SSBA

The Jazz were upset and depressed after TC but are now excited once again with the acquisition of McDyess, Nelson, and 7'5" Rouseau. this represents (in the case of Nelson and rouseau, McDyess will see limited minutes as I try to get AK47 some PF minutes) an increase in both steals and blocks and of course scoring. Although TO's are a problem, hopefull i'll shave some turnovers in other areas with a normal pace (i usually go fast) and with Curran, Meyers, and Hughes improving in handles. Also I don't have Shabinger as a primary option. I have rebounding with Kaman and Smith, not to mention Kirilenko improved to a B-. I have shooting with Meyers, who'se %'s would have smashed records if he got enough shots a game, and shotblocking with Rouseau, Curran, and Kirilenko. I've always been a good foul shooter, and I'm a much taller and physical team this year. We'll see how this translates into win/loss.

Good luck looking forward to anothe rgreat season.

Well, this should be interesting...
I was planning on playing the same lineup as last year, but Don Ruffin had such a great TC, I have to get him on the court.

So Stromile moves to Center, and Ruffin is starting at PF.
With such small post players, the pace goes up to fast.

If this experiment does not work, then I will have to go back to last years lineup.  I just hope Swift can hold his own at center.

I hope he can.  Ruffin averaged 0.8 spg and 2.0 bpg last year in 18 mpg.  And he is a better defender this year.

Well, I hope it doesn't work since I face you twice in the first sim.   :D

Same here, I have back to back game against you. :)

When can we expect the sim Bods?

I am trying a fast pace for this sim. All last season I ran at a slow pace, so we'll see how my guys respond.
I may be making some moves that really change the face of my team, but we shall see how that shakes out...

im trying outside with fast, want to see how Telf-Schultz-Houbregs weaponry is good or not good,Houbregs is nearly 50 % FG and 3PT shooter with 90 % FT, Telf is near but i want him to deal some balls as well, and i'm mostly looking forward to see Schultz, how he'll adapt to SSBA, Buehler will get his chance next sim if my outside doesn't prove good...also because i moved Houbregs to his SF natural position, even he played all last season with those almost 50 % shooting as SG, so let's see.

The amazing sentence-paragraph. You must teach me how to perfect it like you can, Blazers.

ARGH. I went 2-3, but my 3 losses were by 2 pts, 4 pts and 2 pts.

sim 1 up.  8-0 record, 5-0 on the road :)

Knew I shouldn't have made that trade with the C's last year :(

Pettit #1 in scoring, Emeka #2 in rebounding, #1 in bpg, Earl #1 in apg.

Me: 111.3 ppg
Opp: 90.0 ppg.

60.4 rpg and 12.9 bpg :)

Unfortunately I have a minutes problem.  Brad Miller is getting 13 mpg.  Jamison 11.  Nesterovich 10.  Salmons 8.  Snow 8.  Turkoglu, Lo and Darko haven't seen the floor yet.

Hmm, with some minor changes, I can see me contending this year.

Nash needs to be made the 3rd option, and JDn will be the most expensive non-option in the game, but I can wait on his potential to improve.

Yao is not getting the ball enough, but with Nash as a 3rd option, that should change. I also might have to press and trap a bit more to force a few more TO's.

Interestingly, Dwight is the lone bright spot of my team.

Ok, Nets you're job is now to calm me down after everyone of me TC's   :lol:  

This is how it's going to work: I have bad TC, I spaz (threaten to blow up my team), you tell me I'm over reacting, I have good first sim  :)

Went 6-2  :)

Wow, Boston went 8-0..  Good job tom

Antonio Lenard...wow.

Think I will go back to Lovie starting at SG...I can't take Francis' terrible shooting.

He will be a great 6th man.

This team could be really good if I get it figured out.

Wish that I still had him.  However, Lenard got me Boykins, which got me Dirk, which got me a championship.  Can't really complain.

Yeah, Lenard is....well, wow.

The funny thing is, he acquired Gasol to be the #1 option his team lacked.  Gasol's 5th on the team in scoring, turns out he had his #1 option buried deep behind Vladimir Radmanovich.

It just shows you how much ofa  fluke FBB can be sometimes. Frusterating when it happens to others, eleating when it happens to you :)

How do you mean a fluke?

Lenard was scoring over 1 pt every 2 minutes before this year.  He just never got the time.   Last year as a starter he got like 25 ppg.

I mean like it's a game of chance sometimes.

No one could have predicted that Lenard would be scoring 31 ppg. Therefore, the unexpected happened.

3-3 Sim.

Dirk was Dirk.  29.5 PPG, 12.3 RPG
English was English.  22.3 PPG, 10.2 APG, 4.3 RPG

Some minor changes should turn this team into a chamionship contender again.

