference lead.

They beat us 109-104. 2nd year SF Raynardo Gomez with 25 points. The former #1 pick looks like the real deal. He is averaging 14.8 ppg this year. Andrew Bynum with 22. Ginobili with 20.

Turner led us with 27 points, 9 boards, and 3 assists. Young with 23. Williams with 19 and Holiday with 17 points and 10 assists.


Dec 29th -

We travel to Chicago to face the 18-13 Bulls.

We crush them 113-80. Rose led them with 28 and Deng had 26, but no one else in double digits for them.

Turner led us with 25 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 18, 4 of 9, and 7 of 9.

Villanueva with 22 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Fuller with 18 points in 11 minutes as he shot 7 of 12, 4 of 6 from the arc.

Young with 14 points. Murphy with 9 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Jefferson with 9 points, 12 boards, and a block. Holiday with 6 points and 8 assists.

Our next game is hosting the 19-13 Rockets who are rated 77. We are now 20-10. This is a New Year Eve game.

[Eaglesfan27]

A trade happened last week:

The Mavs traded Paul Millsap to the Suns for Jared Dudley and Kevin Seraphin.


Before the game, Speights is cleared to play/start. He will start.


At the end of 1, we are down 26-21. Balanced scoring by us. Yao is getting it done for Houston with 10 points.

At halftime, we are down 46-42. Yao with 15 points. Turner with 17 points and 4 boards.

At the end of 3, we are up 74-66. Turner with a monster quarter. He now has 29 points.

We had a 10 point lead, but we only lead 92-88 as Turner returns with 3:44 left. He had a 5 minute break.

We win the game 100-93.

Turner is the player of the game with 35 points, 9 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 22, 4 of 6, and 7 of 9.

Young with 16 points and 7 boards. He shot 7 of 17.

Holiday with 13 points, 13 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 5 of 15.

Villanueva with 11 points and 9 boards. Speights with 11 points and 8 boards. Jefferson with 10 points and 5 boards.

Williams with 3 assists.

Yao led them with 30. Patterson with 20.

[Eaglesfan27]

New Orleans has fired Jerry Sloan and hired Sean Stallworth.

Derrick Rose and Carmelo won Players of the Month for December. Marshall Samuel (Washington) and Marcel Micoud (UTA) won Rookie of the Month.

Jan 2nd, 2014 -

We travel to play the Nets who are 16-16. We win 103-94. Speights with 17 points, 10 boards, and 1 block. Young with 17 points. Williams and Turner with 14. Turner also had 7 boards and 7 assists.

Fuller and Villanueva with 10 each. Jefferson with 8 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. He is now 100%.

Jan 3 -

We host the Nuggets who are 13-21 and horrible with only Carmelo as their real asset. We win 105-90.

Carmelo with 32. Holiday with 20 points and 7 assists.

Turner with 16 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Fuller with 14 points in 14 minutes.

Villanueva with 11 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 8 points, 8 boards, and a block.


Our next game is hosting the Hornets on the 5th. They are 10-23 despite a talented roster. We are now 23-10.

Jan 4th -

Stan Van Gundy has been fired in Boston. They have hired Brandon Marsh. The Celtics have lost 10 straight.

I decide to look in on Iggy - he is doing very well. Near his career high with 18.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, and 6.9 apg. He also is at a career high 2.4 spg. Despite that, the Spurs are 10-23 and almost dead last in the Western Conference. Could I trade for him? Should I?

[Eaglesfan27]

I explore several trade options for Iggy, but they all include either Turner or a combo of Holiday and Jefferson. I'm not willing to do either one.


Onto the game vs the Hornets. It takes them 7 minutes to score from the field. We lead 17-4.

At the end of 1, we are up 26-13. Turner with a big quarter.

Speights with a tremendous quarter. This was the Turner and Speights show. We lead 48-36.

Turner with 18 points and 8 assists at the half. He ran great pick and rolls with Speights. Speights also has 18 points.


We are putting on a show for our home fans. We lead 74-50 at the end of 3.

I pull my starters with 6 minutes to go.

We win the game 95-73.

Turner is the player of the game with 32 points, 15 assists, 8 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. He had 3 turnovers. He shot 12 of 19, 3 of 5, and 5 of 5.

Speights with 24 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 16.

Jefferson with 11 points, 9 boards, and 1 block. He shot 5 of 10.

