Sim 8

[NetsGM]

Changed the schedule to be Wed/Fri this week (which essentially means thursday morning and saturday morning).  Didn't want to run sims 2 days in a row, since I pushed back sim 7 until tuesday earlier this week.

[MagicGM]

whatever works for you, sir.

[NetsGM]

Up.

Goodnight.

[SixersGM]

Thanks for the sim..

Anyway, only four games in the sim. Ward, wells, bolinger and Donta did a good job scoring for my team this sim. BUt I think that I need to get Barner and Tyler more involved.

Looking forward to next sim.

[MagicGM]

Cervi would have been mr perfect to score at least 10 points if only for his 2 missed free throws against the warriors.

[PacersGM]

what is going on here...
a 5-0 sim 

started with a 20+ blowout of the magic with Lenard scoring 40 and recording a double double 
then cavs again 20+ and magic again 20+. After that some 1+ wins against heat and rockets. 

Best part is tanner seems to realise that it is a contract year. Finally he is producing like he should.
Avg. of the last sim: 21 points 10 rebounds 3blocks and 1steal and shot over 50% from field with 81% from the FT line. 

Lenard was even better. I always knew that he is a great scorer but now he is also rebounding and shooting a high %.
His stats for the sim: 30 points 8 rebounds 2 steals shot 56% and 80% from Ft. 

And what about JO?
Yes there is a 3rd monster on my team 
his stats: in very limited time because of howard forcing him into foul troubles he had 22 points 11 boards 4 assist and 2blocks also shot over 56% and 76% from FT. 

And suddenly Priddy and JO can play tough inside defense highlighted by howards performace: first 5 of 33 and then 4 of 20 making it 9 of 53 or holding him 17%. Most of the damage did priddy to howard who is normally shooting over 45%.
i am pretty sure they won´t keep the current pace but i really enjoy this 9-1 run.

[HeatGM]

a nice 4-2 sim..the heat is in winning form again.... my team did great without keogan...shultz, pau and ivan all stepped up...

[RaptorsGM]

Another 5-3 sim...now the decision becomes whether to keep the pace normal or keep it fast.

The fact that I was missing my starting C for the majority of that sim makes me feel as if we should try another with the normal pace.

[BlazersGM]

4-2....things are pretty clear now in West, Mavs will be #1 seed 99 % for sure.I have Clipps and Suns blowing behind but
i believe we'll keep our Pacific #1 and West's #2.

Started with a 20 pts loss to Cavs away.

Beat by 8 the DAMN Kings, first time as i remember that Hoffa didnt drop 30+ on them, Bosh led tean with 21/13.

Came 2 more wins @Nuggets by 12 (Hoffa 31/15, Telfair 2nd straight game with FT, now he got out after 31 mins, what's
going on Telf, nervous breakdown ??' still managed to steal 6 balls and lose 7, idiot.)

Second win came @Spurs, that was a nice win.

Lost by 21 to "Mighty Hornets", Clement again didnt let T-Mac to breath and he did better on offense then him as well.

Finally finished sim in NYC with a 5pt win, Hoffa loves playing there, 34/18 this time.

[BlazersGM]

no Williams in ASW wtf ? Hoffa horrible 13 mins, 4 fouls and 0-3 FG.

[SpursGM-old]

4-3 sim...not too bad since Uner missed the whole sim & Griffin missed the first two games.  Luckily the first two games were against the Warriors & Kings thus 2 wins even with 2 starters missing.

Tough losses then followed to the Sonics (in OT), Blazers, and Wizards.  Finished out the sim with 2 nice wins over Jazz & Bulls.  Switched my focus to inside without my all-star pg which Jefferson & Mitchell took to full advantage.  Jefferson averaged 23.4/11.1 while shooting 49%.  Mitch came through with 20.7/9.4 on 47% shooting.

Uner's injury showed up big time over this sim.  Turnovers are up and assists are down.  Also miss his 3 stls per game.  Since Eddie's injury I have dropped from leading the league in fewest turnovers to third with my average going up almost 1 per game.  Only 3 more days (and games) until he is back.

[CavsGM]

Ah, Berkowitz. You can love him, you can hate him. I knew what I was getting into when I traded for him. I knew he wasn't the most efficient player in the league. But wow, can he be erratic...In my 3 losses(it was a 5-3 sim), he shot a combined 14-55, a ridiculous 25%. In my 5 wins, he shot a a combined 48-98, a very nice 49%. But, whether it's a poor shooting night or a strong one, I always getting rebounds from him, and that's what I love...
His last two games of the sim were great, 36 and 16 & 22 and 20. The Cavs are ready to break down the door as we now stand one game out of 8th place...

[SixersGM]

Ah, Berkowitz. You can love him, you can hate him. I knew what I was getting into when I traded for him. I knew he wasn't the most efficient player in the league. But wow, can he be erratic...In my 3 losses(it was a 5-3 sim), he shot a combined 14-55, a ridiculous 25%. In my 5 wins, he shot a a combined 48-98, a very nice 49%. But, whether it's a poor shooting night or a strong one, I always getting rebounds from him, and that's what I love...
His last two games of the sim were great, 36 and 16 & 22 and 20. The Cavs are ready to break down the door as we now stand one game out of 8th place...

Berkowitz is scary my friend. Quit whinning

I looked at his stats and he was such a beast in scoring, rebounding and even in assists. He is definitely a GREAT addition to your team. He is a good compliment for TImothy Adams, especially in rebounding.

[CelticsGM]

man, what a missed opportunity here

started of with 4 wins (and my usual 108ppg scoring pace) but then endured a hard (and unexpected) fall. Lost to the Clippers in an ugly contest (we got 75pts on 32%, Clips had 83 on 35%), to Cavs by one when Strait got humiliated once again (I guess the Strait experiment will come to a halt soon, there's only so much my other guys can make up each sim), and finally even to Raptors who i played well so far (again just 89pts on 37%).

it's like my whole team lost their scoring alltogether. 

every other eastern playoff team save for the Pacers had lost at least 2 already and I saw myself moving closer to the #2 seed. Bang, forget it.


Only bright spots:
Trump (back to starting at PG): 21ppg, 6apg on 55% from the field, 56% from 3pt and 93% from line. And held opp to 14/9 on 44%.
Tower (getting his first starting sim ever): no offense (7/4/3 on 37%) but great SG defense: 2.3 steals per and holding opp to 13ppg on 41% and nearly 3 topg, this on the toughest-to-defend-position.
Sampson: 16/12 and 1.7 blocks is what i want and need.

Marion had some bad sim, especially against Maggette. And the collective shock from losing that Clippers game in such an emberrassing manner cost me two more.



CHANGES will me made, my friends. As always (since i'm very rotation-happy anyway - I believe I had 2 "same" DCs in the last 3 seasons)

Dirk will get more court time. I want his scoring. Strait will get less court time. He's a year or two away still. And Schabinger will get the starting nod again, he's too good to be kept on the bench.

2 more sims to find my preferred lineup