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See how all those trades panned out.

I can't expect too much with all the new guys, with Gooden and Ellis out of position, and with Mihm out for 4 days.

That means Amal McNoSkill will be starting for 4 games against the Nuggs, Hawks, Kings, Bulls. Expected 2-2 there.

Then play Grizz, Heat, Pacers. Expected 1-2 there.

Anything better  than 3-4 and I will be thrilled.

fine, i guess i can wait.  :sw:

Sonics lost every game this sim, and I now have zero players in double digits in scoring.

However, I now possess the #1, #2, #5 and #8 picks plus the Warriors pick, which is non-lottery right now.

In addition, the Sonics have $11 million in contracts next year.  That leaves approximately $30 million to spend on the FA class.

Add five good young rookies to the young roster that I already have (baly, litwack, collier) with a sprinkling of FA studs and you have yourself a contender again.

only lost one game and would have a chance to get the best record in the league but dikembe is out for the season  :evil:

at the moment i like my matchup with the cavs. my small and quick C are doing verv well against Z.
Also i do have now 4 players avg. more than 10 points 4 ass and 4 reb and also shooting over 45% from the field in the last two sims.
i don´t think i can maintain my position but i hope for homecourt advantage.
Best game this year so far was my game against the raptors  :D

Uh oh.

Bad sim.

2-5. Won the first two games, lost the next 5. Defense was terrible. Not good. not good at all.

Everyone's stats took a big hit. Not sure why. Not really sure at all what happened.

For some reason Amal McCaskill played alot of time. He played pretty good though. 6.4ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.3 bpg.

Not really sure what to do. Guess the fast pace didn't give the defense time to get set. Gonna have to go back to Normal, I guess.

Anyway, game recaps:

Raptors 106 Nuggets 97

- Boozer had 28 and 11...Ellis had 21 pts, 11 rebs in 29 min off 8-11 shooting...Davis had 14, 7 and 6 in his first game.

Raptors 106 Hawks 96

- Monster game by Boozer, 39 pts, 19 rebs, Wow...Ellis also had a fantastic game with 24 pts, 7 rebs off 11 of 15 shooting...McCaskill had 11 pts and 18 rebs....

Kings 106 Raptors 103

- Davis had 20 pts, 12 asts...Boozer had 28 and 7...Kings shot 54%, that's crazy against my defense which should supposedly be good...Good game by Wilcox with 12 pts.

Bulls 119 Raptors 90

- Wow, got ruined by the Bulls...For somre reason Boozer played only 19 minutes, maybe he got injured or something...Ellis had 21 pts, 4 rebs...Gooden had 14 and 14...Davis had just 5 asts...3 Bulls scored 24 pts or more...

Grizzlies 112 Raptors 82

- Beat by 19, then 20?? Why?? Grizz outscored me by 24 in the 4th quarter, that's why....Boozer played just 17 minutes in this one too! That's inexplicable....Wilcox stepped in had 17pts, 14rebs, but shot just 6 of 18...I shot just 26%, Grizz shot 50%...

Heat 121 Raptors 84

- Yikes. This sim just got worse and worse. Heat shot 55%...Nothing really to comment on, 37 pt losses will do that to ya.

Pacers 116 Raptors 84

- The last of the blowouts for this sim, thank God. Davis had 22 and 9, but I got out rebounded 55-35...Pacers shot SIXTY PERCENT while I shot 34%. Something seriously bad happened to the defense.


I'm seriously wondering if this had anything to do with me changing Mihm, Boozer and Gooden to SF. It isn't supposed to matter, but maybe it did. Both Mihm and Boozer played under 30 mins per game, which is crazy. I'm gonna have to do alot of tinkering.

Ostertag's second game with the Hornets was a 11pt, 22 reb gem. Et tu, Sonics??

I guess some of it must stem from the fact that I ran a fast pace, and went inside. I was hoping to get lots of penetration by Ellis/Davis, and I guess maybe it didn't work.

Next sim I'm trying a normal pace, balanced offense. We'll have to see.

Maybe I have the too many options disease like I did at the start of the year, but I hope not.