Holiday with 8 points, 4 boards, 13 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 4 of 10.

Young with 6 points and 5 boards. He shot 3 of 10.

Villanueva with 6 points and 6 boards. He shot 3 of 6.

Kirilenko with 2 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist. Madsen with 2 points and 2 boards in garbage time. Williams with 2 points and 1 assist in 19 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

We take over 1st place in the power rankings from the Grizzlies.

We are now 24-10.

Jan 7th -

We host the 16-19 Nets.

They beat us 104-99. Speights led us with 28 points on 10 of 17 shooting. Turner with 19 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 6 of 11.

Holiday with 11 points and 9 assists. Villanueva with 10 points and 5 boards. Young with 10 points.

Jefferson with 2 points, 11 boards, and 4 blocks. He shot 1 of 2.


Jan 8th -

We travel to play Cleveland which has become a very good team. They are 22-13.

They beat us 120-90! Flynn with 41 points and 8 assists vs us! Beaubois with 32 points. Reggie Williams with 17 points.

Turner with an off night. He finished with 16 points, 9 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 6 of 14. Young with 14 points. Villanueva and Williams with 13 points each.

Jefferson with 8 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 5. Holiday shot 1 of 10. He had 4 points and 9 assists.


We are now 24-12. Our next game is against a dreadful Dallas team that is 10-26.

The day before the game Kirilenko hurts his hammy in practice. He can play through it.


In other news:

Blake Griffin with his 8th straight double double in a row and the Clippers have won 8 in a row. Tonight he had 32 and 13 to lead the Clippers to a 110-107 win over the Nets.

A look at the Eastern Standings:

1. Pacers (surprising) 25-10
2. 76ers 24-12
3. Cavs 23-13
4. Bulls 22-14
5. Pistons 20-14
6. Bobcats 22-16
7. Wizards 20-15
8. Raptors 21-16
9. Heat 16-18! (why are they doing so bad? I'll take a closer look in a minute)
10. Knicks 17-20
11. Nets 17-20
12. Bucks 17-20
13. Hawks 15-24
14. Magic 12-27 (another surprise)
15. Celtics 10-27

Oh wow. The Heat lost LeBron for the year to a torn MCL! He only played 26 games this year. Will he come back to full strength in the future?

Chris Bosh has also been hurt this year and has missed several weeks.


No such injury concerns for the Magic. Harden isn't playing so well with Lawson and Howard which is a surprise. I thought that trio would blend very well.

The Celtics have been without Rondo for part of the year with a broken arm. Arenas is unhappy and is a cancer to the team. He is demanding a trade. Pierce is 36 and is averaging career lows in every category. Ditto for Garnett (who is 37) who has been relegated to a role off the bench and he is mad about it. He is demanding a trade too. Allen is accepting a role off the bench with class.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are down 21-18. Quiet quarter by Turner but Fuller with 5 points.

Terrible 1st half. Sloppy passes, terrible shooting, poor defense. We are lucky to only be down 45-35.

Holiday leads our team with 8 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Caron Butler with 11 for Dallas (but he has shot 3 of 12.)

We start off the 2nd half with a 11-2 run. We are down 47-46. Turner coming to life...

At the end of 3, we are down 60-59. Turner with a big quarter. He is now the leading scorer with 20.

Turner and Williams with a big 4th to give us a comfortable win.


We win the game 87-75.

Turner is the player of the game with 31 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 11 of 22, 3 of 7, and 6 of 10.

Young with 12 points and 6 boards. Holiday with 12 points, 10 assists, 9 boards, and 8 turnovers. He shot 4 of 6.

Williams with 9 points and 6 assists. Villanueva with 7 points and 8 boards.

Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 9.

Fuller with 5 points in 6 minutes.

Speights with 5 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks.

[Eaglesfan27]

Kelley has been cleared to play again.

Jan 12th -

We host a talented Clippers team.

They beat us 88-86. Holiday led us with 18 points, 8 assists, and 4 boards. Turner with 16 points, 8 boards, and 8 assists but he shot 8 of 20.

Griffin led them with 23 points, 16 boards, and 3 blocks. Harper with 18 points and Bledsoe with 16 points.

Villanueva with 12 points, Williams with 11, and Young with 10. Kelley with 6 points on 1 of 6 shooting in his comeback.

Campbell is playing great and the Suns have won 10 straight thanks to his play.

