ASSOCIATION PROGRESS

[PsychoBulk]

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4-4 with the Pistons, 12 min Qrts, Pro, nogsters ros, futures sliders, bam.

I play every game and have been incredibly inconsistent so far, blown out by the Wiz i then beat the Celts, play appallingly in Atlanta i then scrape a win at Golden State.

Loving the challenge of it though and determined to reach the playoffs.

AI only averaging 18.9ppg so far but thats fine ive got him dishing, 7 apg, Rip is leading us with 23 ppg and Stuckey giving great energy off the bench with 12 ppg and 3 apg.

Now finally back .500 ball, i couldnt get any consistency but took advantage of a lighter homestand of 4 games to beat the T'Wolves, Knicks, Bucks and Blazers all comfortably.

I now sit 8-8 and intent on catching the 14-3 Cavs who are streaking my division.

[Hassan Darkside]

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Man...I'm using the Knicks and they are SATAN AWFUL after the trade. I'm trying to play "D'antoni ball" but it doesn't work real well. I'm using nogsters/portlands rosters and future's sliders (modified) playing on all-star. I just got blown out by the Hawks by 23. I think I might bump it down to Pro.

Anyway, the team is so streaky when it comes to shooting. I was 3/20 from 3 this game. Sometimes QRich is on, sometimes he's not. Duhon usually can't hit anything. Tim Thomas seems to be my most consistent shooter and he's coming off the bench. The team has no low post presence at all. Al Harrington is as close as I can get to a post presence. I don't play Curry either, like D'Antoni and I'll probably try to trade him. I struggle with Nate's jumper and I can't get into the lane with him because he's so small so his shots get thrown away too eaily in the game. He just had 7 turnovers lol.

I play pretty well with Wilson Chandler although he is practically useless from behind the arc. Plus this team has no good perimeter defenders either. We're 11-8 now (thanks to some simming).

[jfsolo]

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What a crushing loss. I just lost at home, 86-85, to the 1-15(now 2-15 ) Thunder on a 3 pointer at the buzzer by Westbrook. It was their first lead of game. We've fallen to 6-11 and now have 3 days off to have that loss stick in our guts. We're going to practice really hard for 2 out of the 3 days, cause we really need to find a way to get a win against the Hawks.

It was cool how the arena just fell totally silent after the ball went through the net, after being so raucous just a moment before.

[JBH3]

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I'm just curious guys....who leads your league in scoring for the season? For me it's Kevin Martin at 30 points a game. I went back and looked at his recent games, and he was scoring in the 40's somewhat regularly.

In my association Lebron is the leading scorer at 29.8 PPG.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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In my association Lebron is the leading scorer at 29.8 PPG.

Same here.

[vickdamonejr]

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Man...I'm using the Knicks and they are SATAN AWFUL after the trade. I'm trying to play "D'antoni ball" but it doesn't work real well. I'm using nogsters/portlands rosters and future's sliders (modified) playing on all-star. I just got blown out by the Hawks by 23. I think I might bump it down to Pro.

Anyway, the team is so streaky when it comes to shooting. I was 3/20 from 3 this game. Sometimes QRich is on, sometimes he's not. Duhon usually can't hit anything. Tim Thomas seems to be my most consistent shooter and he's coming off the bench. The team has no low post presence at all. Al Harrington is as close as I can get to a post presence. I don't play Curry either, like D'Antoni and I'll probably try to trade him. I struggle with Nate's jumper and I can't get into the lane with him because he's so small so his shots get thrown away too eaily in the game. He just had 7 turnovers lol.

I play pretty well with Wilson Chandler although he is practically useless from behind the arc. Plus this team has no good perimeter defenders either. We're 11-8 now (thanks to some simming).

I feel your pain, man. I just got a PS3 and this game. So far I'm 1-5 with NY (of course I'm not that great at the game either ). 28 game season w/ 10 min. quarters on Pro w/ Razr's rosters and futures sliders.

It's been a struggle to score and a even bigger struggle to get defensive stops.

I'm not playing Marbury or Curry, either.

How have you been using Mobley? He's been pretty solid for me off the bench. I love Nate but size is definitely an issue. David Lee and Chandler have been my best players so far but Chandler is out 2-4 weeks and I'm hitting a tough stretch (WAS, DEN, NJ, DET, PHI, UTAH in 9 days) that could make my already bleak playoff hopes unattainable.

