Blazing the future : A Trail Blazers Association

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Portland Trail Blazers
2012-13 NBA Season
82 Games
CPU Trades: On
Trade Override: Off
Quarter Length: 7 Minutes
Sim Quarter Length: 12 Minutes
Playoffs Format: 7-7-7-7
Pro Difficulty

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I simmed the first season so that i would be on track for the upcoming season.

Portland Trailblazers
43-39 record
#7 seed in Western Conference


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Season Recap
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Most Valuable Player	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
Rookie of the Year	Kyrie Irving	PG	Cleveland Cavaliers
Sixth Man of the Year	Goran Dragic	PG	Phoenix Suns
Defensive Player of the Year	Dwight Howard	C	Orlando Magic
Most Improved Player	Antawn Jamison	SF	Cleveland Cavaliers
Coach of the Year	Erik Spoelstra	COACH	Miami Heat
All-NBA 1st Team
All-NBA 1st Team	Dwayne Wade	SG	Miami Heat
	Derrick Rose	PG	Chicago Bulls
	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
	Kevin Durant	SF	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Dwight Howard	C	Orlando Magic
All-NBA 2nd Team
All-NBA 2nd Team	Russell Westbrook	PG	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Kobe Bryant	SG	Los Angeles Lakers
	Andrea Bargnani	C	Toronto Raptors
	Dirk Nowitzki	PF	Dallas Mavericks
	Brook Lopez	C	New Jersey Nets
All-NBA 3rd Team
All-NBA 3rd Team	Stephen Curry	SG	Golden State Warriors
	John Wall	PG	Washington Wizards
	Carmelo Anthony	SF	New York Knicks
	Blake Griffin	PF	Los Angeles Clippers
	Chris Kaman	C	New Orleans Hornets
All-Defensive 1st Team
All-Defensive 1st Team	Dwayne Wade	SG	Miami Heat
	Paul George	SG	Indiana Pacers
	Josh Smith	PF	Atlanta Hawks
	Kevin Durant	SF	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Dwight Howard	C	Orlando Magic
All-Defensive 2nd Team
All-Defensive 2nd Team	Rajon Rondo	PG	Boston Celtics
	Kobe Bryant	SG	Los Angeles Lakers
	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
	Paul Millsap	PF	Utah Jazz
	Marcus Camby	C	Houston Rockets
All-Rookie 1st Team
All-Rookie 1st Team	Kyrie Irving	PG	Cleveland Cavaliers
	Kemba Walker	PG	Charlotte Bobcats
	Ricky Rubio	PG	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Brandon Knight	PG	Detroit Pistons
	Kenneth Faried	PF	Dallas Mavericks
All-Rookie 2nd Team
All-Rookie 2nd Team	Isiah Thomas	PG	Sacramento Kings
	MarShon Brooks	SG	New Jersey Nets
	Alec Burks	SG	Utah Jazz
	Iman Shumpert	SG	New York Knicks
	Derrick Williams	PF	Minnesota Timberwolves

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2011-2012 Season Re-signings and Trades

With Trail Blazers we had a few key pieces for the future in Aldridge and Batum but we needed to look at future and be able to contend for the 2012-13 season. Other Teams as you will see were very active in the season trading players.

Trades

Trail Blazers trade PG Raymond Felton to Denver for 2012 1st and 2nd Round picks

Trail Blazers trade SG Wesley Matthews and C Kurt Thomas to Cleveland for SF
Alonzo Gee

Trail Blazers trade SF Luke Babbit and 2013 1st round pick to Houston for SF Chandler Parsons and 2012 1st round pick

Trail Blazers trade SF Shawne Williams and SG Elliot Willaims to Pistons for C Ben Wallace and SG Damien Wilkins

Trail Blazers trade PG Nolan Smith (3rd PG) to Golden State for 2012 1st round pick and PF Vladimir Radmanovic

With those moves I was able to clear cap for the upcoming free Agency period and draft

