SSBA

I start off the season with a 4-7 games at home, I feel I can go 6-1 winning all 4 at home and going 2-1 on the road.

Holy Hell.

I just checked my schedule.  WTF?!?!

Play 7 games in the first sim.  ALL 7 ON THE ROAD!.  Incredibly tough ones against the Pacers and Raptors.  Also get the Bucks, Grizzlies and Pistons.

God, if I can break .500 I'll be thrilled.

I got Celtics, Jazz, Bulls and Magic twice.  I see a 2-3 sim but wouldn't be shocked with a 1-4 Magic are tough but I think I can pull off a split

I wouldn't be surprised if i go 0-7...

I play 8 games.

Raptors @ Lakers  --Looking for an easy win to start off the season. Haywood may be able to slow Yao, but he can't stop him.
 Raptors @ Heat  --Yao should have his way again. Another win. It will be interesting to see the Okur/Mihm matchup.
Celtics @ Raptors  --Another win, hoping to start off the season 3-0. Celts don't have a post defender with better than B+ defense.
 Nets @ Raptors  --Biggest test of the first sim. Okaofr/Yao matchups have been historically very fun to watch. Could be first loss of season.
Raptors @ Celtics  --Wait, didn't we already play :) Another win here, hopefully.
76ers @ Raptors --Another tough, tough matchup. Mihm sometimes has a tough time defending the top PFs. However, Skinner is giving up 9 inches and alot of pounds to Yao.
Raptors @ 76ers --lol, see above.
Raptors @ Celtics --WHAT?? 3 times in one sim?? We only play 4 times the whole year, and 3 of them in the first sim.


Overall, hoping to sweep the Celtics, beat the Lakers, beat one of the Heat or Nets, and split with the Sixers. That's 6-2.

A side note, I know that Winnipeg just got a crazy storm, and power is out in alot of places. This is where the BullsGM lives, so if he doesn't get his DC in, that would be why.

your starting lineup can match up with just about anyone in the league

Marbury, Tmac, Pietrus, Gooden, Miller with Moiso off the bench isn't bad at all, just need to help out some of your other bench players which you're trying to do apparently by putting your picks up for trade.

Marbury is much better than Francis whether ratings show it or not. And Brad Miller probably only went down slightly with defense which brought him to a B+ like NetsGM had alluded to in another relevant post. Will you be in the top of the league, no, will you be a playoff contender?...probably with a low seed.

9 games in 10 days, 5 on the road.

I play the Hornets, Nuggets, Heat, Jazz, Kings, Pacers, Grizzlies, Cavs.  Ouch. I play the Hawks once, I think the best case scenario would be 4-5 or 5-4 for me.

that is crazy with the 9 inch difference

Oh..lol.

Forget what I said about the Bulls ;)

Just got power back yesterday, you know I couldn't miss sim 1  :wink:

But honestly, it was crazy, 110 km winds, something like 200 mm of rain at the airport, huge trees were uprooted, cars were flipped, telephone poles were destroyed, fences blown off... and this is Winnipeg we're talking about

Yeha, I saw the pictures on the News...scary shit.

And man, I wish we could borrow 50 mm of that rain or so :)

My schedule is very light...  4 games, away against the Mavs and Suns, and home against the Clippers and Lakers...
Hoping to go 2-2 this sim, and see if this new team clicks...

Gotta love those schedule makers. Guess I have a chance for some good start to the season if I can surprise the Raptors again (like last season in the first sim). Does it get any better then going against the best right away? Fresh legs, no injuries, no excuses, just PLAY !

In addition to the best-of-three series with the dinosaurs I have games in Clipperland and Atlanta coming as well as a chance to entertain the Knicks, Timmy's Sixers and the Magic. A .500 record would be a nice to kick off the year, but since there i no pressure on my guys we can just take a relaxed approach.



Now sweepin the Raptors would really make my day ... :lol:

 
hm let's see take 50 mm, convert to cm, divide by 2.54 ohh okay haha

lol. I'd take our system of yours any day...except for km vs. miles.

