The Last Stand: A Seattle Sonics Story.

[FlackoMars]

Re: Sonics Preview | Understanding the spin game.

im all in on this. cant wait to see how it evolves. excellent start seaboh

[georgiafan]

Re: The Last Stand: A Seattle Sonics Story.

The Kurt Thomas trade was a real life one right ?

[RMJH4]

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The Kurt Thomas trade was a real life one right ?

Yep, actually fits in really well with my story line, and get me two future 1sts!

[RMJH4]

Re: Sonics Preview | Understanding the spin game.

im all in on this. cant wait to see how it evolves. excellent start seaboh

Thanks man, good to see you following as always!

[RMJH4]

2007-08 Seattle Sonics season preview.

2007-08 Seattle Sonics season preview.

October 23, 2007

Team Strength: Depth

This might be as deep a lottery team as the league has seen in years.
The Sonics don't have much for star po5wer besides Kevin Durant, but they go 12 deep and should be able to withstand the 82-game regular-season grind as well as anyone.

In fact, few teams can boast a frontcourt rotation as deep as this one.
Chris Wilcox, Robert Swift, Nick Collison, Kurt Thomas and rookie Marc Gasol all are decent players, while the 6-11 Durant and 6-9 Green also can shift to the frontcourt. That's seven potential bodies the Sonics can use in their rotation up front, and not one is a stiff. (But if you did want to count stiffs, Sene makes eight.)

The Sonics have plenty on the wings too, where Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, Damien Wilkins and Mickael Gelabale all are capable subs behind Durant and Jeff Green. Even at the point there are three solid candidates with West, Luke Ridnour and Earl Watson.

In fact Seattle could end up with a minutes crunch, as at least one or two decent players figure to be odd men out in the rotation. If I had to bet I'd say the two French guys and Damien Wilkins are the ones who lose out, but it seems there will be some interesting training camp battles this year.

Scouting report: A high-flying finisher, Chris Wilcox will make one or two highlight-film dunks every game. He's especially forceful when throwing down alley-oops, and loves to come flying down the lane in half-court sets and cram dunks home.

He has no post game at all and I'm not sure I've ever seen him attempt a real jump shot -- the closest thing is that sometimes he'll realize he can't get all the way to the rim and just palm the ball over his head and try to throw in a one-hander.

Defensively, Wilcox is below par. His athleticism hasn't translated into shot-blocking, and his lack of muscle makes him a below-average shot-blocker. Additionally, he tends to lose track of plays off the ball and needs work on his help defense. That's likely to be a bigger issue with the new regime, which values defense first.

2007-08 outlook: Wilcox looks to be one of the big losers from the Sonics' draft, as the arrival of Kevin Durant and Jeff Green figures to cut into his action at the power forward spot. While he has a good chance of being the opening day starter (Durant would play the 3), it seems likely the Sonics will pair the two first-rounders at the forward spot sometime during the season.

Of course, Wilcox can be a part of the Sonics' youth movement too -- he's only 25 and is coming off two straight productive pro seasons.

But for him to be a long-term cast member, he has to add to his bag of tricks. Those highlight-reel dunks won't come as easily in his late 20s and early 30s, and so far he's given himself nothing to fall back on.

[georgiafan]

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I had forgot about Damien Wilkins I'll be rooting for him since he played at UGA and his family I always liked him.

That was a nice breakdown looks like PG is the biggest need.

[FlackoMars]

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irl KD at the 2 didn't work out too well, but i remember running with him in 2k8 and he was such a mismatch at SG.. probably my all-time favorite association i've ever run.

makes me want to dust off the cobwebs

[RolePlayer]

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Seaboh, you have some of the best storytelling of any dynasty poster. Always love to see your threads.

Love seeing the JVG and Ewing combo, I'm guessing you'll find a way to keep the Sonics in Seattle.

[dfsJunkie]

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The suspense is killing me! Looking forward to this one my man.

[RMJH4]

Re: The Last Stand: A Seattle Sonics Story.

After a fortnight of not posting, I have some sad news to report. For the first time of writing a dynasty on here I have to cancel due to roster issues.

I cannot get this roster to stop corrupting or crashing. Have tried reinstalling 2k20 multiple times and still to no avail. It's one of the pitfalls of making or downloading custom retro rosters. I spent a lot of time on this roster, but just didn't do enough testing to see if it would run in myleague properly first.

It's really upsetting as this is a story I have wanted to write for some time. A few people have tried and failed at getting this season of the ground for the Sonics and another dynasty has crashed and burned. Seems like even 2k doesn't want to keep the Sonics in Seattle!

To my loyal followers and friends spiderxx7, georgiafan, FlackoMars, RolePlayer, dfsJunkie and trekfan;

from Arnold Schwarzenegger GIFs via Gfycat

[marshdaddy]

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Damn, just as it was starting to take off! Looking forward to what's coming next.

[XxVal_MarXx]

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Too bad about Seattle, at least you were trying to revive it

[kibaxx7]

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Oh man, that sucks. Are you on PC?

[RMJH4]

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Damn, just as it was starting to take off! Looking forward to what's coming next.

Thanks man. I've one or two ideas, just gonna run sims first!

Too bad about Seattle, at least you were trying to revive it

Yeah also considered going to 2k8 on ps3 emulator but the lack of ability to add future drafts was a downer.

I may come back to this if I ever get it figured out!

Oh man, that sucks. Are you on PC?

Yes PC. Cant seem to enjoy 2k14 and the URB after playing the newer gens of games. Ive a few other rosters I made, so will go with one of them I think.

[georgiafan]

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That’s a Bummer


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