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What time will simmage be tonight?

I'm hoping for a 5-2 simmage.

after the game.

Oh yes, my bad, forgot they were playing tonight.

I'm not exactly looking forward to this one.

went 6-3 on this sim.. can't wait for the sonics trade to occur.. I might get a better team...

Jameer has a 30point performance

Josh Howard was a big surprise he grabeed 13 rebounds as a PF, even had 2 block on 26 minutes.. but against a different team.. lol

I had no blowout loss this sim... very good sim overall... Rashard still leading the pack..

I am curious to see how much I score now...  I went from a great defensive and rebounding team to a pretty good offensive team...

Of course, my defense is likely pitiful now.. lol

Warriors: you went 4-3 this sim.

I went 5-1.

Of course my loss was to the damned raptors :(  They're accountantable for for over 27% of my losses this year

Well this season looks to be a lost cause. The team can never player well as a whole. It could all be related to the lack of a good PG.

Wow, could not be more pleased...
Gasol and VInce played very well together, and my team got to the line quite a bit.
Adaonal Foyle is like Ben Wallace light...  head games of 11, 11, 19 and 21 rebounds... Wow...
Hinrich's assists went down...  may have to try him as the 2nd option, and try Vince as a 3rd...

check-in updated:
http://ssba.phillyarena.net/files/check-in.htm

We have incredible activity so far this year.  I don't think I've ever seen it this active.

btw, rosters and player page might not be available for a few mins.  I ran the 2 trades that couldn't be run until day 51, and i'm re-uploading the rosters so they could see their team with the new players.

It's great to be in a league with so many people who are really interested...

of course, for the one person who failed to check-in (his first inactivity of the year), it was costly.  It cost him vince, LOL.

Yes it is. An active league is what makes it so great. That and having a great commish. We need one of those...  :wink:

Hmm.. oddly, I didn't mind his inactivity... lol

Rules updated for the Waiver rules (brought up by the raptors cutting and immediately re-signing pape sow).:
http://ssba.phillyarena.net/files/rules.htm#fa_waivers

Oh, and Vince scored 24 on his old team, and led the Warriors to victory....  Must have been the revenge factor..   :P

Emeka still can't shoot to save his life.  FG% went from 41.5 to 40.8.  But he's picking up more o-boards, thus scoring more.

But that should be improving his shooting percentage...

it should...lol.

I'm not worried.  He shot 46.5% at center last year, and that was without Pettit.  I don't think these 6 games are all that indicative of how he'll play the rest of the year, fg% wise.

At least I hope not lol.

But still, with 19.5 pts, 12 boards and 3 blocks, I guess I have to live with that.

boo....i went 3-3....il say goodbye to my chance on a dynasty

Well, if you have to suffer, that is not a bad way to do it...

Kings should be fun to talk to tomorrow...

i am really shocked  :?

first mutombo get player of the game honors against houston posting a near triple double and then he injured. He is such important part of my rotation that i could only make a 4-4. I lost against the nets and hornets with 1 each. It´s clear now that i can´t win close games  :?

Hmm. I went 3-4. Struggled to score, but I was expecting that.

Deng just isn't ready to be a 2nd option at 19 years old. He scored 11.4 ppg on 38.8%. That's just not good enough for a 2nd option, so I will make him a 3rd.

Deng also grabbed 4.0 rpg and dished 1.3apg.

I scored just 84ppg while allowing 88.

Vince was his usual inconsistent self. :)

Glad to get the Nets again :)

Deng and Christie really hasseled opposing SG/SF's.

The defense was great, and I can't score to save my life. But I'm just looking to stay out of the lottery, because that way my pick would have been virtually worthless to me. And then I will look to use my 23 mil to get something good :)

Well
Gasol averaged 21.8 point, 9.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1 block on 49% shooting...  I like that...   :D

Carter averaged 20 ppg, 4.1 rebs, 3.3 assists, but 3.4 To's on 45% shooting, 38% from 3, in 38 mpg...  Have to get those TO's down, but a great showing...

Hinrich : 12.1 pts, 6.6 assists, 5.1 rebs, 2.4 To's on 57% from the field and 66% from 3 in 37 minutes...  He has just been an a amazing shooter this year.

Foyle : 10.4 pts, 11.7 rebs, 3 blocks on 40% shooting in 31 mpg...  very Ben-like stats here

4-3 for the Hawks, I guess Tanner is a HUGE factor on how my team performs since we lost 11 straight with him out.  Tanner played pretty consistently, Melo played well and Strom was great again...also don't sleep on Andre Emmett he's shooting over 50% and has had I think around 3 double digit scoring games since I moved him to the back-up SG, he might be starting after Tuesday if JR Smith doesn't get his act together

7-2 in my last 9 road games.  Very encouraging.  Overall I'm 14-3 at home. 11-8 on the road.  If I can win 50% of my road games I'll be in excellent shape.  I'm very happy to be at the record I am considering I've played 2 more road games than home games.  

My defense was amazing this sim.  Opponents only scored 82 ppg on 41% shooting.

Offensively 92 ppg.  +10 differential.

The slowed pace really allowed my starters to stay in the game.  None of my starters averaged less than 35 mpg.

Okafor with 22 ppg, 14.3 rpg, 2.3 bpg.  As previously said though, he shot 38%.

Pettit with 24.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.7 apg.  47% shooting, 46% from downtown and made all of his free throws (28-28 that sim).

Dalembert was incredible.  14.2 pts, 12.8 rpg, 3.2 bpg.  His ft shooting has been much better than expected too.

Barbosa had a couple of nice games.  I'm really liking my bench.

Hawks...  must be nice to be a pg away, and knowing it is another PG heavy draft this year   :wink:

Nets... I have no idea how, much my team actually played an 8 man rotation, except for one game I had foul trouble.. which is good, considering my team is about 8 men deep.. lol

I wonder how much fatigue becomes a factor as the season gets older.

that's a good question, also does if effect rookies more like it often does in the NBA

also this sim Tanner had an 8 block game which was encouraging, and I noticed he goes to the foul line a lot, he shoots around 67% which isn't too bad either

The fatigue thing is an interesting thought... Should come into account during back to backs too, but this sim has teams with 8 games in a row, so the affect would be huge...

Just noticed this..  In his first game in a Warriors uniform, Vince Carter tied the Warriors record for points in a game with 33...  I can't tell if it great that he did that so soon, or if it was pathetic that my team high in points was 33 points...  :oops:

I honestly don't think it is a factor at all. I haven't done any statistical analysis, but just eyeballing, it seems like back-to-back-to-back games don't hurt performance... Last season I had about a 7 man rotation, and I didn't notice any slowdown at all. But, like I said, I didn't crunch any #s.

Yeah, it doesn't really matter at all, IMO. I play 27 games in 30 days ro something crazy like that. Those last 10 games, I should be scoring about 10 ppg and giving up 200. But I won't be.

Nets- given the option again, would you have traded Boozer or Okafor?

Erm....It's a no-brainer IMO.  I think 28 teams in the league would take Okafor over Boozer.

For one, Okafor can play C or PF.  Not many great C's around.  For 2, defense.  He far outclasses Boozer defensively.  He's getting more boards.  And he's already shown, last year, that he can put up offensive #'s similar to Boozer when he's the #1 option.

IMO Okafor will be a 25/13 guy with first team all defense when all is said and done.  Easily.  A- inside, A defense, A- rebounding from the Center spot.

Even further, I still would have traded Boozer for Daniels and the #3 pick, and still would have traded the #3 pick for Dalembert (Ferry would have never gotten the shots to put up those #'s with Pettit and Okafor here).  My only regret is not getting something along with Dalembert, but I was in a rush and just wanted to make sure I got Dalembert.

The question is, would you have traded Daniels and Ferry for Boozer?

Nets aren't doing so bad...but I would have based it on whether i could wait another year or two for okafor to take true form

not doing "so bad"?  I have the 3rd best record in the league, heh.  3 more wins and I'll have more than I had last year.  I wouldn't say I'm doing so bad at all.

The question really just stems from you harping about Emeka's lack of offense, and terrible shooting percentage. Boozer is shooting 38%.

Would I still have traded Ferry and Daniels for Boozer? Yes. No question. For one, if I had 3rd pick I would have taken Griffin over Ferry, which might or might not have been a mistake. Ferry's stats are inflated because of the team he plays for, IMO. He's a clear cut first option on that team.

Plus, I now have Cassell, who is better than Daniels IMO. Cassell cannot be an option for me because I score inside, and he doesn't :).

It's going to be very interesting to see the development of Ellis next TC. He HAS to have a good TC. I need that Handling to shoot up, and I'd also like to see the Defense rise too. I'm still happy with that pick.

Boozer, IMO, has potential to be amazing. Already with A- inside and rebounding, it's safe to assume the defense could also get to A-, and any one of those could get to A.

there was a little sarcasm in there...

Inflated???  how many other C's in the League have offensive ratings of A-, C???  What your basically saying is that everyone averaging high ppg are inflated because thats the way their teams are built???  What would his stats be with a "Real" team???  

I just think with his ratings, his averages are about right...  Also, his FT% helps a little too...  How many centers shoot over 80% from the line, plus he gets to the line alot...

OK, I'm done venting for the night...  I just completely, completely  disagree with your thoughts on him and my team...  But hey, I could be all wrong about the intentions of your post...  sorry if i'm wrong...   :lol:

:)

I say it because you really don't have any one else who scores the ball even close to that. So Ferry probably gets a touch every time down the court. Some other teams have another player who also commands touches.

It's not a bad thing or a knock on you. It's actually a perfect fit for your team. Ferry wouldn't average 26 pts in 30 mins for my team. But he is for you, so more power to you.

Ferry only gets 2 more shots/game than Boozer.  Boozer gets an assist more a game.  Both shoot the same amount of fta's.

Looks to me like they're getting roughly equal touches.