This season couldn't start soon enough, we're resorting to the metric vs imperial debate  :lol:

Few games to start off with in the first sim. Sonics, back to back with the Hornets, Grizzlies, and Bulls for a total of 5 games. But these are pretty good teams. I'm hoping for a 3-2.

I'm pumped.

I'm going to leave my focus at outside up until the all-star break, probably with a fast pace.  no matter the results.  

For the last 2 years, I've pretty much either had my offense at balanced or inside, with my pace at slow.  I've done this for 22 out of 24 regular season sims.  I think I've held Pettit back.

I'm excited to see the results.  I'm hoping Pettit responds by being top 5 in the league in scoring, that Billups increases his scoring, and Emeka chips in by picking up his 13 boards, 3 blocks, and a guaranteed double-double.

This is the year of the Pettit.  Be warnred.

switching the focal point of an organization is always tough.  For me it was Tanner before he was even on my team and he's not a #1 option so I'm still in the process of finding the right guy.  You have the convenience of having Petit already there.  I think he'll respond w/28 or more ppg and Emeka will probably be a dominant defender and rebounder.  Then there's Sammy and Chauncey, o boy wish i had that to fall back on if the plan doesn't work

I'm sort of hesitant with changing my gameplay.  I'm using the same settings I had before the injuries last season, so I think I should do well.  As always, I'm hoping Mercer and Pierce control their turnovers.  I'm hoping for 7.5 between the 2

Yeah, I've got some options ;)

That's why I think the two best teams in the east are, far and away, the raptors and I.  We can beat you many different ways, on both sides of the ball.  Inside or out.  Slow or fast.  The past two years I've tried to put the defensive clamps on people, and it worked (106 regular season wins the last two years).  But this year I'm gonna run you out of the building.

And, if it doesn't work, I can always switch back.

I just wish Dalembert and Battier were a little more of 2-way players.  But I guess I can't be greedy.  Last year Billups dropped 20 a night when I switched to outside, if I can just get 18 out of him that would be great.



I'm ALWAYS hesitant of change.  Always.  

I mean, shoot, for 4 of my 5 starters, this will be the 3rd straight year starting here.  For the other one it's his 2nd.  I've turned down top 3 picks 2 straight years for dalembert, and he's only the 3rd best player on the team.  I'm very, very hesitant of change, especially when things are working.  I was like that with my old Nuggets team as well (up until the last year, it was all Telfair, Pietrus, Carmelo, Swift and Pavel for 2+ years).

But I'm glad I experimented the last 2 sims last year, that rested my fears.  Either way, even if it's an utter failure, I'm positive I can make the playoffs with this club.

Nets, just in case you already entered the settings for people who have their DC's in, I changed my pace from slow to normal

I'm doing the exact same thing I did all of last year...just put everything at Normal, and trust in my player's abilities.

Bulls: haven't entered a thing, don't worry.

at least i'm anti-American enough to actually know how to convert between them...

Any idea of when you'll run the sim Nets?

Damn.  I couldn't shoot to save my life.

Not worried about that turning around though.  As I said, I'm sticking with this philosophy until All-star break, good or bad.

Wasn't expecting to do much better than 4-3 with all 7 games on the road anyhow.  Nice win over the pacers.  Good wins over the pistons and suns as well.  but when i lost, i got killed.

Battier out another 28 days :(  This is not good.  Johnny Salmons is gonna have to step up big.    But that'll be a big blow to my defense.

But man...the percentages.  36.6% for emeka.  37.5% from dial.  41% from pettit.  40.7% from billups.  Those numbers can't continue.

Ugh, 2-3...Z played great, averaging 21, 11 and 3 on 58% shooting. Fletcher was superb as my backup PF/C, averaging 11 and 6 in 24 MPG. Odom needs to play better, and Ward perhaps set a record with his 10 TOs in 26 minutes. I think I need to slow down the pace. Andre was terrible himself as well.

Look at Gatling.  24 ppg with a 2/1 assist to turnover ratio.  He and Garnett are tough.

jesus.

if ron artest is going to give them 8 apg at the pg spot, the pacers are unbeatable.

I really have no clue what to do with my team...  I obviously need to get Rush out of the starting spot...  I go 2-4 and I lose by 4pts, 3pts, 2pts, and 1 pt...  WOW!  They can't close out a game...  Adjustments will be made...

I was nice to see Ferry give me 20 and 10 as a non-option though...

Well 0-5 is never good but...

Losses to the Nets/Wizards/Hornets at home and Clippers/Rockets on the road is hardly an anomaly.  Next sim is a more favorable schedule.

With Tinsley at 16/5/9, Donta Smith shooting 68% and Collier putting up 15/5, we just need Kobe to come around.

Haha! Oh mine, is this really happening?? :D

Well, I have to say, I am quite pleased.
Wins over the Mavs, Clips, and Lakers, with a loss to the Suns.
Shame my boys did not play enough games to get on the league leader boards.
Araujo averaged 28.5 ppg along with his 13.8 rpg.
Swift is a great 3rd option, with 18 ppg, 9 rpg, and 3.8 bpg...  just what I traded him for, perfect.
Hinrich at only 11 ppg on bad percentages, but he will recover.  But he did rack up 12.3 apg with almost 6 rpg, which is great.
Hinkle hept up his great shooting hitting 57% from the field, and Turkoglu racked up 13 ppg as a non-option.
I am very pleased with my teams performance....

I think I will be a relatively average team this year, based on a snap judgment.
Shawn Marion is playing awesome ball.
My draft pick is looking good w/ the Spurs losing by over 20 ppg...

Also, Jerome James was beastly this sim, averaging 17/11.4

Please allow me to say one quick thing:


 :lol:

Man, finally! The first happy moments of my lousy SSBA career. :)

Went 6-1! Beating some very good teams. Rockets, Grizzlies, Bulls, Suns, Pistons. Only loss came on the last day of the sim against the Clips (Hey Mr. Amsterdam! Is this something personal? :wink: )

Best backourts in the league are pretty much unstopable and Moiso is havin a time of his life with 10ppg and 9rpg. And yes, with moving Brad Miller to C i found out he still has A- defense there which gives my lineup A-, A-, A-, A-, A-. With that and slow pace currently the Kings are one of the best defensive teams in the league with only 88ppg allowed :)

Marbury's brilliant so far. 30pts, 5st, 7a, 6r against the Bulls is his best game as a King. And to all who thought i was wrong, check his stats;

15ppg, 9apg, 5rpg, 2.3spg and only 2.4tpg. If he can continue like that he's the top 3 PG's in the game.

Let's go Kings!

BTW...
Kirk Hinrich, triple double in his first game of the year.
First ever in his career.
10 points, 11 assist, 10 rebs...  My Kansas boy is getting the job done.

Wow! Nets with 18 TO's per game! :shock:

Sonics are very happy with the results of the first sim....

5-3, beating the Nuggets and T'Wolves twice!  Sonics also beat the Heat, while losing to the Cavs, Grizz and Rockets.

Nicklaus English: 17.9 PPG and 9.7 APG, while shooting .684 from beyond the arc.

Nick Collison: 20.3 PPG, 8.4 RPG while finally getting playing time for a new team.

Trent Kundla: League leading 3.9 Steals per game.  This guy is the complete team-player.  As a non-option, he drops 11.9 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 3.5 APG, 3.9 SPG and he shoots pretty well from the floor, stripe and beyond the arc.

Luol Deng: Third option - 17.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG, .525 FG%.

Steve Blake: Nick English went down, and missed a game.  In steps Blake in the win against the Heat:  45 minutes, 13 points, 10 assists, 5/10 FG, 3/6 3-pts.  Not bad, not bad at all.

Bench Numbers:

Joe Smith: In only 17.9 MPG, he drops 9.9 PPG and 6.3 RPG with 1.1 BPG
Roberto Dickau: In only 13.3 MPG, he drops 7.6 PPG.
Greg Ostertag: He has probably won the starting job: 20.6 MPG with 8.8 PPG, 7.1 RPG and 50% from the floor.