Beaubois wants to be traded out of Cleveland.



Jan 14th -

We host the Heat who are 17-19. We beat them 106-100. Turner with 35 points, 5 boards, 6 assists, and 2 blocks. He shot 15 of 18.

Young with 21 points and 10 boards as he is now 100%.

Villanueva with 16 points. Holiday with 15 points, 12 assists, and 2 boards.

Madsen with 4 points. Kelley with 3 points and 4 boards in 24 minutes.

Our next game is hosting a 23-17 Charlotte team.

[Eaglesfan27]

We start off with a 9-0 run.

At the end of 1, we are up 25-23. They closed the gap when Turner rested.

At halftime, we are up 56-38. Turner with a great game. 12 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards.

We had a 24 point lead at one point, but they quickly close the gap over the last 5 minutes of the 3rd. We lead 72-67.

Wow. We were up 93-90 with 29 seconds left and we let them steal it and they got a 3 at the buzzer to send it to OT.

Wow. Brutal loss. We lose 101-100 in OT. Turner missed 2 key shots down the stretch.

Turner finishes with 28 points, 13 assists, 9 boards, 1 steal, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers. He shot 9 of 15, 2 of 5, and 8 of 9.

Young with 17 points and 8 boards. Murphy with 12 points and 4 boards.

Holiday with 12 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. Villanueva with 11 points and 5 boards.

Speights with 11 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley with 3 points and 2 boards in 15 minutes. He shot 1 of 3.

Jefferson with a quiet night - 2 points and 6 boards. He shot 1 of 8.

Williams with 2 points and 5 assists.

D.J. Augustin led them with 34 points including the game tying 3.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 19, 2014 -

We host Chicago. They are 26-15 and we are 26-14.

We win 108-92 as Turner led the way with 29 points, 15 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 11 of 19.

Speights with 23 points and 8 boards. Kelley with 17 points. Young with 13.

Holiday with 11 points and 7 assists. Jefferson with a quiet 6 points, 4 boards, and a block.


Some stat leaders at the half way point:

PPG:

1. Rose 34.2
2. Anthony 30
3. Kobe 27.9
4. Evans 27.4
5. Durant 27.1
6. Wall 25.8
7. Wade 25.6
8. Turner 25.2
9. Mayo 24.7
10. Amar'e 24.7

RPG:

1. Pau Gasol 13.5
2. Love 12.2
3. Noah 12.1
4. Howard 10.8
5. Amar'e 10.7
6. Hickson 10.6
7. Crawford 10.5
8. Hodges 10.4
9. Gay 10.2
10 Al Jefferson 10

Assists:

1. Conley 9.6
2. Paul 9.3
3. Felton 8.7
4. Rose 8.6
5. Williams 8.4
6. Curry 8.4
7. Lawson 8.1
8. Wall 8.1
9. Westbrook 7.9
10. Holiday 7.8

SPG:

1. Iggy 2.6
2. Lawson 2.5
3. Curry 2.5
4. Paul 2.4
5. Kobe 2.3

Blocks:

1. Tyrus Thomas 2.5
2. Smith 2.2
3. Howard 2.2
4. Noah 2.2
5. Gasol 1.9


Player Efficiency Rating:

1. Turner 30.6
2. Rose 29.8
3. Wall 28.6
4. Anthony 28.5
5. Tyreke 28.4

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 21st -

We host Minnesota. They are 14-28.

We beat them 108-99. Turner led the way with 29 points, 8 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 8 of 19.

Speights with 27 points, 4 boards, and 4 blocks. Villanueva with 21 points.

Jefferson with 0 points, 6 boards, and 2 blocks.

We play the next night at Washington. They are 25-16 and coming together nicely mainly powered by Wall.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 29-17. Turner and Villanueva with a big quarter. We will push hard the entire game this time..

At halftime, we are up 52-34. Turner is dominating. He has 15 points, 5 boards, and 3 assists. Villanueva with 11 points.

Holiday lands awkwardly early in the 3rd and he is hurt. Looks like his ankle.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-60. Turner needs to finish strong. Holiday has been cleared to return, but he has a sprained ankle that will slow him.

Ramos is going to get a few minutes as Turner rests to start the 4th.

With 9:30 to go, they make it 71-70. I bring back all of our starters.

