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Solid week for me, I went 2-2 but the 2 losses were only by 2 points.  Could have easily went 4-0

I'm not going to make the playoffs but I like my team alot.  Griffin, Mercer, Curry, Darko, Kamens, Sasha are all going to improve.  Dunleavy and Skita will improve, thats if I resign them.  I have a very young team with potential, and 13 mill in cap.

I think the settings I used for this sim will be the ones I use next year.  With a good offseason/TC hopefully I can get into teh playoffs next year.

Went 1-5, tough sim for me, for some reason when I'm completely healthy I always lose. I need to tweak my DC methinks.

Damn. I went 4-2, but The Pistons has a great sim and over took the Heat. So as it stands now, I would have to play the Heat in the first round. Don't want to do that at all. Won the first 4 games, lost the last 2. Having a big problem closing out sims. That doesn't look well going into the playoffs.

Ruined the Sonics 83-66. And I only shot 39%. Figure that out. Boozer had 21 and 13 in that game.

Got the Hawks, 106-99. Gooden had 26, Davis had 24, 10 and 8. Great game by him.

Got the Bulls by 2, behind the strength of Boozers 21 points, 22 rebounds. What a great game.

Crushed the Knicks 108-69. Boozer had 35 and 14. Baron Davis had 14 points, 18 asts and 6 steals. Boo-yeah.

Stayed with the Heat, but came up short 99-103. Boozer had 28, 11 and 5. Ellis had 22.

Davis had 25 and 10 on the Clippers, but they crushed me 100-84. I couldn't get the shots to fall.

Overall a decent sim. Can't complain about being 13 games over .500 with such a young team. Hopefully the Heat can catch the Pistons again. I'd rather play the Pistons.

I had a tough sim and Magloire is out 8 more days with a hip injury.
Right now I'm matched up with the Nets. If it stays that way, I predict a 1st round exit for my team.
Even though I lost Magloire for a bit, I just got back James who should do fine in spot duty. I think I still have a good chance to move up 1 or 2 spots with a favorable schedule ahead...

Still have the top spot in the lottery.  The Lakers have slid under the Knicks, and are potentially screwing my plan up!

Sonics are in line for the following picks:

#1, #3, #5, #8, #16

I am looking for the Lakers and Bucks to win a few games in this last sim, while the Hawks and Knicks continue their losing ways.

Big games for lottery teams:

Lakers @ Sonics - Day 120
Spurs @ Sonics - Days 117 & 118
Sonics @ Blazers - Days 112 & 113
Hawks @ Bucks - Day 118

By the way, Ivan Litwack has been a stud over the past few sims.

this is abnoxious! there is seriously something wrong on dallas, i've smoked the m by 30, 130:100!!

the whole season is just one big paradox for me. when i wanted to win, i lose, and when i want to lose, i win :roll:

Good to see Cassell playing well for you. Ostertag too.

I'm looking to go 6-1 next sim for a 50 win season.

I play the Bucks (23-51), the Knicks (22-52), the Magic (37-37), the Heat (45-27), the Jazz (40-34), the Blazers (28-46) and the Suns (36-41).

That's 6 teams with records far worse than mine. 50 wins might be enough for 3rd in the East, as both the Pistons and the Heat have a tough sim coming up.

this sim went great for me...

finally, I'm on the .5000 mark... not to mention that Jason was on the IR this week and my team still won against tough teams... went 3-2.. but again my frontcourt of Kandi, Woods and Dwight dominated.. IMO

3 wins too many for me this week.

Diddle/Cato/Tinsley are the only ones worth mentioning, though Romain Sato found a way to put up like a 20/7/4 on some helpless team.

I lost Daniels again early due to appendicitis and then Kirilenko went out and got himself a concussion. Not a good sim, but I'm still in the hunt and I'm still waiting to see how this team works when everyone plays. This happened to me last year and then everyone was back for the last 1-2 sims and I made a late surge, got a decent seed, then got blasted by the Mavs.

