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This is quite simply the biggest sim of the year for the Raptors.

6 games that can either help me to seperate myself from the Nets and Wizards, or that will bring me back to the back.

Getting a 53rd win on the season will be special for me because that will make me average 50 wins/season, what I consider to be a very commendable accomplishment.

I face the Wizards, one of the hottest teams, twice. Once here, once there. We are currently tied 1-1 on the season series. I have to win one of those games.

Also have Hawks, Pistons, Knicks. 3 must wins.

Need a 5-1. Come on guys, step up like you have all season.

Can't wait to see how my guys would step up in the absence of Allen Iverson, who is out for 22 days. I just hope that my team keeps winning and TD would prevent himself from getting injured.

Anyone knows what time dabods would upload?

Not until after midnight.

 http://www.phillyarena.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13382#13382

This is my biggest sim as well, without Pierce my team still held it together and managed to stay above .500

Pierce is injured for the first 4 days of the sim, but once he comes back I expect to be back in the playoff race.  Hopefully Griffin continues his stellar play moved back to the 5 spot.

No sim?

Due to a number of unfortunate events the sim has been delayed until today

lockout? :D

It must be a lockout or something. Oh well.

It's too bad, but it's happened before and it will happen again. It's just part of the game.

Unacceptable losses to the Celtics, Cavs and Sixers (sans Iverson).  Disappointed loss to the Pacers.   Very disappointing 3-4 sim.  Still first in the Atlantic, 2nd in east, but that should have been an easy sim.

yea carmelo couldn´t be stopped by dalembert 31...

Well, there goes the season.

It was fun while it lasted, guys. But now, at a position where I was the weakest (SG) I lost my stater for 47 days. I'm screwed.

Lost Baron for most of that sim too, but at least he's back. Have no idea what I will do about SG now. Done and done.

well well well...went 4-3 with my new and fucked up lineup and no settings at all. Varejao had some pretty good games at SF replacing radmanovic.

ok, that's good. gooden was disaster so far but without the setting i think he wasn't vene an option. with new settings i think this will be much better. also, francis was pretty good so far with TO's. except for the one game where he had 9 :P .

Man, this sucks. Gonna try Gerald Wallace at SG, he has A- defense at SF. Hopefully that stays at A- or just drops to B+, and then the defense will be the same as house's.

Shouldn't be all that hard to replace House's 4.4 ppg either :)

All i can say is...

WOW..

Barbosa, Terpening, and Anthony Johnson played like their lives is on the line. They are like auditioning for the "Who Wants To Be The Next AI?"

I hope AI gets injured more often.. :D

my team is doing well and is expecting to be cruising through the season into the playoffs..... :D wow....i havent seen philly this excited throughout the season hehehe.... :D

Well, 3-2 this sim, with a close loss to the Heat in Miami. and an unexcusable loss to the Lakers in Staples (Gasol and Araujo fouled out, Araujo in 8 minutes)

Changed my settings to balanced, and made Hinrich the 2nd option...  he seemd to like the added pressure, considering he scored 20 ppg on 59% from the field and 61% from 3, to go with 8 assists and 2 spg...

Gasol scored 22 pts as a 2nd option, and grabbed 12 rpg...

The new settings hurt Araujo the most.  He racked up only 22ppg and 10 rpg, but in only 30 mpg...

Devin Hinkle for Rookie of the year   :wink:
Lol...  he has been the steadiest player on my team.  6 ppg, 6 rpg, 2.2 spg, and 55% from the field.  He is not flashy, but he gets the job done.

A very solid 5-3 sim for the Cavs. And this is with some injuries. Odom and Elson were out for the first four games, and Barry for the last four. Check out Odom's statline for Day 99 against Boston; 37 points on 14 for 27 shooting, to go along with 15 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 threes. Not bad at all. I guess it's no surprise that he was player of the game... :)
A win against the Nets was a pleasant surprise, with my best player absent. Andre Miller simply took over. Shot 15 for 18, which is incredible, for 33 points. The playoffs are out of reach, but the new teams is looking good.

can't wait to see how my boys will perform tonight. new lineup, new settings etc. and btw will the positional changes occur before or after this sim?

The sim is tommorow, not tonight.

Yes, the loss of Eddie House is causing irreparable damages  :roll:

And the sim is tomorrow, like the raptors said.

all things posted by the time I sim will take affect before the sim, like's it's always been.  And positional changes have no effect on one's play, it only shows you their ratings for the time they play that position.

Go with Jacobson. So what if the groundhog in my backyard can play better defense, at least Casey can shoot... :lol:        :wink:

Look at those percentages.

49.2%, 94.6%, 45%

1-4 on the road :(  I thought that problem was corrected, I was doing well on the road lately.

The defense just really fell apart on the road.  offense held it together.

