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Title: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 16, 2007, 09:37:37 PM
Woot. Stoked for this year. I think the Nets are poised to compete even better with the best in the East - gotta see how Woot(en) and Kersey stack up in bigger games to have a better sense.

This is about the best time of the year, too. Everyone is on an undefeated streak, everyone is in contention for the title, and everyone has to have at least one guy - like Adrian Turkoglu for me - in whom they see stardom.  :cheers:


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim One Discussion
Post by: WizardsGM on October 16, 2007, 10:30:19 PM
I've been dying to get this started - cant wait to see what the new-look-Nuggets can do. I am very confident in this squad and think that my offseason makeover will result in a much better record than past years.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim One Discussion
Post by: PacersGM on October 17, 2007, 02:03:37 AM
Preseason is up. Activity is really high. everybody submitted their DCs. Some even a fantasy one :lol:


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim One Discussion
Post by: GrizzliesGM on October 17, 2007, 02:03:59 AM
The sim is up and my backups suck :bash:


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: KingsGM-old on October 17, 2007, 03:12:40 AM
Off course, God forbid i draft a shotblocker.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: PacersGM on October 17, 2007, 03:25:02 AM
well dwight is even better than i expected. dominated at both ends. in fact i expected a bigger scoring drop with shultz, butler and LB all good enough to score a lot. In fact it was LB who suffered the most.
My bench play is really great. mark can score without a doubt and ed wallace and newcomb arenĀ“t far behind. Getting almost 30pts from 3 backup guy is just unbelievable.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: CelticsGM on October 17, 2007, 04:47:22 AM
Nice pre-sim for my experimental lineup.

Have to look in depth some more but a few observations early on:
- Shane Wedge kicks some ass at SF. 23ppg, 8rpg, 2bpg
- Held the 107ppg Pacers to 91ppg in 3 outings, even winning one against their super-gramps
- Sidney playing out of position at SF for the Kings did great. 16/6/4 and great D
  (btw, great road game against Larry Legend: http://rosters.ssbabasketball.com/boxes/19-5.html)

and man, do i love who's leading the league in scoring. Up where he belongs ...
8-)


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 17, 2007, 06:20:02 AM
This is why I love pre-season.

Adrian Turkoglu reminds me of Georghe Muresan - good shot blocker, big old dude. Hit free throws. Turns out I'm not too uncomfortable playing him in a pinch.

Marcus Kersey handles SG duties just fine. 19.4ppg/4.4apg, .498/.837/.419. Didn't seem to get killed in matchups, which is nice. Strange though, that with him in the lineup, Milner's assists were way down (not even top 10  :shock:). Having a second scorer in the backcourt really helped free him up tho, since he shot these insane %'s: .534/.957/.545.

Woot played well. %'s out of line with career #'s, but that would calibrate I'm sure. 14.0ppg/11.1rpg/2.5bpg translates nicely when his shooting is more in line.

Johnny Koncak was plenty solid, nothing sexy. Pleased with the pick, though Way Tisdale is putting up some goofy scoring numbers, so maybe I goofed on that one.

Interesting team notes were that our defence was pretty good (94oppg), running a starting lineup of B/B+/B-/B-/B+, and three projected starters didn't touch the floor, including an A and an A-guy, so that is seeming encouraging. Sum of the parts I guess. Kinda fun to have two guys in the top 10 in blocks, when my best guy the last handful of seasons wouldn't have cracked the top 75. 


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: KingsGM-old on October 17, 2007, 06:42:34 AM
Gee..Byron Scott a A+ defender at the PG spot. If he could only have a better handlings and if i hadn't traded Moncrief, that would've been A+ and A+ defensive backourt, lol. But that's too many IF's...


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: BullsGM3 on October 17, 2007, 06:49:46 AM
Crap Wayman Tisdale is a monster  :shock:


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: WizardsGM on October 17, 2007, 07:33:11 AM
Every one of my starters had over 2 turnovers per game. I expected it from Magic and Evans, but also getting it out of bench players? Me no likey


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: BlazersGM on October 17, 2007, 08:10:20 AM
Damn, Tower looks sexy at PG, B+ B+ A. Hakeem continues to shine.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: HeatGM on October 17, 2007, 08:19:34 AM
is Jordan the real deal? :) or is this just the preseason glitch :) seems like everybody is experimenting on their depth chart...im the only one who played its best starting 5 :)


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: HawksGM on October 17, 2007, 08:54:15 AM
I am pleasantly surprised with Spud Webb.  ROM, but he even played well, I still don't like him starting yet with the defensive rating and his size, but maybe I'll give it a shot.  Sidney Green played well too.  It's all for nothing though, most teams didn't play all of their best, but some did.  The Hawks started off 8-0 also, I think the 2-6 after that might be how we really fare this season.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: SpursGM-old on October 17, 2007, 10:01:41 AM
is Jordan the real deal? :) or is this just the preseason glitch :) seems like everybody is experimenting on their depth chart...im the only one who played its best starting 5 :)

No, I did too.  I don't really have any questions on my DC since my core is all under age 30.  I tried my rookie as a backup combo guard and he did surprising well.  But then I'm not sure the competion we faced is a good gauge.  7 of my 10 wins were against the Suns, Clippers and Wolves...a combined 11-32 in preseason.

Munson is still a beast even as a non-option.  Fleisher came through strong as a primary option keeping a high FG% and getting to the line often.  If he could only hit more than 60% of his freebies.  My front court rotation blocked 7.3 shots per game and all 3 averaged over 10 boards.  Only concern here is injuries as I don't have a servicable 4th big.

As mentioned above my rookie was surprising in backing up both guard spots.  20 minutes to produce 7 pts, 3.2 rebs, 2.8 assts (1.3 to), 1.2 stls and 53.7% from the floor.  This highlites my only true competion...backup PG.



Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: HornetsGM on October 17, 2007, 10:02:34 AM
Hm. Not so good. Disappointing almost.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 17, 2007, 11:18:28 AM
I'm one of those people who don't play any of their regulars.  Barkley, Blackman and Brice didn't get off the bench in my 15 games.  I wanted to see who in my bench I can rely on.

Lanier played well.  He grabbed 8.1 boards in only 25 minutes.  He didn't shoot well, but he won't be asked to once he plays with the regulars.  He doesn't get many blocks or steals, so he's probably a decent (for a B- defender, at least) man-man defender in the post.  I feel decent about him being a backup.

Likewise, Nick Abdur-Rahim still has a little left in the tank.  For a D+ outside shooter, he did well from the line (75%), and he can still rebound the ball.

Nikolas Semjonova!  22.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, only 1.9 turnovers.  44% from the field, 39.2% from the line.  He'll probably get about the same amount of time this year as he did last year (20 minutes or so), but hopefully he'll produce a little more.  If he only gets 7 points in those 20 minutes, his defense becomes more of a factor.  I need him in the 10-11 points per 20 minute range.

Gerstl was also capable (10,2, 5.5, 2.6), and hit from the 3 pt stripe (46.8%).

Telfair played capably.  Not going to be an option (39.2%), but 11.6 points with 7.5 assists is capable from a backup point. 

Hopefully what all this means is that I can play at a slightly faster pace than last year.  We'll see once the season starts if that works out.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: GoldenStateGM on October 17, 2007, 11:30:29 AM
Well, I was very pleasantly surprised with my squad...
11-3 record, with Barton as a back-up.
My young guards played extremely well.

Adam Fortson average 16 ppg, 6 rpg, and 6 apg from the Pg spot.  A few less TO's, maybe some more assist, and he will be a very nice future PG.

Darren Rice was impressive.  16 ppg, 5 rpg, 3 apg, on 51% from the field.  With very good defense as well.

Stephan Sylvester played pretty well at the PF spot, keeping TO's low, reboudning well, and hitting good percentages.
But Fuqua was awesome off the bench.  Can see why he is consistently a 6th man of the year guy.
Macauley also played very well, and Tson can still block shots.

Oh yeah, almost forgot...   Don Collins putting up 29 ppg...  NICE!!!!


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: WizardsGM on October 17, 2007, 11:42:13 AM
Are injuries carrying over into PS2?


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: RaptorsGM on October 17, 2007, 11:46:15 AM
Very happy to see this from the very-new-look Raptors! 8-3 preseason, 6-1 at home. 8th in oPPG, which I wasn't sure I would be able to expect.

Gminski didn't respond all that well I guess to being the first option - although he put up 19/8/1.5 on an 8-3 team, so I really can't complain. Also, Buck seemed to love being the 2nd option - 23/13/1.5/1.1. Turnovers are a little high, but even so I'm going to make him option one in PS2 to see what he can do.

Wingate is playing nice backup minutes for me, and King has been doing exactly what has been expected of him. Backcourt looks fine too - just need to have Tripucka as a non-option apparently. He's jacking 3+ treys a game at 26.5%. I just threw up in a mouth a little.

Buck and Mike combined for 55/33 in a blowout. Highlight of the sim was closing on a 5 game winning streak with some good wins over good teams.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 17, 2007, 01:49:20 PM
Semjonova's kinda interesting.  on a per-35 minute basis, he outscored his oponent 22.3 to 16.8 (and outrebounded as well).  He committed virtually no turnovers (1.93 in 36 minutes per).  But he didn't force any turnovers either, and his opponents were far more efficient than he was (1.24 points per shot compared to 1.11).  But then again, he played some tough competition (Jordan, Keogan).  Nobody really exploded on him that shouldn't have.  I'm gonna give him another shot to start with Robinson this week.  His defense might not be as bad as I thought.

Abdur-Rahim's defense wasn't that bad.  Opponents against him only shot 45%.  He actually did better defensively than Wheat and Gerstl.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: Str8westcoasta on October 17, 2007, 02:01:18 PM
6 - 9 and I pretty much played my starters although i still have a few decisions to make as far as Otis Thopre, Wiley Peck and Chuck Phelps go...


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: BullsGM3 on October 17, 2007, 02:09:33 PM
Semjonova is definitely the real deal. Better give me Blackmon, cause there's no reason to pay a backup that much.

Anyway

Kersey did a real nice job. 17/7 on very efficient scoring.

Perkins did about the same as before, only is shooting a higher percentage.

Biedrins is looking like someone that can come off the bench and give me some instant offense. It'll be tough deciding who is the 4th big man between him and Barner.

Manute needs to stop shooting, then he'll be fine. 3.4 BPG, 7th in the sim.

Anderson shot the ball efficiently, but he turned it over way too much. May need to find someone else to play SG.

All in all, a fine sim. Cant wait to see what happens when Zeke and Willis get to play.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 17, 2007, 02:16:06 PM
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Kersey did a real nice job. 17/7 on very efficient scoring.

Hrm...

that's looking to look like an "oops", especially if I don't win something in the next few years.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: SpursGM-old on October 17, 2007, 02:41:36 PM
Abdur-Rahim's defense wasn't that bad.  Opponents against him only shot 45%.

Nick did a great job for me last year as my 4th big man.  Luckily I had no major injuries but he held is own in the games he played.  He just got lost in the salary cap squeeze...


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: KingsGM-old on October 17, 2007, 05:44:32 PM
I mean, i do know talent kinda sucks here, but why the fuck does all the players drafted in the last 5 or so years have to be so much turnover prone?!

I mean, really;

Benjamin 2,5tpg
Toney 3,2
Floyd 3,8
Magic 3,3
Bird 3,0
Isiah 4,0
Tripucka 3,6
Jordan 3,6
Buck Williams 3,3
Stockton 3,5
Barkley 3,0
Frank Johnson 3,0
Olajuwon 3,5
Vern Fleming 3,5
Mike Evans 4,0

What the fuck? It's really annoying.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: NetsGM on October 17, 2007, 05:45:47 PM
I don't consider that turnover prone for #1 or #2 wing players.


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: WizardsGM on October 17, 2007, 05:47:39 PM
I dont mind if a guy scoring 22+ puts up 3 turnovers. Nor do I mind if a PG turns it over more than 2 per game if they are getting 10+ assists (3:1 ratio is key to me personally). The problem in general for me is the big men who average almost 3 or higher (Borgmann, Buck).


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: KingsGM-old on October 17, 2007, 06:01:15 PM
It really gets on my nerves. First i drafted Magic, who was a total turnover machine. Then i had Isiah Thomas who was even worse. Then i traded him for Bird who wasn't much better in that department. Then i got Sleepy Floyd who seems to follow Isiah's turnover footsteps and then i draft a friggin 7 foot guy who apparently confused turnovers with block shots so he's having almost 3tpg. Jesus...will it ever stop?!


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: Str8westcoasta on October 18, 2007, 07:46:39 AM
It really gets on my nerves. First i drafted Magic, who was a total turnover machine. Then i had Isiah Thomas who was even worse. Then i traded him for Bird who wasn't much better in that department. Then i got Sleepy Floyd who seems to follow Isiah's turnover footsteps and then i draft a friggin 7 foot guy who apparently confused turnovers with block shots so he's having almost 3tpg. Jesus...will it ever stop?!

So slow your game down...


Title: Re: Pre-Season Sim 1 done
Post by: GoldenStateGM on October 19, 2007, 09:18:16 AM
Hmm... I have some interesting things to work out this season...

Will Barton continue to start?  Fortson is not the distributor or scorer Barton is,  but he holds his ow offensively, is a better defender, and rebounds extremely well from the PG spot.

If Barton does start, does Fortson or Rice start at SG?
Rice has been quite a pleasant surprise this preseason, but so has Fortson.

Bennet Fuqua seems to be a better 6th man then starter...