Cavs go 5-0. Beautiful. Check out these games for Z...
27, 13 and 6
16, 12 and 5
28, 19 and 4
26, 20 and 2
35, 25 and 4

45 rebounds over the last two games! He is amazing. Averages of 26, 18 and 4 over those last five. Incredible. It's good that the team is playing well going into the playoffs. They'll need to keep it up.

Somewhere in Dallas Mark Cuban is not happy. :x

went 5-5....im not worried at all coming into the playoffs.. :D we all know shaq plays the his best on playoffs...and ill have okur back from a 45 days injury...ill come out my best on the playoffs...i wasnt the leader in season standing....hope to keep shaq and the rest of the guys healthy  :D

You and me would be an exciting matchup. While I don't think Mihm can stop Shaq, I also don't think Okur can stop Boozer.

You have the edge with the 2/3's, but my PG is better than yours.

You have more depth too.

I am very happy with my team, they are really on a roll. I am tied for 3rd in the west and the way the mavs are playing right now I do have a small chance to win the 1rst seed in the west. But I matchup well against the wolves and Jazz. They both have star Pf's and I have Ben Wallace able to cover them! I see a trip to the finals the way the Mavs are playing right now.

Man, I feel good going into these playoffs. My record against the other playoff teams:

1. Pacers (2-2)
2. Nets (4-0)
3. Pistons (0-4)
4. Heat (1-2)
5. Me
6. Cavs (2-2)
7. Hornets (4-0)
8. Wizards (1-3)

If I can get by the Heat/Pistons, there is a great chance I would play Pacers/Nets. And I think I could hang with both of them.

Very happy with my sim... 6-2
2 losses were a blowout loss to the Jazz away, and a 1 point loss to the Wolves at home.
The Gasol/Odom/Hinrich combo is really gelling right now.

Right now, matched up against the Clips.
Slight chance to catch up to the Jazz, but not likely, I would guess...

5-3 not bad since i lost to the cavs in over time and had the injury bug over the sim. fisher only played two games, o´neal had to sit the bulls and the hornets game and dikembe is out for the season.
really liked the game against the hornets. both teams shot over 50% and didn´t turn the ball over.
if i can do  a 5-3 in the next sim i should be first or second seed.
i really need homecourt advantage. my matchup would be either the wizards or the hornets.

Dude, you're gonna have homecourt advantage. One more win for you will clinch it. But the loss of Mt. Mutumbo must hurt. 2.6 blocks/game is hard to replace.

Damn, how big of a stud is Petit? The Kid should be rookie of the year. It's just not fair.

Come next year, and the year after, if the Nets land Amare, who is gonna be able to play with them? Petit and Okafor are both A potentials too.

i don´t mean for the first round. i try to get it for the EC Playoffs.
Yea you are right. i can´t really replace a 38 year old C  :? .
i will try to do it as a team. Andersen,Foster or Battie wll have to do it as a team. I think Andersen has the potential to avg. the same stats as Mt.Mutombo.

maybe 55 wins will be enough for the first place in the east?

Don't forget Battier, he also has B potenial.  That team will be even more scary in 2-3 years.

This was a freaky draft class, Petit and Ferry were already studs going into the league.  Any other year Mercer would have won ROY, but Petit will take it for sure.  Ferry will come in close 2nd, with Mercer 3rd

No Bird Years though... It will take some cap management to hold on to him. In two years Battier will be someone's MLE.

The Nets are looking pretty sick right now, but they have to address two positions for the long term: SF, and PG. If they sign Amare then one of those bigs is gonna have to go to fill those postions. Fortunately for the Nets, those two positions only need to be filled with role players, not stars.

The Nets are sick, but I think I'm gonna be able to give them a run. Mihm, Boozer, Gooden, Ellis and Davis are a great starting 5, and i might be able to get a guy like Amare, Yao or Wallce too.