[jfsolo]

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I let my ego get one of my best players hurt for two weeks. Usually I get about 2 or 3 charges a game against the CPU. In a game against the Hawks I took seven charges, because Smith, and Williams were out of control for much of the game.

So in a game that was probably over(I had a chance to come back, but it wasn't likely) I caused Rudy Gay to get a strained abdominal by getting greedy and trying to get an 8th charge, stepping in way too late, and getting him smashed in a major collision.

Ironically, I was able to stop a three game losing streak in the next game vs the Clips. I inserted Quinton Ross into the starting lineup against his old mates and he, Mayo, Conley, and Crittenton controlled the Clips on the perimeter, forcing league leading scorer B. Diddy into a 6 for 19 shooting performance. Kaman was out, so they had no low post presence on offense and only scored 26 points in the paint.

This was a good win because in my Association the Clips are one of the top teams. They didn't play like it in the game I played against them, but they seem to "sim" well.

7-12, on to face CP3 and company. By the way I need to put out a BOLO for O.J. Mayo's shot, because it has flown the coop. The Machine is starting to come around though, after recovering from the shock of being traded from the Lakers.

[3rdAnswer]

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I made a trade that was offered by the Rockets.

I, the Blazers, gave up Martell Webster and Ike Diogu to the Rockets for Shane Battier, DJ Strawberry and a 2nd round draft pick in '09. I think it was an unfair trade, but the computer offered it to me. In Battier, I get a 3-point shooter, some veteran leadership, and a great defender while staying somewhat young with a good defender in DJ Strawberry.

Martell Webster can shoot, but he doesn't get any rebounds and is kinda slow, therefore not a good defender.

[xxjgbxx]

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i use the knicks and i actually do pretty well with them but i play gillanari over chandler

[-Boss-]

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I played like 30 games with the Suns in my association and decided for fun to simulate the rest of the season. i forgot I had it on auto save and it saved it which I regret. I think I am going to just make the record the same as the Suns now and go from there.

[JBH3]

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Got blown out as the East All-Stars...I put the difficulty on All-Star to go for the Achievement, and was just annihilated because the CPU just never missed. I hate All-Star on this game.

I'm now on a 3 game skid getting blown out by Miami, losing to WAS after simming that game, and losing to Orlando 109-105.

I'll be putting a write-up on my blog in the coming days...

http://www.osatwork.com/JBH3/blog/

[BamaBoy88]

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I am first in the league and my division in my second association with the celtics, I like to play a regular one and then another where I make trades. I really mostly try to move unhappy players so my chemistry can stay up I recently traded ray allen for vince carter because ray wasn't doing it for me and new jersey's record sucked anyway.

[JBH3]

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I'm desperate to find out more info about the below (which I posted in th Bugs/Glitches thread). Any of you guys had this happen?

Question...The glitch where your last played game shows up in the boxscores w/ the 4th qtr stats missing - I believe it occurs after training players - Has this caused anyones save to become corrupted as they progress forward in their association?

In terms of progressing forward I mean like after a few seasons have been played. Because I've simmed through the first season to test out if the game crashes, and it doesn't but I don't know what would happen after playing multiple seasons.

Any insight that can provided regarding this glitch is most appreciated.
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[dragonsruleme]

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I use the Bucks and I played the Cavs, I was in it up until the third. Mo Williams got hot and just took us out of the game. We're currently 9-10 and one game out of 8th spot behind the Hear. I've been posting my chise on another website, I'd post the link here but I think it's against the rules.

[vickdamonejr]

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I'm desperate to find out more info about the below (which I posted in th Bugs/Glitches thread). Any of you guys had this happen?

Question...The glitch where your last played game shows up in the boxscores w/ the 4th qtr stats missing - I believe it occurs after training players - Has this caused anyones save to become corrupted as they progress forward in their association?

In terms of progressing forward I mean like after a few seasons have been played. Because I've simmed through the first season to test out if the game crashes, and it doesn't but I don't know what would happen after playing multiple seasons.

Any insight that can provided regarding this glitch is most appreciated.
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Yeah, I've noticed it happens after training. Um, so far it hasn't corrupted any of my saves but I'm not far very in my assoc...