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well it seems that i am the only one who can beat the hornets  :shock:. no idea why i have their number this year.
palacio is the perfect addition for my team. not only is he scoring at a very nice shooting % but also avg. over 4 ass. my team leads the league in assists with 29.4 and in fewest TO commited. with out a doubt the best passing team i ever had.  :tup:

wow. hehe

Performance against the Hornets:

I did some changes to contain Kyle Macy.

After PS2, I learned something.. You can't stop Kyle Macy and the Hornets.

Frontcourt defense:
I think that placing Munson at the C position and Wooten at the PF position did a pretty good job with my interior defense this sim. Although I wasn't able to contain Hakeem from dropping 37 points, I was able to limit David Robinson into a 1 out of 13 shooting from the field.

Fast Pace:
Like expected, my team struggled with the fast pace offense. During PS1, my team was shooting almost 50% from the field while committing less than 2 turnovers compared to Ps1.

Well I havent looked at the boxes to see if the competition was better, but we had 3 more wins with a SLOW pace, and with Evans as top option.

Wow...  I am quite surprised by the Warriors performnace...

Joeseph Hughes was excellent as a starting center, although he did not maintain his blocks from PS1.  He did pull down quite a few rebounds (10.6 rpg, 1.3 bpg)

Rodney McCray played almost the same from PS1 to PS2, which is great.  If I can get 9 ppg, 11.2 rpg, and 1.6 bpg from him during the season, I will be very happy.

Taylor Doleac did not shoot as well this sim, but he still scored 15 ppg, upped his rebounding a bit, and upped his steals as well.  And that 46% from 3pt land is sweet.

Vern, oh Vern...  Wow...  29 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.8 apg, 2.6 spg, and 2.9 topg, and 50% from the field and 51% from 3.  If he comes anywhere near those numbers during the season, this will be a very good year.

And, my favorite project, Lester Connor... Made him the 3rd option, and it payed off.  Less assists and rebounds then PS1, but 19 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2.6 spg, and 2.9 topg, and the ability to take over a game offensively (37 point performance on Day 2, 40 point game on Day 3)

cpu sux.

Nice, 14-1 again. I think I'll go with the fast paced I used in the first sim though, since shooting %s went down quite a bit.

preseason 1 and 2.

9-9 sim.
Pretty o.k. considering I lost 4 games by a combined 11 points. As expected, Pacers, Nuggets and Hornets had blowout fun with us, so wipe us from the list of contenders for now ...
;-)

I think I have found my starting PG for now. And i'm very happy I didn't err on Cory Carr in FA (memo to self: extra bonus for FA scouts). He's doing a very nice job offensively AND on D, without turning it over much.
Mason had some big rebounding games, and with Wu injured Kleine had to play C without much help from anywhere. Guess they did just o.k.


Now let's see what Quincy has left in the tank.
 :cheers:

Loving Manning's scoring prowess at either forward spot, and I still am quite confident that his percentages will improve and TO's drop with the responsibility to score being shared. I mean, 4+ TO's at any position make me cringe.....

On the other hand, what a nice dilemna I have with my other guy....Jonathon Pryzbilla was much, much better this sim....not sure if it was being at the 5, the slower pace, or inside focus, not being an option...but he was awesome: 32.1mpg 14.3mpg 9.6rpg 2.5apg 1.2spg 3.2bpg  :shock: 1.8topg, .425/.818/.000. He may now officially be my favorite draft pick ever.

Aguire and Bellamy will give me some nice punch off the bench.

My 2nd rounders this year are garbage, but it was worth a shot.

I'm staring at a pretty nice starting five with little depth. Will be curious to see how they all play together....MJ and DM being TO machines have me kinda nervous, but it should be fun.

hm?

Hah.  Maybe I should include the link:
http://files.ssbabasketball.com/files/2025/preseason