Like the slow pace keeping my men on the floor longer.  in 6 of 7 games, Emeka was able to play 37 or more minutes.  Chauncey played 40 or more minutes in 6 of 7.

Okafor with 21.3 pts, 12.9 boards, 3.3 blocks, 4.3 assists.  Had some shooting troubles in some games, though.

Pettit had a bit of a "down" sim.  24.57 pts, 4.6 boards, 4.3 assists, 48% shooting, 79% from the line, 42.4% from 3.  All percentages under his yearly average.

Billups with 11.5 pts, 8.8 assists, only 3 to's.  Dalembert with 12.7 pts, 11 boards, 4.3 blocks, 49% from the field, 71% from the line.  Very nice.

Not one sf scored more than 14 points on battier this sim.  

Opposing C's actually hit 40% of their shots.  PF's 38.4.  SF's 39.2.  SG's 40.9.  Not bad.

3-2 sim for the Hawks, 2 pluses are that Gadz stays the same at PF and Manu actually has a better defensive rating at SG...I had wins against the Jazz, Lakers and a 101-67 blowout of the Raptors...in that game Kurt Thomas had 17pts 17rebs and Tanner almost had a triple double getting 17pts 9 rebs and 10blks....Kurt Thomas was also a beast against the Lakers getting 26/12 starting for Gadz who was hurt the 1st 2 games of the sim....I'm pleased with my team right now and I'm hoping the Sonics can stay out of the playoffs so their pick can be lottery and have a chance of being #1 :wink:

After your luck last time, I'm not so sure I'd be hoping for that ;)

LOL, good point, I think we'll shoot for #2 :D

although for all the grief tanner's taken, he's playing some nice ball.  15 pts, 9 boards, 3.3 blocks, 45% shooting, 68% from the line, hitting some 3's, turnovers in check.

He's still probably the 4th best player taken in that draft.  He's not a bust of Kwame Brown proportions.  Those are some insane defensive stats with a nice 3rd option.

It's the rebounding i'd be really upset with.

Tanner has been impressive this year, imo...
he is a great 3rd option center, especially with those blocks.
If only he was a better rebounder...

If he was a better rebounder he'd be a 15 ppg samuel dalembert.  that'd be incredible, IMO.

i'm little bit confused. how you mean it has no effect? aren't the ratings indicator of how good the player is?

cause francis obviously has better ratings at pg then at sg

Putting a guy in another position on the depth chart has an effect on their play.  Whether or not you post to change their position, and whehter or not I process it on the game, has no effect.  Posting in the Positional Changes forum only shows you how well they will play when moving to another position.  But whether or not you post it, and I process it, won't affect how they play.

Actually, looking back on that draft...
There are only 2 players that would be taken ahead of Tanner, imo.
Pettit and Mercer.  Ferry is also a possibility, but not a guarantee.
Trent Kundla has gotten quite good at pick 22...  But, looking at his production, and not his abilities, Tanner was a good pick...

1 - Atlanta Hawks - Tanner Houbregs
2 - New Jersey Nets - Garrett Pettit
3 - Detroit Pistons - Oscar Ferry
4 - Chicago Bulls - Emmanuel Griffin
5 - Indiana Pacers - Bob Diddle
6 - Toronto Raptors - Lorenzo Ellis
7 - San Antonio Spurs - Kyle Hobson
8 - Chicago Bulls - Mason Mercer
9 - Cleveland Cavaliers - Alvin Schenk
10 - Detroit Pistons - Ethan Terpening

do you know maybe what was gooden's ratings at sf?

B- C- C- A A-

great , his defense is even better at sf. at least something

Check out Lebron's defense this last sim...
The Mavs played ten games... in those ten games, 6 of the starting shooting guards shot over 50% against Lebron   :shock:

he sure has not earned that defensive rating, except in steals.

Nets and GoldenState, you are both right, Tanner has been a very solid center, his defensive stats are amazing and he usually holds most centers in check except Yao and Emeka...the only thing is I and maybe some of you anticipated him being A/A/B+ instead he's B/A-/C....he's still a very solid center but w/Petit, Mercer, Ferry and maybe Griffin it's very tough to say he earned his #1 pick..those TC's hurt everyone's thought of him but he's still a premiere defensive center and a very nice 3rd option when he doesn't take too many shots....think if he improved like I thought...that's 30/15/4 territory, he could have been a beast

Oh, there's no doubt he's been a huge disappointment.  I thought he would have been at least an A- inside, A defense and B rebounder.  With C+ outside shooting, that should be 25/12/3 at least.