:bash:  This is getting ridiculous, I just can't doge the damn injury bug.   I had Mercer out for 6 games, and Anderson injured for 6 more days...

I was lucky to win 3 games, destroying the Jazz without Mercer was nice.  

Yao Ming, is fukin sick

Pierce is leading the league inTO's yet again, but I can't complain with his 29/9/4 on 48% shooting

But really, I've had enough of the injuries

Yeah, you're really doomed with injuries...every year same story. :|

Well at least Fab played good in place of Mercer: 12/5/8, 2 spg on 51% shooting, 84% FT.  Thats great

Unbeivable how good Yao is.  It's amazing...especially since he got him for basically Drew Gooden, right?

Hey! Who wants Mike Miller? He's 100% from the floor! :)

WOW!

Unbleleivable! Went 6-2!

Carlos Boozer and Mike Finley continue where they left of last year as did Mike Bibby!!

Boozer: 22.6ppg and 12.8rpg plus 2.5apg!!!

Finley: 23.5ppg, 5.9rpg and 2.6apg!!!

Bibby: 17.3ppg, 5.6rpg and 10.6apg!!!

Summitt: 16ppg, 2.5rpg and 2.1apg!!!

That is a very nice performance front my main 4! Anderson Varejao was a nice surprise off the bench with 6ppg in only 15mins, as was Kandi getting 10.4rpg. That's what he's there for!

FA pickup Udonis Haslem is contributing nicely, as is Lorenzo Ellis getting 6.5ppg, 3rpg and 4.4apg backing up the PG and SG spots! (maybe I will keep this guy around...?)

Extremely happy with that sim, hope it continues!

very subpar sim...somehow Booth wasn't getting very minutes, Eschmeyer shot horrific and got hurt, Murphy is back in the starting lineup and Molina was a nice surprise and I'll find him and Murray some more minutes since I wasn't too impressed with Curran at the 5 but i'll give him some minutes at the 4.

Shabinger played well, I'd just like to get his TO's down, I might end up starting Daniels again, but i wanna let Shabinger's stats average out a little more over another sim.

Meyers is 11-15 from 3 point range. The first game he had 22 points in 12 minutes and was 4-5 from 3.

Kirilenko was close to having 3 triple doubles and missed it the first game by a rebound.

The story of the sim was that I just couldn't shoot worth anything and am currently sitting on the bottom of the league with FG%.

I think it's safe to say I will block more shots than anyone in the league for the foreseable future :)

I hadn't even seen the TO's.  I think the fact that I shot as bad as I did (40.7%) and comitted as many turnovers as I did (2nd worst in the league) and still had a 4-3 record on 7 road games against good teams is a testament to my team.

I love Earl Boykins.

19 ppg.  Can shoot the 3.  7.1 apg to 1.1 turnovers/game.  more steals than turnovers.

I think it's safe to say that I love this team. 113 points per game. First in the L. Only team shooting above .500.

Yao is amazing. 38.3 ppg, 16.8 rpg. Now, I can't expect those kind of numbers to continue, but I expect nothing less than 30/13 on the season.

Mihm has struggled slightly with fouling. He's not rebounding or blocking shots like last year, but a large part of that is due to Yao getting 17 rebounds per game. I'm very happy with his shooting percentage.

What an amazing 2nd option Peja has been. 28.6 ppg and 7.8 rebounds is absolutly incredible.

The stats of Springs were a bit of a dissapointment, but who cares, I'm 8-0.

Davis is putting up the usual numbers with 13.8 ppg and 11.5 apg...and 5.4 topg, but like I said, I'm winning, who cares.

Wow...just checked out the boxscores.


Yao with 53 (!!) and 22 against the Heat. AMAZING.

Then he follows that up with 44 and 19 vs. the Celtics. WOWOWIE.

The first game against the Sixers was awesome, as we made TD foul out in 28 mins with just 19 and 10. Yao had 35 and 19. But that's not even the best part.

The second game, TD fouls out in 15 MINUTES with 10 and 2. Yao goes for 39 and 19.