Trades around the league

Suns- Grant Hill, Robin Lopez
Rocket- Goran Dragic, M.Camby

Bucks-Ekpe Udoh, Shawn Livingstoon
Suns- 2012 1st round pick, Josh Childress

GS- R. Jefferson
ATL- Marvin Williams, Radmanovic

MIL- Ersan Ilyasova, '13 2nd round pick
HOU- Marcus Morris

HOU- Chase Budinger, '12 2nd round pick
DET- Tayshaun Prince

MIN- Nikola Pekovic, Martell Webster
DET- Rodney Stuckey

DAL- Yi Jianlin
NJ- '12 1st round pick, Damion James

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PLAYOFF Results

Western Conference

1st round

1. OKC vs 8. PHX OKC wins series 4-2

4. DAL vs 5. DEN DAL wins series 4-2

3. SA vs 6. LAC
SA wins series 4-2

2. LAL vs 7. PORT PORT wins series 4-0

2nd Round

1. OKC vs 4. DAL DAL wins series 4-2

3. SA vs 7. PORT
SA wins series 4-1

Western Conference Finals

4. DAL vs 3. SA SA wins series 4-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMP- San Antonio Spurs

Eastern Conference

1st round

1. MIA vs 8. MIL
MIA wins series 4-0

4. BOS vs 5. ORL BOS wins series 4-0

3. ATL vs 6. IND
ATL wins series 4-2

2. CHI vs 7. PHI CHI wins series 4-3

2nd round

1. MIA vs 4. BOS MIA wins series 4-1

3. ATL vs 2. CHI ATL wins series 4-0

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

1. MIAMI vs 3. ATLANTA MIAMI wins series 4-1

EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPS MIAMI HEAT

NBA FINALS

1. MIAMI HEAT vs 3. SAN ANTONIO SPURS
MIAMI WINS SERIES 4-3

NBA CHAMPS- MIAMI HEAT
FINALS MVP- LEBRON JAMES

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NBA Draft - Round 1 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
1	Cleveland Cavaliers	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF
2	Minnesota Timberwolves	Andre Drummond	C
3	Washington Wizards	Anthony Davis	C
4	Portland Trail Blazers	Thomas Robinson	PF
5	Sacramento Kings	Perry Jones III	PF
6	Detroit Pistons	Harrison Barnes	SF
7	Philadelphia 76ers	Tyler Zeller	C
8	Charlotte Bobcats	Terrence Jones	SF
9	Toronto Raptors	Bradley Beal	SG
10	Milwaukee Bucks	Myers Leonard	C
11	Memphis Grizzlies	Kendall Marshall	PG
12	Utah Jazz	Jeremy Lamb	SG
13	New Jersey Nets	Jared Sullinger	PF
14	Portland Trail Blazers	Austin Rivers	SG
15	New York Knicks	Marquis Teague	PG
16	Denver Nuggets	John Henson	PF
17	Milwaukee Bucks	Fab Melo	C
18	Indiana Pacers	Andrew Nicholson	PF
19	Portland Trail Blazers	Festus Ezeli	C
20	Los Angeles Clippers	Terrence Ross	SG
21	Portland Trail Blazers	Damian Lilliard	PG
22	Boston Celtics	Jeffrey Taylor	SG
23	Orlando Magic	Doron Lamb	SG
24	Dallas Mavericks	Myck Kabongo	PG
25	San Antonio Spurs	Arnett Moultrie	PF
26	Atlanta Hawks	Evan Fournier	SG
27	Chicago Bulls	Will Barton	SG
28	Los Angeles Lakers	Ian Miller	PG
29	Oklahoma City Thunder	Mason Plumlee	PF
30	Miami Heat	Tony Wroten	PG

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NBA Draft - Round 2 Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
31	Utah Jazz	Alex Young	SG
32	Washington Wizards	Lebryan Nash	SF
33	Houston Rockets	John Shurna	SF
34	Minnesota Timberwolves	Draymond Green	SF
35	Sacramento Kings	Furkan Aldemir	SF
36	Detroit Pistons	Herb Pope	PF
37	Philadelphia 76ers	Lucas Nogueira	C
38	Toronto Raptors	Tornike Shengeila	PF
39	Charlotte Bobcats	Darius Johnson-Odom	SG
40	New Orleans Hornets	Hollis Thompson	PF
41	Detroit Pistons	Royce White	PF
42	New York Knicks	Tyshawn Taylor	PG
43	Milwaukee Bucks	Darius Miller	SF
44	Memphis Grizzlies	Ashton Gibbs	PG
45	Golden State Warriors	Kris Joseph	SF
46	New Jersey Nets	Yancy Gates	PF
47	Phoenix Suns	Kim English	SF
48	Indiana Pacers	Mike Moser	PF
49	Boston Celtics	Patric Young	C
50	Los Angeles Clippers	William Buford	SG
51	New Jersey Nets	Kyle Kuric	SF
52	Boston Celtics	Robert Sacre	C
53	Orlando Magic	Tu Holloway	PG
54	Dallas Mavericks	Brandon Wood	SG
55	San Antonio Spurs	John Jenkins	SG
56	Atlanta Hawks	Jae Crowder	PF
57	Chicago Bulls	Tomas Satoranksy	PG
58	Los Angeles Lakers	Khris Middleton	SF
59	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ricardo Ratcliffe	SF
60	Miami Heat	Peyton Siva	PG

Draft Night Trades

Dallas- #16 pick in 1st round
Denver- Kenneth Faried

Cavs- Luke Walton, #3 pick in 2nd round
Rockets- Tayshaun Prince, 1st round pick 2013

POR- Jonny Flynn, #12 pick 1st round
UTA- Josh Howard, # 4 pick 1st round

POR- #19 in 2nd round pick
BOS- 2013 2nd rd pick

POR- #21 2nd rd pick
NJ- 2013 2nd rd

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BLAZERS GET TALENT!

After a wild free agency period this off-season, teams are completing their rosters in preparation for the upcoming season.


Portland Lands CP3

Only a few minutes ago, the Portland Trail Blazers and Chris Paul agreed to a 5/98.8 million dollar deal. Paul will now become the centerpiece of the Blazers and the heart of Trail Blazer nation. Paul will now get the chance to play with Lamarcus Aldridge and rookies Austin Rivers, Thomas Robinson, Festus Ezeli and Damian Lilliard. Paul is very excited at the opportunity, " we have a good young nucleus here and we should be one of the top contenders this year."

Blazers add 3 more to core

The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to principle with SG J.R. Smith, SF Daniel Green and C Omer Asik. The Blazers continue to add talent in order to contend with some of the bigger superteams in the NBA. Smith jumped at the chance to play with CP3, " I have always wanted to play with Chris and the opportunity here in portland was a great one". Smith agreed to a 4 year deal worth just over 30 million. Youngster Daniel Green also signed a 3 year deal worth 10.33 million. Green is expected to be a key player off the bench. Omer Asik signed a 3 year deal worth 8 million. Asik is expected to contribute off the bench and provide good minutes.



Around the League

PG Jeremy Lin signed a 4 year deal with the Rockets for 38.2 million

PG Gilbert Arenas inked a deal with the Raptors for 5 years and 52 million

SF Nic Batum inked a 4 year deal with the Cavs for 38.66 million

SG Shannon Brown (3/13.4), SG Delonte West (4/17.86) and PF Kenyon Martin (3/5.74) inked deals with the Knicks

PG Ray Felton signed a 5/12.5 contract with Denver

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Opening Night Lineup

Portland Trail Blazers
#	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
3	Chris Paul	PG		6'0		16,470,000
10	Damian Lilliard	PG		6'3		1,008,000
6	Austin Rivers	SG		6'4		1,490,000
33	J.R. Smith	SG		6'6		6,600,000
11	Jamal Crawford	SG		6'5		5,000,000
4	Daniel Green	SF		6'6		3,130,000
8	Josh Howard	SF		6'7		1,440,000
12	Lamarcus Aldridge	PF		6'11		13,000,000
21	JJ Hickson	PF		6'9		2,790,000
5	Festus Ezeli	C		6'11		1,170,000
43	Omer Asik	C		7'0		2,430,000