But hey, if you want to give up on him, i'll take him :)

haha, I was extremely close to giving up on him after this last TC, but now there's only a short list of centers I'd rather have:  Yao, Emeka, Araujo, Shaq and Sammy...Tanner's size w/his decent ratings are good...and something that's impressed me is that his #'s have actually got better since I went to a fast pace which must mean he can run a little bit

True...  Pettit is the true gem of that class, and Ferry is the offensive equivalent of Tanner.  Griffin is all-around very good, but not great at anything yet.
But, do the draft over, and he would still be picked between 3-5, imo...
Actually, next year is the third year of that draft class, the year when you typically see how good the class truly was...
looking forward to seeing how all three draft classes improve in the next TC...

dabods can you please tell the settings for my last sim?

C: Miller, Songaila, Potapenko
PF: Songaila, Gooden, Miller
SF: Varejao, McGrady, Gooden
SG: McGrady, Jackson, Jones
PG: Francis, Stankovic, Francis

Key: McGrady, Francis, Miller

Pace: Fast
Trap: Sometimes
Press: Often
Focus: Balanced

please explain again. so, francis was listed as (and still is) as SG but on depth chart he was PG. so what's the final ratings for him in this situation?

Once again, what is shown on the roster page is only indicative of how he plays when placed at that position on the depth chart.

So when you have him listed as a SG, and you play him at the PG position, he doesn't play with the SG ratings, instead plays at what the PG ratings are.

The only reason people request to have positions "changed" is so they can see how he will perform when they put him at that position on the depth chart.

aah, now i completely understand this. i always need a example to figure things out :) . thanks

0-10!

0 and stinkin 10!

This season is over for the Sonics!

christ, that's the longest losing streak so far i think :(

definitely the worst sim ever.

he seemed like he was playing well last sim, too.

I already didn't have a SG...now I REALLY don't have one.

Remember when I offered Gordan Giricek to you for fillers?  Ah well, you'll still be alright.  Maybe not Championship caliber, but you'll do some damage in the playoffs with Peja, Baron and Yao.

You may actually be happier with the offensive production of Jacobson.

Yeah I remember, and looking back on it, I'm still glad I didn't take it..B- defense isn't what I need.

I expect to be relativly fine with Wallace's A- or B+ as filler.

I don't need to score more points, so Jacobsen and his C defense is out of the question as a starter.

0-0=0

hehe

Wow, WTF.  Pierce comes back and gets injured again.  Well at least he's only out for 5 more days.  And Mckie is also out for 7 days, as well as Jackson

My team went 5-3.  I beat the Mavs and Nuggets WITHOUT Pierce, and lost to the Celtics/Cavs by 2 and 1 respectively.. WTF?  Those losses are unexcusable

Only 0.5 games out of the playoffs.  I can truely say I accomplished something this year if I make it, considering my TC and injury problems all year

hey bulls, are you ready for that banner contest?

Lol, touche.

Although, bottom line, Eddie House>Gerald Wallace

I just need B Diddy to stay uninjured, and I think I'll live.

I just got back from exams, I'll begin working on it today or tommorow, it shouldn't take me long to finish.  If you want you don't have to wait for me to show you banner

no, i would like to all 3 of us to show  our work at the same time

Kings, that is one hell of a payroll.

that's why we're not Kings anymore. it's Payrolls :)

Well the Bucks beat the Rockets/Sixers/Grizzlies/TWolves.  All surprising victories on the way to a 5-3 sim.

First triple double in Clipper history.

Gordon had 25, 10 and 12 against the Nuggets.

Clippers are rolling and Gordon is getting on fire just on time for the play-offs. He is shooting the lights out!

my sim went bad. turned out to be that Diop was better starting. lol

Well at least it ties MY longest streak (but there is room for growth on the Soncis side) and I know something about losing streaks having experienced streaks of 0-10 as well as 1-17 & 3-23 this year (but just one "0for" sim).
So probably these losses again show the value of Geiger and Lenard as important backups ... but your trade was mostly about the future, which I see pretty bright for your Sonics.  8) {hidden reference to song title from the late 80ies - anyone remember?}



Just remember this time, when practically EACH AND EVERY loss to the Celtics is called unacceptable, cause soon, VERY soon this team will run all over you. We'll remember that lack of respect and we'll remember all that "easy" marks on y'all schedules as well ...

Celtics Pride is about to be restored  :twisted:

Finally, the last sim review:
3 W's 6 L's Eddy is finally coming through, PG VanExel playing AI taking 12 shots being NO option (with 4 apg !), we're holding the opposition to 42% shooting (and the Sixers to 58%), the rebounding battles are even since Kaman joined us, but TOs are still killing us every other game.

Spirit's still high, the Donuts are worse now and we'll try to catch the Spurs in the end.

I'm in danger of falling out of the playoffs. Shaq has been pretty amazing though. I guess his value can be seen in how the Sonics are doing after they traded him.
The Suns pick is looking better and better!