By the way, my 16-game (in the playoffs) win streak was stopped on the first day of the season.

Lenard was a #8 pick that never got playing time.  Last year when he started he scored like 25 ppg.

I don't consider that a fluke, I consider that under-utilized talent.  Noone predicted Michael Redd's explosion, that doesn't mean it was a fluke.

What it does show you is that 5 letter rating categories don't tell you everything.  But Lenard has scored at an extremely fast rate his entire career.

BTW, I doubt Lenard maintains 31 ppg.

Shutup.

Very happy with Dean Drew.  22/5/4 on 48/94/46 %'s (in 8 games)

Griffin averaging 17/9/3 with 2 bog and 1 spg as a 3rd option.  

Hinkle is averaging 6.5 rpg which is pretty damn good for a swing man, along with 2.3 spg

Beat the Clippers, Sixers, Magic (twice), Lakers and Wolves .  Lost against the Kings and Jazz

Shucks, 2-4. Blew out the Hawks, beat Wizards by two, get blown out by the Hawks. Then Pettit goes off for 50, but it's against Keogan, so it's no surprise. My team had the firepower, though, to only lose by 8. Even had the lead going into the 4th. Then two very close losses, by 1 to the Pacers and by 3 to the Hornets. Those games hurt. Despite the losing record, I think my team can do well this year...

Brice was impressive coming off the bench. shooting above .500 with 1.3 steals in 13 minutes of action. :D

he just earned his playing time.

Impressive how Josh Howard lead the team in rebounds against the Knicks with 18. With Dwight just being able to grab down 12.

Interesting how money works for Josh. :D

Ernest Profit with 1.5 blocks. haha

5-4 record, interesting results...
Ruffin is a top shotblocker, that is for sure.  

Team just got hammered on the boards, down by 4 rpg to my opponent.
Last year I was even or better, so Finley may be a better rebounder then his B- shows.
Did have Kobe out for 6 games, but Springs played brilliantly in his place.

Hmm...  Might try my original lineup next.

Hinrich is playing brilliantly, righ where he left off last year.

Heat's Bolinger seems to be this year's ROY.

Lets not talk about my team, please..  :D

Lenard and Ruffin are two nice surprises.  

They've only played 4 games, but daaaamn, look at the Hornets individual stats:

Marion - 35/10 with 1.8 spg, 1.3 bpg
Livingston - 15/11/7 with 4 spg

A decent 3-4 sim for me.  I think I finally found a good point in Sandy Carter who is averaging 6.9 asts/2.6to's which I will gladly take.  I think Dickman might challenge Bolinger for rookie of the year, 14 pts and 14.7 rebs and 2.1 blks. Those are some beastly numbers by Dickman.  The biggest problem with my team is not being able to shoot which I attribute to the youth of my team.  No dissapointed yet but it's not hard to start one game under .500, it's tough for my teams to stay at that level.

 :shock:

Yeah, and Pavel is averaging 5 bpg.

Yeah man, I just haven't gotten enough games in for them to be counted among the league leaders. Evidently Shawn and Shaun love the fast pace. Individual stats are fun, but it looks like there are 2 teams that are better than me in the East.

Decent 4-4 Sim.

Beat the Heat twice and Mavs & Raps once each.

Trevor Wells picked up where he left off last year averaging 24.1ppg, 5.1rpg, 2.6apg & 2.6spg while shooting good percentages.

Mike Sweetney has been a machine so far, averaging 14.1ppg and 12.3rpg while shooting 57.7% from the field (2nd best in the league)

Ruiz has done a good job at C, averaging 10.4rpg.

Miles (despite his horrible TC) has been distributing better than a year ago at 7.8apg to only 2.3tpg.

ok here we go:
first game against the jazz, JO went down after 4 mins! with an injury - still managed to win it behind melos 40 and Fosters 22  :shock:
next game a loss against the nets: Melo 34 and Foster with 20/21 against emeka  :?:
what is going on here????
maybe there is some thruth that you don´t only choose players as option but also their replacements?
third game a very poor outing against the suns but thanks to melos 34 i could manage to win it.
fourth another close game against the cavs with melo 30 and foster 18/10
next game against the 76ers: despite melos 30 timmy destroyed my pfs
foster scored 15 in 21mins monroe in 18 mins 12 but with no more bigs sedran had to play some mins there
a blowout out by the nets but foster still managed to play even against emeka with 14/17
after that game JO returned but only played 21 mins against the magic (can´t see any reason why?) so another loss for my team
last game against the rockets
now for the first time in this sim my team was at full strength and it showed.
JO had possible the best passing performance of any big man ever
34/11/10 and 0 TOs....
artest 27 and melo 24

so i am still 4-4 since melo had the chance to prove that he can be a first option

heh, you've missed Emeka's 5.6 bpg. ;)

not to mention that it goes along with a 21 ppg and 16.8 rpg  :!:  :!:  :!:

Shut up all of you! Danny Forston is the MAN! 13ppg & 13rpg & 2bpg!!

Once again the Spurs start off the season brutally, which again gets me excitied since I have their pick. Last year they started 0-5 and still made the playoffs though.

And man, has Shaq ever regressed.

He said among the league leaders, not the league leader.

3-3, with little luck could have gone 4-2, but not bad, i'm satisfied.

Rockets 100-121 Telf 27

Rockets 103-104 Russell 26,Al 22/11,Schultz 18/6/3/3,Telf 14/6/9/2

Jazz 104-98 Schultz 18,Russell 17,Telf 14/3/12

Warriors 108-104 Russell 27,Moiso 12/18, Schultz 16/12/5, Buehler added 12 rebs

Suns 96-90 Schultz 23/9/5,Telf 23/5/9

Celtics 95-116 Telf 18/4/6, Juan 18/12,Schultz 17/6/4.....



What i most liked after this 1st sim is that my starting 5 plus Harrington had played all games pretty even, all with
double digits always, Buehler needs more minutes tough, 8.3rebs in just 23mpg is quite impressive for 6'6'' PF,
Houbregs defense also improved since moving him to SF, just like his outside did when i moved him to SG last season,
this time tough his outside didnt change, but Buehler's defense did so he'll be back on SF altough playing PF.

Big Z was doing his things as an non-option, have to put him in there somehow, Luke Jack finally gets a chance to start and put up 21/6/3. :D   Went 4-4 with poor FG%. :x

Quick take of sim1:

8-0 looks certainly nice, but I'm well aware I didn't play top competition this time.

Leading the league with 111.6ppg (on 51%) is nice, too, but also leading the league in OPPONENT scoring at 89.9ppg (on 41%) makes me much much happier ! And my guys take care of the rock again, below 12 topg.

Individually, Jefferson did display some skills that might earn him more starting roles this season. Gasol went down midways through the first sim (after having a somewhat subpar start - at least compared to whats expected of him after his great TC), but I didn't miss a beat as Booth stepped in and just did what he does best - defending and rebounding.
Lenard, well you all admired his offense enough already in this thread, but what I like best about him were lines like that in the process:
Drew Fox     SF 26 1-6 1-2 2-2  2  1  4  1  1  0  5
Donta Smith SF 42 0-7 0-2 0-2  1  1  2  1  1  1  0
(yes he made Donta even miss from the charity stripe)


So whats next? Tougher sims, so much is certain, but at least my great team proved that last seasons success wasn't just a "ride on a high wave" but indeed seems to prove we belong ...
 :lol:

I am satisfied with the 2-2 record as I am playing around with different line-ups and settings...  But WOW, Michael Redd is playing AMAZING...  He is giving me 26.8 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 3.3 APG, .538 FG%, .524 3pt% in only 33 MPG...  Those rebounding #'s are amazing for a SG and his overall stats lead me to believe(more) that letter rating don't mean shit...  Hopefully he can stay on this tear, and I can find a winning line-up...

If you look deeper into that it's even more amazing:
sure he got the nice % mainly against Q (most of us here could shoot better than 50% against Q), but afterwards he actually OUTPLAYED some of the better defenders in Wade, TMac and Ginobili, and did it on BOTH ends of the floor.

Truly amazing ...
 :shock:

it is not like i will say i told you so but i did  :lol:

sorry to post it once more but did anybody ever experienced the same i did in the last sim. JO went down and foster stepped in and played like he thought he was an option. Is it possible if a players is going down because of injury his replacement will be assigned the role?

I think it does. When Dwight was down, Woods average around 18ppg - Woods played his position. Dwight was 2nd option back then.

Disappointing start...but Spurs seem to start slow every year.

Tried a few things differently...Allen was a non-option.  Parker as top option avg 10 assts and 2.2 to.  But he shot 38%.  

Russell shootin 54.8% from the field and 55% from the arc.  Just doesn't take enough shots even as a second option.  He held superstar Leonard  :wink:  to 26pts on 38% shooting in our loss to the Celtics.

Rebounding which was a strength last year hurt me....ended up -2.2 on the boards.  Big reason was Thomas who improved rating wise in TC but dropped 4.6 rebs in average.

Uner looks like a great pickup - 5.2pts, 3.2 assts, 1.3 stls, 0.8 to in just 13 minutes.

Big wow for Corey Maggette. I have noticed how other GM's undervalue him in possible trades because of his defense. Well, I don't care because in that case I rather have him on my team.

In less than 20mpg he averages 13ppg and 3.5rpg. Not to mention his shooting percentages of 49%fg, 81%ft, 48% 3's