Back and forth game, until Turner with a few drives inside causing a collapsing defense before he kicks it out to Kelley for back to back jumpers. We lead 86-81.

With 2:36 to go, Williams fouls out. Holiday back in.

We had a 10 point lead with 90 seconds left, but 2 turnovers by Holiday, a block by Dalembert and they are back in it with 34 seconds to go. Turner misses a 12 footer. They have a shot to tie with 13 seconds left..

91-89...

Wall breaks down a gimpy Holiday and hits a floater in the lane. Tied at 91 with 6 seconds left.

Turner brings it up court quickly, he is doubled, he finds Young for an open corner jumper.. he shoots.. and misses!

We are going with Turner, Young, Kelley, Jefferson, and Speights in OT.

Other than missing one of his FT's, Turner did almost everything perfect in OT including shutting down Wall.

We win 103-95.

Turner is the player of the game with a triple double - 30 points, 10 boards, 12 assists, 1 block, and 2 turnovers. He shot 11 of 22, 4 of 5, and 4 of 5.

Villanueva with 16 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 14 points and 7 boards in 25 minutes.

Young with 12 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, and 1 block.

Speights with 10 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. Holiday with 5 points, 5 assists, 2 boards, and 4 turnovers.

Murphy with 5 points and 5 boards in 20 minutes. Williams with 5 points and 6 assists in 27 minutes.

Jefferson with 5 points, 4 boards, and 3 blocks in 34 minutes. He shot 2 of 6.

Ramos with 1 points and 1 board in 3 minutes.


Blake led them with 25 points and 6 boards. Stribling with 19 points. Wall with 12 points and 13 assists. He shot 6 of 15.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jan 25th -

We host the Bucks who are 19-25. We beat them 107-100.

Turner led the way with 24 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 6 of 10.

Speights with 25 points and 7 boards. Holiday with 17 points. Williams with 12 points. Villanueva and Young with 10 each.

Jefferson with 5 points, 11 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 1 of 8.

Iggy has won player of the week in the West the last 2 weeks! Meanwhile Rose is winning it every week in the East.

The Celtics, Hawks, Hornets, and Wolves are all rumored to be having firesales...

Jan 27th -

We are at Utah. They are 24-22. We beat them 107-88. Turner led the way with 24 points, 9 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals. He shot 6 of 10. I won't mess with this chemistry.

Williams with 18 points and 7 assists. Young with 17 points. Villanueva with 12. Holiday with 12 and 5 assists. He also had 4 steals.

Kelley with 8 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 5 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks.

Our next game is at Golden State. They are 21-23. We are now 31-14.

[Eaglesfan27]

Lost a post but the summary of the game is that it was a back and forth game, but Turner took over down the stretch and we beat Golden State 99-88.

Turner was the player of the game with 34 points, 9 boards, 9 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. He had 4 turnovers. He shot 11 of 23, 2 of 5, and 10 of 11.

Holiday with 13 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 5 of 8.

Villanueva with 12 points and 3 boards. Young with 9 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists.

Jefferson with 9 points, 5 boards, and a block. Williams with 8 points and 4 assists.

Kelley with 8 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists in just 20 minutes.

Speights with 4 points and 5 boards. Murphy with 2 and 2.


After the game, the Pistons offer Anthony Randolph and their 1st round pick for Holiday and Jefferson. I turn them down.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Cav's chances take a blow as Beaubois breaks his jaw and is out for 2 months.

Durant with 40 points in a 114-82 win over the Bucks.


Jan 30th -

We travel to play a struggling Lakers team that has been decimated by time, injuries, and the loss of Bynum. They are 20-27 and there is talk they will let an aging Kobe leave as a FA after this year.

We lose 102-94 and we lose Mo Williams to a sprained knee. He will miss 2-4 weeks.

Kobe led them with 20 points. Torres with 20 and Gasol with 14 points and 13 boards.

Turner led us with 27 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists. He shot 9 of 17. Young with 18 points. Speights with 11 points and 7 boards.

Holiday with 10 points and 7 assists. Villanueva with 7 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 6 points, 7 boards, and a block.

Feb 1st -

Our trip to LA ends up in us being swept as the Clippers beat us 96-92. They rise to 23-23. We drop to 32-16.

Griffin led them with 18 points and 14 boards. Harper with 18 points and 5 assists. Bledsoe with 14 points.

