SSBA

I have a tough, tough schedule with back to back games against the Nets, then games against the Wiz, Pistons, Jazz, Cavs, Knicks and Bucks.

Hoping for 3-5.

Might be able to steal a game from Nets with no Okafor.

Is anyone else a little shocked that the Pistons are putting Aaron Booth as their top option...uhh...

Don't worry, you ALWAYS beat me, so there's 2 wins.

Not always...you have won before.

And I have ALWAYS been a much better team than I am this year.

I play 10 games again this sim.

Hoping for another 6-4 will be happy with a 5-5 though.

through 30 days, i'll have played 28 games, and finished my season series with San Antonio. I just thought that was kinda weird

Im so excited to see what will happen this sim. Its like 12am here and im still up. :D

Sixers, it's little to earlie to talk about sim. I belive there are at least 4 or 5 hours before the sim.


As for my team. I have no idea do i want to win or lose. I haven't been so mixed up about this team from the beginning. I don't care about the score. the only thing that interestes me is how i match up against powerhouses. On that, i'll base my plan for the future of this team.

Only 5 games, all on the road, none easy.  @Raptors, @Raptors, @Pistons, @Warriors, @Pacers.  Want 3-2.

10 game sim for the Jazz....no more injuries please!

Just 4 games for the last-place Celtics, three on the road.

Hope to go 4-0 or at least 3-1 as any game is winnable. I guess FBB can't keep me from hitting more shots forever. And with more makes I give up less caroms too ...


This sim is probably the last chance for some guys to impress me ...
 8)

5-0

Your team is sick dude.

we'll see.  i still have some of the same problems i had last year.  Big teams, and teams that can really hit from the perimeter, still cause me problems.  That's why the Raptors always had my #.

I covered up my main weakness (turnovers, which cost me the finals), but I still have others.

I should go at least 4-4 this sim. Mark my words.

Sim up.

Just like I said.  3-2.  Having a bit of injury problems.  Emeka goes down, comes back, then sammy goes down.

Of course, it's nothing like the warriors problems :P

6-2. Damn my team is impressing. Let me check this out...

Lol... the only position I do not have depth...
Hinrich, out for 51 days with tendinitus...
Mark Bird has been fantastic as his fill in, though.  Thank goodness...

6-0

Beat the Pistons twice.  Dean Drew = steal of the Draft

This team is only going to get more deep once I get Crawford

Went 6-4...a little better than I had hoped for.  Need to look at the results more closely.

East is loaded at top but every non-playoff team is below .400   :shock:


EDIT:  I am even more impressed with my showing....Arenas missed 7 games due to injury and I still went 6-4.

Yeah the Hawks (9th place) are 4.5 games behind me.  I don't want to jinx anything, but hopefully I'll get my first playoff berth this year

Pierce has taken the injury bug from Chicago and given it to Golden State.  Hinrich out 51 games, ouch

Mercer is quietly improving his ass/to ratio.  This sim (6 games) 9.5 apg/4 topg which is great for his standards.  He went from averaging 8 apg/5.7 topg in the first sim to averaging of 8.4/4.7 apg for the season.

2 -3 without Marbury for the most of the part. Still don't have a clear answer on what should i do. I'll wait one more sim. Or the deadline the latest.

Wow, 2.5 games seperate the Grizzlies (3rd in the West) from the Kings (2nd last)..

This kid Lousietti is just a great starter. 2 games starting over injured Marbury and he went for 15pts, 3s, 9as, 7rebs / 21pts, 4st, 9as, 6rebs. If he could only have better defense i would start him.

lol.

0-8.

Yao loves the fast pace though.

I hope you won't take that 1st pick away from me! :)

It might be cloes, cause I'm running at a damn fast pace until everyone catches up with Yao.

Wooden, I deeply apologize for not using you until now. Averaged 9, 3, 3 and 1 with good shooting in 19 MPG off the bench. Very nice indeed.

Sure we cannot defend at all, 3rd worst in the league, but neither can the opposing team... :D
2nd in scoring, 5th in rebounding, 8th in blocks, and 3rd in TO. This has gotta be the surprise team of the year. Up until this point, at least.

4-3 sim for the Hawks.  Trenton Dench had a very strong sim at the point.  Jameer didn't shoot as much at the 2 which is what I like.  The big thing of the sim was beating the Hornets twice.  That's a shocker to me how I could beat the Hornets, but Dench held his own if not even outplaying Shaun Livingston who I think is probably the biggest nightmare in the SSBA.  I'm happy with my sim and in 9th place but closer to last than 8th.