This free agency period is going to completely set up my future. I could come out with Amare AND Gooden, or I could come out with neither.

Well, my three headed offensive attack was very effective this sim...

Looks like Gasol likes a normal pace...
25.6 pts, 12.1 rebs, 2.6 assists and 2.6 blocks on 47% shooting.  Went to the line 10 times per game.

Odom is a great sidekick...
20 ppg, 7 rebs, 3.8 assists, 1.1 steals on 46% and 39% shooting.

and Hinrich has been great as the third man...
14.8 pts, 7.8 assists, 3.4 rebs, 2.1 steals, on 52% and 45% shooting. TO's a little high (3.5), but as a team they were pretty low (13.8)

Cardinal off the bench was great this sim...
23 mpg, 9.8 pts on 53% and 42% shooting

And Jaric has been a huge (and pleasant surprise)
this sim : 32 mpg, 6.6 ppg, 2.5 assists, 2.1 steals, on 55% and 50% shooting.  Does not shoot much, but very efficient when he does.

The combo of Jaric and Odom has been much better then Vlad Radman and Carter defensively, and the team has been better offensively since Carter has left town.

there is no need for bird rights. if battier is improving he will be able to give him more than the MLE and if not he will be replaced. So i don´t think there is a great need here but depth is really a problem for the nets.
hmm i don´t think that any of the big FA will leave their team if the GMs are clever enough.

Battier will have 2 bird years.  That means I can offer him 120% of the last year of his previous contract.  That means I can offer him a contract starting at 6.6 million, well above the MLE :)

and yeah, I lucked out with Pettit.  I really wanted Tanner, shows what I know.  But I REALLY wanted one of the top 2 picks, which is why I traded away Humphries midway through the season.

Well, it looks like the Suns and Rockets are a serious battle for the 8th seed in the West.
And I play the Suns twice, and the Rockets once.  And I really want the Suns to win, since I have the Rockets pick this year.

Really looking forward to next season.  With a decent training camp, I would love to see the offensive numbers Gasol, Odom, and Hinrich put up over a year.  I think Odom is likely an All-Star at the SF spot, finally breaking KVH's stranglehold on the All-Star team...    :lol2:

BTW...
8-5 since the Odom and Kaman/Claxton trades
16-17 with Vince Carter
14-14 with JRich and Big Ben

And I will keep posting to myself...

Day 107, Warriors vs. Wolves...
Showdown between Garnett and Gasol
Garnett goes for 44 pts on 18-40 shooting, 10 rebs, 3 steals. 2 assists in 44 min.
Gasol goes for 27 on 7-14 shooting, 14 rebs, 5 blocks, 1 steal, 1 assist...


But without KVH, the supporting cast of Minny just is not quite enough, and they lose 93-92.

KG was so upset, I think he tried to sucker punch Hoiberg (0-7 shooting)

Well, I went 6-1 and managed to hold 5 of my opponents under 80 pts...  Including a 93-66 win over the Heat and 86-79 win over the Nets...  Next sim I play Heat x2, Pacers and Nets...  This will be a huge sim for me...  I am only 3.5 games out of 1st place...

and you would rather play me than the Heat???

Man, as junior commissioner I should really take the time to learn this stuff...  :oops:

Have you / can you, link the rules to the main page? I looked before for it but didn't find it.

Yes, can you please post the bird years thing up on the site like how much you can offer with 1 bird years, 2 bird years.  I only know about 3 or more bird years.

another bad sim for the Hawks...Melo was out for the majority of the sim, so I didn't expect to win more than 2 out of 7...I lost to the Celtics twice which really helps out the Sonics, but Tanner is finally starting to "earn his #1 pick status" his average for the 7 games was...

Points: 21.2
Rebounds: 7.3
Steals: 2.3
Blocks: 4.4
FG %:  48%

He put up good offensive and defensive numbers while being effcient from the field...Tanner started out slow but has really come around the last 5 sims, I'm looking forward to seeing this from him in the future

It is linked to on the main page.



Right on the smack top of the http://ssba.phillyarena.net :)



*sigh*

http://ssba.phillyarena.net/files/rules.htm#trades_contract_over

Hm...might want to think about making my pace a bit faster.  Only scored 89 ppg.  Then again, i only hit 43% of my shots, 37% from downtown, 61% from the line.  

Defensively was excellent.  85 ppg given up on 41% shooting.  Won the turnover and rebounding battle.  5 more blocks/game than my opponent.

Pettit...what can you say.  Talk about bailing a team out offensively.  28 ppg on 50% shooting, 42.6% from downtown, 91% from the line.  Shot better from 3pt range than the rest of my team did from the floor.  scored nearly a third of my teams' total points.  5.7 boards, 5.3 assists, 2.3 steals.

Okafor was tremendous again.  22 ppg, 11.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.3 blocks, 1.2 steals.

Those two were incredible combined.  Shot very well from the field.  The rest of my team, however, stunk.

Dalembert's pts and boards were down (9/9), but did have 5 blocks/game.  and his defense was spectacular.  Look at what he did to Garnett (35.1% shooting in 2 games this sim, 4 to's per game).

Payton shot terribly, but did have 8 apg, and nearly a 4/1 assist to turnover ratio.

Watson shot terribly (see a trend going here?), and only had a 2/1 a/to ratio.  His worst sim as a net.

Might do some experimenting here, as I've got the 2 seed pretty much wrapped up.

Pace is interesting...  There is an ideal for a team, but it it does not seem to help increase scoring.

This last sim, I scored 101 ppg, on a normal pace...
Last sim, I scored 94.6 ppg on a fast pace...

Actually had 1 more shot attempt per game on the normal pace, and 2 less free throw attempts. So they pretty much cancel each other out.(rebounded better much better at the faster pace, but also turned the ball over more)

Has a little bit to do with my opponents, of course, but I think my team is just cut out for the normal pace.  
Just like the Mavs, who run a slow pace most of the time, and are in the top 3 in scoring.

Of course, if I moved Gasol to C and Odom to PF, I could probably run a very fast pace...   :D

So what would we send you as the offer, in the FA period during the off-season?

Does this still applied if a team over the cap?

Yes...
It is in the Rules page...  in detail. Dabods has done a great job putting together the rules page.

so yes it would apply for a team over the cap as well

edit: a little late

Curry is making a strong case for 6th man of the year.  On the year he is averaging 11/7/1.5 BPG in 23 MPG.  This sim he averaged: 13/6 on 50% FG

But Curry started alot of games at the beginning of the year (16 in fact)...  It may exclude him from getting the award.

Well in the NBA I believe all you have to do to qualify is play more games off the bench than as a starter, it could be 42 games off the bench and 40 as a starter and you would qualify.  I would think the 16 games Curry started wouldn't effect his 6th man cause.

Sometimes I wonder if people have even looked at the rules page.

What I posted was under a section TITLED: If Over the Cap
http://ssba.phillyarena.net/files/rules.htm#trades_contract

I'm just wondering how would we put that type of offer when we send our PM's to dabods during the FA period. Because what if like we forgot what the player's previous salary was. Would we just write "120% of previous year's salary", and then it's understood?

or "max" since that's the maximum of what you can offer.

OK then. I got it.

Wow...  Major payoff battles will be decides in this sim.
In the West, the Nuggets and Grizz have a battle for the third spot.
And getting that third spot means that you do not have to face KG in the playoffs, which is always a good thing.

Houston has been on a slide since the loss of Peja, and now the Suns are only one game back for the last playoff spot in the West.  The Kings also still have a chance as well, although slim.

In the East, who knows...  1 and 2 appear to be pretty set, although the Nets still have a good chance to take the 1 seed from the Pacers.

