Regaining The West - A Utah Jazz Association

[BlindSideNZ]

So i wasn't planning on doing another one of these but with the release of our SimWorld Fictional League i just couldn't help myself after playing a few games.

Before i get into anything dynasty related I'm going to run through a few housekeeping things.

Links to all files used will be at the bottom of the post.

Game mode: Association(82gms)
Sliders: LEAGUE Sliders
Rosters: The LEAGUE: Gold Edition
Draft Classes: CWSapp757/Dreece Fictional Draft Class paradise!!

House Rules: (Borrowed from Dreece with adjustments)

1. I play 2 predeterminded games in each calendar year(simming the rest)I play all playoff games if we qualify

2. I will only be controlling my team.

3. ABSOLUTELY no in season drills! Post season drills are allowed on 1st and 2nd year players only.

4. Can only trade or attain a 1st round pick once every 3 years.

5. The use of untapped potential is allowed but only once every 3 years...give your young guys time to develop. On rare occassions will a real life NBA team continue to draft high rated players at the same position before they know if they lost out on their initial investment.

Links:

Roster - http://www.operationsports.com/forum...e-xbox360.html

Sliders - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...sharing#gid=23

Draft Classes - http://www.operationsports.com/forum...box-360-a.html

SimWorld HQ - http://www.operationsports.com/forum...box-360-a.html

As a part of this project CWSapp and I created a full pre season preview magazine which can be found here

http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/CWSapp757-2117233-league-preview-magazine/

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Re: Regaining The West - A Utah Jazz Association

Truth be told, when i entered THE LEAGUE and i had envisioned great things. We're all dreamers to some extent. It's safe to say the offers were few and far between, but what else do you expect as a first time GM. I was left to choose between the Orlando Magic and the Utah Jazz. Both lowly ranked teams.

Eventually i went with Utah. Why? The beach is fun for a visit, but i'd much rather be in reach of the mountains.

Anyway i'm off topic.

I met with the teams owners and they sat me down with Coach Tyrone Corbin to discuss the teams roster they had assembled.

Utah Jazz
#	NAME	POS	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
9	Levent Demir	PG	20	6'3"	175	2yr $12.2mil
4	Brent Fitness	SG	20	6'4"	190	2yr $21mil (TO)
22	Joseph Givens	SF/PG	22	6'7"	229	3yr $23.75mil
32	Kareem Bishop	PF/C		6'10"	245	4yr $59.1mil (PO)
37	Gustaf Kjellson	C/PF	20	7'2"	228	3yr $11.35mil
15	Nick Houston	PG/SG	22	6'5"	178	1yr $2.35mil (TO)
28	Brandon Sweetney	C	19	6'11"	259	2yr $2.25mil
6	Brandon Kitching	SF	21	6'6"	233	1yr $1.5mil (TO)
34	Ciro Oberta	C/PF	21	6'9"	256	1yr $1.5mil (UFA)
12	Dylan Henson	PG	20	6'2"	205	1yr $1.0mil (UFA)
33	Blake Gooden	PF	20	6'11"	226	2yr $4.3mil
8	Lukas Schafer	SG/SF	22	6'6"	206	1yr $1.0mil (UFA)

Things didn't look great, but then again things could definitely have been worse. Kareem Bishop had a max deal of which he is most deserving. He will be the team captain and our guiding light.

On the other hand Brent Fitness has a lot to live up too for a $21mil contract especially with super 6th Nick Houston on the bench hungry for minutes.

Coach and I decided to hold a shootaround tomorrow which would also serve as a meet and greet then we'd be straight into business on opening night. With a home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Re: Regaining The West - A Utah Jazz Association

GAME DAY - OPENING NIGHT

I knew good and well coming into this we'd have a battle. Not only as the underdogs facing off a team who were almost guaranteed a playoff spot. But also my first as a GM. I didn't know what to expect.

While i was pleasantly surprised in some aspects and blown away in others. Ultimately some of my earlier fears were made rather apparent. I know it's the first game of a long season but for somebody making $21 million over the next two years with an option for the third i needed more from Brent Fitness. A so called corner specialist, he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. But he did provide in other aspects.

I put it down to early season nerves and possibly the extensive minutes our starters played. I couldn't understand what Coach was doing, but we had words after the game and he said it would be righted before the game in Phoenix on Friday.

Kareem came up absolutely massive just as i had expected making an early case for MVP. Also fellow big man Gustaf showed the team and the fans he won't be letting anybody into our house. 9 blocks... My god who does that.

My last point of note from our opening game was our super 6th Nick Houston. Without him we would never have come close to Oklahoma. He will definitely be seeing more minutes in future games.

Onto the box score.

Utah Jazz at Oklahoma City Thunder
Oct 30, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Utah (0-0)	28	23	30	29	110
Oklahoma City (0-0)	25	23	27	27	102

Utah Jazz
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Adam Cameron	38	9/21	0/1	6/9	9	8	3	0	3	24
Wydell Jeter	39	13/27	1/3	4/6	4	4	2	0	1	31
Dion Tinsley	40	8/16	0/0	2/3	7	1	1	1	0	18
Elliot Barnes	29	5/6	0/0	0/0	14	0	0	1	0	10
Ameen Gunn	35	3/10	0/0	0/0	8	0	1	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Salvador Cueva	10	3/4	0/0	3/3	1	0	2	0	1	9
Travis Daniels	8	2/4	0/0	1/2	1	0	0	0	2	5
Baron Durham	7	1/3	1/2	0/0	0	2	1	0	1	3
Anthony Wilson	9	1/1	0/0	0/0	4	0	0	0	0	2
Patrick Brittingham	15	1/3	0/0	0/0	5	1	1	0	0	2
Kyrie Scott	10	0/1	0/0	0/0	3	2	1	0	0	0
Nic Cantinella	5	0/3	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		46/99	2/6	16/23	56	18	12	3	8	110

Oklahoma City Thunder
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Levent Demir	33	2/9	0/1	0/0	6	8	2	0	4	4
Brent Fitness	37	3/14	0/2	0/0	5	3	0	0	0	6
Joseph Givens	37	3/16	0/3	0/0	4	10	1	0	2	6
Kareem Bishop	37	15/19	0/0	4/4	12	2	0	2	0	34
Gustaf Kjellson	37	9/12	0/0	0/3	9	0	0	9	0	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Houston	19	8/13	1/4	1/2	4	3	2	2	3	18
Brandon Kitching	10	2/5	1/2	1/1	2	2	1	2	1	6
Ciro Oberta	7	0/1	0/0	3/4	2	0	0	0	0	3
Brandon Sweetney	9	1/1	0/0	1/2	3	1	0	1	0	3
Lukas Schafer	5	0/0	0/0	2/2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dylan Henson	6	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	2	0
Blake Gooden	8	1/1	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	1	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		44/93	2/12	12/18	51	31	6	17	12	102

Next game will to be covered will be Fridays away game with the Phoenix Suns.

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Re: Regaining The West - A Utah Jazz Association

November 2, 2013

We're back home again after our game in Phoenix last night where we came away with our first win of the season. I definitely underestimated this team when I came onboard. We have a star in Kareem Bishop. Everybody knows that. What i didn't expect was the team play we have among the rest of our guys.

I wouldn't call last night a good win. We started extremely well with a 15-3 run. After that i'm not quite sure what happened. Perimeter defense is a real weakness, were aren't contesting nearly enough jump shooters.

Once again Nick Houston led the way for us, with his energy and confidence of the bench. Although a slightly less efficient game than he had against OKC. On the other side of that Brent Fitness came out and shot 7-9 which was good for 16 points. He's certainly still struggling from outside though.

Well i will leave you with a copy of the box score but it's game day again for us so i need to catch up with the team and speak with coach. We have a couple days off after this game so i feel like it will be a great time to catch up with some of the guys and see how they are feeling.

Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns
Nov 1, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Utah (1-1)	28	23	26	30	107
Phoenix (1-1)	23	26	25	28	102

Utah Jazz
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Levent Demir	30	6-14	2-4	2-3	6	5	2	0	2	16
Brent Fitness	35	7-9	0-2	2-2	3	3	0	1	1	16
Joseph Givens	34	5-10	1-1	2-3	8	6	0	1	2	13
Kareem Bishop	30	8-17	0-0	1-1	4	0	0	1	1	17
Gustaf Kjellson	30	6-13	0-0	1-1	10	1	0	2	2	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Houston	21	4-11	1-2	8-8	2	3	1	2	3	17
Blake Gooden	12	1-2	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	4
Dylan Henson	6	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	4
Brandon Sweetney	14	1-2	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	2	1	4
Ciro Oberta	13	1-2	1-1	0-0	8	0	0	1	2	3
Lukas Schafer	7	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brandon Kitching	14	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		40-85	5-12	22-24	50	20	5	11	15	107

Phoenix Suns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jimmy Stevens	40	5-17	2-4	2-2	2	9	3	0	4	14
Nevil Burns	35	9-20	0-1	2-2	5	4	1	0	1	20
Paul Hernandez	40	4-11	0-2	0-0	4	2	4	0	2	8
Myles Adams	16	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	1	6
Steven Jenkins	30	7-10	0-1	3-7	10	0	1	1	0	17
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ricky Hoop	9	5-5	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Fabijan Novoselec	25	4-10	1-2	0-0	8	5	2	1	3	9
Rolando Walls	6	2-2	0-0	1-1	1	1	0	0	0	5
Troy Andrade	12	2-2	1-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	5
Nature Minaj	11	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	4
Frederick Wall	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Austin Riddle	13	1-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	3
TEAM TOTALS		44-91	5-13	9-14	44	26	12	3	12	102