And Yao finishes off what was an unbelievable sim with 46 and 18 against the Celtics.

Player of the week both weeks.

Damn, I love this team.

That is absolutely nuts. I've never seen a player have a SIM like that in all of FBB.

A little dissapointed with my 3-6 start, but i opened up with 6 teams that were in the playoffs last year.

Diddle played only 3 games, and he was less than stellar(really less than average) in any of those games. Cant figure out why he's been so lackluster since he came over last yr,(besides the fact maybe he's not as good as i thought,but thats yet to be determined.)

Magliore played about as well as i wanted him to giving me 15 and 10, and KMart gave me 23 and 12.
And my favorite player, Troy Havlicek continued his development, with 13pts and 9 ast and he's even stepped up his rebounding in the early season with 4 per game.

I'll need to improve my perimeter defense, as evidenced by Pettit torching me for 39 on a high percentage, and i got scorched by tmac also.
i have a few moves that will hopefully shore up my starters, as well as my backups too.

2-3, can't complain.  I had a decent sim, but I need to figure out my defensive strategies, giving up 100 a game won't cut it.  Ivan Strong player well off the bench averaging 9.6 and 4.4 off the bench for me.  Also Iggy is definitely a SF, his defense goes up 2 ratings at the SF.  I'm happy with my team, but some adjustments will have to be made

I know its very, very early but man, Ward is a dissapointment so far.  5 games, 24 mpg, 5 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 apg, 4.4 apg, 38 FG%, 50 FT%, 33 3P%

sorry thats the first time you are way off with your statement. yea raps and nets are the best teams in the east but not for their abilities to beat a team in so many ways. it is simple the fact that both teams have an incredible 1-2 bunch. My team is at least as good in changing strats as yours an i believe that the wizards are also.
And yes Artest will avg. something like 8ass during the season. Last year i tried it after my trade for carmelo and he avg over 10 in one sim but he also had some problems staying in front of the quicker guards and turned the ball over too many times. I will try a lot of different lineups this year maybe even small ball and run every one out of the building  :lol:

Sonics offense was tremendous in the first sim.

League standing:
6th - PPG - 103.3
4th - APG - 25.8
3rd - SPG - 11.6
2nd - FG% - .494
4th - 3pt FG% - .466

All with youngsters as well.  Gotta love the potential of this bunch.

unbelievable.. I started my season with injury-bug...

damn... Diop is down... Howard was down...

but on the bright side, Kidd is averaging 26ppg, 10apg and 6rpg and Allen is making 30ppg and 6rpg.

can't wait to see how my roster would go with Dwight already getting healthy...

and.. btw, kidd already had 2 triple doubles to start off the season...

West also shot down LeBron (9pts) and grabbed 15boards and 14rebounds. :D

Don't forget all the turnovers... :x
He'll be alright, year just got started...

qucik statement to my only loss. both teams shot incredible weak but this is expected from the first game of the season. Nets did it with offensive rebounding and block shots. Since i didn´t expect to win this matchup i am very pleased with my start.

Well, since you lost your first three games with Howard still healthy and went 4-2 without him I wouldn't want to wait on that too much ...  


:wink:

As everybody around here, I had a great first sim, at least to my (lower) standards.

Most of the time, going 3-5 is nothing to be happy about, BUT ...

... three of the five losses came from the Raptors - including their closest win, a 7pt nailbiter at Air Canada C., in another loss Kaman and Darko held Yao to 25/9 & fouling him out in 26 min.

... the other two losses were @Clips and vs. Magic, which is acceptable

... it is HOW my guys played that made me happy.

Radman getting 21ppg, Kaman shooting .750, Jefferson finally performing (10/7 and 1.5blks in 20 backup minutes), Darko big surprise, Eddy getting 8+ boards with C+ rebounding, Johnson & VanExel shooting .640 ... and my team getting 11stl with 12.5 TOs per game - which is amazing for me !

On the downside, Geiger and Lenard had a tough time so far, but they'll come along. And with such a frontcourt, I can hardly complain   :lol:

I feel very good right now and even though I got swept by the dinosaurs, I see good things ahead. For the first time I feel like having found a balanced lineup I will stay with for a while (minor corrections aside).

Too early to proclaim that the Celtics are back, but the foundation has been laid ...

i can´t help to say .... i told you so  :wink:
but Rad is a real surprise. i think no one ever tried to make him an offensive focus.

He learned from the best (one year with Tmac) :)

gawd.. you were beaten by a Dwight Howard-less Magic...  :wink:

Looking at your results this could easily be the main reason I lost ...


 :D

Actually, that's where you are wrong. I don't win just because of my 1-2 punch. Now, I do have easily the best 1-2 in the League. But to win in FBB, you have to create a 1-2 punch, and THEN fill the holes with star players. I have Yao and Peja, averaging 67 points and 24 rebounds per game. That's is incredible. But then I have a PF who is among the best in the League at rebounding and shot blocking. I have a PG who is the league's best distrubutor, and one of the best defenders. I have a great bench with Cato, Crawford, House, etc.

It's not about having a great 1-2 punch. The Sixers have had an amazing 1-2 punch for years (Dunkin' and Iverson). WHat has it got them?

sorry but tim and AI never avg the same amount of points rebound or anything like you did. i think the next best 1-2 punch is now KG and -Gatling.
yea you have great role players who could be stars at other teams like baron but i still believe that it is the star players who are the difference between win and loss. Look at the Mavs the have possible more talent and depth than anyone else.

From a pure scoring perspective, KG and Gatling are next.  It'as only been one sim do far, but while KG is the best all-around PF, Gatling has not done much more then score.  3 reb and 3 assists, bad for a SG, although like I said, only one sim so far.

I think the key is having a 1,2,3 punch...  A third player who can carry the load when one of the stars fouls out, or has a bad game...  Wolves have that as well, with KVH...

Look at the West leading Kings. They don't have a 1-2 punch, they have a bunch of talent.

Same deal with the Rockets.

It's not about 1-2, it's talent. Tell you what. Get a copy of FBB with the same ratings of this League. Put Yao and Dunkin' on the same team. Best 2 players on 1 team. Fill the team up with marginal players. I'm not saying scrubs, just guys like Fisher. I doubt they would win 50 games.

Now that Livingston has been moved back to PG, his defense jumped up to an A- from a B+.  C+ in, B+ out, A- handle, A- def, C- rebounding, A potential, all while being a 6'7" PG...

Has anyone ever seen a PG win MVP in SSBA?   8)
Because Livingston, in 2 TC's, could be the first ever...

I disagree.  You're not going to get 5 stars.  I agree that you want role players.  I would consider Mihm, Dalembert, Billups, and Battier roleplayers.

But what you need is 2-3 roleplayers who excel at their role, not do things adequately.  Dalembert is the best in the league at blocking shots, and one of the best rebounders.  Mihm is one of the best rebounders in the league.  Battier is one of the better all-around defenders.  Even Davis, while an all-star, IMO is a supersized roleplayer.

You can't get Shaq, Marion surrouned by Kirilenko, Kidd and Pettit ;)

YOU can't...I might be able too  :lol:

Lol... Just realized the two of you have almost the same team design...

Yao and Emeka, best center and second best center(?  Watch out for the Brazilian Shaq, though) in the league.
Mihm and Sammy, both excellent rebounding and shotblocking big men.
Peja and Pettit, both incredible scorers (with Pettit's bonus of defense)
Billups and Baron, both good scorers and distributors (with Davis having the bonus of defense)
Springs and Battier, role players who need to be effective offensively in small spurts, and play good defense.

Yeha, the only difference is....

Yao>Emeka
Mihm>Sammy
Peja>Petit (in 8 games so far, I fully expect Petit to be better than Peja now and in the future)
Baron>Billups
Springs<Battier (defense is all these guys are here for)

Cato>Dial

:)

8-0>4-3

Yeah, we're close.

Of course, that's always been the way I've built teams.

My old Nuggets (forgot to get the save file, sorry) was the same way.  Except the defender/rebounder was at C (Pavel), with the scorer at pf (Swift).  And the scorer was at sf, not sg.  But still, close.

Of course, who am I kidding.  The fact that my team is built this way is also because that's what I was able to do.  I targetted Emeka that first offseason because I was able to clear the most cap space (had to give up the best pg in the league to do so, mind you).  And I got Pettit because I "lost" out in the lottery.

 :roll:

13.4ppg, 11.6rpg, 3.1apg, 2.5bpg, .471 FG, .750 FT

8.9ppg, 12.3ppg, 1.7apg, 3.0bpg, .565 FG, .556 FT

I know who I'd take.

Sammy is better defensively...
Mihm is slightly better on offense (primarily in free throw shooting, which is a handy skill), although Sammy has been getting better every year.
Right now, edge to Sammy.  If his free throw percentage stays where it is now (which I doubt, it will go back up), it becomes pretty close.

Nets, Johnny Salmons has been quite impressive for you so far, replacing Battier...

I noticed that too, that's real nice.

Maybe, I hadn't really had the time to go through how he did, primarily defensively.  but the stats at least look nice.

Quick peak shows he shut down Stephen Jackson, Dunleavy, and held eddie Jones in check. Peja did well against him, but who does stop Peja, besides Artest?

Did you see what battier did to carmelo though?  I'm gonna miss that.

But yeah, Dunleavy and Jackson certainly struggled.  I'm happy.

Wait until his matchup with Gooden. Forced Pierce to 10 TO's...

That's not all that uncommon for pierce ;)

Yeah i know. Man you had to ruin my every happy moment! :)

Yeah.

It's amazing though.  You look at Pierce's stats since joining the Bulls, and he's such an amazing, amazing player.  Truly amazing.  One of the best all-around forwards in the game.

Then you look at the turnovers and you gag.

Well, everyone has a weak spot... :|

Pierce is a slasher. Peja is not. There's no way Gooden can guard Peja on the perimeter.

Don't be so cocky about it...  Before TC, Gooden was an A defender at the SF spot...  He might be a pretty decent perimeter defender.  At least a decent mid-range defender.
But, I think Peja will do just fine.  the only person that has really stopped him is Artest, I think.   Battier does not defend him well, and I doubt Lebron does either...  Although Posey would be interesting.

Shawn Marion didn't defend him well.

It's hard to defend a shooter...if he's on, he'll score. If not, he won't.

Look at Korver in the NBA. Nobody can defend his on the run 35 foot 3's. You just hav eto hope he misses.

Bah... until Kyle develops a pull up jumper, you defend him by not doubling off of him.  If he is covered, he does not shoot well.
But with some shooters, you are absolutely right.  And Peja is one of those in real life...  Some games, he will sink every shot, defended or not.

With Peja, he'll probably be open 7 or 8 times in a game. Wide open.

If you don't double Yao, your sunk. Baron's penetrating abilities will likely pull in other defenders. Leaving 2 guys to guard Springs, Peja and Mihm.

yea i saw that but i also saw that evrybody had a bad game not just carmelo. it always the small details you forget to tell  :wink:

In reality, Yao would have to be doubled.  But I would never double off of Peja...

yea that is the reason why your support is better than usual. if 2 guys can score 2/3 of your points the rest is always wide open. if i compare my best two against your best two i am always around 20 pts behind. thats the only strategy against you let yao and peja get their points and shot down the rest. :wink:

why would you double a 7´6 guy like yao. he will always shoot over you or pass. no double team can stop that. keep him out of position and try to bang with him.

Front him with a player with a big wingspan, as well as a defender behind him.  You must deny him the ball.  It does not work that well, but it is better then nothing.

 :D

I wouldn't. He hasn't proved anything yet. Specially not on the offensive end IMO.

That i do agree off course. Houston has awesome team now...

Thats not saying much  :)

Whatever, I'll take 5-6 turnovers from him if he keeps dropping 30/9/4

Almost surprisd Pierce only has 2 triple doubles....  Probably expect a couple more from him this year.

Let me enjoy a bit :wink: