ASSOCIATION PROGRESS

[Ferrari997]

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I think I know, take control of the other team make the deal then go back to my own team right? Thanks for the advice I never thought about that.

You could do that, or recreate the deal via doing a 3 team trade and involving your team by giving and then receiving a 2nd round pick. OR by adjusting/editing contracts or simply just turn on trade override.

[BamaBoy88]

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I got ya, good advice I appreciate it bro

[Marino]

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You guys can follow my franchise by clicking on the link in my sig.

[HHHRVD55]

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Ugh, I've lost my last two games. I lost to the Warriors 114-110 in a game that I honestly should have won. No real reason I didn't win, I just blew it in the end. Then I got smashed by the Lakers. I can't remember the score but it was by over ten. They're biggest lead was 15 and I got it as close as 2 in the fourth before they pulled away. No answer for Kobe in this game. He just blew past whoever I had guarding him and dunked it. That was my last game before the All-star break. I had Carlos Boozer in the All-Star game, but simmed it. The East won, 94-92. Low scoring game for the All-Star game.

[BamaBoy88]

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4-0 with Pistons, I decided to restart and play all 82 games it seems more realistic to me that way. The only trades I have made was Aaron Afflalo and a 2nd round for Brent Barry only because Afflalo was unhappy and Kwame Brown for Johan Petro because Kwame was unhappy. Will Bynum is the only unhappy player left but I haven't been able to find a trade for him yet.

[OG_McNabb]

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Mo Cheeks was fired in my association a few days after he was fired in real life.

Thats nice! I cant believe as a grown man that I am about to say this but I cant wait until christmas to open my gift.

[damien6663]

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i play 29 game seasons, 82 would just be wayyy to much!!

[stewaat]

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What do you guys think about this lineup?

09-10 Charlotte Bobcats

Starters

PG: D.J. Augustin (79)
SG: Allen Iverson (88) [No I didn't want AI. Granger was a FA and I had the cap room to get him but he opted to go back with Indiana. I needed another scorer in my lineup and Iverson was the only guy worth signing. He's small to play SG but I honestly had very few options. Marquise Daniels wasn't the answer IMHO...neither is AI but I only have him two years.]
SF: Gerald Wallace (85)
PF: Boris Diaw (80)
C: Hasheem Thabeet (81) [#4 pick. Traded Okafor to Indiana for the #4 pick. They had cap room and only had Hibbert at center. They get a veteran and I get the upside of a potentially great defensive center.]

Main Reserves

PG/SG: Stephen Curry (76) [#5 pick (original pick). HUGE reach but I wanted a backup PG/SG and a shooter. He's a beast and a local kid, had to get him.]
SF: Kareem Rush (74)
C: Nazr Mohammed (72)
PF: Tyler Hansbrough (70) [#20 pick in the draft. Traded my 2010 1st round pick for this selection. I like Hansbrough, sue me. Obviously I made his rating realistic so don't hate too much.]

Bench Warmers

SG: Matt Carroll (73)
PG: Sean Singletary (73)
C: Alexis Ajinca (71)

Inactive

PF: Juwan Howard (70)

Thoughts on the season...
Well my team is small at the guard position. Bigger guards like Kobe and Tracy McGrady are going to dominate my guys. Honestly I have no idea how I am going to have a chance defending them.

[DmoneyH3]

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How did you get those real life rookies on your team?

Anyway, I am something like 33-19, a half game ahead of the Lakers for 2nd in the West and 8 behind Houston for 1st. Detroit and Houston have the best records in the L.

The Jazz and Suns are struggling. PHX is about 3 games out of the 8th seed and Utah is around the 3rd or 4th worst team in the West. I was finaly able to re-do a trade the Jazz and Grizz made earlier (Okur for Conley), so both teams are almost back to stock...

I am tempted to make a move. My team is very sporadic. One stretch I can win 10 in a row, then I can alternate wins and losses for 2 weeks. Blake demanded a trade and Diagu and Frye are close to it.

Oden is 2nd in ROY voting and won ROMonth the past 2months. No All-Stars this year.

The trade deadline is a week away. I am thinking of trading the afforemention for a 1st rounder or packaging them for a Gerald Wallace type. I have been offered Bargnani and Tyrus Thomas for Blake on the trading block, so I may have to take them up on that one.

[RAZRr1275]

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Looking good stew.

[AI3]

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did you edit the prospects stew? to make the names of real players?

[-Boss-]

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The duo of Amare Stoudemire and Jason Richardson is turning out to be deadly. They complement each other so well for me. A two man game of Stoudemire and Richardson is damn near impossible to stop. Help to far, and Amare has the whole lane for a nasty jam. Don't help enough, J-Rich is a money 3 point shooter. Slack off, Richardson drives baseline for the thunderious jam!

This trade really paid off.

Amare: 26ppg/10rpg/2bpg
Jason Richardson: 18ppg, 3rpg, 3apg


HELP: Now that I have Jason Richardson on my team, the minutes are very low for Leandro Barbosa. I don't want to be giving him this amount of money to get 20 minutes per game. Any ideas on players I could land for him? Would like to get a solid PF backup that can give me 14-18 good minutes per night. No all-star, just a player who does the dirty work who is cheap. I was thinking like a Paul Milsap.

I also would like to try and get a SG out of the trade. If not, trade one of my SF's (I have 4).


Nash/Dragic
Richardson/Barbosa
Barnes/Hill/Dudley/Tucker
Amare/Amundson
Shaq/Lopez/Hollins

I am thinking either trade Dudley or Tucker for a SG. Any ideas. Another player who can give me 15-18 minutes off the bench. No star, just a quality player who does his job and knocks down the open J.

[stewaat]

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How did you get those real life rookies on your team?

I turned "edit prospects" on and went in and spent a good 2 hours editing ~20 guys.

I chose a picture that looked like the created guy could somewhat appear like the real life counter part. Turned out pretty good IMO, or as good as it could.

Honestly I rated the rookies too low haha!

Looking good stew.

First game against Yao and the Rockets wasn't very good...I was down by 25 at one point and ended up losing by 9. I went on an 11-0 run to end the game. I need to adjust steals a little bit and boost Thabeet's stamina. He was unable to play more than 20 minutes.

did you edit the prospects stew? to make the names of real players?

Check above.

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Lost my first game to Houston 107-98 I believe. Yao had 30/22/6 ast/3 blk and was DOMINANT.

I had 4 guys in double figures but I was DOMINATED on the boards like 50-20. It was embarrassing. Tyler Hansbrough had 6 boards off the bench for me to lead my team. It was UGLY and I really need to focus on boxing out in my next matchup.

Fortunately I don't have to face Yao again.

Boss
As a Bobcats user I can vouch that J-Rich is a beast in the game. His J is pretty easy to get down and his range is amazing. I hate the fact they traded him away! If I had him at SG right now I'd be so much better off!!!

[BamaBoy88]

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I have to restart one more time lol, my bro decided our pc should be completely redone so we have to reinstall everything. I have no idea who I am gonna use this time. Good thing about being from Bama is with professional sports I don't have to be loyal to any specific team cause we ain't got one but college is of course the one and only Crimson Tide.

[hova-]

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Well steewat I think your line up is quite good, but the fact that you got AI instead of Granger definitely hurts you. I have tough times to score with AI and Granger is just bigger and stronger you can even post up nicely with him. I also think that Meka is better than Thabeet aint he? I mean Thabeet has size and D. But Meka is stronger, well conditioned and brings some offensive post presence at least.

So I am playing with the Mavs. Right about now Im 6-5 for third in the SW division. This is my lineup:

C Dampier
PF Dirk
SF Howard
SG Stackhouse
PG Kidd

6th Terry
7th Bass
8th Diop
9th George
10th Barea
11th Williams
12th Green
IR Singleton
IR Wright

Played Terry as a starter the first games but he turned out to be better when coming off the bench as a reserve for Kidd and Stack.

Dirk is averaging 27 and 10 and is shooting a nice .57% from the field so far. I feel like hes a bit too strong. Since coming off the bench Terry had three straight 20+ games.
I won the first two games and then lost four in a row (Cavs, Nuggets, Spurs, LAC). I answered with a four game stretch beating the Lakers, Bulls, Magic and Knicks). But I lost my last game against the Bobcats (!) ... tough so far.

I dont feel like I need to pull any trades right now.