2nd best thing about this sim....my draft pick is now lower than the Raptors.   :lol:

Dench amazed me this ism with his ability to be a very solid starting point.

His averages were:
Points: 17.7 with a C C scoring rating, go figure
Assits: 5 not bad for C+ handles
Rebounds: 6 very good for a 6'1 PG with a D+ rebounding
Steals: 3 what I expected him to be good for
Turnovers: 2.5 not good but I'll take it as long as we're winning games.

This is the most exciting thing that I think has happened to my team since I drafted Tanner, but hopefully this turns out different, although Tanner is becoming what I thought he could be now.

My Celtics did start their first baby steps in the right direction. A 2-2 sim is not what I was expecting but there were some positive signs.

Playing the @Spurs, @Nuggets, Bulls and @Hawks I was hoping for a sweep but apparently curing my shooting woes takes some time.

The defense was there for sure holding the opp down to 41, 38, 37 and 34% shooting. But apart from a 63% fg%, 123pt breakout game vs. the Nuggets my offense was still hovering around 40% while scoring 83ppg.

Rebounding was slightly better but still cost me the Spurs game.


Now let's see what the future brings. A lot more home games for sure so all post season aspirations are very well alive ...

dude.....manu isnt worth the 2 picks you gave..you should see it by now...your team would maybe end up in the lottery or the best in the middle of the standing.....

i on the otherhand is very happy to be losing...my pick would be valuable...

another bright spot has been Tony Allen.  He is average 52.8 points per 48 minutes or 5.5 in 5 min/game this season. :lol:

He didnt give manu 2 lottery picks. He gave up 2 picks, andre miller and a mediocre player in ratliff for Manu and a 1st rounder from me.

ANd.. I think Manu is worth an andre miller and a 1st rounder package. Andre is a liability and an unproductive player. And manu is versatile enough to play PG and SG. He can rebound, assists and can defend very well (2.0spg)

Hmm, I don't understand, I went 3-5, losing to the Hawks twice  :oops:

Guess I'll go back to the faster pace. Unfortunately Pavel is out for 2 more days and I am playing central division rivals Cavs and Pistons. Bummer.

Yeah, people gloss over the Sixers pick in that trade.  By 2012, we can't predict how the Celtics will be.  It's net 1 pick.

Considering Andre Miller was probably going to the bench, it was a bench player and 1 pick for Gnobili.  Celtics even admitted that if his pick was top 10, it was a mistake.

And, Heat...you're the king of the questionable move franchise.  I wouldn't go criticizing too much.

lol, i know i am thrilled as u r confused.  A 1 point and a 3 point win.  Both games were defensive battles and somehow I out-defensed you with Ivan a C defender.  But my guess is you'll ultimately end up better than me, just a hunch though.

exactly
not only that, i have to swallow andre miller's contract

Straight to the point!

I didn't think this would happen when I agreed with the trade, but I think Crawford will be coming off the bench for me.  Jamal can flat out score (is scoring well in his last few sims) but I'm not liking his percentages or his turnovers.  I'll continue to play Drew until it bites me (hopefully never).  

I can move Hinkle, whos playing great efficient ball, to the backup 3 and let Palacio develop until the next TC

Erm...his turnovers are at a career low  :?:

True but compared to Drew who averages 1.1 tpg.  Last sim Craw averaged 2 topg, and in alot of the games he had low TO's because he was in foul trouble and his overall production was poor.  My backcourt already has enough turnovers (with Hinkle adding 1.3 in 17 mpg, and Mercer obviously)

Ah, well that makes a little more sense.  In the 2 games I lost, Emeka wasn't starting, because I had taken him out when he got injured.

Still, i'm upset at those losses.

I need a better effort defensively than i got that sim.  Did good on 3's, but they shot far too well from the field, i was tied on to's, and only +1.5 on rebounds.  

offensively i was fine.  Chauncey averaged 8 pts in 11 minutes/game (including 21 pts in 17 minutes in my win over the raptors).  Pettit was great, Earl was earl, and Okafor just didn't get many minutes when he did come back.  

I need some home games.  second half of the season should be MUCH easier.  So far i've played 6 games at home, 14 on the road.  and I play 5 of 6 games on the road next sim.  Unbelievable.

Baron played great this sim.

18.4 points per game, 9.4 assists per game, 3 steals per game.

That's top 5 PG material.

Went 4-2 this sim, playing with cpu recommended settings.  oddly, this was a tougher schedule portion than the last sim, but whatever.

i've only played 8 home games, and obviously there's plenty of time to play catchup.

dude, Manu was worth everything I gave (which was one pick, the other was a swap of future 1sts). He's not my problem (holding guys like Arenas to 11 and Schenk to 8). And I sure didn't get him to be a scorer, defense is what I got Manu for (with decent offense and few TOs) ...

Believe me, as long as i lead the league in fg% defense (ups, i'm just #3 now) i'm fine. The offense will come ...

Guess we both got the Circus coming to town.  :lol:

I played just 7 at home with 5 of the next 7 away again. But I close out he first half of the season with 8 out of 10 on my turf - and that's when we start to attack.

Interesting that I play just 35 games in the first 60 days and 47 games iin the bottom half of the season. Thank god fatigue after back-2-back-2-back-2-back-2-back-2-back-2-back-2-back-games is not a factor in FBB ... :wink:

some more infos:
i am currently the best passing team of the league leading in ass and top 10 in TO nice for a team with a pg with C handles...(and some gms consider this a weak point for my team  :D )
I am also leading in FG% second in FGM but avg. 6 FG less than the nets for example
I am second in FT% also avg.less att. than most of the stronger teams
i am top 5 in 3pt% avg so view attempts that i am almost last in that cat.
i am also top 3 in opp.reb allowed but i am not forcing enough TO of my opp.

so the fact is i am outscoring my opp. by 6, outrebounding them by 3 outpassing them by 2 and shot better than them and still can´t win. :shock:

Won't worry too much over individual games, Pacers are a great team.

@ Spurs: The most puzzeling one. 20 less shot attempts (through 12 more ft's and more TOs), but the battle was lost on the frontline with Etan vs. Cato
@ Heat: tough ot loss, Ron lets Q go off for 43
vs. Cavs: Anytime you let the opponents backcourt shoot 57% you're in trouble. Lots of TOs too.
vs.. Nets: Got outrebounded big time, still tough 1pt loss, possibly on a putback dunk from Emeka at the buzzer (Trent Lo holding JO down?)

All in all different reasons each time. Parker starting at PG didn't exactly improve your chances there and Ron stopping to defend did the rest. Still, you'll be o.k.

went 3-1 one Al roseau starting had a great sim for him. he'll likely get another minutes from this. Kidd was injured though. ridiculous. but Sharman stepped up with a 14, 6 and 7 and amazing 0 turnovers.

talk about maybe the best passing SF in the history of ssba
Ron Artest the man who can do it all and look at the %  :lol:
Ron Artest SF 20 36.5 17.7 5.5 4.1 1.3 0.3 1.5 .502 .820 .456

Ridiculous? This guy is 34, give him a break !


I know what starts to ache once you move past that early 30ies ...
 :lol:

hahaha right on....im just playing around...experimentng..... its just that celts made too many excuses on how manu is doing.....just say manu isnt doing well...and thats it....no more excuses  :lol:

Lol... Lol... Lol...
My 26 year old PG is out for 51 games with patella tendinitis, but Kidd being out for one game is ridiculous...
Lol... Lol... Lol...

I don't mean to grill you about this, because you've been grilled enough.

I just want to ask yo if you honestly believe what you just said. If you do, that's cool, Im not here to rip you.

Since you got Manu you're 3-8. You didn't get him for his offense, yet you are last in the league in ppg. And your current pick is #1.

Well, I have to say...  Going 4-3 in this sim was what I was hoping for, even with Hinrich.  And since he got injurd in the first game, I am happy with my team's performance.
No way I can keep up with the Clips without Kirk, so those losses are not surprising.  
And then Splitting the series with the Sixers was good, beat them handily at home and lo0st to them by one on the road.
Was also able to beat the Heat, and the best part, was being able to beat the Nets.
Kareem Longley did a decent job as my starting SG, and the slow pace definitely halped Araujo.
Mark Bird played well in Hinrich's place...  Not very good shooting, but handled the ball well, and set up his teammates.
Even without Hinrich, still have a nice offensive combination of Araujo, Pierce, and Stromile.  Just hope this team can at least stay within playoff striking distance until Hinrich returns...

Hey guys, just to let you know I have no problem getting ripped. none at all. I think thats what makes playing these leagues so much fun. You always have controversy and different opinions and I just love to beat the odds ...

And YES, I do believe what I say. I got Manu to be decent offense (12-13ppg - he's underachieving there) and great defense. I'm 3-8 with him, so what. He does what I got him for. (But I also agree, I might be 6-5 with Van Exel there, if he explodes on offense, who knows?)

Let me try for an explanation:
Just last season I got 93ppg on 43% shooting. The opponent got 96ppg on 44% shooting and I nearly won half of my games.
Returning the same team, with an offensively improved Curry and Al (both B+ now) - while losing no offense anywhere - I expected a slight increase in production there. Defense has been up-n-down last year so I got a great defender with a little more offense than the 8ppg I got from Nick.

Now what happened: I hold opponents to 96ppg on 42% shooting (both getting better by each game after some early season lineup "inconsistencies"). Outlook: mission will be accomplished.
And on offense I mysteriously fall to 88ppg on 40% shooting. And now tell me thats the fault of Manu ... Outlook: Offense will get back on track and some minor changes will push me back up again in the standings, too.

It might be too late for the playoffs since a quarter of the season is gone by, but then again I'll try as hell to do it (for the first time).


Basically there was no way I was viewing myself as a lotto team (I attributed that first 1-6 sim to a bad assembled lineup). So giving up a pick #15 - which we learned is useless for the next 2 seasons - and Mr. Turnover Dre Miller for a Ginobili was a wise move. And since I think Gino has something left in him far beyond this season I still would do it.

The much more interesting question is who I would be better off with at this position: TMac, Petitt, Marion, Kobe, Carmelo, Vince, Hughes, Arenas, Lewis, Q, Wade, Ron, Gatling.
This is my shortlist for "better than Ginobili overall". Would I have gotten any of these for my pick (even now) and Dre Miller (add at least 8mio salaries for most). Definitely not. I had to give a LOT more and I mean A LOT in the sense of "robbing me of my only strength depth". So that's why I call this move I made good.

Don't worry Celts.

Just ask Raptors about that top 5, maybe top 3, pick he got for Mihm.....

Yeah, I totally understand that reasoning. I just like to hear an explanation from some teams as it's cool to see how other GM's view things.

Mavs are .500 team, will be over .500 next sim for sure.

Still could happen.

And actually, when you think about it, right now my pick is top 3 because I traded Mihm ;)

I'll admit, I'm shocked a how good you are.

Right now youre pick is 13th

Larry Hughes marked a triple double, he's having a terrific year. Curran is outplaying all of my inside players...off the bench and Meyers finally found his shooting touch. 8-2 sim with a loss to the Clippers. Shabinger is slowly working his way to the bench, but we'll let him fart around a little bit more for now.

This is slowly becoming one of the more interesting positional battles in the league.  EXACT opposite players, one old, one young.  But Mr. Daniels just won't give up his spot.

Wow, the west really need to step it up, .500 team is 4th seed in the west.

The west seems to have a lot of parity...excepting the Clippers & Jazz, of course.  Ten teams are 4-6, 5-5 or 6-4 in their last 10 games.  2.5 games separate #3 from #13.

The East on the other hand seems to be a conference of haves vs have nots.  4.5 games separate #8 from #9.  A couple more sims and the playoff positions in the east may be locked up. :o

yea, I think the east has 9 teams, the top 8 and the Bucks who have a strong shot at making the playoffs.  The Raptors also but that bad sim really hurt them.  Meanwhile pretty much everyone in the west has a shot.  We r still at the beginning of the season but that's the way it looks right now.

I've finally gotten off my lazy arse and done the check-ins for the season:
http://ssba.phillyarena.net/files/check-in.htm

props to all

Shabinger is so talented but so frustratingly inconsistent and inefficient. I feel I could get more wins in the regular season with him leading the way, but come playoff time, his style hurts me more than it helps IMO. He's got the potential to throw down some triple doubles and is only in his second year, i just have to be patient and let Daniels do what he does best when it comes time for that.

In another note, I moved Kirilenko to my 3rd primary player and his rebounding and defensive numbers improved when he wasn't responsible for running the offense and to seal the deal...I think he actually scored more this sim too when he had my other players creating for him.

I think the biggest position battle is between joe smith and tony curran...rebounding vs. scoring.

Random observation but DAMN, have you guys noticed Brent Mercer on the Lakers?

He was the second overall pick 3 years ago and now his ratings are now C+ C C- C+ C+ D.  Thats harsh, it sucks that the pick was basically a waste for the Lakers.  Anyone have his original ratings when he came into the league?

Mercer was about C+ or B-/B/B if memory serves me right.  I know Harpring (taken right after him) started as a C+/B+/B

It was also a computer selection, I believe.

Yup, it was pretty controversial.

Brent Mercer  C 7'3''   242  22   B C C B B- D

Potential turned out to be accurate..... :wink: