ASSOCIATION PROGRESS

[stewaat]

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Playing on All-Star.

Oklahoma City Thunder.

2-1 so far.

Made 2 trades.

#1
Sent: Robert Swift, Thunder 2009 1st round pick, Mouhamed Sene, and Thunder 2010 2nd round pick.

Got : Al Horford and Atlanta's 2nd round pick in 2010.

#2
Sent: Johan Petro

Got : Grizzlies 2nd round pick in 2009.

Starting 5 is now.
PG-Westbrook
SG-Green
SF-Durant
PF-Wilcox
C-Horford

Al Horford is a vital piece to the Hawks future. He's a double-double guy where Swift and Sene are two nobodies. Horford was the #3 pick in the draft last year and viewed as an immediate impact type guy, which he has been.

Just saying if you post a trade on OS know that most are going to point out whether or not it's realistic. Your trade is very, very unlikely.

However it's your game, do what you want.

[diamondmd]

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Dont know if you saw my post about the cpu teams ignoring the salary cap and being able to sign anyone they want. Has anyone here playing a franchise noticed this too?

[hova-]

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About the Radman trade. A very balanced trade, actually I think that you give up way more with Delonte. But since you just cant make it happen with him its okay. I mean Radman is a good, solid shooter. He does not bring anything else to the table imho but you seem to be more the jumpshooter. So give this trade a shot.

About the Horford trade. Unrealistic. Simple and plain.

So I pulled a trade in my Mavs Association. I really dont trade often and never unreallistically.
I put James Singleton on the trading block and the Rockets offered me a 2009 first rounder and Von Wafer.
The Rockets needed a backup SF and I wanted a pick -> perfect.
I waived Von Wafer (haha^^) later since he only has a 1 year 700k deal and I cant give him playing time (Terry, Stack, Green).

So it seems like I just cannot build a streak. Lost to the Clippers in OT and the Suns (with Steve Nash hitting crucial freethrows 0.9 secs left). After that I totally dominated the Hawks but fell short to the Spurs in the next game. Its tough. Im 9-10 now. I really start to understand how to use my perimetre guys instead of pushing things with Dirk. But still down the stretch I just cant win often enough.

[Tha.Pink.Pantha]

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About the Radman trade. A very balanced trade, actually I think that you give up way more with Delonte. But since you just cant make it happen with him its okay. I mean Radman is a good, solid shooter. He does not bring anything else to the table imho but you seem to be more the jumpshooter. So give this trade a shot.

About the Horford trade. Unrealistic. Simple and plain.

So I pulled a trade in my Mavs Association. I really dont trade often and never unreallistically.
I put James Singleton on the trading block and the Rockets offered me a 2009 first rounder and Von Wafer.
The Rockets needed a backup SF and I wanted a pick -> perfect.
I waived Von Wafer (haha^^) later since he only has a 1 year 700k deal and I cant give him playing time (Terry, Stack, Green).

So it seems like I just cannot build a streak. Lost to the Clippers in OT and the Suns (with Steve Nash hitting crucial freethrows 0.9 secs left). After that I totally dominated the Hawks but fell short to the Spurs in the next game. Its tough. Im 9-10 now. I really start to understand how to use my perimetre guys instead of pushing things with Dirk. But still down the stretch I just cant win often enough.

You say the Horford trade was unrealistic then act like anyone not under the influence would trade a 1st for James Singleton.

[jerseyballer7]

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Ok so I'm doing a fantasy association and I played 20 games so far. and Hedo Turkoglu has been playing terrible. The last game was against the wizards and he shot 1/10 from the field I was able to make all his free throws but damn I dunno what to do anymore to get him out of this slump lol.

[BamaBoy88]

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I decided to start one with the Lakers I guess you could call it a fantasy one but with no fantasy draft. I still have my real with with the Heat I have just been playing my Laker one right now. I traded Pau Gasol for Elton Brand and I traded Sasha Vucacic for George Mason because Vucachic was unhappy. I will probably keep my current roster so long as everyone stays happy. I also traded Lamar Odom for Rudy Gay.
My lineup is
Fisher
Bryant
Gay
Brand
Bynum and on the bench I have
Farmar
Mason
Walton
Mihm
Powell who get playing time.

[BamaBoy88]

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Messed up the name I meant Roger Mason Jr. lol

[SKA]

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Struggling as the OKC Thunder. Only 4-9 right now, was just on a 5-game losing streak, I really suck with Kevin Durant.

[vickdamonejr]

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UPDATE

So I experienced this bizarre crowd glitch after signing Lebron in '10. Thus, I had to carry on my assoc from an earlier date. Went through the whole off-season again and Lebron opted for the Kings instead of your beloved Knicks. This is my lineup instead:

Starters

G - Lester Hudson (78)
G - Joe Johnson (89) signed to 5 yr/ 65 or something mil contract
F - Wilson Chandler (91)
F - David Lee (83)
C - Marcus Camby (83) signed to 1 yr/ 4 mil contract

Bench

G - Antonio Daniels (74) 1 yr/ 1.8 mil contract
G - Terrence Williams (79)
F - Danilo Gallinari (83)
F - Malik Allen (71) 1 yr contract
C - Kurt Thomas (73) 1 yr at league minimum
C - Jordan Shaw (67) [7 ft rookie]
G - Lowell James (67) [rookie]

Can't wait to play the Kings and show Lebron what's good. I think I like this team pretty well anyway.

stewaat, your squad is looking super solid. I like the fire power you have coming off the bench with Boobie and Radmanovic.

Struggling as the OKC Thunder. Only 4-9 right now, was just on a 5-game losing streak, I really suck with Kevin Durant.

What's your lineup? Jeff Green seems like he'll turn into a beast in a few years, how are you with him?

[SKA]

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What's your lineup? Jeff Green seems like he'll turn into a beast in a few years, how are you with him?

Even worse. The thing that sucks is I was good with both of them when I was the Sonics in 2K8. But it's all part of the challenge I guess. Of course, in 2K8, I was the third seed in the playoffs with a Durant, Delonte West, Green, Collison, and Wilcox starting line-up with the Sonics. But I think 2K9 makes it harder for crappier teams to win, unless it's just my sliders.

I'm not complaining, they are just a bad team overall.

Of course, you be able to read it in my Dynasty I have in the dynasty section.

[stewaat]

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UPDATE

So I experienced this bizarre crowd glitch after signing Lebron in '10. Thus, I had to carry on my assoc from an earlier date. Went through the whole off-season again and Lebron opted for the Kings instead of your beloved Knicks. This is my lineup instead:

Starters

G - Lester Hudson (78)
G - Joe Johnson (89) signed to 5 yr/ 65 or something mil contract
F - Wilson Chandler (91)
F - David Lee (83)
C - Marcus Camby (83) signed to 1 yr/ 4 mil contract

Bench

G - Antonio Daniels (74) 1 yr/ 1.8 mil contract
G - Terrence Williams (79)
F - Danilo Gallinari (83)
F - Malik Allen (71) 1 yr contract
C - Kurt Thomas (73) 1 yr at league minimum
C - Jordan Shaw (67) [7 ft rookie]
G - Lowell James (67) [rookie]

Can't wait to play the Kings and show Lebron what's good. I think I like this team pretty well anyway.

Wow Chandler is a 91! Honestly I like this squad much better because you have some sort of defensive presence. Camby is a great defensive center and Lee at the 4 is going to make him even better. You've got T-Will and Gallinari off the bench with a vet PG and C with Daniels and K. Thomas.

Joe Johnson is a great guy to have as the cornerstone guy. He can do it all and you should put him at the point every once in a while so you can get T-Will and Gallinari out there too. What are Hudson's shooting ratings? Having a PG who can knock down shots is huge in this game.

stewaat, your squad is looking super solid. I like the fire power you have coming off the bench with Boobie and Radmanovic.

I think I went from Pretender to Contender with the moves. I have won both games against Western teams on the road. I beat the Grizzlies 117-89 with a dominating 2nd half performance and I was able to outscore Houston 29-19 in the final frame to steal a win 102-96.

Against the Griz LeBron had 51 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast, and 2 steals. I got my first triple-double with him against HOU (22-10-11).

Radmanovic was the key against Houston with a huge 4th quarter. The game was tied 94-94 and he hit 3 straight shots to give me a 100-94 lead and he had 15 pts off the bench.

Here are some stats:
PG - Mo Williams - 10.9 ppg, 6.1 apg
SG - Roger Mason - 11.0 ppg, 2.5 apg, 1.0 spg
SF - LeBron James - 30.6 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 6.7 apg, 1.9 spg (37.1 mpg out of 40! He has 99 in almost everything)
PF - Rasheed Wallace - 14.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.0 bpg
C - Ian North - 8.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.6 bpg

PG - Daniel Gibson - 14.9 ppg, 3.4 apg, 21-41 3pt
PF - Vladimir Radmanovic - 13.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg (In 2 games with CLE)

Then there's McDyess and Etan Thomas off the bench with rookie Joey Hill.

Central Standings:
CLE (5-2)
DET (4-2)
CHI (3-2)
IND (4-4)
MIL (2-2)

Notable records:
ATL (4-2)
HOU (6-2)
OKC (4-2)
LAC (7-2)
PHI (4-0)

[bols8875]

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So i decided to start my final / perfect association with yet again the Cleveland Cavaliers and play 29 game seasons and hopfeully play a few seasons before MLB the Show 09....

First I pulled off a trade that was in the talks in real life so I figured I would pull it off just so i could change the squad up a bit and have a little more fun in my "Imaginary Real Life Assoc."

Cavs Get : SG Vince Carter

Net Get : SG Wally Szczerbiak (expiring contract)
Cavalaiers '09 First-Round Pick
Cavaliers '10 First- Round Pick

I did this in order for the cavs to win NOW as in this NBA season...and also i just HATE Wally

Starting Lineup :
PG Mo Williams / D West
SG Vinsanity / Boobie Gibson
SF King James / Sasha Pavlovic ( might deal if he doesnt produce for me...which he almost always doesnt)
PF Big Ben / J.J. Hickson
C Ilgauskas / Varajeo



First Game : Wizards Win 114-73

This was the first time I've actually dominated and just killed a team since I've been using my current sliders, the Wiz were just flat-out terrible, I think Deshawn Stevensen missed 20 shots
Vince Carter - 30 pts 5 rebounds 3 assists
Mo Williams - 28 pts 8 assists
Lebron James - 22 pts 9 rebounds 8 assists

I'm pretty confident I'll have a very very good shot at the championship my first year

[SKA]

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So i decided to start my final / perfect association with yet again the Cleveland Cavaliers and play 29 game seasons and hopfeully play a few seasons before MLB the Show 09....

First I pulled off a trade that was in the talks in real life so I figured I would pull it off just so i could change the squad up a bit and have a little more fun in my "Imaginary Real Life Assoc."

Cavs Get : SG Vince Carter

Net Get : SG Wally Szczerbiak (expiring contract)
Cavalaiers '09 First-Round Pick
Cavaliers '10 First- Round Pick

I did this in order for the cavs to win NOW as in this NBA season...and also i just HATE Wally

Starting Lineup :
PG Mo Williams / D West
SG Vinsanity / Boobie Gibson
SF King James / Sasha Pavlovic ( might deal if he doesnt produce for me...which he almost always doesnt)
PF Big Ben / J.J. Hickson
C Ilgauskas / Varajeo



First Game : Wizards Win 114-73

This was the first time I've actually dominated and just killed a team since I've been using my current sliders, the Wiz were just flat-out terrible, I think Deshawn Stevensen missed 20 shots
Vince Carter - 30 pts 5 rebounds 3 assists
Mo Williams - 28 pts 8 assists
Lebron James - 22 pts 9 rebounds 8 assists

I'm pretty confident I'll have a very very good shot at the championship my first year

As a Cavs fan, that is one godly trade. Althought I would move Boobie to PG and DW to SG. That is a championship bound team.

[bols8875]

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Ya, I'm sort of mixing the two of them at the different positions to see who I like better. I like Delonte more of a slasher at PG and I like Boobie to come of more screens and work to get open shots....we'll see however

[DmoneyH3]

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UPDATE:
With 19 games to go, my Portland Trail Blazers are 39-24.
6.5 games ahead of the Nuggets in the NorthWest Division
3rd in the west

The West as of right now is
Houston 50-15
Lakers 40-23
Portland 39-24
Spurs 36-27
Dallas 36-28
Hornets 33-30
Denver 34-32
Clippers 31-33

Fighting for 8th
Golden State 29-34
Phoenix 28-36
Utah 28-27

The top 4 teams in the East are:
Detroit 40-22
Cleveland 39-24
Miami 38-25
Boston 36-28

Award Races
MVP
Lebron and T-Mac have been neck and neck all year, right now LeBron is #1. Kone, Wade, and yao seem distant candidates.

ROY
OJ Mayo is #1 despite Mr. Oden being the 3 time reigning Rookie of the Month. Oden is 2nd with averages of 16.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.2 apg, .8 spg, 2 bpg and 71.3 FG %.

6th Man
Shard and Derrick Rose are battling it out.

DPOY
No surprise here, the top 3 are KG, Duncan, and Howard

MIP
Bobby Jackson and Eric Piatkowski, both of the Kings, are the top 2.

My Team
PG- Jerryd Bayless ( 82 )
SG- Brandon Roy ( 90 )
SF- Nicolas Batum ( 69 )
PF- LaMarcus Aldridge ( 86)
C- Greg Oden ( 86)
6th Men
SF- Travis Outlaw ( 81 )
SG- Rudy Fernandez ( 80 )
SG- Martell Webster ( 78 )
Role Players
C- Joel Przybilla ( 76 )
PG- Sergio Rodriguez ( 73 )
PF- Ike Diogu ( 70 )
Bench Warmers
PG- Damon Stoudamire ( 71 )
IR
PF- Raef LaFrentz ( 68 )
SF- Antoine Walker ( 73 )

After a rough 3 game losing streak, I am 5-1 in my last 6, including HUGE home wins over the Spurs and and Lakers to keep me safely in 3rd in the West and inching closer to 2nd and the Lakers (who I have the tie breaker over as of now, one more meeting left).

Jerryd Bayless has been unconscious with the mid range J. His D has been stifiling and really is causing the opponents chaos when he presses non stop.

Playoffs seem like a lock as does the division. Now to play for pride and keep at least the 3rd seed if not surpassing the Lakers.