Villanueva led us with 20 points and 9 boards. Turner with 18 points, 11 boards, and 2 assists. He shot 7 of 12. Young with 15 points. Kelley with 13. Holiday with 12. Jefferson with a disappointing night - 1 point, 3 boards, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

Feb 4th -

We host Iggy and the Spurs! They are 15-32. We are 32-16. Before the game, Jefferson hurts his knee in warm-ups but he will play through it.

We jump to a 20-5 lead with 4 minutes left in the 1st. Iggy has all 5 points, but he is shooting poorly.

After a time out they go on a 10-0 run.

After a great start, we are tied at 24 at the end of 1.

Back and forth 2nd quarter. We are down 44-42 at the end of the half. Iggy has 12 points but he has shot 3 of 15. Turner has 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting.

Back and forth 3rd. We are tied at 66.

In the 4th, Turner really steps it up. We win the game 97-83.

Turner with 39 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, and 4 turnovers. He shot 14 of 20, 4 of 8, and 7 of 7.

Young also had a nice game - 16 points, 7 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals, and a block. He shot 7 of 14.

Holiday with 13 points, 12 assists, 5 boards, and 5 steals. He shot 6 of 12.

Speights with 9 points and 7 boards. Kellley with 8 points and 4 boards. Jefferson with 6 points and 5 boards.

Villanueva shot 0 of 7. He finished with 0 points and 6 boards.

Iggy was their only player in double digits. He shot 7 of 28 and finished with 21 points, 8 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Parker was 3 of 13 and finished with 9 points and 4 assists.

[Zinto]

Good stuff Eagle. I have been following along since the most recent draft. Every time I see you posted an update I go and play 2K11. I love seeing how much you have gotten Turner to grow since he was one of my favorite players to watch in college even though he played for my least favorite team.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Suns lose superstar PG Cam Campbell to a broken hand. He'll miss 4-6 weeks.


Feb 6th -

We host a 31-21 Charlotte team. We take care of them 107-90. Young led the way with 26 points and 7 boards.

Turner with 11 points, 8 boards, 14 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Holiday with 21 points and 8 assists.

Villanueva with 16 points, 10 boards, and a block. Murphy with 11 points and 5 boards.

Kelley with 10 points and 5 boards. Jefferson with 0 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Speights with 6 points, 4 boards, and a block in just 14 minutes.


Feb 7th -

The next night we travel to play 23-28 Miami. They beat us 109-90 as Bosh scores 30 and Wade puts up 29. Brand with 10 points and 5 boards against us.

Turner led our team with 20 points, 8 boards, and 5 assists. Villanueva with 15 points. Holiday with 13 points and 13 assists. Kelley with 12 points. Ditto for Young. Speights with 10 points but he shot 5 of 15.

Our next game is on the 10th vs the Lakers.

Donnie Hodges wins player of the week. I'm sort of wishing I had traded for him when I had the chance in the past. Tyrus Thomas wins it in the East as the big guys dominate the week.

For the Month of January, Durant and Rose won it. Marshall Samuel of Washington edged out Kelley for Rookie of the month in the East while Marcel Micoud of Utah won it for the 3rd straight month in the West.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Magic approach me and offer me Dwight Howard for Holiday and Turner. We go back and forth on several counter offers, but they always insist on getting Turner which is a non-starter.

The same day the Celtics offer me Rondo straight up for Turner which I turn down.

Jefferson is back to 100% for this game against the Lakers.


Kobe and Turner going at it with each other early. We lead 26-24 at the end of 1. Turner with 12 points.

We are up 47-45 at half. Gasol is their leading scorer with 13. Turner has 18.

At the end of 3, we are up 70-69. Turner with 25 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.

We open the 4th with a 11-0 run before they call time.

We turn that into a 15 point lead that we never give up.

We win the game 103-88.

Turner is the player of the game with 31 points, 14 assists, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. He also had 4 turnovers. He shot 12 of 24, 4 of 7, and 3 of 5.

Young with 15 points and 5 boards. Speights with 14 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Jefferson with 13 points, 11 boards, and 1 block. Holiday with 11 points, 13 assists, and 4 boards.

Murphy led the bench with 8 points and 4 boards. Villanueva with 5 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 4 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and a block in 15 minutes. Ramos with 2 points.

Kobe ended up with 28 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists. He shot 12 of 29.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Heat suffer another blow as they lose Wade to a broken bone in his foot for 4-6 weeks. Maybe they'll get a top draft pick..

The All-Stars have been announced:

East:

John Wall (1st appearance - does it mean as a starter?)

Evan Turner (1st appearance - I'm sure he was an All-star, must mean 1st as a starter.)

Josh Smith (4th appearance)

Amar'e (8th)

Dwight Howard (8th)

Bench:

Brandon Jennings (2nd), Owen Blake (1st), Danny Granger (3rd), Tyrus Thomas (2nd), Brook Lopez (3rd), Ty Lawson (1st), Gilbert Arenas (6th)

West:

Chris Paul (7th), Kobe (16th), Durant (5th), Carmelo (7th), and Al Jefferson (3rd.)

Bench:

Westbrook (4th), Tyreke Evans (3rd), Rudy Gay (1st), Donnie Hodges (2nd), Billy Crawford (1st), Andre Iguodala (2nd), and Deron Williams (5th.)


Holiday injures his ankle in practice and will miss 4-6 weeks

Turner will start at PG and Ramos will get a start at SG.

Feb 13th -

We play at home vs Orlando who are 17-36 despite having 2 All-Stars.

We beat them 105-102.

Turner with a great job at PG, 25 points, 10 assists, 7 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 5 of 9.

Young with 26 points and 8 boards. Speights with 18 points and 3 boards. Ramos with 10 points.

Jefferson with 7 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley with 3 points and 5 boards.


Feb 16th -

Our last game before the All-Star break is against the Knicks at home. They are 27-29.

We beat them 113-95. Turner with 10 points, 10 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Young led the team with 25 points. Speights with 24 points, 9 boards, and a block.

Villanueva with 17 points. Ramos with 13 points. Kelley with 8 points. Madsen with 4 points and 4 boards in 8 minutes.


We are 37-17 and tied for 1st in the East at the All-Star break (tied with the Pacers.)

The Cavs are 3.5 back, Bobcats 4 back, Raptors and Bulls both 4.5 back, Pistons 5 back, Wizards 7 back, Nets 11 back.


The Clippers try taking advantage of our PG situation by offering Toney Doglas for Villanueva and Madsen. I turn them down.

The Rookies beat the Sophomores 93-87 behind 20 points from Kelley!

The East beats the West in the All-Star game and Turner is the MVP with 30 points, 9 boards, and 7 assists! Wall had 28 points and 8 assists.

Iggy had 12 points, 10 assists, and 4 boards. Gay led the West with 29 points.


Our next game is at Sacramento who are 29-26 with a roster rating of 89.

[Eaglesfan27]

A lot of movement at the All-Star break!

The Spurs pull the trigger in shipping Tony Parker to Sacramento. In return, they get C Andris Biedrins and my former PF Craig Brackins.

The Hornets trade an unhappy David West along with Jarrett Jack to Memphis for an unhappy Josh Childress and Sam Young. Seems like Memphis just got even better!

The Magic fire Jim O'Brien and hire Keith Smart.

Now, we get to play at Sacramento in Tony Parker's first game there. Turner will get the job of shutting him down.

[Eaglesfan27]

5 minutes into the game and Turner already has gotten a 2nd foul on Parker. We are up 15-2.

At the end of 1, we are up 28-13. Turner is completely dominating the game.

Turner with a quieter 2nd quarter. At halftime, we lead 50-40.

Turner with 20 points and 8 assists at the half. He has shut down Parker by getting him into foul trouble and just playing terrific defense.

Thaddeus Young hurts his arm or wrist early in the 3rd. He has to come out of the game.

At the end of 3, we are up 67-62. Turner has played every minute and is tiring. We'll rest him for 3 to 4 minutes to start the 4th.

With 8:30 to go, Turner returns. We lead 67-66.

Turner gave us a 5 point lead with 8 seconds left, but Parker hits a 2 and then they steal it and Tyreke Evans hits a 3 to tie it with 0.8 seconds left.

We are tied at 84 at the end of regulation.

Back and forth in OT.. oh my Tyreke Evans hits a 3 and draws a foul that he makes to give them a 97-95 win with 0.4 seconds left.

Evans ruins an amazing night from Turner. Evans with 24 points, 10 boards, and 5 assists.

Turner with 34 points, 19 assists (new career high), 7 boards, and 7 turnovers. He shot 13 of 19, 0 of 1, and 8 of 10.

Jefferson with 15 points, 11 boards, and 4 blocks. Signs of a breakout?

Villanueva with 15 points and 5 boards. Speights with 13 points and 7 boards.

Kelley with 7 points, 9 boards, and 2 assists. Young with 5 points, 6 boards, and 4 assists. He shot 2 of 10.

Ramos with 4 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists.

Young just has a sore wrist and will be able to play through it.

[Eaglesfan27]

We are now 37-18. Next up, we play at Oklahoma. They are 39-19 despite injuries. Mo Williams has been cleared to return for this game, and he will play a huge part.

They win 115-99 behind 35 from Westbrook and 31 from Durant.

Turner led us with 24 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists. Villanueva and Young with 16 each. Fuller with 12 points in 8 minutes as we work him back into the rotation. Speights with 12 points.

Williams with 10 points and 8 assists. Kelley with 4 points and 4 boards in 28 minutes.

Feb 26th -

We travel to play the Suns who are on a winning streak. They beat us 112-108. We drop to 37-20.

They got 24 points from Eric Gordon.

Turner led us with 29 points, 12 assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Young with 15, Speights with 13. Fuller with 12 in 9 minutes. Murphy and Kelley with 9 points each.

Williams with 8 points and 3 assists in 35 minutes. Jefferson with 6 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

Evan Turner wins Player of the Week while Tyreke Evans wins it in the West.

Our next game is at Minnesota. They are 20-40.

In other news, the Spurs have fired Lionel Hollins and hired Derrick Hart.

Kevin Garnett announced he will retire after the season is over.

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, we are up 26-19. Turner with a very nice 1st quarter. Kelley providing a spark off the bench.

Turner with another great quarter and Kelley continues to sink open shots.

At halftime, we lead 52-36. Strong defense. Turner with 10 points and 6 asissts at the half.

We open the half with a 20-6 run to put this game away. We lead 86-58 at the end of 3. Everyone chipping in but Kelley with a career night.

With 6:30 to go, I pull my starters. We are up 100-66.


We win the game 112-72.

Kelley is the player of the game! The rookie just had a breakout performance. 23 points, 13 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 10 of 12, 1 of 2, and 2 of 2.

Turner with 20 points, 10 assists, 4 boards, and 1 block. He shot 9 of 12.

Villanueva with 17 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocks. Williams with 13 points and 8 assists.

Young with 12 points, 8 boards, and 3 assists. Fuller with 10 points and 6 boards.

Jefferson with 7 points and 7 boards. Speights with 6 points and 9 boards. He shot 3 of 9.

Madsen with 2 boards in 6 minutes.

[Eaglesfan27]

March 2nd -

We host GS who are 28-30. We beat them 97-83. Turned with 15 points and 5 assists. Speights with 14 points and 15 boards.

Williams with 14 points and 4 assists. Kelley with 12 points, 7 boards, and 3 assists.

Young with 11 points and 4 boards. Villanueva with 12 points and 6 boards.

Jefferson with 5 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. Fuller with 9 points in 10 minutes. Murphy with 5 points and 7 boards.

In other news, Evan Turner is now atop the PER (Player Efficiency Rating) with a 30.27.

The top 5:

2. Evans 29.38
3. Durant 29.02
4. Rose 28.11
5. Anthony 27.72

The Spurs fired Lionel Hollins and hired Derrick Hart.


March 4th -

We host the Kings who are 33-27. We lose to them 111-106.

Evans with 33 points and Cousins with 23 against us.

Young with 23 points. Turner with 17 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists. He shot 7 of 16.

Williams with 16 points and 6 assists. Speights with 14 points and 7 boards.

Villanueva with 13 points and 5 boards. Fuller with 8 points in 8 minutes.

Jefferson with 6 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. Kelley shot 1 of 8 and finished with 4 points and 4 boards.


Our next game is on the 6th at the Conference Leading Pacers with a record of 42-19 (but a weaker roster than us.)

[Eaglesfan27]

At the end of 1, Turner gets into foul trouble as he picks up his 3rd foul.

We are down 23-17.

The 2nd quarter without Turner is rough. We are down 49-37 at the half.

Turner on fire to start the 3rd! We are down 51-50 as they call time with 8:35 to go.

At the end of 3, we are down 61-59.

With 8:20 to go, Thaddeus Young with a non-contact ankle injury.