Bods, how much did you change the Kings to make them go 3-2? I see Tmac still didn't get any burn.

Interesting sim for me...
went 2-3, was expecting 3-2.  However, still move up the 7th in the playoff race.
Gasol, is not liking the fast pace, it appears...
21 pts, 11 reb, 2 assits, and 3 blocks on 35% shooting.  Luckily he went to the line 10 times per game.

Hinrich, scored well, but assists were down...
13.6 pts, 5.6 assists, 4.4 rebs, on 44% and 43% shooting...

Odom played well... Had a 7 TO game, though, which needs to stop...
19.6 pts, 7 rebs, 4 assists, 3 TO's on 40% and 47% shooting..

Kaman was very impressive, in 18 mpg, he has 8.4 pts and 8 rebs on 56% shooting.  He may have earned himself a starting nod.

Pleased with Jaric at the SG spot...  7ppg, 5 rebs, and 1.8 steals...  those steals are big, I am the worst at creating TO's in the league.

My team is now a very good rebounding team, with Kaman and Odom playing.  Averaged 54 rebs per game, to my opponents 49.5...

1-4 without Melo..Terp played well in his first sim with the Hawks but he was the 2nd option because of Melo being out, Tanner also played decent as the #1 option but his FG% needs to go up soon...bad thing about Terp is that he goes down to a B- defender at the SG, hopefully Melo's ratings don't change at all at SG or some more dealing might need to be done

He only has 13 players under contract, so I could only put one player on IR.  Put McGrady on IR, the other guys he requested on IR I didn't put in the depth chart, but the computer still decided ot plaly them.

Check-in:
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6-2 sim.  Lost to 2 of the best teams in the league, Nuggets on the road and Pacers at home.  Here's an odd-ball stat for you.  I'm 2-2 against the pacers this year.  Won both of my road games and lost both of my home games.  :screwy:

Huge road win against the Heat.  Absolutely huge.  Puts me up 1.5 games with 2 sims to go.  Okafor struggled that game shooting, going 3-17 against the diesel.  But he grabbed 15 boards and blocked 3 shots in only 26 minutes (fouled out), and held Shaq to around 1 point/shot.  All in all we held them to 38% shooting.  

18 games left and only need to go 7-11 to get 50 wins.  Nice.  When I signed Battier, 50 was my goal.  I should exceed that.

Went 3-1 on the road, that's nice to see.

Scored 100 ppg on 46% shooting, 38% from downtown.  Held opponents to 88.7 ppg on 43% shooting.  That's an incredible differential.  Effective on both ends of the court.  +5 turnover differential.

Just with I could hit my free throws.  I get there a ton, made only 67% of them as a team.

Emeka and Pettit are shaping up to be one of the best 1-2 punches in the game in years to come.
Emeka: 22.4 ppg, 13.6 ppg, 3.3 apg, 2.5 bpg.  Only shot 41.6%, but take out that 3-17 against the Shaq and he was very efficient.
Pettit: 28.9 ppg, 6.5 boards, 5.25 assists, only 2.25 to's.  His best a/to I can remember.  49.7% shooting, 40% from downtown, 89.6% from the line.  29 ppg on 21 shots.  

Payton's happy to be here.  in 33 mpg he put up 10.5 pts, 7.75 assists, 1.5 steals.  Watson's giving me a terrific 15 minutes/night.

Should be an interesting final 2 sims.  My easy teams are gone.  Two very tough weeks coming up.

Well, my 7 man rotation experiment didn't work :) , I went 3-4  

Right now I don't care about making the playoffs, I just want to end off on a good note and find the right settings for my team

Dude, you are not accounting for the money that those draft picks will cost you...

Man, the east playoffs are going to be BRUTAL.

Top 4 seeds: Pacers, Nets, Heat, Pistons.  Raptors 5th, then Hornets (8-2 last 10 games, 6-2 since trades), Wizards (hottest team in the league at 9-1 in last 10), and Cavs (12-6 in last 18 ).

:(

Yeah, you have at least 10 million in committed salary from those draft picks.

Plus, your play for winner rating is going to take a serious hit.

But the Sonics are crazy.  I don't think they have a current future starter on their team.  But they have 9 first round draft picks over the next 2 years.

I went 6-2 and Magloire was out for the majority of the games. Highlight was a 31 point win over the Nuggets with Ray Allen in the lineup.

I think I have a chance to get to the 4 seed, but I'm not holding my breath.

Also, with all my trading I had no idea what was going on in terms of my cap room... As it turns out, I will be about 9 million under the cap which will be enough to fill out my roster nicely.  :D

Yeah, its going to be hard for me to make the playoffs even next year. But if griffin improves into a monster, Mercer improves his solid stats, and I pick up Amare or Redd of FA I should be fine.

I'll have 14 mill in cap this offseason and only $600,000 will go to draft picks

nice sim for me... Jameer played very not to mention for the last 2 games at least... he had a triple-double performance... after that he had a 31pts. performance.. 2 of my key players are out for next sim.. but hopefully my players will take advantage of their pt.. and hopefully make a playoff push at least...

for the last 10 games, my team went into a 7-3 perofrmance.. hopefully the guy could follow it up..

my frontcourt of Dwight and Kandi and the backing up of Woods at both position has been dominating at least... while Dwight puts up the scoring, Woods and Kandi takes care of the dirty work...

Jazz are back in action...went 4-1 this sim, but didn't play anyone too tough. Improved steals per game from 16th in the league to 11th, and oTOPG from 26th to 19th.

daniels:
23 pts. 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal
9 pts. 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steal
11 pt., 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steal
concussion (lost)
concussion (won)

hughes:
14 pts. 2 assists 2 steals
18 pts. 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
20 pts. 7 rebounds, 3 assists
23 pts. 5 rebounds, 1 assist
29 pts. 6 rebounds, 3 assists

kirilenko:
14 pts, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 6 blocks
14 pts. 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks
23 pts. 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
16 pts., 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
25 pts. 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks

Booth:
5 pts., 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block
10 pts, 9 rebounds, 3 assists
10 pts, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks
11 pts, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks
9 pts, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

Tsakalidas:
10 pts., 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
9 pts., 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block
14 pts., 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal
16 pts, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks
5 pts, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks

The grizzlies are on a tear with an 8 game winning streak, although to the bad teams. Watch out!

i also noticed that stat but i think i will have the slight advantage since i beat you two times in a row  :lol:
i really like the improvement of my team since last year. i think i should earn the MIT award (most improved team  :lol: )
the playoffs will be crazy i hope no injuries anymore.
in the next two sims i will loose a postion or two in the standings but i will reach my goal of 52.

And on the flip side, I did beat you 2x in a row as well....

You should def win rookie of the year (not sure if we have any other rookies lol).  But I think you have some contention for gm of the year.

this is just absurd :shock:  :shock:  just when i decided to lose i end up with 3-2 sim?!? this is just BS. maybe i should trade mac/bibby/miller and go with songalia as my first option in the future?!hm...maybe netsGM has his fingers in this to prevent me from tanking :) i dont't get it...

i can't belive how the garbage stepped up;

ricky minard:13p/7reb/5as vs raps (whole team with 72% fg in that game??)
udonis haslem: 12p/11rebs vs sixers
vs wizards:
bob sura: 17p/5s/3a/3r/1b
desawn stevenson: 11p/2s/5a/7r
udonis haslem: 11p/8r
vs spurs:
bob sura: 15p/2s/2a/2r
darius songalia:12p/8r
ricky minard:9p/6r/6a
and udonis haslem with 22points and 15 rebounds??!!

i'm going to resign webber definitely, his greed is only 5, if i can keep him for cheap, he could be great weapon of the bench or as a starter. he was awesome this past sim;

31points/10 rebounds/2blocks/2steals/4 asists vs raptors

28points/16 rebounds/5 asists vs sixers

16points/10 boards/5as vs spurs

21points/3reb/2ste/2blocks/3asis vs wizards

yea it was really tough to be the only newbie but i learned my lessons this season. i don´t think i will have a chance at GM of the year. i really like the moves the nuggets made.

i am not sure if you understand that almost every player is able to produce but its your task to find the right compination of balance.
don´t blame bods. he only corrected your mistakes you made in your last DC.
But i find it very interesting to see your results as the results of the sixers.
after that i don´t think it is possible to tank since you will still win a lot of games. the only way to loose is the sonics way.

hm...yeah. but then again, no one complain when the sixers do that. it only became problem when i started to tank :?  :roll:

I think my chances for GM of the year have fallen from the Kidd trade, although he only played a couple games for me when he was here and not injured. I received all-star daniels and Francis. Improved and got bigger inside. Had Marion for a short time, but was doing so much worse with him and had to adjust.

No, there was an uproar when that happened as well.

Went 2-2, lost to the Raps and got blown out at home against the Hornets (who I'm going to predict now will be the EC representative in the Finals---not because they beat me, but because of their deadline deals).

Ray Allen and Kenyon Martin haven't quite meshed yet.  I need to figure out how to get my inside-outside game more effective.  Looks like I'll be doing more tinkering with my settings, not a good idea this close to the end of the season.

I still have 16 games left over these next two sims, but luckily, 13 of them are at home; I actually end the year on a 7 game homestand.  Hopefully, I'll be able to fend off Memphis and keep my 3 seed.

and face me in the playoffs :) although I think you've beaten me 3-1...the slate has been cleared though after all of my changes.

Celtics haven't read my PM from the 12th. 17 days ago.

Man, things are gonna be slow now on these boards. Now that there is no trading, there is nothing to do but make depth charts and wait for the next sim.

Have you looked at the General Managers board?  He quit, and is listed as an open team.

BBJ quit, and he didn't tell me!? What a whore.

true test for the new jazz comes next sim as I start out against the mavs, warriors, rockets, pacers, magic, and hopefully I get a little breather with the suns. I expect to go 4-2.

I did account for the draft picks...but I didn't add right.  $25 million for FAs.

Plus, even though my winner rating will take a hit, it should still be rather decent since I had the second highest last year (making the finals).  It should be respectable, anyways.

I don't think it will be very high, Sonics.

You're the worst team in the League.

that's one thing i'm not sure of.  How much more recent years get weighted in to win rating than all the other years.  or how much playoffs, etc.

Well, Sonics are 61-88 all time. You can't tell me that's gonna bring a high win rating.

I finished one game out of the playoffs last year, and was a respectable 43-39, and my win rating was only 46.  I think making the playoffs is a big factor.

Damn I wish we could sim tonight :)

Looks like there is a sizable gap between the 8th and 9th seeds in the Eastern Conference. Looks as though the Eastern Conference playoffs teams are pretty much known. That is unless Magic can go on a tear.

The Sixers would have been a playoff team without the tanking.

Cavs disappoint with a 3-4 sim. Split a back to back with Miami, and beat Dallas, but a loss to the lakers?!? These last two sims are up in the air. Hopefully the team doesn't slip and fall out of the playoffs.

But I have the second most Playoff wins and a finals appearance.  Even after this postseason, I will have the fourth (or so) most playoff wins, and I should still have a decent win rating.

We shall see.

i can´t believe how much changed in the team stats since the mavs dropped down.
i am now
first in points, second in steals, third in ass and blks, fourth in TO
very balanced  :D
i am also in defense rankings almost every where in the top 10
highlights are:
third in opTO and fourth in opsteals

i normally don´t like these stats but i am also a little bored  :)

I'd say your either first or second.  :rrofl:

Actually, its never made sense to me...
The Mavs have run a slow paced offense all season long, and yet have been the leading scorers most of the season.
The Rockets and Pacers run a normal paced offense, and are next in ppg...

Wow, the playoffs start Thursday.

Kinda sneaks up on ya.

Nets- when will you be sending out player extension info? During or after the playoffs?

right when teh playoffs begin.

Sweet. Have a good time at the game today?

it sucked.

i just can't belive willie green ended our season :cry:

allen iverson's "defense" ended our season.

Nets, when do you think you'll run the sim?

I think he's running it right now.