How's Your Association Going? (2K11)

[dazpoo23]

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'11-'12 line-up
Jennings/Barea/Duhon
Salmons/T.Allen/M.Daniels/
Young/MbMoute/Q.Richardson
Diaw/Sanders/Brockman
Bogut/D.Jordan

Valanciunas is still getting preped in D-League

Just completed my 2012 off-season with my Milwaukee Bucks..

After being knocked out of the 1st round of the playoffs by Melo's NYK, I entered the off-season with 2 1st round draft picks, my own(late-1st), and the Mavs (who finished a lottery team after long term injuries to nearly all their star players).

Pre-Draft trade:
Before the draft I moved Duhon(2yrs/$7.60m) for Hamilton(1yr/$12.65), and future 2nd. This freed up $9mil for the pistons the off-season, and gave me a reliable mid range vet.

NBA Draft Day
DET m.gilchrist
PHI q.miller
BOS a.rivers(from 10th in lottery, and yes CPU chose Docs Kid)
LAC m.teague
WAS b.beal
MIL j.mcadoo(from mavs)
TOR d.lamb
PHX j.richmond
SAC m.kabongo
...
#25 MIL l.nash (scouted him heavily throughout the season, loved playing with him in pre-draft workouts)
...
#34 MIL v.blue (After seeing Vander Blue drop to early second round I moved my '13 1st pick to WAS for 5th pick and selected V.Blue.)

Free Agency
After Letting Diaw go(chocked in playoffs) i picked up JJ.Hickson on a $3mill/year team option deal. I also inked Al Thornton to a 2 year $4mil deal to provide some scoring of the bench. Also signed Willie Warren for min contract which was good as hes rated 67.

Trade
Only other move was to trade future 2nd rounder & Q.Rich for Elliot Williams(POR), who was unsatisfied with his role behind Mathews and Roy. The deal also brought Devin Harris to POR.

Rumour
Was negotiating a deal for Monta Ellis, based around a package of Salmons, Sanders, McAdoo, and Valanciunas. May re-visit during the season.


BUCKS entering into 2012-2013 season...

Jennings(85)/Barea/Warren/Lamb
Hamilton/Williams/Salmons/
Young(80)/MbMoute/Thornton/Nash
Hickson/McAdoo/Brockman
Bogut(86)/Sanders/Valanciunas

If you think having a team stacked with stars is bad, try having a team stacked with role players. Hopefully I'm able to consolidate or cut loose to guys to bring my rooks out of d-league, looking at a deal that would bring Walton to mil for the 2yrs left on Salmons(a.k.a. dead fish) contract. May waive Warren and Brockman.

[ROABS]

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ok, so im in my second season of my raptors association and I made some changes aquiring o.j. mayo in a trade last season and picked up Wilson Chandler, troy murphy and prybilla from free agency, got more, those are the most major to me. So my line up is:

PG: J. Calderon/K. Walker/K. Dooling
SG: O.J. Mayo/G. Temple (saw some defensive potential in him)
SF: W. Chandler/C. Singleton
PF: T. Murphy/E. Davis/L. Kleiza
C: A. Bargnani/J. Pryzbilla

We've started the season 0-3, we are horrible from downtown, which I thought was going to be our bread and butter. Bargnani, who I thought was going to have a monster season, is really struggling. It could be because he has an injured finger, but I still think he is struggling bad at every concept of his game. The season is really upserring right now, so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Should I trade bagnani for a more stronger inside man? or just ride the slump out?
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i would keep bargnani and try to find a more solid defensive backup for him or someone who plays a more post type of offense. since your only in the beginning of the season you could always ride things out and see if you cant get things clicking.

[Smitty_Panthers#1]

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ok, thanks for the advice boabs and kevin

[poulka]

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I have me an association with Utah. Right now I am 31-9 currently on a two game losing streak. I have been getting this roster younger and I have made a couple of trades. One about four games ago. Earlier in the season I had an 18 game winning streak. Right now I am a day behind the current NBA schedule.

Starting Lineup

C Okur
PF Beasley
SF AK47 (Kirilienko)
SG Cory Brewer
PG Williams

Bench
PG Gaines
SG Miles
SF Haywood
PF Evans
C Elston

Let me know what you think.

[CUTigers2324]

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22 games into the 2011 season with my Wizards association, and things are going much better than last season already.

We are 11-11, and things are looking up as Andray Blatche has finally made his long awaited return from a broken wrist, and the team has responded. Unfortunately, 7th man Chris Douglas-Roberts broke his wrist as well, and is expected to be out for over a month.

Right now my lineup looks like this:

PG: John Wall 19.6 PPG; 11.6 APG
SG: Nick Young 14.5 PPG; 1.9 APG
SF: Jared Dudley 16.6 PPG; 5.6 RPG
PF: Enes Kanter 11.3 PPG; 9.8 RPG
C: Andray Blatche 9.8 PPG; 6.7 RPG

Bench:

Rashard Lewis (Normally starts at PF, but dealing with an injury that is really hampering him)

Trevor Booker
Demetri McCamey
Hamady N'diaye
Wayne Ellington
Mike Dunleavy
Xavier Gibson

OUT: Chris Douglas-Roberts

[albsur2003]

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I barely missed the playoffs in 2011, going 40-42 and flaming out towards the end of the season due to bad chemistry and team morale. Yao Ming and Aaron Brooks were not that happy about their contract situations, Yao was the most unhappy. In the pre-draft workouts, I really liked Terrance Jones, Donatas Motiejunas, and Kemba Walker. I had the 14th pick and a couple second round picks. I drafted Kemba Walker (compared to Baron Davis in the scouting). I ended up letting Yao and Aaron Brooks go to free agency. Aaron Brooks and Yao both left to other teams in free agency, Yao went to the Nuggets and I forgot where Brooks went. Even though Yao had a MONSTER 2011, he got injured towards the end of the year and I just couldn't give him a max 6 year deal. I just couldn't do it.

But at that point, I freed up enough cap space to make a free agency push for Carmelo and a good center but Carmelo ended up going to the Nets. So I resigned Jamal Crawford (who I traded Kevin Martin for the previous year) to a two year deal since he's a great scorer in the game and still on the back end of his prime. I also resigned Shane Battier to a one year deal because he's a great defender and good shooter. There weren't a ton of good center options in free agency or the draft so I decided to go with someone young and steady and I signed Kendrick Perkins to a three year/ 30 million dollar deal. I signed Jason Williams to a one year deal as a security blanket in case Kemba didn't work. I also drafted Jeremy Tyler (C) and Demetri McCamey (PG) in the draft.

Heading into the 2011-2012, Chase Budinger, Patrick Patterson, and Courtney Lee are all on the verge of breaking out so I increased all of their roles and minutes. My lineup looked like this to start the season:

PG - Kemba Walker / Jason Williams / Demetri McCamey
SG - Jamal Crawford / Courtney Lee
SF - Shane Battier / Chase Budinger
PF - Luis Scola / Patrick Patterson / Boris Diaw (who I traded for in 2011)
C - Kendrick Perkins / Jeremy Tyler

I traded Boris Diaw/Omar Casspi for Ronny Turiaf and a pick because those guys wanted playing time and their morale was screwing up my chemistry.

Right now, I'm 14-8 and have the third best record in the West. Kemba Walker is a BEAST. His shooting is streaky but he throws up a solid 18 Pts / 10 Ast / 2 Stl a game and is a great passer and can get to the lane. On good nights, he's thrown up 25+ Points and 14+ Assists. Point guard of the future, got him locked up for 4 years in a rookie deal. He reminds me of Derrick Rose, just not as explosive. Courtney Lee and Chase Budinger are SHOOTERS and throw in at least 12 a game off the bench. Next year, Battier is gone and Budinger will start at SF. Jamal Crawford is the star of our team averaging 23.6 PPG (third in the league behind Durant and Kobe; 10 min quarters). Scola puts up a double double every night for the most part. Perkins is the rock and is good defensively and is surprisingly a decent mid range shooter. I'm disappointed with McCamey, his game just doesn't have much upside. Jeremy Tyler, on the other hand, is a beast in the paint, a good ball handler, has good size, and his low post offense is very developed. I'm shocked. He plays 5-6 minutes a game and when he plays, he dominates offensively. Very happy I made the decision to let Brooks and Yao go, at least for now. I'm going to have a TON of money coming off the books in the next year or two and I can make a push for some big time free agents.

[pett7]

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End of 3rd season and yet again i come in 2cnd place behind the heat and yet again lebron walks away with an MVP its ashame becoz i think are guys deserved it if it werent for durant going out for the whole of the final i think we could of taken them but still a good season for team chemistry and ive sorted out my contracts and bought in elton brand on a 2 year deal to help cover the paint and i traded mason/bonner for ridnour as i only had stuckey and westbrook as pgs so needed an old realible guy to come in ive gone through pre-season 6-0 and decided to play a lot more this season and once i hav got the title ill boost it up to all-star level
already taken minutes from starters and added them to j-rich,brand and r-jeff to boost the amount we hav off bench and also to make sure the guys aare fresh and ready to play in the post season

[atlyoungin]

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Team: Atlanta Hawks
Year: 1
Record: 53-29

Well, thanks to some struggles from the Celtics and some nice wins, the Hawks beat them in a tiebreaker and took the #2 seed. The beauty of this is that I'm on the far side of the bracket from the Heat (who just smashed me in our 2nd to last game) and the Magic (3-1 against the Hawks). So pulling the #2 seed is definitely good.

Even though it is, we are facing the #7 Pacers. The Pacers, just two weeks ago, took it to the Hawks 104-79, with Danny Granger playing out of his mind to the tune of 49 points on 14-34 shooting, including 4 three pointers. Dahntay Jones chipped in 20 and Hibbert had 16, 9 boards, and 3 blocks. The two teams have split the season series 2-2, so nothing should be taken for granted.

Going into the series, the Hawks will look to correct some problems that reared their head in the end of the season - namely Jamal Crawford's shooting percentages. Obviously, stopping Granger is the primary concern, so look for Josh Smith to play heavy minutes at the 3 to use his size and athleticism to try and match Granger's length and skill. In addition, the Hawks will need to find away around Hibbert, who can crowd the paint. Getting him foul trouble or taking him away from the basket will be strategic points of emphasis.

And turnovers, always a problem.

1) Shut down Granger.
2) Smart offense, reducing turnovers and shooting the ball well.
3) Get Hibbert out of the paint, either by foul trouble or other methods.

I'm predicting I'll win 4-2, but who knows...

I'm in Year 2 with the Hawks and I have problems with the Lakers and the Magic (I couldn't stop Richardson or Arenas, either). Although it's kind of sacrilegious, I used a 3-2 zone to stop them from the outside. They had my number in Year 1 and beat me in the first matchup of Year 2, but the next time we played I was able to win. Be aware though that Dwight Howard will likely go into beast mode against a 3-2 zone, but i figured I'd let him have his.

The team I can't beat is the Lakers. Bynum and Pau do such a good job of interior defense (really limiting Josh Smith and Horford) and I don't really have reliable outside shooters to counteract though. Plus Kobe does a great job against Joe Johnson defensively. My next game is against the Lakers so hopefully we'll do a little better this year...they swept me last year.

[LastPoet]

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I barely missed the playoffs in 2011, going 40-42 and flaming out towards the end of the season due to bad chemistry and team morale. Yao Ming and Aaron Brooks were not that happy about their contract situations, Yao was the most unhappy. In the pre-draft workouts, I really liked Terrance Jones, Donatas Motiejunas, and Kemba Walker. I had the 14th pick and a couple second round picks. I drafted Kemba Walker (compared to Baron Davis in the scouting). I ended up letting Yao and Aaron Brooks go to free agency. Aaron Brooks and Yao both left to other teams in free agency, Yao went to the Nuggets and I forgot where Brooks went. Even though Yao had a MONSTER 2011, he got injured towards the end of the year and I just couldn't give him a max 6 year deal. I just couldn't do it.

But at that point, I freed up enough cap space to make a free agency push for Carmelo and a good center but Carmelo ended up going to the Nets. So I resigned Jamal Crawford (who I traded Kevin Martin for the previous year) to a two year deal since he's a great scorer in the game and still on the back end of his prime. I also resigned Shane Battier to a one year deal because he's a great defender and good shooter. There weren't a ton of good center options in free agency or the draft so I decided to go with someone young and steady and I signed Kendrick Perkins to a three year/ 30 million dollar deal. I signed Jason Williams to a one year deal as a security blanket in case Kemba didn't work. I also drafted Jeremy Tyler (C) and Demetri McCamey (PG) in the draft.

Heading into the 2011-2012, Chase Budinger, Patrick Patterson, and Courtney Lee are all on the verge of breaking out so I increased all of their roles and minutes. My lineup looked like this to start the season:

PG - Kemba Walker / Jason Williams / Demetri McCamey
SG - Jamal Crawford / Courtney Lee
SF - Shane Battier / Chase Budinger
PF - Luis Scola / Patrick Patterson / Boris Diaw (who I traded for in 2011)
C - Kendrick Perkins / Jeremy Tyler

I traded Boris Diaw/Omar Casspi for Ronny Turiaf and a pick because those guys wanted playing time and their morale was screwing up my chemistry.

Right now, I'm 14-8 and have the third best record in the West. Kemba Walker is a BEAST. His shooting is streaky but he throws up a solid 18 Pts / 10 Ast / 2 Stl a game and is a great passer and can get to the lane. On good nights, he's thrown up 25+ Points and 14+ Assists. Point guard of the future, got him locked up for 4 years in a rookie deal. He reminds me of Derrick Rose, just not as explosive. Courtney Lee and Chase Budinger are SHOOTERS and throw in at least 12 a game off the bench. Next year, Battier is gone and Budinger will start at SF. Jamal Crawford is the star of our team averaging 23.6 PPG (third in the league behind Durant and Kobe; 10 min quarters). Scola puts up a double double every night for the most part. Perkins is the rock and is good defensively and is surprisingly a decent mid range shooter. I'm disappointed with McCamey, his game just doesn't have much upside. Jeremy Tyler, on the other hand, is a beast in the paint, a good ball handler, has good size, and his low post offense is very developed. I'm shocked. He plays 5-6 minutes a game and when he plays, he dominates offensively. Very happy I made the decision to let Brooks and Yao go, at least for now. I'm going to have a TON of money coming off the books in the next year or two and I can make a push for some big time free agents.

Seems like a pretty exciting and fun Association! I like the look of your roster, especially if Walker is as good as you say. I probably would have gone a different direction at Center, but I don't know if Tyler has future potential for you. That Walker/Crawford/Lee trio gives you a pretty explosive scoring group.

I'm in Year 2 with the Hawks and I have problems with the Lakers and the Magic (I couldn't stop Richardson or Arenas, either). Although it's kind of sacrilegious, I used a 3-2 zone to stop them from the outside. They had my number in Year 1 and beat me in the first matchup of Year 2, but the next time we played I was able to win. Be aware though that Dwight Howard will likely go into beast mode against a 3-2 zone, but i figured I'd let him have his.

The team I can't beat is the Lakers. Bynum and Pau do such a good job of interior defense (really limiting Josh Smith and Horford) and I don't really have reliable outside shooters to counteract though. Plus Kobe does a great job against Joe Johnson defensively. My next game is against the Lakers so hopefully we'll do a little better this year...they swept me last year.

I know I have the same problems with the Lakers. Any team with two bigger frontcourt players gives me a tough time because my interior scoring disappears. The Knicks traded for Kevin Love, so Love/Stoudemire can be tough (though Amare sucks on D still, lol). I'm playing Joe at the 3 so he and Kobe don't match up for me. I don't know if that will be the case next year, depends on how FA/Draft goes. I'm definitely looking to play Josh Smith at the 3.

Just starting game 1 vs the Pacers now. Just gotta find a way to slow down Granger...

[atlyoungin]

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I know I have the same problems with the Lakers. Any team with two bigger frontcourt players gives me a tough time because my interior scoring disappears. The Knicks traded for Kevin Love, so Love/Stoudemire can be tough (though Amare sucks on D still, lol). I'm playing Joe at the 3 so he and Kobe don't match up for me. I don't know if that will be the case next year, depends on how FA/Draft goes. I'm definitely looking to play Josh Smith at the 3.

Just starting game 1 vs the Pacers now. Just gotta find a way to slow down Granger...

Interesting. I'm trying to keep Joe at the 2 because of the matchup problems he creates for other SGs. I drafted a young SF from one of the draft classes based on real life (C.J. Leslie) in my first draft even though my plan was to always move Josh Smith to the 3. I guess just like the former Hawks front office I love SFs because I also took a SF in the 2nd round. Leslie will be a stud though.

Now I'm looking for a tall Center in the draft (I have two 1st round picks) so that maybe I can move my rookie SF to the bench as a 6th man, put Josh as the starting 3 and move Horford to the 4 where he belongs. Or I might just have the newly drafted C come off the bench.

Good luck with free agency though. I found that I couldn't sign anyone more than fringe role player thanks to Joe Johnson's MASSIVE contract.

[LastPoet]

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Interesting. I'm trying to keep Joe at the 2 because of the matchup problems he creates for other SGs. I drafted a young SF from one of the draft classes based on real life (C.J. Leslie) in my first draft even though my plan was to always move Josh Smith to the 3. I guess just like the former Hawks front office I love SFs because I also took a SF in the 2nd round. Leslie will be a stud though.

Now I'm looking for a tall Center in the draft (I have two 1st round picks) so that maybe I can move my rookie SF to the bench as a 6th man, put Josh as the starting 3 and move Horford to the 4 where he belongs. Or I might just have the newly drafted C come off the bench.

Good luck with free agency though. I found that I couldn't sign anyone more than fringe role player thanks to Joe Johnson's MASSIVE contract.

Yeah, I'm not seeing a ton of cap room for me, but hopefully ditching Marvin Williams will help and maybe without Crawford...maybe trade Bibby for someone with a smaller contract. I'm just looking for another role play/starter.

[CUTigers2324]

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Demetri McCamey backs up John Wall at the point, and does an excellent job for me. He is a great passer, is good with his left hand, handles the ball well, and can knock down a jumper every once in a while as well.

He's never going to be a prime scoring option in the game, but he makes for a solid role player. If you're having trouble scoring with him, try running a few give and gos a game with him, he's surprisingly good at finishing in the lane.

[BCJMU99]

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I haven't posted on here in awhile! Glad this is a sticky now!

I just finished my first season with the Sixers, finishing 49-33 and the 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. Celtics and Heat finished 1 and 2 respectively while Hawks were the #3 and Bulls were the #4 seed. I'm currently up 3-1 in the series vs. the Bulls in the 1st round of the playoffs, looking to finish them off tonight.

I really put together a tough squad despite my hatred for Iggy and Brand. Unless I put a helluva playoff run together and win it all I will be looking to move both of these players in the off-season as I really want to build around young players.

My season ending stats:

Andre Iguodala - 16.5 pts, 6.5 reb, 4 asts
Evan Turner - 14.9 pts, 5.5 reb (Rookie of year runner up, 1st team All-Rookie)
Thad Young - 14.5 pts
Lou Williams - 13.3 pts
Jrue Holiday - 10.8 pts, 6.6 asts

[WG5516]

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I'm coming up on a contract year for the following players on my squad.

PG: John Wall - Restricted
SG: Evan Turner - Unrestricted (Acquired via Trade) & Shannon Brown - Unrestricted (Acquired via Trade)

I have $25M in cap space for next yr and my goal is to bring back Evan Turner. He's currently leading the league in scoring avg 32ppg and he's having a monster year. We're coming off our 2nd consecutive Finals appearance and 1st Championship. I know I can possibly get 2 out of the 3 signed, but I don't want to go over the cap. Shannon Brown is outstanding coming off the Bench and he's accepted his position as a role player on my team. John Wall, had an amazing rookie yr avg 26ppg and 12 ast. However, his #s have drastically declined as Evan Turner's have risen. I've had just as much success with Daniel Gibson & Shaun Livingston on the nights were Wall has been inactive. What would you do with your franchise PG?

Edit: I just did some research and Deron Williams, 29, rated a 91 just received the most lucrative deal for a PG @ 6yrs $127M. John Wall is currently rated a 94, so I'm fully expecting to pay $130M + and he's only 23. Evan Turner is clocking in at a 90, so that's another $115+ contract. No way I can afford to keep both, even though both are over the minimum amount of bird yrs.

I can move my SF/PF Jason Thompson, 27, rated an 86 and currently has 5yrs $81M remaining on his deal to create space. I planned on keeping him for 2 more seasons max because I drafted his replacement this past offseason, but I believe I can get something in return for him. Feedback?

[Airmaxpenny1]

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For those of you who use the Magic, does Dwight Howard re-sign after the 2011-2012 season?