The Pistons and Heat are in a battle for the 3rd spot, but the Raptors and Cavs are close on their heels, and the Hornets have 7 home games left against a weak schedule.  Any team that falters right now could drop all the way to 7th.

Just noticed this, but does anyone else have a better record on the Road than at Home???  I am 20-16 @Home and 26-11 on the Road...  I hope in a way this is a good thing...  I guess if I go far into the Play-offs I don't have to worry about home-court advantage...

No I am much better at home. 28-11 to 15-22.

I'm close.  25-11 at home (69%), 23-14 on the road (62%)

steve francis would have a strong shot at 6th man of the year. He's played most of the year off the bench, but will probably still be excluded, then again, those TOpg are NOT helping.

I have a terrible road record- 16-21. Which is why I would REALLY like to catch the Heat for 4th, and Home court advantage.

Of course, I play 7 more games, and 4 are back-to-back-to-back-to-back on the road.  :roll:

Sim up.

Payton's out another 25 games :(
First major injury of the year, it happens RIGHT before the playoffs.  Looks like Earl's getting an audition for next year.  Had I known I'd only be going into the playoffs with him I wouldn't have traded Daniels.

Playoff Brackets are up.  As are season awards.

Congrats to Pettit.  ROY, all-league 2nd team, all-rookie team and 2nd team defense (huh?).

Okafor got completely snubbed.  How pettit made an all-defensive team and okafor didn't is beyond me.

Congrats to the Pacers for overtaking the Mavs for best record.

Just checked, there will be some big names on the free agent market, but NOT the one I had expected (unless his offer gets turned down).

All I can say is wow...  I think Ferry got robbed out of ROY...  Nash not even on an All-League Team???  This is honestly the 1st time i've been dissappointed with the program...  Anyways, I got the Raps in the 1st round and I'm thinking they have a chance to take the series to 5 games, but it shouldn't take any more than that for me to win 4...

So Amare asked to resign...wow.


Anyhow, this WAS sim 13, and this IS the sim 12 discussion thread. So my new thread was NOT the wrong thread, DINGBAT.

:)

Someone is pretty damn cocky for being TWO wins ahead.

:lol:

I beat the Pistons TWICE, but lose to the Bucks and to the Celtics at home...

O well, I can't wait for TC and the offseason.  Next year I'll make the playoffs for sure!  :)

Where did you see that?

WOW

Can someone please explain to me how Kwame Brown beat our Eddy Curry for 6th man, and Rafer Alston made it on all NBA 2nd team over Mercer?

'' Anyhow, this WAS sim 13, and this IS the sim 12 discussion thread. So my new thread was NOT the wrong thread, DINGBAT. ''

do me a favor, go to the full calendar of events and check what dates sim 12 is, then check what days were just done.  Get back to me when you have a clue.

:)

WHATEVER

All I know is that at the start of this thread, we were talking about the pervious sim.

 :sw:

Nets, can you give us the FA offers now?  Pretty please with a cherry on top?  :)

Yeah, I can't wait to see who resigns. Wonder what kind of contract Gooden will ask for, if he does.

I'm also interested to see hoe much Dunleavy is asking, if at all.  His greed rating is high, but he's tempting if he keeps playing like he did last sim:  11PPG, 7 RPG, 5 APG, 1 SPG and he wasn't an option.

WOW. No Tanner Houbergs on All rookie first or second teams.

Shawn Marion on the SECOND team defense??  :roll:

Antonio Turkoglu- all Rookie second team, second round pick. Well done Lakers.

Its arguable that Cunningham had a better season, at least offensively.

6th man break down - Kwame Brown was the winner

Curry: 23.5    11.0    6.7    1.0    0.5    1.4    1.3    .441    .644    
Brown: 23.7    7.6    7.1    1.4    0.9    0.7    1.2    .413    .722


All NBA 2nd team breakdown - PG was Rafer Alston

Mercer: 35.3    20.6    3.6    7.6    2.0    0.5    4.1    .464    .731    .405
Alston:  38.0     11.9     4.6     8.4     2.3     0.2     2.1     .460     .738     .365

What a terrible sim...  1-5 run going into the playoffs, and almost lost the 7th seed.
And Brian Cardinal is out for 6 more games...  ugggghhh.

6th man award...  You cannot start games, and expect to get the award.  Curry started like 20 games, so no award for him.

Well, at least Lamar Odom made the All league 2nd team as a SF...  Looking for big things from him next year :)

Bulls and Pistons: We've been saying since before the sim was started that the computer's selection of awards was terrible.  There's no reason to try to analyze it.

That being said, I've got a stranglehold on the ROY :)  of course, not having a pick this year might make it hard for me to extend my 2 year winning streak.

I will try to get FA decisions out tomorrow, but certainly before I run sim 1 of the playoffs.  I'd say tonight, but the Sixers game starts in half an hour and this takes a LOT of time to do.

BTW, before the season, with all the trash talking by the raptors, I said that I would have no less than 3 less wins than him.  Care to take that bet, Raptors?

1 win away from DOUBLING my win total in one season.  I nearly did that last time, when I was GM of the nuggets.  Before I took over the team: 26-56.  First season with me: 49-33.

Of course, I was never able to get that team over the top.  We'll see how this goes.

Fourth best record in the L.  Take that, beyotches.

Surprise of the season: Clippers
Disappointment: Rockets (Mavs 2nd half of the season as well)
Surprise player: Mason Mercer

I didn't expect myself to make so many trades :) But yeah you win. I guess my only consolation is my 4-0 record against you.

But I'd take the bet for next year, depending on if FA goes the way I'm hoping it does.

In a milisecond.

Wow, eight game winning streak for me going into the playoffs including 2 wins over the Heat. Magloire seems to have Shaq's number, he really hasn't done too much against my team except for one game...

Marion was all-league first team but lost out on defensive 1st team. No big deal though. If I had not traded B-Diddy, I woulda had two all-league 1st teamers  :shock:
Congrats Raps, you got a great player  :D

Yeah. I'm a good TC away from being a GREAT team. Of course, there are 2 scenarios for me in FA, and the one is awesome, and the other is awful.

i could end up with a max guy, and gooden, or I could end up with nothing.

Poor final sim, going 2-3. Although my players did get some awards. LeBron made all league third and all defensive first(wow, not bad), and Z made all defensive 2nd. Now the Cavs are in 8th, having to play the Pacers. Only 1-3 against them on the season, but did win the last one.  8)
It's gonna be tough.

Deng is an all right consolation prize, no? He could be THE MAN.

Sonics have the following picks going into the lottery:

#1
#2 OR #3 (Knicks tied with Lakers)
#4
#8
#15

I need to grab a rabbit's foot or something.  I just hope that I get royally screwed and end up with #4, 5, 6 & 8!

It'll be interesting to see how the player you pick with the Knicks pick (that I had) develops.  I'm hoping Darko develops into a better player.

wow can´t complain about this finish. Last sim i did a 8-0.
beat the mavs away and the pistons. last team i lost the cavs  :?
but it was only in OT.
i really love my fans who gave me a great home court advantage.
for my first year i think i did a pretty good job.

You're probably the GM of the Year

how do you know?

damn, went 5-3 and just ruined my lottery chances

Hmm...he's done a great job, but doesn't have my vote. He did well picking up Redd, but my vote has to go to the Nets. Sammy and Okafor proved devastating, Battier was a great signing, Petit is a stud...

i don´t think you should consider what a GM has done the prev.years. only the actions of this year should be considered. yea the nets GM did a very good job as did the nuggets GM.
i don´t care if i win it all. i didn´t expect to have such a great success in the first year anyway. i planned to learn in the first year improve in the second and win it all in the third  :lol: