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The bad: went 1-3. Offense struggled. Ransey didnt win ROM as Toney is on fire.

The good: PPG were down thanks to the new additions as no wing player went off on us.

Overall: not a big enough sample size to determine if the trade benefits my team as a whole. Need to tweak the offensive keys.

I keep tellin people.  I try to be fair with my rookies.  But I am a 76ers fan ;)

Damn you Suns, stop chasing me ;)

Started nicely with 2 tough wins and one demolition of Pacers

@Sixers +4 Boozer 31/7, Hoffa 13/19

Clipps +3 Boozer 19/14

Pacers +38 Phelps 26/6/6, Boozer 24/9, Hoffa 17/19, Bosh 16/11, Telf INJURY.




....then same episode except reverse, 2 "close" losses and got demolished by Mavs

@Jazz -7 Phelps 17/6/5

Bulls -12 Phelps 19/3/3

@Mavs -40 WOW...How the Hell i'm gonna take even a game out of Mavs if we meet in PO's.

FG 29 % LOL, Phelps was the only bright point with 20/12 on 8-21 from field.


....back on winning track with 5pt win over Hawks

....back on losing track with 26pt loss @Spurs

Finally finished 5-4 sim with  a win by 16pts over Bucks, great perfomance by starting 5 /w
exception of Clement.

Played against PO contenders only so i'm happy with this sim.

We're on a 20 games winning streak. :tup:.  I am currently reading How To Stay on a Winning Streak (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20041001/how-to-win.html).

Wow Mavs. That is the best win % I have seen this late in the season before.

Go to archive and check out the old SSBA league under Jemagee/Twan League.  This guy Twan had a winning streak no one ever heard of before, I cannot remember the exact number.

Well that ain't hard when you're cheatin.

A miracle has happened.
My complete big man lineup (Kwame, Duncan, Strait) went down for this sim. And after I was about 1 minute late with my DC, my starting & backup C was Jerome Veen (C+ C- C- C+ C+ B) and my starting and backup PF was Sampson.
And with my toughest sim this season coming up I expected the worst ...

... only to get away with a glorious 6-3 sim. Lost by 3 to the Raptors and by 4 to the Heat, but beat Pistons, Hawks, Pacers, Wizards, and Raptors with my makeshift lineup.

And, now listen, Celtics BEAT the Hornets ON THE ROAD, ending their 15-game home win streak as well as their 9-game overall win streak. 
:hail:



more details to follow ...

If only we could have played like this from the beginning. It's going to be really tough to make up a 4 game lead on the Cavs with the way they're playing. T-Mac goes down, but we still go 7-1.

The only blemish on this sim was a loss to the lowly Celtics  :P

... who can't wait to kick your ass with a COMPLETE lineup.
:-)

Yeah, my team is really clicking now. We just needed Adams back from his injury, and also Fisher has been amazing as well. I can't believe it took me this long to start him. I hope the team can keep it up...

4-2 for the Rockets.

A decent sim, Wade is still tearin it up and Ivan Strong and Gregory Holman are contibuting excellently form the PF spot.

vs Kings Wade absolutely shut down Magic. His defense is huge boost for the team

Shut down Magic ? Guy is still poor on offense, even little dwarf Telfair managed to shut down Magic big time

I tried to trade for him around 4 seasons ago. It took only YOU that long to see his value ...

Obviously, anyone who expects Magic to carry the offensive load don't understand what kind of player he really is. He's a all round monster who doesn't neccesery need to score alot to lead his team to the win. Once he gets some serious help he'll be just fine.

I knew that he had talent, that is why I gave him a nice contract. I just didn't know that he would perform so well with starter's minutes. Gomes was playing poorly so I put Fisher in and there we go. His A:TO ratio is really incredible, as are his shooting percentages.

22 point average margin of victory during that sim, by the way.

Nets had an uneventful sim at 3-3. Nice wins over the C's (Tom failed to mention our game in his report) and Bulls, smoked the Lakers, and had really rough games against the Cavs and Suns, with a loss to the Pistons to boot. Give Taylor Bradley credit - alot of ROY material there - drafted in the last third of the first round.

Back to the rook report:
Mags continues to please: against the Lakers, love this line: 2pts (took only 5 shots in 34 mins), 16asts to just 2 TOs, and 9rebs.
McHale is starting to emerge with two big games this sim - 33/7 in 26mins against the Bulls; 29/14/2stls/2blks against the Suns. Little injury to Memo might prompt me to change the DC for the first time in 4 or so, and get him starting minutes for a sim.
Chris Cho increased his scoring average with a nice week, and continues to shoot 517 from the field.
Jordan Payton - gets limited minutes in the backup PG role, but maintains a 2.5 to 1 assist-turnover ratio. FG percentage is creeping up towards respectability, but isn't quite there.

*BTW, I traded Larry Hughes to the Suns in the off-season for cash. That musta pissed him off some - he went off for 30 against us.

just wanted to save you the emberrassement that C JEROME VEEN was leading my team, hanging 16/16 on Jim Finley, holding him to 14/12.

Just warrants mentioning ...
;-)

All while Finley was POTG shooting 4/7 and 6/7, swatting 3 shots and getting 4 steals with no turnovers AND holding your two listed C's Veen and Disco Dirk to 10/29 shooting (not sure who put the rest of the time in at the 4, but still).:lol:

Tom, you are the king of the silver lining   :cheers:

well, even a bad loss can have some positives: at least you find out what's NOT working.

but then again, I'm perfectly happy with a surprise discovery like Veen shooting 5/13 and 6/7 against a proven C like Finley in 40 minutes. And 2 steals/turnovers prove than not only he was responsible for the 4 steals from Fin.

(btw, don't overestimate POTG. FBB uses a simple formula for than and doesn't care about winning of the game, impact on the result or even best performance of the night. And that formula is "highest pts/reb number - esp. double-double - with best stl/to/blk ratio". 4 stl, 3 blocks, no TOs almost guaranteed POTG for Fin.
And it wouldn't have mattered if the Celtics won by 30 or his opponent scored 45 on 21-24 shooting - if that opp would have 45pt, 9 reb and 3 TOs to no steals, Fin get's the nod.
POTG is pretty ugly sometimes ...)
 :bods:

this is the most stupid team ever. fuill of talent but worse than the knicks. damn it.

hopefully mccracken lives up to my expectations.

anyone else noticing that Dwight could end Yao's MVP reign?

numbers don't lie but the fact that this team played abysmally last sim makes him undeserving of getting such an award. :)

Almost slipped through my attention:

Jerome Veen (you know, the guy I toly you about) started last sim, had 4 double doubles in 8 starts en route to 10ppg, 9rpg while "holding" opponents down to 17/13 and 49% shooting, and amazingly he was voted

PLAYER OF THE GAME for his effort against the Wiz' Steven Schmaltz: 40min, 22pts, 10rb, 2 steals, 2 TOs, holding Schmaltz to 26/14 on 37% and 5 TOs.
http://rosters.ssbabasketball.com/boxes/68-2.html

Now in SSBA, has there EVER been a POTG awarded to a player with NOT EVEN A SINGLE "B" in his ratings?
445 Jerome Veen C 23 7'1'' 290 C+ C- C- C+ C+
 :cheers:



(and I promise, my Veen laudatio will stop now, but some things have to be mentioned. btw, i will pay for his extension to get bird years, so don't bother ...)

i think he will, two POTM awards, Yao none, unless Yao goes crazy what i doubt i think finally will have a new MVP