30-Team Control Raptors Association

[bedwardsroy19]

Hey guys, finally decided to start my Association.

I randomly selected my team by going to random.org. I selected a number at random 1-20. If the team got 1-10 they were still an option for my dynasty. If they got an 11-20 they were out.

After 7 rounds of awesome randomness, the Toronto Raptors edged out the Dallas Mavericks as my franchise team!

Looking at the Raptors, I was not extremely excited. With Jonas Valenciunas coming in a year there is a lot of potential with that team, but unfortunately 2011 looks rather bleak.

I decided after much deliberation that I would sim the entire 1st season completely, but still update by making trades/contract extensions and what not.

I have just completed the first season and am about to begin the playoffs, but first I thought I would recap the year that was, 2011.

Award	Player	Pos	Team
Most Valuable Player	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
Rookie of the Year	Kyrie Irving	PG	Cleveland Cavaliers
Sixth Man of the Year	Lou Williams	SG	Philadelphia 76ers
Defensive Player of the Year	Dwight Howard	C	Los Angeles Lakers
Most Improved Player	Jarrett Jack	PG	New Orleans Hornets
Coach of the Year	Erik Spoelstra	HC	Miami Heat
All-NBA 1st Team
All-NBA 1st Team	Rajon Rondo	PG	Boston Celtics
	Derrick Rose	PG	Chicago Bulls
	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
	Kevin Durant	SF	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Dwight Howard	C	Los Angeles Lakers
All-NBA 2nd Team
All-NBA 2nd Team	Chris Paul	PG	Los Angeles Clippers
	Dwyane Wade	SG	Miami Heat
	Kevin Love	PF	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Blake Griffin	PF	Los Angeles Clippers
	Al Jefferson	C	Utah Jazz
All-NBA 3rd Team
All-NBA 3rd Team	Russell Westbrook	PG	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Kobe Bryant	SG	Los Angeles Lakers
	Josh Smith	PF	Atlanta Hawks
	LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	Portland Trail Blazers
	Andrew Bynum	C	Orlando Magic
All-Defensive 1st Team
All-Defensive 1st Team	Rajon Rondo	PG	Boston Celtics
	Dwyane Wade	SG	Miami Heat
	Lebron James	SF	Miami Heat
	Josh Smith	PF	Atlanta Hawks
	Dwight Howard	C	Los Angeles Lakers
All-Defensive 2nd Team
All-Defensive 2nd Team	Chris Paul	PG	Los Angeles Clippers
	Kyle Lowry	PG	Houston Rockets
	Kevin Garnett	PF	Boston Celtics
	Kevin Durant	SF	Oklahoma City Thunder
	Anderson Varejao	C	Cleveland Cavaliers
All-Rookie 1st Team
All-Rookie 1st Team	Kyrie Irving	PG	Cleveland Cavaliers
	Iman Shumpert	SG	New York Knicks
	Kemba Walker	PG	Charlotte Bobcats
	Ricky Rubio	PG	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Brandon Knight	PG	Detroit Pistons
All-Rookie 2nd Team
All-Rookie 2nd Team	MarShon Brooks	SG	New Jersey Nets
	Kawhi Leonard	SF	San Antonio Spurs
	Markieff Morris	PF	Phoenix Suns
	Jimmer Fredette	PG	Sacramento Kings
	Norris Cole	PG	Miami Heat

NBA League Leaders - Updated: Apr 28, 2012
Points Per Game		PPG	Rebounds Per Game		RPG
	1. Kevin Durant	29.3		1. Dwight Howard	14.2
	2. Carmelo Anthony	26.9		2. Kevin Love	12.6
	3. Lebron James	26.9		3. Blake Griffin	12.2
	4. Kobe Bryant	26.5		4. Anderson Varejao	12.1
	5. Kevin Love	26.1		5. Andrew Bynum	11.4
Assists Per Game		APG	Blocks Per Game		BPG
	1. Chris Paul	10.7		1. Dwight Howard	2.5
	2. Rajon Rondo	10.2		2. JaVale McGee	2.2
	3. Jose Calderon	10.0		3. Al Jefferson	2.1
	4. Steve Nash	8.8		4. Serge Ibaka	1.8
	5. Deron Williams	8.8		5. Josh Smith	1.8

NBA Standings - Updated: Jan 1,
ATLANTIC	W	L	GB
Boston Celtics	53	29
New York Knicks	47	35
Philadelphia 76ers	41	41
New Jersey Nets	35	47
Toronto Raptors	32	50
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Chicago Bulls	53	29
Milwaukee Bucks	40	42
Indiana Pacers	37	45
Detroit Pistons	29	53
Cleveland Cavaliers	27	55
SOUTHEAST	W	L	GB
Miami Heat	66	16
Orlando Magic	51	31
Atlanta Hawks	45	37
Charlotte Bobcats	37	45
Washington Wizards	36	46
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	SEED		GB
Miami Heat	1		-
Chicago Bulls	2		-
Boston Celtics	3		-
Orlando Magic	4		-
New York Knicks	5		-
Atlanta Hawks	6		-
Philadelphia 76ers	7		-
Milwaukee Bucks	8		-
Indiana Pacers			3
Charlotte Bobcats			3
Washington Wizards			4
New Jersey Nets			5
Toronto Raptors			8
Detroit Pistons			11
Cleveland Cavaliers			13
NORTHWEST	W	L	GB
Oklahoma City Thunder	49	33
Denver Nuggets	46	36
Portland Trail Blazers	45	37
Minnesota Timberwolves	36	46
Utah Jazz	31	51
PACIFIC	W	L	GB
Los Angeles Clippers	50	32
Los Angeles Lakers	43	39
Phoenix Suns	38	44
Sacramento Kings	38	44
Golden State Warriors	38	44
SOUTHWEST	W	L	GB
Dallas Mavericks	45	37
San Antonio Spurs	42	40
Houston Rockets	38	44
Memphis Grizzlies	31	51
New Orleans Hornets	31	51
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	Seed		GB
Los Angeles Clippers	1		-
Oklahoma City Thunder	2		-
Denver Nuggets	3		-
Dallas Mavericks	4		-
Portland Trail Blazers	5		-
Los Angeles Lakers	6		-
San Antonio Spurs	7		-
Phoenix Suns	8		-
Houston Rockets			0
Golden State Warriors			0
Sacramento Kings			0
Minnesota Timberwolves			2
Memphis Grizzlies			7
Utah Jazz			7
New Orleans Hornets			7

A couple of Important trades that took place at the All Star break

NBA Transactions
Los Angeles Lakers Receive			Orlando Magic Receive
	1. Dwight Howard			1. Andrew Bynum
	2. Hedo Turkoglu			2. Kevin Martin
	3. Chris Duhon			3. Luis Scola
	4.			4.
	5.			5.
Houston Rockets Receive
	1. Pau Gasol
	2. Darius Morris
	3. Metta World Peace
	4. Los Angeles '13 1st Round Pick

NBA Transactions
Los Angeles Lakers Receive			Cleveland Cavaliers Receive
	1. Ramon Sessions			1. '12 1st Round Pick
	2.			2. Luke Walton

NBA Transactions
Portland Trail Blazers Receive			Phoenix Suns Receive
	1. Steve Nash			1. Greg Oden
	2.			2. Nolan Smith
	3.			3. Nicolas Batum

NBA Transactions
Chicago Bulls Receive			Memphis Grizzlies Receive
	1. OJ Mayo			1. Ronnie Brewer
	2. Hamed Haddadi			2. Jimmy Butler
				3. '12 1st Round Pick

[bedwardsroy19]

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It only seems fitting that in a season that was 100% simulated the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat meet in the finals and the series goes to 7.

I decided that I am going to watch the final game and take pictures and videos to upload and share!

[Dpauley23]

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Looks good! I am interested to hear how free agency goes.

[bedwardsroy19]

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It's Half-Time in Miami...

Solid first half of basketball. The Thunder trail the Heat 43-46.

This game has turned into a 1-1 battle between Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade. Wade had 15 in the firs half and Durant led the way with 20.

[bedwardsroy19]

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Watching this CPU vs CPU sim made me really feel like I need to share the experience with you guys.

I taped the final 2 minutes... Check it out! (It's probably better to watch on mute)

[MachineGunLotto]

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OT! lol KD with the clutch 3 to tie the game. Idk about you but I wouldve been cheering like its a real game

[bedwardsroy19]

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Here is how it ended!



Awesome, awesome finish

[MachineGunLotto]

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AW man was rooting for Thunder lol

[bedwardsroy19]

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Well it's time now to get right into the Offseason!

Dwyane Wade won Finals MVP (I can live with that).

Here is a list of players that retired:

Team	Player	Years Pro
PHI	Tony Battie	15
CHA	Eduardo Najera	12
ATL	Jerry Stackhouse	17
MIA	Juwan Howard	18
LAL	Derek Fisher	16
DAL	Jason Kidd	18
IND	Jeff Foster	13
DET	Ben Wallace	16
PHX	Grant Hill	18
POR	Kurt Thomas	17

[bedwardsroy19]

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Draft Lottery was complete and here are the results!

NBA Draft Order
Pick #	Team		Ownership Details
1	Detroit Pistons
2	New Orleans Hornets
3	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Utah Jazz
5	Memphis Grizzlies
6	Toronto Raptors
7	New Jersey Nets
8	New Orleans Hornets		via Minnesota Timberwolves
9	Washington Wizards
10	Indiana Pacers
11	Charlotte Bobcats
12	Utah Jazz		via Golden State Warriors
13	Houston Rockets
14	Sacramento Kings
15	Phoenix Suns
16	Milwakee Bucks
17	Philadelphia 76ers
18	San Antonio Spurs
19	Cleveland Cavaliers		via Los Angeles Lakers
20	Portland Trailblazers
21	Los Angeles Lakers		via Dallas Mavericks
22	Atlanta Hawks
23	Denver Nuggets
24	Houston Rockets		via New York Knicks
25	Boston Celtics		via Los Angeles Clippers
26	Orlando Magic
27	Boston Celtics
28	Memphis Grizzlies		via Chicago Bulls
29	Oklahoma City Thunder
30	Miami Heat

[Dpauley23]

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Hornets looking like they could have a really solid team. Two top-ten picks will really help them.

[bedwardsroy19]

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NBA Draft Round 1
Pick #	Team	Postion	Player
1	Detroit Pistons	PF	Anthony Davis
2	New Orleans Hornets	C	Andre Drummond
3	Cleveland Cavaliers	SF	Harrison Barnes
4	Utah Jazz	PF	Thomas Robinson
5	Memphis Grizzlies	PF	Perry Jones
6	Toronto Raptors	SF	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
7	New Jersey Nets	PF	Jared Sullinger
8	New Orleans Hornets	SG	Jeremy Lamb
9	Washington Wizards	SF	Terrence Jones
10	Indiana Pacers	SG	Bradley Beal
11	Charlotte Bobcats	PF	John Henson
12	Boston Celtics	SG	Austin Rivers
13 (via Utah)	Houston Rockets	PF	Arnett Moultrie
14	Sacramento Kings	SF	Jeff Taylor
15	Phoenix Suns	PG	Scott Machado
16	Milwakee Bucks	SF	Khris Middleton
17	Philadelphia 76ers	PF	Quincy Miller
18	San Antonio Spurs	C	Tyler Zeller
19	Cleveland Cavaliers	SG	Doron Lamb
20	Portland Trailblazers	PG	Marquis Teague
21	Los Angeles Lakers	PG	Myck Kabongo
22	Atlanta Hawks	PF	CJ Leslie
23	Denver Nuggets	SG	Thomas Satoransky
24	Houston Rockets	SG	William Buford
25	Utah Jazz	PF	Mason Plumlee
26 (via Boston)	Orlando Magic	SF	Daymond Green
27	Utah Jazz	PG	Tu Holloway
28 (via Boston)	Memphis Grizzlies	SG	John Jenkins
29	Oklahoma City Thunder	PF	Kevin Jones
30	Miami Heat	C	Lucas Nogueira

2012 NBA Draft Round 2
Pick #	Team	Position	Player
31	Cleveland Cavaliers	C	Festus Ezeli
32	Detroit Pistons	SG	Evan Fournier
33	Cleveland Cavaliers	SF	Tomislav Zubcic
34	Philadelphia 76ers	PG	Damian Lillard
35	Utah Jazz	SF	Robbie Hummel
36	Toronto Raptors	PG	Ashton Gibbs
37	Golden State Warriors	PG	Jordan Taylor
38	Washington Wizards	C	Mouphtaou Yarou
39	Minnesota Timberwolves	SF	Darius Johnson-Odom
40	Indiana Pacers	PF	Augusto Lima
41	Charlotte Bobcats	SG	Nemanja Nedovic
42	Denver Nuggets	PG	Josep Franch
43	Atlanta Hawks	SF	Quincy Acy
44	Sacramento Kings	PF	Andrew Nicholson
45	Houston Rockets	SF	John Shurma
46	Boston Celtics	PF	JayMychal Green
47	Philadelphia 76ers	SG	Orlando Johnson
48	San Antonio Spurs	PF	Renardo Sidney
49	Dallas Mavericks	SF	Elias Harris
50	Atlanta Hawks	SF	Kris Joseph
51	Portland Trailblazers	PG	Tyshawn Taylor
52	Washington Wizards	PF	Jared Cunningham
53	Denver Nuggets	SG	Marcus Denmon
54	New York Knicks	SG	Bradford Burgess
55	Minnesota Timberwolves	SF	Hollis Thompson
56	Los Angeles Clippers	SF	Wesley Witherspoon
57	Orlando Magic	PG	J'Covan Brown
58	Boston Celtics	PF	Xavier Gibson
59	Chicago Bulls	PF	Mario Delas
60	New Jersey Nets	PF	Joffrey Lauvergne

[bedwardsroy19]

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Just a little recap from the 2012 NBA Draft. It was a surprisingly quiet draft as many teams held their ground.

Biggest surprise was when Boston packaged their 2 first rounders together to swap spots with Utah and grab Doc's boy Austin with the 12th pick.

[bedwardsroy19]

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A ton of player movement was made in the offseason so I thought I would brief everybody on each team's current roster situation...

2012-13 Philadelphia 76ers
#	NAME	POS	OVR
9	Andre Iguodala	SF	82
23	Louis Williams	SG	80
11	Jrue Holiday	PG	78
12	Evan Turner	SF	77
21	Thaddeus Young	PF	76
42	Elton Brand	PF	74
00	Spencer Hawes	C	71
8	Nikola Vucevic	C	64
1	Damian Lillard	PG	63
33	Craig Brackins	PF	62
30	Quincy Miller	PF	64
5	Orlando Johnson	SG	59
50	Lavoy Allen	PF	55
16	Francisco Elson	C	51

Not too many changes in Philly. Another year of progression for their young wingmen should lead to another return to post season basketball. The 76er's are very excited about the talent they acquired through the draft in Quincy Miller, and Damian Lillard. Hoping that the two will be able to make an impact in Philly down the road.

[bedwardsroy19]

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2012-13 Charlotte Bobcats
#	NAME	POS	OVR
1	Kemba Walker	PG	76
14	DJ Augustin	PG	75
12	Tyrus Thomas	PF	73
15	Gerald Henderson	SG	72
50	Corey Maggette	SF	71
31	John Henson	PF	69
55	Reggie Williams	SF	67
8	DJ White	PF	64
22	Byron Mullens	C	62
16	Nemanja Nedovic	SG	58
33	Matt Carroll	SG	54
7	DeSagana Diop	C	52

Similar to Philly, the Bobcats did not make very much noise in the offseason. Stuck tight to the players they had and drafted a nice PF prospect in Henson. The team seems destined to be a fringe playoff team unless one of their current players can step their game up this upcoming year.

Key Losses
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