With 19 seconds left, Turner hits a pair of FT's to tie it at 88. He has been great down the stretch this game..

With 1.8 seconds left, Granger hits a 20 footer despite being covered.

We get Turner a look from just inside midcourt, but he misses the long 3.


We lose 90-88.

Their young player, Jamal Brooks, is the player of the game. The PF had 20 points and 7 boards. He was the #5 player taken in the 2012 draft. Hibbert with 17 and Granger with 16.

Turner led us with 31 points, 9 assists, 5 boards, 3 steals, and 4 turnovers. He shot 10 of 18.

Speights with 16 points and 7 boards. Jefferson with 11 points, 5 boards, and a block.

Villanueva with 8 points and 3 boards. Williams with 8 points, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 7 turnovers.

Young with 4 points, 4 boards, and 4 assists. Kelley with 4 points and 6 boards.

After the game, we find out Young has a grade 3 ankle sprain and will miss about a month

[Eaglesfan27]

For March, Evan Turner was the player of the Month. Tyreke Evans was the player of the month in the West. Rose and Turner are the only players to win it in 2 months this year.

Marshall Samuel (was) and Marcel Micoud won Rookies of the month again.


March 9th -

We host Phoenix. They are 37-27. We beat them 117-101.

Speights led the way with 27 points, 9 boards, and 3 blocks.

Jefferson with 16 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks!

Williams with 16 points and 6 assists. Turner with 16 points and 7 assists.

Villanueva with 14 points and 4 boards. Kelley with 10 points and 8 boards.

Fuller with 8 points. Kirilenko with 5 points, 5 boards, and 2 blocks in 12 minutes.

That was our 40th win of the year. We are 40-22. We are 3 games behind the Pacers.


March 11th -

We play in Boston. They beat us 102-99 behind 34 points from Arenas, a triple double from Rondo and 20 from Pierce. Rondo with 15 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists.

Kelley led our team with 20 points and 9 boards. I think the kid is destined to be a star and give us another great piece beside Turner.

Speights with 19 points and 10 boards. Turner with 14 points, 5 boards, and 6 assists. He shot 5 of 15.

Villanueva with 12 points and 9 boards. Jefferson with 12 points, 12 boards, and 2 blocks.

Mo Williams with 9 points and 9 assists.

We get great news as Holiday has been cleared to return for our next game which is hosting the Pacers. We must win if we want to have any chance to catch the Pacers.

[Eaglesfan27]

In that game, Pierce got his 25,000th career point.



At the end of 1 against the Pacers, we are tied at 29.

At halftime, we are down 54-52. Turner with a great half. 20 points, 7 assists, and 3 boards.

Turner rests for a few in the 3rd quarter and they go on a 12-0 run. We are down 79-69 at the end of 3.

Granger hits a 3 with 1:55 to go to give them a 97-94 lead.

Turner finds Kelley for a wide open corner 3 to tie it.

Granger blows by Kelley for a dunk. Williams beats Collison using a pick and gets to the lane where he is fouled and makes the shot. He misses the FT and they go on the fast break where they find George for another 3. We are down 102-99.

Turner with a 3 off a screen to tie it at 102 with 45 seconds to go.

Granger misses a shot as Kelley bothers it. Turner is double teamed and finds Williams who misses a slightly contested shot.

With 6 seconds left, Hibbert draws a foul in the post.

Turner is double teamed.. he splits the double team.. shoots with a hand in his face.. and misses.

We lose 104-102.

Paul George is the player of the game. The young SG finished with 26 points and 5 boards. Granger with 19 and Hibbert with 18.

Turner led us with 36 points, 11 assists, 7 boards, and 3 steals. He also had 7 turnovers. He shot 15 of 27, 6 of 8, and 0 of 0.

Speights with 14 points and 7 boards. Williams with 13 points and 5 assists.

Jefferson with 12 points, 6 boards, 3 assists, and 3 blocks. He shot 4 of 8.

Holiday with 10 points and 7 assists. Villanueva with 9 points, 6 boards, and a block.

Kelley with 8 points, 13 boards, 1 assist, and 1 block.

That was the Pacers' 9th straight win and they have a virtually insurmountable lead for the #1 spot with only 16 games to go.

In other news, Nicolas Batum of the Bucks tore his hamstring and is done for the year.

We are now 40-24.

Our next game is the next night at NY.